• Omega Invests in Saber Healthcare Joint Venture

    Omega Healthcare Investors released its third quarter earnings and made some news when it disclosed the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in a joint venture with Saber Healthcare. The JV will own and lease 64 skilled nursing facilities that were previously wholly owned by affiliates of Saber, which will retain a 51% equity interest in the JV... Read More »
  • Health Systems as Sellers in Three Transactions

    Cain Brothers advised on a trio of senior care transactions involving health systems as sellers, which could be a growing trend, particularly among any resource-constrained systems. Conversely, other systems may see the need to own skilled nursing beds in the future in order to control the transfer of their post-acute patients to SNFs and free up... Read More »
  • Large Ohio Operator Takes on Vacant SNF Beds

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the sale of 26 skilled nursing beds from a facility in Ohio and coordinated the repurposing of the real estate for future behavioral health services. The owners made the decision to close the facility after determining that the small size of the building prevented it from achieving the operational... Read More »
  • Not-For-Profits Secure Bond Financings

    Ziegler announced the successful pricing of $34.0 million Series 2025 bonds for The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement Center, Inc. d/b/a Carol Woods. Carol Woods is a North Carolina not-for-profit organization incorporated in July 1972 by a group of local citizens to develop, own and operate a CCRC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Currently,... Read More »
  • Ventas Posts Healthy Q3 With Robust Acquisition Activity

    Among the earnings results trickling out this month, it will be impossible to overshadow Welltower’s announcement with $14 billion in new investment activity and another great quarter of seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) performance improvements. But Ventas reported healthy results, too, and some significant acquisition volume.  Ventas... Read More »
Regions Bank’s Summer Bonanza

Regions Bank’s Summer Bonanza

It looks like the Regions Bank team did not take much time off this summer, closing a series of loans across the country for senior living clients, including financing the development of a senior living community in a Seattle suburb last month. We’ll start with a couple of loans that took out construction debt.   First, to refinance a brand-new, two-story senior living community in a Cincinnati, Ohio suburb, Jack Boulder and Chris Honn arranged a $31.4 million bridge loan. The community features 28 independent living, 83 assisted living and 40 memory care units. It is owned by a joint venture that is primarily sponsored by a private developer/owner/operator based in the Midwest, and an... Read More »
Regions Bank Secures Financing For Seattle Development

Regions Bank Secures Financing For Seattle Development

The Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate team recently secured construction financing for a to-be-built senior living community in a Seattle, Washington suburb. The three-story building will include 65 independent living units, 63 assisted living units and a total of nearly 107,500 square feet. It is being built by a joint venture between a Southeast-based developer/owner and a Southwest-based owner/operator.   To finance it, they obtained a $28.3 million mini-perm loan, which comes out to approximately $221,000 per unit. The loan features a floating rate and five-year initial term, with four years of interest only. There is also a staged reduction in recourse, and at or prior to maturity,... Read More »
Regions Bank and Cushman & Wakefield Finance Auctus-Owned Community

Regions Bank and Cushman & Wakefield Finance Auctus-Owned Community

Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate Group announced a balance sheet loan closing at the start of February for a client in northern California. Originally built in 1975 in Carmichael, the property being refinanced is a 98-unit independent living community. Auctus Capital Partners acquired it in 2015, with plans to invest in capital improvements. So, it underwent a significant renovation and conversion project in 2018, and is now in the final stages of lease-up. Auctus put an operating affiliate, Altum Senior Living, in place to manage the community. Working with a new customer for the bank, Chris Honn secured a $5 million loan, with a three-year term and three years of interest only, to... Read More »
Two Senior Living Communities Get Financing from Regions Bank

Two Senior Living Communities Get Financing from Regions Bank

Regions Bank closed a couple of transactions in recent weeks for both a to-be-built senior living community and an existing one whose owners were looking to get a small cash-out. The $29.2 million construction loan was arranged for a joint venture between a Midwest-based developer/owner and a Southeast-based operator. Located in a fast-growing Alabama market, the community will consist of 105 independent living and 27 memory care units in a three-story building. Jack Boudler and Chris Honn secured the $29.2 million, or $211,000 per unit, loan, which came with a five-year initial term, four years of interest only, and a staged reduction in loan repayment recourse. Also, at or prior to... Read More »
St. Louis-Area Acquisition Funded by Regions Bank

St. Louis-Area Acquisition Funded by Regions Bank

Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate Group assisted a joint venture in obtaining acquisition financing for their purchase of two assisted living communities in the St. Louis MSA. Built in 2000 and 2006, these two Illinois communities featured a combined 135 assisted living units. Thanks to a $12.675 million, or $93,900 per unit, bank loan, they were acquired by a Florida-based investor and a Missouri-based management company. The non-recourse loan was structured with a five-year, floating-rate term and an interest-only period. Amber Crosby and Chris Honn of Regions closed the transaction. Read More »