BALTIMORE — M&T Realty Capital Corp., a Baltimore-based subsidiary of M&T Bank has closed a total of $434.7 million in loans during the first six months of 2023. The loans are for senior living properties, health and rehabilitation centers and retirement communities in the South, Southwest and Northwest. M&T financed 18 properties in eight states across the entire acuity spectrum from standalone independent living to skilled nursing. Loans and amounts include the following: The M&T seniors housing team includes Matt Pipitone, Nick Gent and Matt Henning. Details on the properties …
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HARTFORD, Conn. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has closed $51.6 million in Fannie Mae Seniors Housing loans for the acquisition financing of a seniors housing portfolio located in the Hartford MSA. The borrowers are White Oak Healthcare REIT and Everbrook Senior Living. The 10-year, floating-rate loans are structured with three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization. Matt Pipitone of M&T’s Baltimore office led the transaction. Further details on the properties were not disclosed.
BALTIMORE — In an expansion of its current leadership team, Baltimore-based M&T Realty Capital Corp. has promoted Michael Edelman, previously group vice president, to president of the organization. In this new role, Edelman will report directly to CEO Michael Berman. He will be responsible for external customer and capital relationships, including continuing his previous work leading the organization’s relationships with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Edelman, a six-year veteran of M&T, will also focus on growing the FHA and life co-placement platforms as well as enhancing M&T Realty Capital Corp.’s …
A COVID-19 hangover has tested seniors housing in 2021. Low occupancy rates along with staff shortages, rising expenses and other conditions have not only created a difficult operating environment, but they also have dampened financing activity as owners have delayed putting properties on the market or seeking refinancing. As fundamentals continue to improve, however, seniors housing finance experts are looking forward to a busier 2022. A significant rebound in demand combined with limited new supply helped push the average seniors housing occupancy rate to above 80 percent nationally in the …
PORTLAND, Ore. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has arranged a $20 million FHA-insured loan to refinance a 98-unit memory care facility in Portland. The loan was completed under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Federal Housing Authority (FHA) 232/223(f) program. At a 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, the non-recourse, 35-year, fully amortizing loan with a fixed interest rate below 2.4 percent refinanced M&T Realty’s bridge loan. Located within a designated Opportunity Zone, the FHA application was given priority treatment within the FHA queue resulting in the bridge loan …
M&T Realty Capital Provides $20M in Financing for Seniors Housing Property in Washington State
SEATTLE — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has funded a $20 million Freddie Mac Optigo conventional loan to refinance a 90-unit, 92-bed seniors housing property located in the Seattle metro area. The non-recourse loan carries a 10-year term, fixed interest rate, five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization period. The property maintained healthy occupancy during the COVID-19 pandemic and occupancy had climbed above 91 percent at the time of closing. The property features a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Steve Muth of M&T Realty …
Seniors housing owners struggling with low occupancy and maturing debt have found themselves in a state of financing limbo. Preferred lenders that cater to the industry, including FHA/HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, won’t consider providing a mortgage to properties that are not stabilized. Operators need time to remedy the problem amid COVID-19’s detrimental influence on resident recruitment and other operations. The situation is particularly challenging for developers who have recently completed projects but are experiencing longer-than-anticipated lease-up periods and may not have qualified for any federal aid programs. What’s …
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 …
CHELSEA, Mass. — M&T Realty Capital has provided a $17.6 million FHA-insured loan for the refinancing of a 120-unit skilled nursing facility located in Chelsea, a northeastern suburb of Boston. The loan was completed under HUD’s 232 program, which provides mortgage insurance for residential care properties such as assisted living facilities and nursing homes. The borrower was not disclosed.
FARMINGTON, Conn., CHELSEA, Mass. and OREGON — The M&T Realty Capital Corp. (MTRCC) Seniors Housing Team has provided three financing transactions for seniors housing communities totaling $36 million. In the first transaction, M&T provided a $7.1 million FHA-insured loan for the refinance of a 73-unit assisted living facility located in Farmington. The loan was completed under the 232/223(a)(7) program. In the second transaction, M&T provided a $11.4 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of a 95-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Southern Oregon. In the final transaction, …