• National Lending Group Divests in Wisconsin

    Justin Knapp, Nick Stahler and Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap recently closed the receivership sale of an 86-bed skilled nursing facility in Wisconsin. The Knapp-Stahler Group represented the seller, a national lending group that also provided financing for the deal.  The borrower/buyer was a local operator with ties to an East... Read More »
  • CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Ohio Skilled Nursing Facility

    Capital Funding Group secured financing for a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The bridge-to-HUD loan totals $13.5 million and supports the refinancing of this 120-bed SNF. Tim Eberhardt and Ava Julio of CFG originated the transaction.  This financing follows CFG’s closing of two HUD loans on... Read More »
  • CBRE Secures Financing For Class-A Seniors Housing Community

    CBRE secured financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in North Dakota on behalf of a joint venture borrower. Built in 2017, New Perspective West Fargo is in Fargo, one mile from Sanford Medical Center, North Dakota’s newest and largest medical center. The community features 128 independent living, assisted living and memory care units... Read More »
  • PCP Purchases Ohio Assisted Living Community

    Phorcys Capital Partners LLC, the investment advisor to Phorcys Senior Housing Recovery Fund LP (SHRF), announced it acquired a seniors housing community in Wickliffe, Ohio, through a trustee-directed short sale for $13.0 million, or $81,000 per unit. This is PCP’s second investment in SHRF, and it will continue to focus on the winding down of... Read More »
  • Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
Watermark Retirement Communities and JV Partner Acquire Two Assets

Watermark Retirement Communities and JV Partner Acquire Two Assets

The joint venture between Titan Development and EverWest Real Estate Investors decided to sell two of its “Élan” assets in the Southwest. Each property features 77 assisted living and 36 memory care units, for a total of 220 units with 226 beds. The Austin, Texas property opened in late 2016, and just after, the Albuquerque community opened in early 2017 within the 60-acre Santa Monica Place master plan, which consists of 460 new, Class-A multifamily units (developed by Titan Development and Alliance Residential), a 130-unit independent living community operated by Resort Lifestyle Communities, and 150 new single family homes ranging in price from $275,000 to $400,000. Seems like a good... Read More »
Kayne Anderson Closes on Three California Communities

Kayne Anderson Closes on Three California Communities

Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors has joint ventured with Watermark Retirement Communities to add three more California senior living communities to its portfolio thanks to financing provided by SunTrust Bank. Two of the communities were located in the Los Angeles market (in Whittier and Riverside). Averaging about 20 years in age, they had previously been owned by Bridge Investment Group, and Watermark will take over operations. Meanwhile, the third property was up north in the Oakland MSA town of Emeryville. It was previously owned by Welltower and managed by Watermark, which will stay on as operator. To fund the acquisition, SunTrust Bank provided $69.5 million in financing. Following... Read More »
BMO’s Busy Summer

BMO’s Busy Summer

Shunning any summer doldrums, BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced two loan closings in the last week, on the back of a $200 million facility it closed on behalf of Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors and Watermark Retirement Communities earlier this month. First, in Hugo, Minnesota, the group acted as sole lender in arranging an $18 million term loan to refinance a 100-unit senior living community. Keystone Senior, LLC, an owner/operator of communities across seven states, was the borrower. The group then worked on behalf of TH Real Estate (an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA) and LCS to fund their acquisition of a large CCRC in Evans,... Read More »
Brand-New Tampa Development Sells To PE Group

Brand-New Tampa Development Sells To PE Group

The team of Allen McMurtry, Paul Carr and David Kliewer of Cushman & Wakefield helped a development collaboration successfully sell its two-year old assisted living/memory care community in the Tampa, Florida area. Gulf Coastal Development and Rookis Development (along with operator Watermark Retirement Communities) have a history of teaming up to develop other senior living communities, in addition to other product types throughout the country. Developed at an approximate cost of $19 million, or around $200,000 per unit, this project in the high-growth Tampa submarket of Trinity opened in July 2016 and quickly surpassed 95% occupancy. In its three stories, it features 67 assisted... Read More »

Two Seniors Housing Developments Find Financing With HJ Sims

HJ Sims helped land financing for a couple of luxury senior living developments across the country this month, with two bond placements totaling over $45 million. The larger project, located in Palm Coast, Florida, is being developed by affiliates of the Tuscan Garden Group to include 86 assisted living and 44 memory care units (166 total beds). At a cost of approximately $56 million, or $430,000 per unit, the three-building community is located adjacent to the master-planned community of Grand Haven. Sims sold about $11 million of the bonds to its accredited investor base, with the balance going to six institutional investors. The issuance included $39.55 million of senior... Read More »