• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies, an apartment and affordable housing real estate investment firm, has been on an acquisition roll lately in the low-income senior apartments sector. The company followed up its acquisition of a large senior apartment building in Chesapeake, Virginia with the purchase of another community located up the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Built in 1982, the community’s 169 units are supported by Section 8 Housing Assisted Payment (HAP) contracts. Standard paid roughly $28 million, or $165,700 per unit, for the property and plans to spend an additional $10 million to renovate it. The project will update the residents’ units, upgrade the common areas and amenity spaces,... Read More »
NorthMarq Refinances Merrill Gardens Community

NorthMarq Refinances Merrill Gardens Community

A Merrill Gardens-operated senior living community in Rancho Cucamonga, California just refinanced its debt with a $31 million loan arranged by Stuart Oswald and Gordon Mickelson of NorthMarq. Owned by a joint venture between Merrill Gardens and AEW Capital Management, the three-year old community features 112 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care.  A life insurance company provided the debt, which came with a five-year term and 30-year amortization. NorthMarq structured the loan prior to stabilization, but the community was approaching that level upon closing.  Read More »
Northmarq Refinances Washington State Seniors Housing

Northmarq Refinances Washington State Seniors Housing

Northmarq’s Stuart Oswald, senior vice president and managing director of the firm’s Seattle office, arranged a $35 million refinance of a 136-unit senior living community in Tacoma, Washington. Built in phases from the 1980s to the 1990s, the community provides independent living, assisted living and memory care services in a combination of 61 studios, 33 one-bedroom units, five two-bedroom units and 37 units dedicated to memory care. A family has owned and operated it since opening, with the third generation now in charge, and operations have been consistently strong, even during the pandemic. Occupancy was in the 90% range.  Northmarq originally refinanced the property... Read More »
NorthMarq Closes Southern California Transaction

NorthMarq Closes Southern California Transaction

NorthMarq’s Southern California-based investment sales team of Kyle Pinkalla and Shane Safer represented Shefflin Investments in its sale of a 151-unit active adult community in National City, California (San Diego MSA). Originally built in 1999, the three-story building features a mix of studio and one-bedroom units, plus one commercial site. Occupancy was 97% with rents ranging from $1,075 to $1,250 per month. Part of its appeal comes from the property’s location near both Scripps Mercy Hospital and Paradise Valley Hospital, in addition to shopping areas and entertainment. Messrs. Pinkalla and Shafer arranged the property’s sale to Lincoln Avenue Capital, LLC, a leading investor in... Read More »
NorthMarq Finances New York Community

NorthMarq Finances New York Community

The owner of a seniors housing community in Mount Vernon, New York (Westchester County) just refinanced and cashed out of the property with the help of NorthMarq. Built in 2005, the 20-unit community was fully occupied. Robert Ranieri, senior vice president and managing director of NorthMarq’s White Plains office arranged an $800,000 loan through The Westchester Bank that allowed the borrower to realize his long-term equity in the property. The loan came with a seven-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Read More »