• Stacked Stone Makes Another Acquisition

    Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, followed up on its October acquisition in Oklahoma with the purchase of two assisted living/memory care communities in Illinois, near the St. Louis MSA. Similar to the Oklahoma deal, Stacked Stone has made Illinois acquisition in a joint venture with the private equity... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Large SNF Deal in Pennsylvania

    Not-for-profit to for-profit are not easy, and it took a two-year process for Blueprint to successfully close the sale of a 250-bed skilled nursing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The property appears to be Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation, one of three skilled nursing facilities owned by Dublin, Ohio-American Health Foundation... Read More »
  • JDI Realty Buys Alpharetta Asset

    A partnership recently acquired Chapters Living of Alpharetta, a 79-unit assisted living/memory care community in Alpharetta, Georgia (Atlanta, MSA). Built in 2013, the high-quality community was previously known as Addington Place of Alpharetta. JDI Realty, in partnership with Purity Strategies and Chapters Senior Living, bought the community... Read More »
  • Class-A Active Adult Community Secures Refinance

    JLL Capital Markets arranged the refinancing for Connery on Providence, a newly built 200-unit active adult community in Charlotte, North Carolina. JLL represented Proffitt Dixon Partners in securing the loan through New York Life Insurance Company.  Connery on Providence is a Class-A 55+ rental community that occupies a 12.75-acre infill... Read More »
  • Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with... Read More »
Generations Senior Living Gets Green to Go Green

Generations Senior Living Gets Green to Go Green

Walker & Dunlop successfully structured an $82.077 million loan under Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards loan program, the first for a seniors housing property in the program’s history. Jeff Ringwald and Bill Jackson led the Walker & Dunlop team to structure a 10-year loan with two years of interest only and a 30-year amortization schedule to enable the repeat W&D borrower, Generations Senior Living, to refinance a previous construction loan and obtain cash-out for the financing of an adjacent newly developed memory care community when stabilized. Also, by utilizing the Green Rewards program, the 394-unit community in National City, California (San Diego MSA) received a lower interest... Read More »

Walker & Dunlop Obtains HUD Financing For Senior Living Project

A group of local owners in Colorado went to HUD to receive construction financing for their 137-unit senior living development in Monument, Colorado (between Denver and Colorado Springs). Having just broken ground last month, the community will feature 80 assisted living, 30 memory care (in two separate 15-unit neighborhoods) and 27 independent living units on a scenic 6.4-acre property. It is scheduled to open in late-2018, with a host of amenities, including several dining areas, guest apartments, a barber and beauty salon, community store and concierge services. Lakewood, Colorado-based WellAge Senior Living will manage the community. Ralph Lowen of Walker & Dunlop structured a... Read More »
Senior care campus gets HUD and Fannie Mae financing

Senior care campus gets HUD and Fannie Mae financing

One size didn’t fit all at a senior care campus in Boise, Idaho when it decided to refinance its existing debt through two lending agencies: HUD and Fannie Mae. The property, which comprised a skilled nursing facility and an independent/assisted living community, had a single existing mortgage, but required two different lenders to fund two separate loans. So Walker & Dunlop secured a 10-year $20.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the seniors housing community, which was built in 1992 with 142 independent living and 51 assisted living units. Then, for the skilled nursing facility, Walker & Dunlop arranged a $9 million HUD mortgage with a 35-year term. Built in 1986, the facility... Read More »
The All-in-One Deal

The All-in-One Deal

Valstone Properties brought in Walker & Dunlop to refinance their portfolio of 12 memory care properties located throughout New Jersey and also provide funding for the acquisition/refinancing of two additional communities. Working with HUD, Kevin Giusti and Michael Vaughn of W&D arranged a 35-year $28.38 million loan with an 80% loan-to-value. The financing reimbursed Valstone for their original acquisition costs, capital expenditures and various renovations. It also involves the largest number of individual properties, which total 215 units, to be included as one loan under HUD’s scattered site policy since the HUD 232 program’s inception, which allowed for significant... Read More »

When it works, it works

Success really can breed success. At least, that is the case for a skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas that has already expanded once, and will soon grow again. Built in 2011 with 78 beds, all in private rooms, this skilled nursing facility added another 30 private beds and expanded its therapy gym by 1,300 square feet in 2013, at a cost of $2.6 million. Now, with occupancy averaging 89% from January 2015 to mid-year 2016, the local family owner/operator has decided to invest again in improvements and an expansion. They turned to Kevin Giusti and Michael Vaughn of Walker & Dunlop to arrange a $15.5 million refinance, which will provide the cash necessary to continue to grow... Read More »