RHODE ISLAND — Nixon Peabody LLP has advised Providence Realty Investment (PRI) in seven separate transactions that refinance debt on nine affordable housing properties across Rhode Island. The portfolio totals 708 units of mostly age-restricted affordable housing. All seven of the transactions, totaling more than $104 million in financing, were completed in conjunction with Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. (RIHousing). Proceeds from the refinancings will be used for upgrades and repairs at each of the properties. The deals involve new HUD risk-sharing loans from RIHousing under the Treasury-HUD …
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Lument has arranged a $45.9 million FHA Sec. 232/223(a)(7) loan to refinance Tockwotton on the Waterfront. The 156-unit seniors housing community is located in East Providence. Aaron Becker led the transaction for Lument. “By leveraging our FHA expertise, we were able to significantly lower Tockwotton’s interest rate to generate nearly $250,000 in annual debt service savings, augmenting the $1.1 million in savings initially obtained when we helped with the prior FHA refinance in 2016,” says Becker. “The additional cash flow freed up by this transaction will …
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Tryko Partners has acquired Scalabrini Villa, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in North Kingstown, located along Narrangansett Bay south of Providence. The seller and price were not disclosed. “The acquisition of Scalabrini Villa further grows our investment footprint in New England, specifically within the desirable Rhode Island marketplace,” says Uri Kahanow, Tryko’s director of acquisitions. “North Kingstown’s enviable demographics and deep regional hospital network added to this opportunity’s appeal.” Within a three-mile radius of Scalabrini Villa, the elderly population, median household income and median housing values …
WEST WARWICK, R.I. — LeCesse Development Corp. has broken ground on a 118-unit active adult community in West Warwick, a suburb of Providence. Named Matteson Ridge, the units will comprise a series of single-family-style homes for rent to residents over the age of 55. Phase I homes will be available for lease in early 2021, with more homes available late spring 2021. Phase I of Matteson Ridge is already underway and will total 33 units, including 15 single-level duplexes and one triplex. The second phase of the project will include …
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Pawtucket Center, a 154-bed skilled nursing facility in the Providence suburb of Pawtucket. The property was built in 1978, expanded in 1997 and renovated in the early 2000s. A REIT sold the facility to a New Jersey-based entrepreneur, which has partnered with a regional operator. The new owner rebranded the property as Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center. The price was not disclosed.
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Private equity investment firm Tryko Partners has been selected to acquire Hopkins Manor, a 200-bed skilled nursing facility in North Providence. Tryko will purchase the property out of receivership for $14.5 million. Tryko and its healthcare affiliate, Marquis Health Services, will assist Jonathan Savage of Shechtman Halperin Savage, the Rhode Island Superior Court-appointed special master for Hopkins Manor. Savage, with the facility’s team of caregivers and staff, has stabilized and successfully marketed the facility, culminating the court approval just seven weeks after the start of the …
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Elderwood at Riverside, a 57-bed skilled nursing facility in Providence. An East Coast-based owner-operator sold the property to a Southeast-based owner-operator for $4.3 million, or $75,000 per bed. This is the buyer’s first property in Rhode Island. The seller initially acquired the community, which was built in 1962, with the intent to move the licensed beds to a different county in Rhode Island. When regulatory obstacles prevented moving the licensed beds across county lines the owner decided to …