• Genesis HealthCare’s Legacy Liabilities Lead to Bankruptcy Filing

    Genesis HealthCare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing its 298 affiliated holding companies, ancillary businesses and insurance vehicles in its submission to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division. It is one of the largest skilled nursing operators in the country and operates 218... Read More »
  • Cindat Capital Management Invests in Colorado Community

    Cindat Capital Management, a middle-market real estate private equity platform focused on seniors housing and opportunistic investments, announced its first investment from its Senior Housing Credit Platform. It was a unitranche debt investment in The Pearl at Boulder Creak, a 116-unit, Class-A independent living and assisted living community... Read More »
  • MedCore Divests to Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT

    Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side financial advisor to MedCore on the sale of Parkview on Hollybrook, a 189-unit rental CCRC in Longview, Texas. The property has been on a long road to stabilization. It was originally bought in a bankruptcy auction in 2016 for $20.7 million by Thrive FP when it was in the middle of development. 12... Read More »
  • Forbright Bank’s H1 Activity

    Forbright Bank reported its activity for the first half of the year from its healthcare and HUD lending teams, announcing more than $500 million in loans closed for acquisitions, recapitalizations, working capital, and HUD financings for healthcare providers across the country. One of the largest transactions was a $60 million revolving loan to... Read More »
  • Large SNF Portfolio Secures Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced the closing of $218.3 million in combined bridge, mezzanine, and working capital financing for 18 skilled nursing facilities across Kentucky. The transaction includes a $179.3 million senior bridge loan and a $29 million mezzanine loan, which the sponsor plans to use to restructure and upsize the existing debt on the... Read More »
PGIM Closes Freddie Mac Financing For Colorado Community

PGIM Closes Freddie Mac Financing For Colorado Community

A Denver-area senior living community refinanced with a Freddie Mac loan arranged by PGIM Real Estate. Spectrum Retirement Communities developed the community in 2009 and has been operating it ever since. It currently features 130 independent living, 60 assisted living and 18 memory care units. Amenities include a beauty sale, bistro, fitness center, lounges and a movie theater.   To take out a previous PGIM loan, Trace Wilson, who led the transaction on PGIM’s behalf, secured a $60 million loan with a 10-year term, five years of interest only and a 30-year amortization period. There was also a floating rate.  Read More »
PGIM Real Estate Refinances Virginia Memory Care

PGIM Real Estate Refinances Virginia Memory Care

PGIM Real Estate closed the refinance of a memory care community in Forest, Virginia (Lynchburg MSA), the second it has closed for the client this year. Runk & Pratt built the property in 1999 to include 76 units and has added a number of unique features, such as a multi-sensory room that provides soothing and engage stimuli to its residents. There are also three enclosed courtyards and a greenhouse, along with on-site therapy. Occupancy was around 89%.  Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of PGIM Real Estate facilitated the $13.2 million HUD financing, which came with a 35-year term and amortization. The loan replaces HUD debt that had a higher interest... Read More »
PGIM Closes HUD Refinance for Maryland SNF Portfolio

PGIM Closes HUD Refinance for Maryland SNF Portfolio

PGIM Real Estate successfully closed a scattered site refinance through HUD of a portfolio of assisted living communities in Maryland. Operated by Rose Hill Management, the three communities total 64 units, with one property in Annapolis featuring two 16-unit buildings (plus memory care services) and the communities in Pasadena and Odenton each featuring just one 16-unit building. Occupancy was around 90% across the 1990s-vintage portfolio.   To consolidate the debt across the three sites, Chris Fenton of PGIM led the way on securing a single $5.5 million HUD loan with a 35-year term.  Read More »
PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

Refinancing a complicated capital stack, PGIM Real Estate Finance secured a $10.7 million HUD loan for a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The facility was built by the not-for-profit St. Margaret’s Foundation in 2013 on the site of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its $33 million construction was initially funded using New Market Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, OCD Loan Funds, FEMA grant money, a bank loan and sponsor equity. PGIM simplified things and significantly reduced the amount of debt with the HUD loan. Located within five miles of seven acute-care hospitals, the facility features 100 units in... Read More »
Newmark Closes Out 2019 With A Bang

Newmark Closes Out 2019 With A Bang

We told you that the folks at Newmark Knight Frank were going to have a big year end, and in the days just before Christmas they closed four transactions worth about $550 million in total. Not a bad way to end the year, and we hope they are all off on vacation until January 5. In the largest transaction, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender sold a portfolio of three Discovery Senior Living-operated assets on behalf of Kayne Anderson. The three communities with 483 units are located in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware and average about 45% independent living, 34% assisted living and 21% memory care units. Overall occupancy is a solid 94%. The buyer was Partners Group, an international... Read More »