HOUSTON — JLL Capital Markets has arranged both the sale of and financing for The Gardens at Spring Shadows, a 384-unit independent living community in Houston’s Spring Branch submarket. JLL served as the seller’s listing agent. Additionally, JLL’s debt placement team worked on the new owner’s behalf to arrange a three-year, floating-rate loan with two one-year extension options through Ready Capital. In addition to funding the acquisition, the balance of the loan will be used for the rehabilitation of the property. The Gardens at Spring Shadows sits on 11.4 acres. …
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M&T Provides $26.4M Acquisition Financing for Independent Living Community in Indianapolis
by Jeff Shaw
INDIANAPOLIS — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $26.4 million bridge loan for the acquisition of an 811-unit independent living property in Indianapolis. The financing features 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, a two-year term, a fixed rate of 4.7 percent and full-term interest-only payments. John Taylor of M&T Realty Capital’s Florham Park, New Jersey, office led the transaction. The buyer, seller and name of the community were not disclosed.
RICHMOND, Va. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the sale of 5.3 acres in Richmond for a seniors housing development. Temple Beth El sold the land to CA Ventures for $3.8 million. The development will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care services. David Smith of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the buyer.
Berkadia Provides $20.3M in Financing for Seniors Housing Properties in Midwest, Louisiana
by Jeff Shaw
PHOENIX — Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare group has provided $20.3 million in financing for two separate deals. The first was a series of loan closings totaling $15.3 million for a seven-property nursing home portfolio. The second was a $5 million loan for an assisted living facility in Louisiana. Ed Williams and Bianca Andujo closed the $15.3 million, 24-month bridge loan for the acquisition of seven nursing homes, comprising 426 operating beds. The properties are located throughout the Midwest. The 87 percent loan-to-cost financing included $2.5 million for capital improvements …
LOS ANGELES — If you look hard enough, it’s easy to see seniors housing opportunities throughout the U.S. Leftover land, raw sites, office buildings and obsolete malls can all serve as promising locations, according to participants in the “Experts Analyze the Smartest Plays for Developers in 2020” panel. The discussion took place during France Media’s InterFace Seniors Housing West conference, held Feb. 20 at the Omni Los Angeles. Though there was no one-size-fits-all approach to identifying development opportunities, panelist David Waite, partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, believes there are …
EVANSTON, Ill. — JLL has arranged construction financing and joint venture equity for Trulee Evanston, a 163-unit luxury seniors housing community in Evanston, just north of Chicago. Although the amount of the financing was not disclosed, the total development cost was estimated at $75 million. Construction is scheduled to start immediately. The borrower is a joint venture between Chicago-based developer Condor Partners and Denver-based seniors housing operator Solera Senior Living. A national bank provided the debt, while an institutional private equity fund manager provided the equity. Trulee Evanston will be …
VENICE, Fla. — Stevens Construction has completed a renovation of The Lofts, a five-story, 80,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care building within Village On The Isle, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Venice. Renovations were done floor by floor to minimize impact on residents. Stevens replaced interior finishes, improved the façade and reworked the unit floor plan options. Stevens Construction also replaced the plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems of the 35-year-old building. The Stevens Construction team included Dan Adams, Jon Zander, Mark Battaglia and Sue Ziegenfus. RLPS Architects provided …
SEATTLE — The coronavirus pandemic has had a noticeable impact on seniors housing REIT stocks, particularly following the news of several outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities in and near Seattle. Stocks in nearly all industries have been falling amid the pandemic. According to data compiled by stock news site SeeekingAlpha, among the seniors housing REITs, Sabra Health Care (NASDAQ: SBRA) fell 15 percent; Welltower (NYSE: WELL) fell 12.7 percent; Omega Healthcare (NYSE: OHI) fell 11.1 percent; New Senior Investment Group (NYSE: SNR) fell 10.4 percent; Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) …
CBRE Arranges Construction Financing for 100-Unit Clearwater Living Development Near Los Angeles
by Jeff Shaw
NORTH TUSTIN, Calif. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for construction of Clearwater of North Tustin in Orange County. The borrower is a joint venture between Clearwater Living and an institutional investor. The development will feature 72 assisted living units and 28 memory care units on an infill, 7.5-acre plot. Within a one-mile radius of the property, average home values are over $1 million and incomes are over $192,000. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE arranged the non-recourse, five-year, floating-rate loan with full-term, interest-only …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Caring.com, a senior care referral service and review site based in Charlotte, has acquired SeniorAdvice.com. The SeniorAdvice website includes a directory of senior living communities and senior care options with consumer reviews and a SeniorScore index — a tool using local data to grade the senior-friendliness of U.S. cities and areas. Caring.com claims to be home to one of the largest senior living and senior care directories in the United States — with tens of thousands of business profiles, about 250,000 consumer reviews and a referral phone …