South Carolina

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Aspens Senior Living has completed construction of The Aspens Verdae, a 159-unit active adult community in Greenville. The property totals 196,000 square feet and offers one-and two-bedroom options ranging from 607 square feet to 1,243 square feet. Aspens broke ground on the project in December 2020. It is the company’s second community in the Carolinas. The site is close to Legacy Park, The Preserve at Verdae Golf Club and the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail. Shiel Sexton served as general contractor for The Aspens Verdae, with Arrive …

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BEAUFORT, S.C. — Live Oak Bank and Locust Point Capital have arranged a $15.2 million loan for Georgia-based Phoenix Senior Living. The financing retired the existing construction debt of a 75-unit assisted living and memory care community in Beaufort, South Carolina. Further details were not disclosed.

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GREENVILLE, S.C.; CHARLOTTE, N.C.; AND KENMORE, N.Y. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has arranged three loan deals totaling more than $62 million to finance three assisted living and memory care communities in Greenville, one assisted living and memory care facility in Charlotte and a 150-unit affordable seniors housing development in the Buffalo suburb of Kenmore. The national seniors housing and care team at Bellwether originated the Carolina loans, led by Ryan Stoll, Taylor Mokris and Kim Huffstutler. Lundat Kassa and Anthea Martin originated the New York loan. The …

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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG), an owner-operator based in San Juan Capistrano, has acquired nine skilled nursing facilities in Texas, South Carolina and Arizona across three separate transactions. In the first transaction, Ensign purchased six properties in Texas: Brodie Ranch Nursing and Rehabilitation, a 120-bed facility located in Austin; Onion Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 125-bed facility in Austin; Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 122-bed facility in Austin; West Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 125-bed facility in Austin; Lakeside Nursing and …

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of a 52-unit assisted living community in Greenville. A large, East Coast-based private equity firm sold the asset to regional owner-operator Windriver Cos. for an undisclosed price. Built in 2001, the community is 100 percent private pay. Having been all studios, the community was 40 percent occupied at the time of marketing and losing money. “The buyer plans on utilizing their existing resources in the state to oversee the community, begin construction on a refurbishment and add memory care …

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Portside at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach. Owned and developed by LIV Development, Portside at Grande Dunes is a 265-unit community. The development opened in two phases starting with 83 assisted living and 32 memory care units in January 2019, followed by a Phase II that included 134 units of independent living and 16 independent cottages in August 2020. Chicago Pacific Founders Living Communities acquired the asset for an undisclosed price, and will install Grace Management …

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MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — Northmarq has arranged $39 million in permanent financing for Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park, a 158-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Mt. Pleasant. The community resides on 14.9 acres in Carolina Park, a master-planned community 16 miles northeast of Charleston. Built in three phases from 2018 to 2021, the main building was completed in 2018 with 130 units; 28 cottages were delivered in 2019; and in 2021, a swimming pool and fitness center addition were completed. The loan was structured prior to …

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SOUTH CAROLINA — Ziegler has arranged $27.5 million in bond financing for The Lutheran Homes of South Carolina (LHSC). The borrower is a South Carolina-based nonprofit corporation that currently operates five life plan communities, three hospice offices and four non-medical in-home services agencies throughout South Carolina. LHSC operates a total of 1,077 units (409 independent living, 308 assisted living and 360 skilled nursing), ranking as the 83rd largest nonprofit senior living operator in the U.S. according to the 2021 LeadingAge Ziegler 200. First Horizon Bank, an LHSC existing banking partner, …

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EASLEY, S.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Easley Place, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Easley. Easley Place, a 222-unit campus offering independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing services, is located in the Greenville-Spartanburg metro area and was built in 1985. The seller was a West Coast-based owner-operator seeking to divest of a non-core asset. The company acquired the asset in 2019, but the turnaround plan was negatively impacted by COVID. Elevation Financial Group bought the property for an undisclosed price and …

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Lument has arranged a $24.5 million bridge loan to refinance construction debt for an assisted living and memory care community in Charleston. Kevin Oakley and Steve McGee led the transaction for Lument. The community opened during the pandemic, which caused the lease-up to proceed slower than anticipated. The bridge loan, placed with a national bank via Lument’s debt syndications group, refinanced high-cost construction debt that was nearing maturity and allowed the borrower time and flexibility to focus on operations. “Completing this refinance via the bridge loan resulted …

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