• PGIM Divests Two Arizona Assets

    JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team completed the sale and financing of three assets across two separate deals. First, it announced that it sold The Watermark at Morrison Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona, and Acoya Mesa in Mesa, Arizona. Both communities were stabilized at the time of the deal. JLL marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller,... Read More »
  • Underperforming Asset Trades in California

    A seniors housing community in Vacaville, California, sold with the help of Nick Stahler and Chad Mundy of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. At the time of LOI, the asset was underperforming and financially strained. Built in 2004, it features more than 80 assisted living and memory care units and is licensed for over 90 beds on... Read More »
  • Communities Sell in California and Missouri

    Haven Senior Investments closed a deal right before year-end and announced a couple of others from the preceding months. First, an assisted living community was facing a hard closing deadline, with a 30-day escrow and commercial loan that would have been canceled if the transaction did not close by December 31. Rebecca Van Wieren and Scott Fuller... Read More »
  • Cambridge Provides HUD Construction Financing

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided $6.5 million in construction financing for a 20-bed memory care addition to The Pointe at Pontiac, an existing 60-bed supportive living facility in Pontiac, Illinois. The borrower is an Illinois limited liability company. The financing is insured by HUD under its Section 241(a) program and will be used to fund... Read More »
  • SNF Portfolio Receives Bridge Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $60 million in bridge financing to a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Illinois. The two-year loan was originated by Karina Davydov. The returning healthcare client, who operates over a dozen skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, will use the loan proceeds to acquire the portfolio,... Read More »
Ziegler & M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska IL Community

Ziegler & M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska IL Community

Ziegler and M&T Realty partnered to refinance an independent living community in Kearney, Nebraska, that is owned by Omaha-based Essex Communities. Built in 1992, the community has 34 units and was 100% occupied at closing. Essex bought it in 2018 and immediately commenced substantial renovations, which were completed in 2019.   To reimburse its capital expenditure investments, extract equity and take out debt from a local lender that the company used to acquire the community, Essex relied on Ziegler to arrange a $4.37 million loan from Fannie Mae. The 10-year loan came with a fixed interest rate and two years of interest only, followed by a 30-year amortization period. It was... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Massive Bond Financing For Sonoma County Construction Project

Ziegler Closes Massive Bond Financing For Sonoma County Construction Project

Ziegler brought out the big guns for a nearly $300 million bond financing closed for Ensō Village, a to-be-built CCRC in Healdsburg, California. The Kendal Corporation, a national not-for-profit provider of senior living services, is spearheading the project, which will be a Zen-inspired community set on 16 acres in the heart of Sonoma wine country.   Kendal has planned for 221 independent living, 30 assisted living and 24 memory support units. Of the 221 IL units, 20 are low-income rental apartments for retired Buddhist teachers, and 10 are moderate-income apartments, which will all be mixed among the market-rate units on campus. Common areas and amenities will include a central lobby,... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Debt For Invesque Illinois Sale

Ziegler Arranges Debt For Invesque Illinois Sale

Ziegler served as capital structuring advisor in the $48.95 million debt placement to support the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities and one supportive living facility in the Lincoln Park and South Shore neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. Symphony Care Network is the buyer, after having already operated the communities for some time on behalf of the landlord, Invesque. There are 475 licensed skilled nursing beds and 118 supportive living beds.   The deal is part of Invesque’s plan to streamline its relationship with Symphony. These three facilities sold for approximately $55.5 million, or $93,600 per bed, providing about $10.5 million of net cash proceeds... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Bond Financing For North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler Closes Bond Financing For North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler successfully funded a major expansion of a not-for-profit CCRC in Durham, North Carolina. The Forest at Duke, which is located just south of the Duke University campus, opened in 1992 as a Type-B community. It currently serves over 360 residents across 154 independent living apartments, 88 IL cottages, 34 assisted living units and 58 licensed skilled nursing beds, four of which are certified for Medicare and none for Medicaid.  The board decided it was time to expand and released plans to add a replacement health and wellness center that will include 32 assisted living and 58 skilled nursing units in a “small house” format in a five-story building. Each household... Read More »
People’s United Bank Refinances Two New England Communities

People’s United Bank Refinances Two New England Communities

Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United Bank announced a couple of refinances for seniors housing clients in New England, working with participating banks on both deals. First, up the coast in Mystic, Connecticut, Masonicare of Chester Village is a 179-unit seniors housing campus with independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It opened in 2016. Masonicare received $45 million of debt, with People’s United Bank as the lead holding $30 million and Washington Trust participating with a $15 million hold. There is a seven-year term and 30-year amortization on the debt, which was came in under 67.5% loan-to-value. The transaction replaces mortgages previously held by... Read More »