UTAH — Live Oak Bank has arranged a $16.1 million loan for a Utah-based owner and operator of nursing homes. Berkadia Commercial Mortgage’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group assisted on the transaction. This financing provided bridge-to-HUD debt for a 38-bed transitional care skilled nursing facility that opened in 2019 and caters to individuals in need of short-term rehabilitation.
LOS ANGELES — Front Porch Communities and Services, a Los Angeles-based seniors housing operator, has hired Sean Kelly as the organization’s new chief executive officer, effective March 6. Kelly succeeds John Woodward who has served as CEO for more than seven years and earlier this year announced his intended retirement. With 19 senior living and 32 affordable housing communities, programs serving 10,000 people across the country and 3,000 employees, Front Porch is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit senior living providers. Kelly comes to Front Porch from The Kendal Corp., …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Greystone has arranged $27.1 million in financing for Merrill Gardens at Columbia, a seniors housing community in Columbia. The regional bank loan for the 120-unit independent living and assisted living community was executed as a floating-rate financing carrying a five-year term and 30-year amortization. The loan featured three years of interest-only payments and a mid-200 basis point loan spread. Tyler Armstrong, managing director at Greystone, worked with the client in placing the bank loan for AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Live Oak Bank has arranged a $13 million loan to refinance debt on Mansions at Gwinnett Park, a seniors housing community in Lawrenceville, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. The property, which opened in 2019, features 94 units of assisted living and memory care. The borrower is Mansions Senior Living, an Oklahoma-based operator. The property was still leasing up when the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the loan will allow additional time for the property to complete its lease-up, according to Live Oak.
CLINTON, Utah — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Barrington Place, a 66-bed memory care community in Clinton, 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. The facility was built in 2016, totaling approximately 32,862 square feet on 2.9 acres of land. A national owner-operator seeking to sell non-core assets sold the property to a family office based in the West for an undisclosed price. The new owner plans to install Ridgeline Management Co. as the operator. Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito and Brad Goodsell of SLIB handled …
DALLAS — Buckner Retirement Services has hired Michael Olmstead as vice president and chief operating officer. In his new role, Olmstead will oversee operations of the faith-based, nonprofit senior living provider that is headquartered in Dallas. Olmstead brings 21 years of senior living experience to Buckner. He previously served as vice president of operations for Ascension Living, where he led an operations team responsible for 34 communities in 11 states and Washington D.C. In addition to his work experience, Olmstead holds a certificate in health ministry leadership from Aquinas Institute …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The national occupancy rate for private-pay seniors housing increased 90 basis points from 82.1 percent in the third quarter of 2022 to 83 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to data from NIC MAP Vision. The occupancy rate has increased 520 basis points from a pandemic low of 77.8 percent in the second quarter of 2021. NIC MAP Vision is a product of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), an Annapolis-based nonprofit firm that tracks industry data gathered from 31 primary …
MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Walker & Dunlop has provided $10.9 million HUD loan to refinance debt on Monarch Skilled Nursing & Rehab, a 75-unit skilled nursing and assisted living community in Marysville, a suburb of Columbus. Frank Cassidy led the Walker & Dunlop team on behalf of Janet Harris and Holland Management. Monarch Skilled Nursing was originally built in 1967 and underwent a rehabilitation of the existing units as well as added assisted living units, which recently stabilized.
LOOMIS, Calif. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Senior Care Villa of Loomis. The facility consists of 26 units and was built in 2000. It totals approximately 15,000 square feet and on 2.5 acres of land in Loomis, 25 miles northeast of Sacramento. The seller was a family owner-operator seeking to retire. The buyer is a Southern California-based investment group looking to expand its portfolio within the state. The price was not disclosed. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. …
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS) has received $2.5 million in private grant funds for the expansion of The Deerfield, a senior living community in New Richmond, approximately 40 miles east of downtown Minneapolis. One hundred percent of the campus’ 24 new independent living apartments — scheduled to open in summer 2023 — were reserved within weeks of the start of marketing, according to the company. The apartments target low- and middle-income residents. “Clearly there is great demand for modest priced housing in the market,” says Jon …