DALLAS — Forefront Living has completed The Hawthorne, an expansion project at Presbyterian Village North in Dallas. The project added 112 units of independent living at the community’s 66-acre campus. The new building is named after Douglas D. Hawthorne, founding CEO emeritus of Texas Health Resources. Hawthorne was a guiding force behind the expansion.
WACO, Texas — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 106-unit assisted living and transitional car facility in Waco. Mainstreet developed the asset in 2015 and it was briefly operational before the property was foreclosed on and left vacant. Situated on 6.7 acres of land within the new, 150-acre mixed used development Legends Crossing, the facility is located adjacent to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center. The buyer was a Texas-based joint venture between Zelevie Health and Skywalker Property Partners. This is the joint venture’s first …
SOUTH TEXAS — VIUM Capital has provided a $17.1 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a skilled nursing facility in South Texas. The transaction refinances existing debt, provides equity-out proceeds and covers transaction costs. The loan features a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio, partial recourse that disappears upon submission to HUD. The borrower leased the property in 2017, exercised its purchase option in 2018, and continued to improve operating performance during COVID. Further details were not disclosed.
LONGVIEW, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named David Ummel as the new executive director at Buckner Westminster Place in the East Texas city of Longview. Ummel most recently served as executive director for Calder Woods in Beaumont, which Buckner Retirement Services also operates. A 14-year veteran of Buckner, Ummel worked for Buckner Children and Family Services (BCFS) and Buckner church/ministry engagement prior to his move to Buckner Retirement Services. As a Buckner church engagement officer, he oversaw Faith Fosters Texas, a statewide initiative engaging the faith-based community with the …
WACO, HOUSTON and FORT WORTH, Texas — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of four skilled nursing facilities totaling 704 licensed beds in Waco, Houston and Fort Worth. Blueprint marketed the properties on behalf of a court-appointed receiver. The assets were all built in the 1960s. A national owner acquired the properties for $28 million, and plans to lease the facilities out to multiple operators.
PLANO, Texas — Ziegler has arranged $197.7 million in bond financing for the Outlook at Windhaven Forefront Living, a seniors housing community in Plano. The property is currently in the development process. Designs call for 153 independent living apartments, 30 independent living cottages, 32 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The proceeds will be used to refinance the cost of acquiring, developing and constructing the retirement community. The borrower is Forefront Living, formerly known as Presbyterian Communities and Services. The financing comprises $109.5 million of tax-exempt bonds, $88.2 …
MCKINNEY, Texas — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the real estate and operations of Park Manor of McKinney, a 138-bed skilled nursing facility in McKinney. Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company, will own the real estate. This acquisition brings Ensign’s portfolio to 259 healthcare operations, 26 of which also include senior living operations, across 13 states. Ensign subsidiaries, including Standard Bearer, now own 106 real estate assets.
ABILENE, AMARILLO and TYLER, Texas — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s seniors housing investment sales team has arranged the sale of a three continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) in Texas. Lifespace Communities acquired the properties from RSF Partners, Evergreen Senior Living Properties and ER Senior Management. The price was not disclosed. The 664-unit portfolio provides a full continuum of care including independent living cottages and apartments, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing in a hybrid structure of entrance-fee and rental contracts. The properties include Wesley Court in Abilene, The Craig …
DESOTO, Texas — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Methodist Transitional Care Center, a 100-bed, 66-unit transitional care facility in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto. JLL represented the seller, Madison Marquette, in the sale to LFI Real Estate. The absolute net lease has just over 13 years of primary term remaining at sale, and there are also two five-year renewal options. Although the price was not disclosed, the capitalization rate based on first-year rent is 6.8 percent. Methodist Transitional Care Center is leased to a joint venture between …
DALLAS, Texas, and CLEVELAND, Ga. — 1031 Crowdfunding has acquired a 137-bed, 109-unit assisted living and memory care portfolio. The two properties, located in Dallas and Cleveland, were 95.6 percent occupied at the time of sale. Iris Senior Living and Over the Top Management will operate the two properties, known as Iris Memory Care and Laurel Lodge.