• 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 »
BMO Harris Bank Finances New Jersey Development

BMO Harris Bank Finances New Jersey Development

BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced that it led and closed a $73.4 million construction financing for a joint venture between LCS and an institutional partner to develop a 220-unit senior living community in Florham Park, New Jersey. People’s United Bank was also a $30 million participant in the deal.  Set to open in March 2023, the community will feature 128 independent living units (53 one-bedroom and 75 two-bedroom options), 58 assisted living units (10 studio, 40 one-bedroom and eight two-bedroom options) and 34 memory care units (32 private and two semi-private units).  Read More »
People’s United Bank Refinances Two New England Communities

People’s United Bank Refinances Two New England Communities

Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United Bank announced a couple of refinances for seniors housing clients in New England, working with participating banks on both deals. First, up the coast in Mystic, Connecticut, Masonicare of Chester Village is a 179-unit seniors housing campus with independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It opened in 2016. Masonicare received $45 million of debt, with People’s United Bank as the lead holding $30 million and Washington Trust participating with a $15 million hold. There is a seven-year term and 30-year amortization on the debt, which was came in under 67.5% loan-to-value. The transaction replaces mortgages previously held by... Read More »
People’s United Bank Funds Connecticut CCRC

People’s United Bank Funds Connecticut CCRC

Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United Bank headed upstate to refinance a CCRC in Bloomfield, just north of Hartford. Duncaster, Inc. opened in 1984 as a not-for-profit CCRC that now includes 193 independent living units, 19 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 60 skilled nursing beds. The pandemic led to a drop in occupancy (who didn’t experience that?) and slower IL unit sales. But the property did receive a healthy amount of stimulus funds to offset the drop in revenues, and recent IL unit sales reportedly have been strong.   There was about $9.2 million of maturing bond debt held by Citizens Bank on the property, plus... Read More »
People’s United Bank Closes Several Financings

People’s United Bank Closes Several Financings

People’s United Bank announced several closed loans for clients in the Northeast. First, to finance the development of a brand-new, 60-unit/80-bed assisted living and memory care community in Manalapan, New Jersey, the bank provided a $14.3 million construction loan, which comes out to $233,300 per unit of debt. HJ Sims led the solicitation process. The loan comes with a five-year commitment, 30-year amortization and 30 months of interest-only payments for both the construction and lease-up periods.   The borrower was MRC Manalapan, a newly formed not-for-profit special purpose entity formed to build and operate the community. It is controlled by two principals, including LV Development,... Read More »
People’s United Bank Closes Two More Financings

People’s United Bank Closes Two More Financings

Continuing the series of closings from People’s United Bank that we first covered last week, the bank then closed a $9 million construction loan to cover renovations at a newly merged senior living community in Connecticut. An existing customer of People’s United Bank for many years, Pierce Memorial Baptist Home is a rental CCRC in Brooklyn, Connecticut that features independent living, assisted living, short-term rehab and long-term care services. It recently merged with Connecticut Baptist Homes (CBH) but will continue to maintain a separate state license and cost reports, as per the state.   A plan to renovate and convert an empty SNF wing to a 10-unit AL/memory care building, as well... Read More »