SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The Mogharebi Group has arranged the sale of Country Club Apartments, a 79-unit seniors housing community in San Bernardino. The buyer and seller were both private investment groups based in Los Angeles. The property sold for $18 million, or $228,000 per unit. “Due to the proven value-add upside, and close proximity to San Bernardino’s largest employers, the buyer pool was large,” says Otto Ozen, executive vice president of TMG. Ozen and Alex Mogharebi of TMG represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 1986, Country Club …
UTAH — HJ Sims has provided a high-leverage bridge loan for the acquisition of a senior living community in Utah. Featuring 55 units of assisted living and memory care, the community features mountain views from its hilltop location in a thriving and growing local market. A regional owner, operator and developer of seniors housing communities partnered with Sims to close on the acquisition. The buyer specializes in assisted living and currently manages over 1,600 units in more than 25 communities across five states in the Mountain West region. Partnering with …
Hiring and retaining good employees was already one of seniors housing operators’ top challenges before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Despite the many new problems that the outbreak presented, many in the seniors housing industry saw a potential silver lining: With so many losing jobs in the hospitality sector, among others, would this be a chance for operators to snatch up those workers? Unfortunately, it appears that did not come to fruition. “When the pandemic started and there were so many layoffs in the hospitality industry, I thought ‘Here we go. …
RICHARDSON, Texas, and BEND, Ore. — RealPage Inc., a Richardson-based provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry, has agreed to acquire G5 Search Marketing, Inc. (“G5”), a digital marketing, advertising and analytics provider. Both companies work in the seniors housing industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. RealPage plans to combine its own real estate platform with G5’s solutions, accelerating RealPage’s vision for marketing optimization and a better renter experience for its customers. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021. …
NEW YORK CITY — Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF), a subsidiary of HJ Sims, has arranged a HUD-insured loan totaling $7 million for Marien-Heim of Sunset Park, a 169-unit, Section 8 elderly housing project located in Brooklyn. The borrower is a local, nonprofit community development organization. SMF served as financial advisor. This was SMF’s second successful transaction for Marien-Heim. In 2012, SMF originated an $8.3 million FHA-insured Section 223(f) loan that refinanced its Section 202 direct loan, funded capital reserves and repairs, earned the borrower a development fee and generated annual …
MODESTO, Calif. — JCH Senior Housing Investment has arranged the triple-net lease of a 68-unit, 120-bed assisted living and memory care community in Modesto, approximately 80 miles south of Sacramento. The team at JCH led a marketing campaign for the landlords, a family-owned owner-operator that is seeking retirement. Throughout the pandemic, the facility struggled to maintain census and keep up with new requirements from licensing, ultimately leading to a licensing revocation hearing. A local operator seeking to convert the building to an adult residential facility was the successful bidder. The …
ELK GROVE, Calif. — Koelsch Communities has named Irene Charnell as executive director of The Park at Laguna Springs, a 129-unit independent living community in the Sacramento suburb of Elk Grove. Charnell brings more than 15 years of senior living experience to the community. She started as an active living director at a retirement community and has held a variety of positions within the industry including activity director, director of resident services and marketing director, and previously served as executive director of another community in California. Koelsch also hired Terrie …
TAYLORVILLE and PARIS, Ill. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of two Life’s Journey-branded memory care communities in Taylorville and Paris, located approximately 97 miles apart in the southern portion of Illinois. Life’s Journey of Taylorville features 46 units in 25,000 square feet on a 4.2 acre plot. The community was built in 2012 and renovated in 2014. Occupancy was 69 percent at the time of sale. Life’s Journey of Paris features 23 units in a 9,200-square-foot building on 0.7 acres. The community was built in …
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — HJ Sims has arranged $60.5 million in bond financing for Westminster Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in West Lafayette, approximately midway between Chicago and Indianapolis. Founded in 1976, the community features 346 beds targeting middle-class seniors. The ownership partners with Purdue University. Westminster Village sought to take advantage of low interest rates to refinancing its outstanding 2014 bond issue. Sims found a banking partner with terms that would offer flexibility and savings for the borrower. The financing generated enough savings to for the community …
STOCKTON, Calif. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of an 80-unit assisted living and memory care community in Stockton, located south of Sacramento and east of the Bay Area. JCH represented the sellers, a family-owned owner-operator looking to retire from the space. A local owner seeking to grow in the area acquired the property for $5.8 million. Jim Hazzard and Cindy Hazzard handled the transaction process.