TARZANA, Calif. — Oxford Finance LLC has provided a $28 million senior credit facility to AvantGarde Senior Living. The funds are being used to refinance existing debt on one facility located in Tarzana. Founded in 2008, AvantGarde owns and operates two luxury assisted living facilities in California. The subject facility was acquired in 2010 as a 100-room senior living hotel and converted to a 138-bed assisted living community.
In a July 22 Seniors Housing Business webinar titled “Invigorating the Seniors Housing Workforce: Strategies to Inspire, Engage, and Retain Talent,” panelists discussed challenges in finding and motivating employees in the senior living industry. Seniors housing communities struggled to find staff prior to COVID-19, but a combination of factors is currently exacerbating the difficulties in communities. These components include competing opportunities, government unemployment programs and safety concerns related to the pandemic. Lisa Lacy, Discovery Senior Living, explains “We are competing with organizations that we didn’t typically compete with. It’s not …
STOCKTON, Calif. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of an 80-unit assisted living and memory care community in Stockton, located south of Sacramento and east of the Bay Area. JCH represented the sellers, a family-owned owner-operator looking to retire from the space. A local owner seeking to grow in the area acquired the property for $5.8 million. Jim Hazzard and Cindy Hazzard handled the transaction process.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Birmingham, Alabama-based operator Atlas Senior Living has acquired both the real estate and operations of an assisted living and memory care community in St. Petersburg. The community will be the sixth Atlas property in Florida and the first in the St. Petersburg area. Previously named Bloom at St. Petersburg, the community will be rebranded and renamed The Goldton at St. Petersburg. Further details on the transaction were not disclosed.
DADELAND, Fla. — Sunset Point ALF, an affiliate of Miami-based real estate development firm CIP Group, and LV Development, an affiliate of Miami-based Linkvest Capital, have formed a joint venture to develop a 40,000-square-foot, 120-bed assisted living facility in an unincorporated area near Dadeland. The partners acquired the vacant site for $3.7 million from the Stupp Family Partnership. The developers are expected to break ground on the project in the first quarter of 2022 CIP Group and Linkvest Capital, through its LV Lending affiliate, are also developing Miami Springs Town …
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. — ISL Ventures has completed construction on Mount Prospect Senior Living, an assisted living and memory care community in Mount Prospect, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago. The 78,000 square-foot building features 56 assisted living units and 32 memory care units. Partners on the project include Leading Light Development, Pi Architects, Charles Hall Construction, Manhard Engineering, TDi and EEA Consulting Engineers. Integral Senior Living is the operator.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a 72-unit assisted living community in Columbia. The property recently underwent a $1 million renovation and is located less than a mile from one of the area’s largest hospitals, the 557-bed Lexington Medical Center. An owner-operator acquired the property in an all-cash deal. The price and seller were not disclosed.
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In the Seniors Housing Sector, a Sense of Recovery is Growing
For more than a year, seniors housing operators have battled rising vacancy, pressure on net operating income and uncertainty about the future as potential residents steered clear from property tours and lease commitments. Those difficulties have created a tough financing environment for the segment. But a growing number of seniors housing discussions today are centered on how operators and the industry are recovering, according to Christopher Callaghan, head of healthcare banking at M&T Bank. To what degree a recovery is occurring, however, depends on several variables. “There is still a …
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Confluent Senior Living and Harbor Retirement Associates (HRA) have broken ground on a 106,698-square-foot assisted living and memory care community in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Representing the first project of its kind to break ground in this city within the past 20 years, HarborChase of Shaker Heights will address the unmet demand among local residents for this housing option. The three-story community will offer 108 licensed senior living units, comprising 80 apartments for assisted living and 28 units for memory care residents. The community …
ILLINOIS and TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged $105.9 million in financing to recapitalize a portfolio of six assisted living and memory care properties. The portfolio features 631 units operating under the Heartis brand. The borrower is Dallas-based Caddis Partners. The financing structure consisted of an $80 million syndicated senior credit facility and a $25.9 million mezzanine loan provided by an institutional partner. The portfolio includes: Heartis Clear Lake in Clear Lake Heartis Longview in Longview Heartis San Antonio in San Antonio Heartis Arlington in Arlington Heartis Waco …