Finance

WELLSVILLE, N.Y. — Greystone has provided a $7 million bridge loan to refinance acquisition debt for a 137-bed assisted living facility in Wellsville. Willow Ridge Senior Living LLC, led by principals Michael and Cayelan Morris, acquired the Allegany County facility in August 2021. Formerly known as Manor Hills, the property also includes 22 memory care beds in a separate wing. Greystone intends to pursue HUD-insured financing as a long-term permanent exit of the bridge financing. This nonrecourse, interest-only bridge loan includes an initial 24-month term with two six-month extensions.

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STAMFORD, Conn. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the refinancing of The Residence at Summer Street, a newly developed assisted living community in Stamford. The borrowers are Virtus and LCB Senior Living LLC. The amount of the financing was not disclosed. Cushman & Wakefield’s Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Joseph Carbone represented the borrowers in the transaction. VIUM Capital and its affiliate Merchants Bank of Indiana provided the funds. LCB, a senior living operator and developer in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, completed the community in 2018 with …

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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $40 million loan to refinance Varenita of Simi Valley, an assisted living and memory care facility in Simi Valley.  The borrower is Griffin Living, which opened the property in April. Proceeds from the transaction repaid an existing construction loan and provided a return of capital to the owners while the community was still in lease-up. A finance company provided the funds. Meridian’s Ari Adlerstein, Josh Simpson and Jesse Rauch negotiated the transaction. Varenita of Simi Valley comprises 75 assisted living …

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $16.5 million in financing for a joint venture between The Waters Senior Living and an institutional capital partner. The acquisition loan is for the purchase of The Waters of Highland Park, an 84-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag and Bailey Nygard represented the borrower in the transaction. “We originally developed the community and have managed it since opening but we are …

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Morgin Morris Seniors Housing Interest Rates

As if seniors housing developers and operators did not have enough difficulties rebounding from the pandemic, what with constrained occupancy, elevated expenses and staffing shortages plaguing the sector, they are now navigating an environment where the rising cost of capital is limiting their financial flexibility. While the 10-Year Treasury yield has retraded about 50 basis points from its recent peak of nearly 3.5 percent in mid-June, it is still twice as high as it was at the beginning of the year. Likewise, the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) has shot …

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PHOENIX — BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has closed on a $145 million, two-bank term facility for LCS and Westminster Capital. The borrowers will use the funds to recapitalize Sagewood, a continuing care retirement community in Phoenix. The property features 417 independent living, 44 assisted living, 28 memory care and 78 skilled nursing units.

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NORTH OLMSTEAD and NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $73.6 million refinancing for two newly built seniors housing communities totaling 328 units in the Cleveland suburbs of North Olmsted and North Royalton. The properties include Vitalia North Olmsted, totaling 160 units, and Vitalia North Royalton, which offers 168 units. Both properties offer independent living, assisted living and memory care units. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Omni Smart Living, to secure the three-year, floating-rate loan through a national debt fund. Joel Mendes and Billy Lichtenstein …

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COSTA MESA, Calif. — Ziegler has advised CareConnectMD (CCMD), a Costa Mesa-based provider of primary care coordination services tailored to meet the needs of complex Medicare participants, on its $25 million financing round led by Minneapolis-based TT Capital Partners (TTCP). CareConnectMD will leverage the investment to deepen its presence in California, Ohio and Texas and expand into other markets while enhancing its technology platform to scale and streamline care delivery. CCMD’s California-based medical group contracts with managed care and insurance plans to provide comprehensive primary and palliative care to high-risk …

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NEW YORK CITY — Dwight Capital and its mortgage REIT affiliate, Dwight Mortgage Trust, both based in New York City, provided $297.6 million in financing during second-quarter 2022. Dwight provided a $48 million bridge acquisition loan for a 729-bed portfolio in Minnesota. The portfolio consists of 343,525 square feet situated on 15 acres. Adam Sasouness and Adam Offman originated this transaction. Sasouness and Offman also closed a $31 million bridge acquisition loan for Daughters of Miriam Center, a 210-bed skilled nursing facility in Clifton, New Jersey. Situated on 13 acres, …

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OLMSTEAD FALLS, WESTLAKE and CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ziegler has arranged $24.4 million in bond financing for Eliza Jennings, a nonprofit owner with three campuses in the greater Cleveland area. The Renaissance, located on 88 acres in Olmsted Falls, opened its facilities in 1989 and features a total of 314 units of senior living and care. The Devon Oaks campus was established in 2000 and operates a 66-unit assisted living facility (12 designated for memory care) in Westlake. Eliza Jennings Home was originally established in 1888, incorporated in 1922, and owns …

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