CHELSEA, Mass. — M&T Realty Capital has provided a $17.6 million FHA-insured loan for the refinancing of a 120-unit skilled nursing facility located in Chelsea, a northeastern suburb of Boston. The loan was completed under HUD’s 232 program, which provides mortgage insurance for residential care properties such as assisted living facilities and nursing homes. The borrower was not disclosed.
FARMINGTON, Conn., CHELSEA, Mass. and OREGON — The M&T Realty Capital Corp. (MTRCC) Seniors Housing Team has provided three financing transactions for seniors housing communities totaling $36 million. In the first transaction, M&T provided a $7.1 million FHA-insured loan for the refinance of a 73-unit assisted living facility located in Farmington. The loan was completed under the 232/223(a)(7) program. In the second transaction, M&T provided a $11.4 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of a 95-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Southern Oregon. In the final transaction, …
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. — Arch Communities and WinnDevelopment have started a $25.7 million project that will transform the 104-year-old Mary E. Wells School in Southbridge into seniors housing. The property is located along the Connecticut border southwest of Worcester. Upon completion, the community will feature 62 apartments for seniors over age 55, with 48 of the apartments restricted for residents earning up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), eight reserved for up to 30 percent of AMI and six at market rates. The Massachusetts Department of Housing and …
HARWICH, Mass. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Wingate at Harwich, a 135-bed skilled nursing facility located in the Cape Cod city of Harwich. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Dan Baker and Jack Griffin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investor that is exiting the skilled nursing space, in the transaction. The buyer, a regional operator, plans to upgrade the community.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MassDevelopment has issued $18.7 million in tax-exempt bond financing for Cambridge Housing Authority’s acquisition and renovation of Harry S. Truman Apartments, a 59-unit affordable seniors housing community in Cambridge. In addition to the tax-exempt bond financing, MassDevelopment assisted the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development with the approval of federal low-income housing tax credits, which will provide approximately $13.8 million in equity for the project. Boston Private Bank purchased the bonds. Located across the Charles River from Boston, Harry S. Truman Apartments is part of the …
MEDWAY, Mass. — Salmon Health & Retirement has started taking reservations at Salmon at Medway, a 57-acre seniors housing campus in the Boston suburb of Medway. The community will offer cottage and apartment-style independent living together with apartment-style assisted living and memory care. The number of units was not disclosed.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — WinnDevelopment has started redevelopment work to convert the remainder of the historic Cliftex Mill building in New Bedford, approximately 60 miles south of Boston, into 71 units of mixed-income housing for adults 55 and older. The adaptive reuse of the 114-year-old, five-story brick building will complete the residential development of Manomet Place, a 76-unit, age-restricted apartment community that WinnCompanies opened in a portion of the renovated mill in 2013. There are currently 170 applicants on the wait list for Manomet Place, which WinnResidential manages. “We first …
NEW YORK CITY — The Healthcare Group of Eastern Union, a New York-based commercial real estate finance firm, has secured a $57 million bridge financing package that encompasses two skilled nursing facilities in Florida and two in Massachusetts. The four facilities total 544 beds. The two facilities in Florida represented $26 million of the overall transaction. The first was a 133-bed facility in Naples that provides a combination of skilled nursing and assisted living services. The second asset was a 146-bed center in Venice that delivers assisted living, memory care …
AUBURN, Mass. — Pennrose and the Town of Auburn have broken ground on the historic rehabilitation of the Julia Bancroft School, a 60-unit, mixed-income development for seniors 62 and older. The site is located in Auburn, a suburb just south of Worcester. Plans for the redevelopment include renovating the original 1920s school building, demolishing the later-built addition and replacing it with a new, four-story building. The project is slated for completion in summer 2022. Designed to meet LEED Silver sustainability standards, the community will include studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments. …
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of the former Colonial Nursing Center in Weymouth, a South Shore suburb of Boston. The buyer plans to convert the property to a workforce housing asset. The seller and price were not disclosed. Located on 2.11 acres and totaling 72,999 square feet, the current layout includes 93 units with various amenities, including a commercial kitchen, dining room, activity areas, outdoor courtyard, common gathering areas and outdoor walking trails. The transit-orientated property is also in close proximity to various public transportation …