WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — HJ Sims has arranged $60.5 million in bond financing for Westminster Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in West Lafayette, approximately midway between Chicago and Indianapolis. Founded in 1976, the community features 346 beds targeting middle-class seniors. The ownership partners with Purdue University. Westminster Village sought to take advantage of low interest rates to refinancing its outstanding 2014 bond issue. Sims found a banking partner with terms that would offer flexibility and savings for the borrower. The financing generated enough savings to for the community …
NEW YORK CITY — Seniors housing finance veterans Rick Shamberg, Greg Rush and Kari Schmidt have launched Scarp Ridge Capital Partners, a New York-based investor. Focused on value-add and opportunistic real estate, the company plans to invest in hospitality and healthcare with a heavy concentration of seniors housing. Launching with a $300 million fund, Scarp Ridge plans to acquire non-performing loans; create structured financing solutions including debt, mezzanine and preferred equity; and acquire direct ownership interests in assets and portfolios. “Scarp Ridge believes there will be opportunities to acquire distressed …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE Senior Housing has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for The Village on Morehead, a seniors housing community in Charlotte. The borrower is a joint venture between Bridgewood Property Co. and Harrison Street. The 12-story, Class A development will feature 199 units of independent living, with assisted living services arranged by Bridgewood’s wholly owned management company, Retirement Center Management (RCM). The property sits on “an irreplaceable infill site between downtown Charlotte and the city’s most desirable neighborhoods,” according to CBRE. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and …
WORCESTER, Mass. — Ziegler has arranged $85.5 million in bond financing for Ascentria Care Alliance, a Worcester-based skilled nursing operator. The bonds will support three of the borrower’s facilities: Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, featuring 147 skilled nursing beds. Lutheran Home of Southbury (LHS) in Southbury, Connecticut, featuring 120 skilled nursing beds and 14 assisted living units. Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Worcester, featuring 107 skilled nursing beds and 43 rest home care beds. Proceeds of the bonds issued through the National Finance …
BETHESDA, Md. — MidCap Financial has provided a $46 million, floating-rate, first mortgage loan for Fortress Investment Group. The funds will facilitate the acquisition of a portfolio of five senior housing communities totaling 444 units across South Florida. Sonata Senior Living is the operator of the portfolio Allison Holland at Jones Lang LaSalle arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $22.6 million HUD-insured loan for Seagirt Seniors Housing, an affordable housing property located in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. The 12-story, 120,278-square-foot building was built in 1985 with 151 Section 8 apartment units and one employee unit. Laura Smith of Berkadia originated the financing, which was structured with a 35-year term and a 71 percent loan-to-value ratio, through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower, New York-based operator JASA, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. Planned upgrades include …
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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 …
LIVERMORE, Calif. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured a $10.2 million fixed-rate loan to refinance debt on Livermore Healthcare, a skilled nursing facility in Livermore, located east of San Francisco Bay. KeyBank provided the funds through the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program for Eagle Arc Partners, a health care real estate investment firm. The loan is structured with a fully amortizing, 35-year term. FHA loan proceeds were used to pay down an interim bridge loan. A KeyBank-led bank syndicate provided the original acquisition financing for a portfolio …
SARASOTA, Fla. — The United Group of Companies has received a $48 million construction loan from Trez Capital, with the funds used to build The Alloro at University Groves. Located in the coastal Tampa suburb of Sarasota, the community will feature 183 units of what the developer calls “independent living lite,” a bridge between active adult and independent living. Units are restricted to those age 55 and older. Units will vary in size between 708 and 2,232 square feet. A 15,210-square-foot clubhouse will serve as the center of the community. …
NEW YORK CITY — Dwight Capital, a New York-based firm, provided $234.2 million in seniors housing and healthcare financings during second-quarter 2021. Dwight closed a $94.3 million HUD loan for The Village at Gainesville, a 651-bed senior living community located in Gainesville, Florida. The gated property is situated on a 104-acre campus and offers assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services. The refinancing closed as the largest healthcare 232(a)(7) loan in HUD’s history to date, according to Josh Sasouness, who originated this transaction. In a separate transaction, Clint Miller …