TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has agreed to sell a portfolio of seniors housing properties in California, Nevada and Washington for more than $740 million. The announcement was made on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Very few details have been released, however, with Welltower not disclosing the names, locations, buyers or number of properties. The portfolio was 97 percent occupied with a net operating income of $36.7 million in 2019.
California
LOS ANGELES — South Bay Partners, through a joint venture with LAMB Properties and Columbia Pacific Advisors, has started construction of The Variel in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The eight-story, mid-rise building will feature 215 independent living units, 94 assisted living units and 27 memory care units. The leasing office is scheduled to open this fall, with occupancy planned for winter of 2021. VTBS Architects and Rodrigo Vargas Design are the design team for the project. W.E. O’Neil Construction will serve as general contractor. West Bay Senior …
MADERA, Calif. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Cedar Creek Senior Living, a 112-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. The property is located in Madera, approximately 25 miles northwest of Fresno. Originally built in 2005, the community averaged 87.6 percent occupancy in the year leading up to the sale. ESI represented the seller, an independent owner. A California-based REIT acquired the property for an undisclosed price.
TORRANCE, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened a marketing information center at Oakmont of Torrance, the company’s seniors housing development in Torrance, just south of Los Angeles. Set to open this spring, Oakmont of Torrance will offer 55 assisted living and 32 memory care units in a 106,613-square-foot building situated on two acres.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL) is preparing to open the Lynne and Roy M. Frank Residences, a $140 million expansion to the property. The 270,000-square-foot expansion adds 113 assisted living apartments and 77 memory care suites. Byer Square, a new multi-generational community center, will feature a fitness center, pool, cinema, performance center, art studio and café. Construction began in mid 2017. Residents are expected to begin moving in during spring 2020. In conjunction with the expansion, SFCJL has created partnerships with Alzheimer’s Association, Creative Aging …
Cambridge Provides $16.3M Refinancing for Anberry Transitional Care in Merced, California
by Jeff Shaw
MERCED, Calif. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $16.3 million HUD Lean loan to refinance Anberry Transitional Care, a 72-bed skilled nursing care facility. The property is located in Merced, a small city southeast of the Bay Area. The facility focuses on short-term rehabilitation. The borrower is a California limited partnership. The 35-year loan is fully amortizing.
VENTURA, Calif. — Venture West Funding Inc. has arranged a $24.7 million loan to refinance Ventura Townehouse in Ventura, a coastal city northwest of Los Angeles. Ventura Townehouse is a luxury seiniors housing community totaling 299 units. Assisted living, memory care and respite care services are available to residents. Jean-Marc Herrouin of Venture West Funding arranged the financing through Walker & Dunlop. The non-recourse, 10-year, fixed-rate loan includes two years of interest-only payments. The borrower was not disclosed.
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has arranged the $27 million refinancing of a 137-bed seniors housing asset in Rancho Cordova, a suburb of Sacramento. The 80,000-square-foot property, one of Summerset Senior Living’s two locations, offers assisted living and memory care. It was built in 2016. The new loan replaces $17 million in bridge financing that Marcus & Millichap also arranged. The refinancing features a 10-year term and a fixed rate. The lender was not disclosed.
CAMARILLO, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened Oakmont of Camarillo, an assisted living and memory care community in the Ventura County city of Camarillo. The 86,839-square-foot property offers 91 units on a three-acre plot. The community is Oakmont’s first in the county. Ted Burgess serves as executive director of the property.
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — Ziegler has closed a $12.4 million, tax-exempt bond anticipation note for the development of Enso Village, a continuing care retirement community in Healdsburg, a city in Sonoma County’s wine country. A bond anticipation note is a short-term security issued in anticipation of future, larger bond financing for the project. The borrower is Kendal at Sonoma, a nonprofit partnership between The Kendal Corporation, Greenbrier Development and the San Francisco Zen Center. The community will feature 200 market-rate independent living apartments, 20 below-market independent living apartments to accommodate retired …