• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »

SunTrust Bank Funds Large CCRC Expansion

As the construction boom continues across seniors housing, existing communities often have to renovate, expand or convert in order to survive. A 20-year old CCRC in Richmond, Virginia is doing just that, with a massive expansion project planned to add and improve the services it offers. Owned and operated by not-for-profit Pinnacle Living, formerly Virginia United Methodist Homes, the 90-acre campus will receive a new fitness and wellness center (complete with a swimming pool), two enclosed corridors that connect independent living to the new center, a new two-story health care center with 20 private rooms on each floor and common areas, a new parking deck, and potentially a number of new... Read More »

Trust In SunTrust Bank

SunTrust Bank pulled double duty for an entrance fee CCRC in Stone Mountain, Georgia, providing permanent financing for both the existing community and a new addition in the form of a $74.4 million loan on behalf of the owner/operator, Isakson Living. Through its Aging Services practice, SunTrust provided a mix of fixed- and floating-rate debt, about 60% of which went towards refinancing the existing 398-unit CCRC, known as Park Springs. Built in 1999, the community was over 90% occupied and was ready to expand. So, the remaining 40% of the financing (about $27.8 million) funded a brand-new health center to feature an 18-unit skilled nursing rehab facility next to a new physical therapy... Read More »

Harborview’s Good Work

Harborview Capital Partners brought in SunTrust Bank to help refinance a portfolio of 19 senior living communities, with 917 units, located in Kentucky and Tennessee. Consisting of independent living, assisted living and memory care units, the communities are owned by Goodworks Unlimited, which operates a portfolio of 25 properties in TN and KY. Avi Begun and David Nussbaum of Harborview arranged a $68.3 million loan provided by SunTrust, featuring a five-year term and LIBOR+155 interest rate. That should position Goodworks well for future growth and expansion projects. Harborview has been quite busy the last few months, closing over 10 HUD and bank financings since November.... Read More »
SunTrust Bank and Seniors Housing

SunTrust Bank and Seniors Housing

Despite an apparent tightening in the seniors housing financing world (a topic which we will discuss in detail in our webinar at 1PM on October 27), borrowers may soon have a new name to choose from. SunTrust Bank announced it intends to acquire substantially all assets of the operating subsidiaries of Pillar Financial, LLC, along with its multi-family, affordable housing, healthcare property, senior housing, and manufactured housing lending platforms. Pillar’s HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac licenses also enticed SunTrust, which would be able to offer agency lending options to its clients. In return, Pillar would gain access to a number of expanded products including bridge loans, equity... Read More »