


SunTrust Secures HUD Loan For Lynchburg Senior Living Community
Family-owned senior living operator Runk & Pratt secured a $13.2 million HUD loan to refinance its assisted living community in Lynchburg, Virginia. Thanks to a connection to the owners through David Wilt, market president of SunTrust Corporate & Commercial Banking in Roanoke, Virginia, Joshua Hausfeld of SunTrust CRE Seniors Housing & Healthcare Finance originated the loan, which came with a 35-year term and 35-year amortization schedule. The community was originally built 40 years ago but converted to assisted living in 1996 and now features 57 units and 81 beds, including some for memory care. It also underwent extensive renovations in 1998, 2003 and 2016, and has... Read More »
Cohen Financial Closes Michigan Financing
In northern Michigan, Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, arranged more than $4.1 million in HUD financing for an assisted living community in the town of Alma. The 41-unit community is owned and operated by Grand Rapids-based Leisure Living Management, and as recently as 2013, it added a 12-bed memory care unit to its services. On behalf of the community, Cathy Bronkema, managing director of Cohen Financial’s Grand Rapids office, and Joshua Hausfeld, managing director of SunTrust CRE Seniors Housing & Healthcare Finance, secured a fixed-rate $4.116 million loan, with a 35-year term and 35-year amortization schedule. Read More »