• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group’s End of Summer Sprint

Meridian Capital Group’s End of Summer Sprint

Meridian Capital Group’s seniors housing and healthcare team is sprinting to the end of summer, with over $160 million in transactions closed in the last two weeks alone. September has been noticeably slower than even previous months, so to get that amount of transaction volume across the finish line is impressive.  Managing Directors Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin, along with Senior Vice President Josh Simpson, first arranged a $47.8 million loan from a finance company, plus a $3 million A/R line to refinance two skilled nursing facilities with 328 total beds in New Jersey.   The trio also secured a $30.2 million acquisition loan to fund the purchase of a CCRC in Florida... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Carries On With Large Transaction Volume

Meridian Capital Group Carries On With Large Transaction Volume

The last six weeks has been slow, to say the least, but Meridian Capital Group’s seniors housing and healthcare team closed over $470 million in transaction volume during that period. That’s an impressive figure considering the hurdles to get all parties involved across the finish line in the last several months. Well done to Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson for getting the deals done.  There were a number of acquisition financings, the largest being closed to support the purchase of nine skilled nursing facilities and 921 total beds in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. That loan came to $183.5 million and was provided by a finance company. Then, two New Jersey facilities... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group’s Active Spring

Meridian Capital Group’s Active Spring

Meridian Capital Group has hit a rich vein of activity, closing more than $300 million in transaction volume in the last month. The deals were arranged for 26 skilled nursing and assisted living properties across six states, bringing the seniors housing and healthcare team’s year-to-date total to more than $1 billion in financing.  There were a couple of acquisition loans, starting with $44 million arranged for the purchase of two skilled nursing facilities and 272 beds in Maryland. For the same borrower, Meridian also closed a $31 million loan and an $8.25 million A/R line to acquire three additional skilled nursing facilities and 266 beds. One finance company provided both loans, and the... Read More »
Harborview Capital Partners Announced Several Financings

Harborview Capital Partners Announced Several Financings

Harborview Capital Partners announced a series of recent closings for several clients across the country. First, the firm worked with a national lending partner to arrange an $81 million loan to refinance a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Maryland. The loan featured aggressive LIBOR-based fixed interest rate and a four-year term with limited recourse. It resulted in a cash-out in excess of $20 million for the New Jersey-based owner. Ephraim Kutner, Jonathan Kutner and Eli Kutner originated the transaction.  Then, Harborview arranged for the refinance of two senior care properties in Queens, New York. The 200-bed skilled nursing facility... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes Several Financings and a Sale

Meridian Capital Group Closes Several Financings and a Sale

The team at Meridian Capital Group has been hard at work closing a number of transactions in the last few weeks. They have clearly gained some experience on how to get deals done in this COVID-19 environment, which we recently highlighted in a Q&A with Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson.  For a total of 13 skilled nursing facilities in four states, the team closed $165 million in transaction volume since the end of March. The largest financing was a $39 million non-recourse loan, with a 10-year term and aggressive pricing from a commercial bank, to refinance two skilled nursing facilities and 240 total beds in Maryland. The Meridian trio also refinanced five skilled nursing... Read More »