LAKELAND, Fla. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of an assisted living facility in Lakeland, approximately midway between Orlando and Tampa. A publicly traded REIT sold the asset to a local owner-operator in an all-cash transaction. The price and name of the community were not disclosed. At the time of marketing, the community’s performance was trending back upward following a decline in 2020 and 2021. Brooks Blackmon and Lauren Nagle led the Blueprint team.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a Philadelphia-based developer of multifamily properties including seniors housing, has promoted Marsha Blunt to president of Pennrose Management Co. (PMC) and Margot Elton-Ratliff to vice president of operations. Blunt will be responsible for the financial and operational performance of the organization, overseeing the property operations, risk management, compliance and maintenance departments. Elton-Ratliff will be responsible for enhancing company performance by providing overall direction and guidance of Pennrose operating activities. Blunt joined Pennrose in 2006, serving as regional property manager and later regional vice president, where she oversaw …
SANDWICH, Mass. — MassHousing has provided $6.2 million in financing to Sandwich Senior Housing Corp. The funds will be used to improve the physical plant of Shawme Heights Apartments, an affordable seniors housing community in the Cap Cod town of Sandwich. The nonprofit Sandwich Senior Housing Corp. refinanced the property through MassHousing’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture program with partner lender Rockport Mortgage Corp. MassHousing offers the MAP/Ginnie Mae loan program to the owners of rental housing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD …
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) has awarded $3 million to the Santa Monica-based Milken Institute. The funds will be used to establish the Aging Innovation Collaborative (AIC) within the Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging, which advances healthy longevity and financial security through policy, research, convenings and multisector partnerships. The AIC will engage experts to develop new models of housing, healthcare and community that meet the needs of a growing U.S. population of older adults. By removing silos between industries …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Skilled nursing occupancy nationwide increased 59 basis points from July to August, reaching 82.3 percent at the end of the month. That’s according to a blog post this week by Bill Kauffman, senior principal with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). The Annapolis-based organization is the main source of data tracking for the seniors housing industry. The new skilled nursing occupancy number is an increase of 142 basis points from the pandemic low of 75 percent in January 2021. Occupancy hovered around 81 …
YONKERS, N.Y. — Rockabill and BWE have provided a $16.9 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance debt on Monastery Manor, a 147-unit affordable apartment building for seniors just north of New York City in Yonkers. The borrower is nonprofit owner-operator Finian Sullivan Corp. Proceeds from the refinancing will be used to fund renovations at the property and pay off existing debt. The refinancing also includes an extension of the property’s existing PILOT agreement with the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency. BWE’s Jim Gillespie and Ilya Weinstein originated the loan. Units are …
ARIZONA — Capital Funding Group (CFG) has provided a $10.9 million HUD loan, which refinances an existing bridge loan on a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Arizona. CFG originally arranged the bridge loan as well. Tommy Dillon originated the transaction for CFG. No further details were provided.
MIAMI — A joint venture between Housing Trust Group (HTG) and AM Affordable Housing has broken ground on a $37 million affordable seniors housing project located at 18700 NE 25th Ave. in Miami. Dubbed Oasis at Aventura, the development will feature 95 one-bedroom units across eight stories reserved for residents age 62 years or older earning at or below 25, 33 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amenities at the community will include a community room, fitness center, business center, library and lounge and outdoor terrace. Monthly …
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Noble Senior Living at Brooksville, approximately 45 miles north of Tampa. Located on an 8.3-acre site, the community houses 85 assisted living and memory care units. Built originally as a hotel in 1925, the community was converted to assisted living in 1984. Since that time there have been significant capital upgrades both to the interior and exterior of the asset. The seller is a publicly traded REIT that was exiting the asset. The buyer is a Florida-based …
HOUSTON — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the real estate and operations of Champions Healthcare at Willowbrook, a healthcare campus consisting of a 98-bed skilled nursing facility and a 144-bed assisted living facility located in Houston. The real estate was acquired by a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company. The seller and price were not disclosed. This acquisition brings Ensign’s portfolio to 297 healthcare operations, 27 of which also include senior living operations, across 13 states. Ensign subsidiaries, including Standard Bearer, …
