VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) has funded a $42.5 million senior loan to refinance a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities located in Texas. The borrower is Capital Funding Group and the properties are leased by subsidiaries of The Ensign Group Inc. The five-year loan has an annual interest rate of 7.25 percent with two one-year extensions. NHI also announced that it has exercised its purchase option to acquire Bickford of Virginia Beach, a 60-unit assisted living and memory care community in Virginia Beach. The acquisition …
Hunt Capital Provides $13.6M in LIHTC Equity for Affordable Seniors Housing Project in Temple, Texas
TEMPLE, Texas — Hunt Capital Partners has provided $13.6 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity for Mariposa Scott & White, a 140-unit affordable seniors housing project in the Central Texas city of Temple. The development will consist of four three-story buildings on a 4.5-acre site. The majority (108) of the units will be rented to households earning up to 30, 50 or 60 percent of the area median income, and the remaining 32 units will be rented at market rates. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, business …
BEAUMONT, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named Aaron Ortego as executive director of Calder Woods, a continuing care retirement community in Beaumont, located east of Houston near the Louisiana border. Ortego steps in for the previous executive director, David Ummel, who now serves as executive director of one of Calder Woods’ sister communities, Buckner Westminster Place in Longview. Buckner Retirement Services operated both faith-based, nonprofit senior living communities. Prior to Calder Woods, Ortego served as CEO for Autism Services of Southwest Louisiana and Direct Care Inc. He has also …
GARLAND, Texas — Locally based developer Palladium USA has completed a 122-unit mixed-income seniors housing project in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Designed by HEDK Architects, the development consists of 92 units reserved for renters age 62 and above who earn 60 percent or less of the area median income. The remaining 30 units will be rented at market rates.
CYPRESS, Texas — MedCore Partners and ACRON USA have started the second phase of construction at Spring Cypress Senior Living in Cypress, a northwest suburb of Houston. Phase I, co-developed with Houston-based The National Realty Group, opened in 2018 and offers 80 units of assisted living and memory care. Phase II represents the addition of 138 active adult and independent living residences to include apartments, cottages, and townhomes, plus a memory care expansion of 12 units. At completion, the community will contain 230 units of luxury senior living on the …
TEXAS — Nick Skarich, Steven Marx, Corley Audorff and Josh Williams of Colliers Mortgage have arranged an $11.8 million bridge loan for the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities in Texas. The facilities, which participate under the Texas Quality Incentive Payment Program, total 358 licensed beds. The loan includes $3.5 million for renovations. The loan carries a three-year term with two 12-month extensions and an interest-only payment period. No further information was disclosed.
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — MedCore Partners has acquired an 86-unit senior living community in the first-ring Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. MedCore has renamed the property, formerly called The Avenues of Park Forest, as The Grove on Forest Lane. The community features 70 assisted living and 16 memory care units. The transaction marks MedCore’s second acquisition in Texas but the first in the Dallas market. The property is MedCore’s 19th nationwide. Renovation effort will include new interior and exterior signage, courtyard landscaping, common area upgrades and apartment amenity enhancements. Senior …
DALLAS — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of The Avenues of Park Forest, an 86-unit seniors housing community in Dallas. The community was built in 1998, totaling 65,000 square feet on approximately four acres of land. The seller was a large investment manager that hired a third-party manager for this community. The buyer is a private equity company specializing in seniors housing and medical office buildings. The price was not disclosed. The buyer plans to invest in capital improvements to push census growth. Jason Punzel and …
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 …
GEORGETOWN, Texas — Watermark Communities has named Annika DiNovi as executive director of The Hacienda at Georgetown in the Austin suburb of Georgetown. DiNovi joins Watermark Communities with nearly 15 years of experience in the luxury senior living housing and healthcare industries, most recently serving as regional director of operations at Transforming Age in Washington state. The Hacienda at Georgetown is opening with 231 studios, one- and two- bedroom residences for independent living, assisted living and memory care. DiNovi holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and an master’s degree in …