NEW YORK CITY — New York-based Meridian Capital Group’s seniors housing and healthcare team has arranged $60 million in financing for two portfolios of memory care assets across Ohio, Georgia, South Carolina, Colorado, California and Tennessee. Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson of Meridian negotiated the two transactions, which will refinance existing debt on the properties. In the first transaction, Meridian arranged $27.5 million for four memory care facilities totaling 264 beds in Ohio and Georgia. The five-year loan features a fixed rate and limited personal guarantees. In the …
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COVINGTON, Ga. — Greystone has provided $15.8 million in Freddie Mac financing for the construction of Legends of Covington, a 198-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Covington. PJ McDevitt of Greystone originated the transaction on behalf of Dominium Holdings, one of the largest affordable housing development and management companies in the country. The Freddie Mac Tax Exempt Loan is part of the Freddie Mac Target Affordable Housing (TAH) Program. The financing includes a 30-month forward period for construction, with Freddie Mac’s permanent take-out carrying an 18-year …
NEW YORK CITY — Monticello Asset Management LLC has provided $40 million in first lien debt financing for an assisted living facility in the Bronx. The property features a total of 256 beds. The borrower and name of the facility were not disclosed. The loan will refinance existing debt. The borrower recently completed an extensive renovation of the facility including updates to the resident rooms, lobby, common areas and landscaping. Monticello provided the long-term financing for the borrower after it received full licensure in New York and has since stabilized …
ILLINOIS — Capital Funding LLC has provided bridge-to-HUD financing for the acquisition of six skilled nursing facilities located throughout Illinois. The portfolio totals 594 total beds. The borrower, amount of capital, and names and locations of the properties were not disclosed. Capital Funding also financed the operations of a seventh skilled nursing facility in the portfolio, operated by Crown Healthcare. The lender expects to ultimately refinance the debt through HUD’S 232/223(f) program. Craig Casagrande originated the transaction for Capital Funding. Capital Finance LLC also provided working capital in the amount …
The Federal Housing Finance Administration’s (FHFA) recent decision to maintain healthy multifamily purchase volumes for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac calmed market uncertainties over capital availability for the remainder of 2019 and 2020, which had increased loan spreads by 30 to 50 basis points over the summer. The decision also addressed similar uncertainties in the seniors housing industry and, to some degree, growing concerns over affordability. Both were hot topics at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care’s fall conference in mid-September, and M&T Bank’s healthcare banking and …