ARKANSAS — Monticello has provided $50 million in first lien debt financing for the acquisition of six skilled nursing facilities totaling 868 beds in Arkansas. The transaction also includes a $2 million working capital loan to the operating companies of the properties provided by Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital LLC. The borrower is an owner-operator with previous experience in Arkansas. The names and locations of the properties were not disclosed.
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ST. LOUIS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a 167-bed skilled nursing facility in St. Louis. A REIT owner sold the property, with the operating partner planning to exit Missouri altogether. Despite a $1.2 million renovation in 2015, occupancy and cash flow were both in decline. An East Coast-based owner-operator with an existing presence in the state was the buyer. Housing & Healthcare Finance sourced the acquisition loan. The price was not disclosed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — VIUM Capital has hired Ashley Wilkens as chief underwriter. Wilkens brings over 10 years of experience in the capital markets, senior living and healthcare industries. She previously worked at B.C. Ziegler & Co. where she specialized in strategic advisory, capital formation and financing engagements for senior living and long-term care providers. In addition, she served as the chief operating officer of Ziegler Financing Corp. Industry veterans Kass Matt and Steve Kennedy, both of whom worked most recently at Lancaster Pollard, recently launched VIUM Capital. The Columbus-based company …
CHICAGO — CRG, the real estate development and investment arm of Chicago-based Clayco, has hired J.J. Smith as managing partner of its residential business. Smith has over a decade of leadership experience at Chicago-based CA Ventures, where he launched real estate development and investment platforms that included more than 40,000 units of housing and over $6 billion in executed projects. In his role as managing partner, Smith will deliver properties for all residential asset classes across North America, including multifamily, student housing, co-living, senior living and workforce housing. Smith holds …
WICHITA, Kan. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has secured $10 million of construction and permanent financing for an affordable seniors housing property in Wichita. The borrower is Denver-based Steele Properties, which will use the funds to acquire and renovate Shadyway Plaza. The community was built in 1979 and features 100 one-bedroom apartments in a seven-story building. All units are reserved for seniors and disabled resident earning up to 60 percent of area median income. Monroe Group Ltd., Steele Properties’ sister company, will manage the property, which is …
TACOMA, Wash. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Heartwood Extended Healthcare, a 120-bed skilled nursing community in Tacoma. A joint venture between an East Coast capital group and a Los Angeles-based operator acquired the facility for for $8 million, or $66,000 price per bed. The seller was a local owner-operator. Built in 1986, the community was 69 percent occupied and not profitable at the time of sale. The new buyers plan to replace contracted staff with full-time employees. In addition, Medicaid rate increases have already been …
LEBANON and MOUNT JOY, Pa. — BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has provided a $12.3 million credit facility for Juniper Communities LLC. The facility will refinance the mortgages on Juniper Village at Lebanon and Juniper Village at Mount Joy, both located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The Lebanon location features 40 independent living and 83 assisted living units, while the Mount Joy location features 63 assisted living units. Juniper Communities LLC currently operates 21 communities, of which 18 are owned, across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Colorado. An affiliate of …
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a 70-unit seniors housing community in Great Falls, located in the central part of Montana approximately 130 miles south of the Canada border. A partnership between an Oregon-based operator and a private equity fund purchased the property. The seller was a REIT. The price and the name of the community were not disclosed.
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — The City of Prior Lake, approximately 25 miles southwest of Minneapolis, has approved development of Summers Ridge Senior Living. Vincent Development is now clear to start construction of the single-story, 40-unit assisted living and memory care community. Great Lakes Management, based in nearby Plymouth, will operate the community upon completion. A construction timeline was not released. Summers Ridge is one of eight projects Vincent Development plans to start in 2020, with other projects ranging up to 200 units in size.
CHICAGO — In order to recognize the unique and unprecedented conditions of COVID-19’s impact on its triple-net-leased seniors housing tenants, healthcare REIT Ventas has established a rent deferral program for those care providers for the month of April. Under the program, certain seniors housing care providers who are Ventas tenants can defer 25 percent of their April 2020 payment obligation until Oct. 1 or receipt of government assistance. All amounts deferred are required to be used for operating expenses to care for seniors at Ventas communities. Ventas says these tenants …