FLORIDA — Monticello has provided $20.2 million in first lien debt financing for the refinancing of two assisted living and memory care facilities totaling 171 beds in Florida. The borrower is an experienced owner and operator with a current portfolio of 1,325 licensed beds. Further details on the transaction were not disclosed.
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WICHITA, Kan. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided an $11.3 million tax-exempt construction and permanent bond loan for the acquisition of Somerset Tower Plaza in Wichita. Steele Properties plans to renovate the 100-unit affordable seniors housing community. The city of Wichita issued the bonds, and the National Development Council provided $4.2 million of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity. Originally constructed in 1979, the seven-story Somerset Tower Plaza is located two miles from the Wichita Central Business District. The renovation will include exterior upgrades and life-safety improvements. …
CARY, N.C. — HJ Sims has arranged $6.6 million in financing for Samaritan Housing’s continued expansion plans at SearStone, a continuing care retirement community in Cary. Following the original Phase I development, SearStone consists of 131 independent living apartments, 38 independent living estate homes, 14 assisted living units and 25 skilled nursing beds. Sims financed the first phase of SearStone with a $117.5 million non-rated, fixed-rate bond issue in June 2012 and an expansion of the healthcare center in 2016 with an $8 million issue. Sims provided the original seed …
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Ziegler has arranged $199.4 million in bond financing for Acts Retirement-Life Communities. Based in Fort Washington, Acts is the third largest nonprofit seniors housing operator in the country. The company operates 26 communities in nine states with a total of 9,671 total units. The portfolio involved in this specific financing includes 20 communities in seven states, with eight locations in Pennsylvania, four locations in Florida, three locations in Delaware, two locations in North Carolina, one location in South Carolina, one location in Georgia, and one location …
DULLES, Va. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $23 million FHA-insured loan to refinance of a 166-bed skilled nursing facility in Dulles, a subsurb of Washington, D.C. At an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, the 35-year, 2.65 percent fixed-rate loan is fully amortizing. Matthew Pipitone of M&T Realty Capital’s Baltimore office led the transaction in collaboration with Nick Gent of M&T Bank’s D.C. office.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Ziegler has completed an $18 million taxable bank placement for Warm Hearth Village, a continuing care retirement community in Blacksburg. Warm Hearth was founded in 1974 and provides housing, health care and other services to seniors on its 220-acre campus through the operation of 259 independent living units, 55 active adult units, 150 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds. The financing will be used to consolidate three existing bank placements and pay for $2 million in campus improvements. National Bank of Blacksburg provided the funds, …
Grandbridge Provides $16.6M Acquisition Financing for Summer Vista Assisted Living in Pensacola
by Jeff Shaw
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Grandbridge’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group has provided $16.6 million in financing for the acquisition of Summer Vista Assisted Living in Pensacola. The property totals 89 units of assisted living and memory care. Details on the buyer and seller were not disclosed. Richard Thomas and Thomas Wiedeman, based in Grandbridge’s Atlanta office, originated the Freddie Mac loan.
MANCHESTER, Ky. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $10.7 million in financing for Landmark of Laurel Creek, a 106-bed skilled nursing facility in Manchester, approximately 90 miles southeast of Lexington. The loan was made through HUD’s LEAN 232/233(f), which refinances debt on skilled nursing facilities. Joshua Rosen led the Walker & Dunlop origination team.
LAWRENCEVILLE and DACULA, Ga. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital (KBREC) has secured $50 million of fixed-rate Freddie Mac financing for Dominium, a developer and manager of affordable housing. The twin $25 million loans will be used for the construction of two affordable seniors housing communities — Grayson Ridge Apartments in Lawrenceville and The Preserve at Peachtree Shoals in Dacula, both suburbs of Atlanta. Both four-story, garden-style properties will each contain 240 units for residents age 55 and older. The unit mix for both will consist of 124 one-bedroom units, 100 …
Ziegler Arranges $22.5M Financing for Beacon Hill at Eastgate CCRC Expansion in Michigan
by Jeff Shaw
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Ziegler has arranged $22.5 million in bank bonds for an expansion project at Beacon Hill at Eastgate, a 300-unit continuing care retirement community in the Eastgate neighborhood of Grand Rapids. The borrower is Michigan Christian Home. The financing package includes a $9.8 million long-term component with a 30-year amortization and a $12.7 million short-term loan with a three-year amortization that will be retired with initial entrance fees from the project. Built in 1960, the property currently features 170 entrance fee independent living units, 20 rental independent …