NEWARK, N.J. — Watermark Retirement Communities, an Arizona-based operator, has agreed to pay $4.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and receiving a kickback from a nationwide home health agency (HHA) operator in order to facilitate referrals from Watermark retirement homes. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordann Conaboy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey led the investigation, as well as trial attorneys Daniel Meyler and Samson Asiyanbi of the Fraud Section. The United States alleged that the HHA operator purchased …
ATLANTA — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Diversified Healthcare Finance Group has arranged $426.8 million in financing for a seniors housing portfolio. The borrower is a publicly traded healthcare REIT. The portfolio comprises 19 seniors housing properties across 10 states and was financed by an agency lender. Further details on the borrower, properties and financing were not disclosed. Richard Thomas, Todd Paradis and Meredith Davis led the transaction for Atlanta-based Grandbridge.
CHICAGO — ACO Commercial has arranged the sale of a five-acre development site located at 3000-3052 S. Pitney Court in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood for $8 million. George Toscas and Linda Hatter of ACO represented the seller, St. Louis-based SOHO Investments Inc. The buyer was the Chinese American Service League Inc. The nonprofit plans to develop the site into a comprehensive community care campus with affordable seniors housing, an adult day service center for seniors, an early childcare center and an industrial/commercial kitchen for senior meals and culinary training programs. Additionally, …
PALM COAST, Fla. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Gold Choice Palm Coast, a 50-unit assisted living and memory care community in Palm Coast, approximately midway between Jacksonville and Orlando. The community was built in 2021 and spans 33,552 square feet on a 6.6-acre parcel. The seller was a Florida-based owner-operator that originally developed the community. The asset was fully stabilized with opportunity to continue revenue growth, according to SLIB. The buyer was a 1031 fund looking for newer assets with strong in-place yield. The …
VIRGINIA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of five skilled nursing communities in central and western Virginia. Each property comprises between 57 and 89 licensed beds for a total of 326 beds across the portfolio. The properties were built in the early 1990s and most feature a 4- or 5-star CMS rating. Blueprint worked directly with the existing operator to not only acquire the real estate, but also source the equity and debt financing needed to ultimately capitalize the portfolio acquisition. The seller and price were …
BOSTON — MassHousing, working with Rogerson Communities, has provided $14.5 million in affordable housing financing to Charles H. Farnsworth Senior Housing Corp., owner and developer of the 76-unit Farnsworth House for older adults in Boston. The funds will be used for the refinancing and renovation of the property, as well as the extension of resident affordability for at least 24 years. Located in the city’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, Farnsworth House is a seven-story brick building built in 1982 under the federal Section 202 Program. Among the improvements planned for the …
BEAVERTON, ORE. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $15.2 million loan for the refinancing of Waterhouse Ridge Memory Care in Beaverton, just west of Portland. Located at 1115 NW 158th Ave., Waterhouse Ridge features 68 memory care beds. Onelife Senior Living developed, owns and operates the facility, which is currently 88 percent occupied. Kevin Giusti and Daniel Barone of Walker & Dunlop led the origination team that placed the loan through one of its lending partners. Loan proceeds were utilized to refinance existing debt and provide cash to the …
LAKE CITY, Fla. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of The Canopy at Harper Lake in Lake City, a small city of approximately 12,000 residents between Jacksonville and Tallahassee. The community features 44 assisted living units and 20 memory care units. Built in 2019 the community sits on approximately 5.7 acres. The asset was stabilized with all private-pay residents at the time of sale. The seller was a Florida-based developer and investment group. The buyer is a 1031 fund targeting newer assets with strong in-place cash …
ATLANTA — Charlie Jennings, chief development officer with Vero Beach, Fla.-based Harbor Retirement Associates, said he would challenge the “Stay alive until ‘25” mantra that some real estate professionals are touting amid today’s economic uncertainty. The phrase is a play on the late billionaire investor Sam Zell’s remarks amid the downturn in 1991 when he coined the mantra “Stay alive until ’95.” “I do not agree with that at all; that insinuates that we’re just going to sit on our hands as an industry and wait for somebody else to …
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) has acquired Pine Run Life Plan Community, a 532-unit continuing care retirement community in Doylestown, approximately 25 miles north of Philadelphia. Doylestown Hospital sold the property for an undisclosed price. PSL is partnering with Doylestown Health at the community. Further details were not disclosed.