• 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 »
  • Two Seniors Housing Sales Close

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage is continuing on its hot streak this month, closing two additional deals in Alabama and Florida. In the Alabama transaction, Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing represented a large national owner/operator that was resizing its portfolio to concentrate on its core market. So, the company divested an assisted... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Exits Georgia

    Selectis Health, Inc. has completed its exit from Georgia with the help of Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint. In the beginning of the year, Selectis Health divested Providence of Sparta Health and Rehab and Warrenton Health and Rehab to Journey, also with the help of Segal and Waldhorn (more on that deal can be found here). The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Divests Third Class-A Asset

    Caddis Partners and Singerman Real Estate have divested another seniors housing community, Heartis Fayetteville. This comes shortly after the joint venture’s sale of Heartis Venice and Heartis Longview. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare represented the seller in all three... Read More »
  • Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

    Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s... Read More »
Watercrest Expands Into Virginia

Watercrest Expands Into Virginia

Watercrest Senior Living Group announced the groundbreaking of its first seniors housing community in the state of Virginia. This will also be the furthest north development in Watercrest’s portfolio, so far, as the Florida-based developer/operator has plans to expand its Mid-Atlantic offering. In yet another first, Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II is beginning its relationship with Watercrest on this development.  Set in Richmond, the community will feature 98 units of assisted living and memory care plus many of the luxury amenities typical of a Watercrest community, including a fireplace, theater, salon/spa, a scotch and cigar... Read More »
IDB Bank Arranges Loan for Florida Facility

IDB Bank Arranges Loan for Florida Facility

Watercrest Senior Living Group’s first-ever “Market Street” senior living community located in Viera, Florida, recently refinanced with the help of Israel Discount Bank of New York (IDB Bank). Opened in 2016 under Watercrest’s new stand-alone memory care brand, the 60-unit community experienced a quick lease-up, reaching 50% occupancy in the first five months after opening. Things clearly have gone smoothly since, as it is now refinancing with a $10.7 million loan structured by IDB Bank. Lisa Silvers, senior vice president of healthcare lending, handled the transaction. Read More »
BMO Harris Bank Finances Watercrest’s Latest Senior Living Development

BMO Harris Bank Finances Watercrest’s Latest Senior Living Development

Watercrest Senior Living Group’s latest development in Florida just obtained a construction loan courtesy of BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group. The community just broke ground last August and is anticipated to open in Summer 2020 with 72 independent living, 96 assisted living and 30 memory care units. Watercrest is developing the community in partnership with United Properties, after previously collaborating on a senior living development down the coast in Naples, Florida (expected to open this year). BMO arranged a $46.5 million loan to fund the Sarasota construction. Read More »
PGIM Arranges Refinance of Watercrest Community

PGIM Arranges Refinance of Watercrest Community

One of Watercrest Senior Living Group’s success stories just reached stabilization and refinanced with the help of Chris Fenton of PGIM Real Estate Finance. Developed at an approximate cost of $17 million, or $191,000 per unit, in Sebastian, Florida, the 89-unit property opened in May 2016 and shot out of the gates in its lease-up, reaching 62% occupancy by August of that year. Since then, the community has fully stabilized and became eligible for permanent financing. To refinance an existing bank loan from Community & Southern Bank (now Bank of the Ozarks), PGIM originated a $10 million Freddie Mac loan, with a variable rate, seven-year term and 20 years of amortization at... Read More »
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint

There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry. Real estate investment manager Waypoint Residential, predominantly focused on conventional multifamily and student housing, just made its first acquisition of a senior living community in the town of Starkville, Mississippi (home of Mississippi State University), for $22.7 million, or about $276,800 per unit. Developed in January 2016 by CR Properties, LLC and Blake Management Group, this community has 14 independent living, 43 assisted living and 25 memory care units. After already bringing occupancy to 100%, Blake Management Group will continue to manage the community. Josh Randolph of Colliers International represented the seller in... Read More »