California

TUSTIN, Calif. — Confluent Senior Living and MorningStar Senior Living have entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) with the City of Tustin to lead the development of MorningStar at Tustin Legacy. Located in Orange County, the 283,000-square-foot community will feature 145 independent living, 60 assisted living and 28 memory care units. The main buildings will be between four and five stories high surrounded by 29 single-story independent living cottages. The site, formerly the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Tustin, is located within the 1,600-acre Tustin Legacy community. The location …

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $43.2 million in financing for Varenita of Westlake, an 86-unit assisted living and memory care community in Thousand Oaks, approximately 40 miles west of Los Angeles. JLL represented the borrower, Westlake Senior Living, Center LLC, to secure the five-year loan from a regional bank. The Class A community consists of 58 assisted living units and 28 memory care units across three stories with surface and underground parking. The community features a mix of predominantly one-bedroom units, with some studios and two-bedroom …

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CHINO, Calif. — G Capital Markets, a new advisory firm launched this summer by Grant Goodman, has arranged a $9.6 million HUD refinancing for Trellis Chino, a skilled nursing facility in Chino. Built in 2018, the community comprises all private rooms and exclusively cares for short-term, high-acuity rehabilitation patients. After leasing up during COVID, the building has performed strongly with near 100 percent occupancy, according to G Capital. The borrower, Encore Capital Ventures, is a real estate investment and capital solutions firm with a portfolio of healthcare and other real …

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Capital Funding Group (CFG) has provided a $43.4 million HUD loan for a 140-bed skilled nursing facility in Bakersfield. The transaction converts an existing bridge loan into a HUD loan following the property’s stabilization.  The initial financing, also executed by CFG, allowed the nationally recognized borrower to acquire the property. Patrick McGovern originated the transaction for CFG.

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VISTA, Calif. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NYSE: CTRE) has completed a joint venture investment to acquire La Fuente Post Acute, a 187-bed skilled nursing facility in Vista, approximately 40 miles north of San Diego.  Once regulatory approval is obtained, the facility will be operated by Bayshire Senior Communities (a current tenant of CareTrust) pursuant to a new 15-year lease. To acquire the facility, CareTrust and a third-party regional healthcare real estate investor entered into a joint venture. CareTrust’s combined common equity and preferred equity investments in the joint venture total …

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CHICAGO — Ventas (NYSE: VTR), a Chicago-based REIT, has named three new operators for a portfolio of independent living communities in Texas, Florida and California. Sodalis Senior Living will take over management of 13 communities in Texas, while Priority Life Care will operate eight properties in Florida and Discovery Senior Living will operate five in California. Ventas “is expanding its successful existing relationships with the three managers to increase occupancy and performance in these communities,” the company said in a press release. The communities will be operated under management contracts. …

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Brittany House Memory Care Center in Long Beach, just south of Los Angeles. The seller is a San Diego-based developer and operator looking to focus its resources on a newly developed portfolio of communities throughout Orange and San Diego counties. The buyer is a Los Angeles-based high-net-worth family. The price was not disclosed. The Blueprint team included Jacob Gehl and Scott Frazier.

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PHOENIX — Life Care Services has updated its executive team roster with two internal promotions and a new hire. Stewart Ingram was promoted to regional operations manager for Life Care Services (LCS). He has been working with Sagewood and its parent company, LCS, for more than 31 years and was Sagewood’s executive director for 17 years. In his new role, Ingram will oversee the operations of LCS-managed communities in the San Diego and San Francisco Bay markets. To fill the position of executive director at Sagewood, an LCS community in …

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Kisco Senior Living has named Joseph Villanueva as executive director at The Kensington at Walnut Creek.  Villanueva brings more than 15 years of senior living experience to the community. He started as a licensed vocational nurse at a retirement community and has held a variety of positions within the industry including associate executive director, and previously served as executive director of another community in California.

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CALIFORNIA — Forbright Bank and HJ Sims have partnered to finance the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in California. The skilled nursing facilities feature approximately 150 beds. The borrower plans to invest in the physical plants of both facilities.  The financing partners described the buyer as “a top-tier skilled nursing operator.” Further details on the properties, buyer and seller were not disclosed. Forbright and HJ Sims closed a unique unitranche loan product to provide financing for the acquisition. This loan product acts as a single debt obligation with one …

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