GREENVILLE, S.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a seniors housing community in Greenville. Built in 2001, the property features 74 assisted living units and 17 memory care units. The name of the property, price and seller were not disclosed. A private investor acquired the community with plans to replace operations.
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Great uncertainties cloud the immediate outlook for the U.S. economy and the seniors housing and care industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But one thing is certain: Unlike other industries that have been forced to shut down, senior living communities are open and continue to serve residents. With that framework in mind, a March 26 webinar sponsored by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) addressed the ongoing financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for operators, developers and capital providers. The webinar is the first …
Survey: Residents Have High Opinion of Seniors Housing Care, but COVID-19 Has Hurt Reputation
by Jeff Shaw
CLACKAMAS, Ore. — The good news, according to a recent survey, is that residents in seniors housing communities largely believe that senior living provides good care. The bad news is that those who don’t live there believe the care is poor. SeniorList, a Clackamas-based company that connects seniors with products, services and resources including seniors housing referrals, conducted the survey. Those over 65 and their families were questioned, with a total of 715 respondents. Of the respondents who currently live in seniors housing, 71 percent said that senior living provides …
EUGENE, Ore. — Carnegie Capital has arranged a $7.4 million refinancing for a 60-unit memory care community in Eugene. The cash-out refinancing represents a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio, and bears an interest rate of 5.55 percent for three years. Residents at the community are approximately half private pay and half Medicaid. The borrower is a regional owner-operator. The lenders are a national bank and a private lender.
IRVINE and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — As publicly traded REITs in the seniors housing space continue to brace for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Irvine-based Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) and Westlake Village-based LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) have announced cash-saving methods. Sabra plans to cut its quarterly dividend from 45 cents per share to 30 cents per share, starting in May. The company expects to generate an extra $30 million per quarter, with plans to use those funds to manage debt and fund operations. “Preservation of capital is …
Dougherty Mortgage Provides $15.9M HUD Loan for Trinity Affordable Community in Minneapolis
by Jeff Shaw
MINNEAPOLIS — Dougherty Mortgage has provided a $15.9 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the rehabilitation of Trinity Apartments, a 120-unit affordable senior housing property in Minneapolis. All units at the eight-story building are restricted to heads of household over age 62 and are covered by a Project-Based Section 8 HAP contract. The borrower is Trinity Limited Partnership. The property will receive $6.7 million ($56,000 per unit) in renovation work, including dwelling unit and community space upgrades. In addition to the HUD-insured first mortgage, the project utilized Low Income Housing Tax …
NORTHPORT, Ala. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Brookdale Northport, a seniors housing community in Northport, a suburb of Tuscaloosa. Built in 1999, the community features 68 assisted living units and 10 memory care units on a four-acre plot. A Mid-Atlantic-based owner-operator acquired the community, its second in the state, with plans to implement renovations. The seller and price were not disclosed. Bradley Clousing, Jeff Binder and Patrick Burke of SLIB handled the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the COVID-19 pandemic puts a strain on seniors housing operators, especially with the bad press brought on by 35 deaths from the virus at a single skilled nursing facility in Kirkland, Wash., the associations serving seniors housing have kicked lobbying efforts into high gear. The three main groups are the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), a Washington, D.C.-based organization supporting the seniors housing industry; Argentum, an Alexandria, Virginia-based trade association dedicated to supporting companies operating professionally managed senior living communities; and Washington, D.C.-based LeadingAge, which advocates …
Mountain West Commercial Brokers Sale of Seniors Housing Development Site in Ogden, Utah
by Jeff Shaw
OGDEN, Utah — Mountain West Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a commercial land parcel located at 2961 S. Washington Blvd. in Ogden. Ogden No. 1, dba Flower Patch, sold the asset to Slow BLVD LLC for an undisclosed price. The land parcel currently features a vacant retail building. The buyer plans to develop a low-income seniors housing property on the two-acre site. The 78-unit proposed development has received Utah low income housing tax credits. Chris Monson of Mountain West represented the seller in the transaction.
GERMANTOWN, Tenn., and OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — Greystone has provided a total of $29.4 million in HUD-insured loans for two affiliated senior living facilities in Tennessee and Mississippi. In the first transaction, Greystone executed a $12.2 million loan for Germantown Plantation Senior Living. The 106-unit community is located in Germantown, a suburb of Memphis, and offers assisted living services. The HUD 232/223(a)(7) loan, which is the refinancing of an existing HUD loan, features a 40-year term and amortization. In addition to refinancing existing debt at a lower rate, the loan …