BALTIMORE — Capital Funding Group (CFG) has provided a $253.2 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a skilled nursing portfolio. The portfolio includes six facilities in Maryland and one in Virginia. Together, the properties total 1,050 beds. Craig Casagrande, Scott Robinson and Catherine Mansel of Baltimore-based CFG originated the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
WICHITA, KAN. — General contractor Icon Structures is underway on an adaptive reuse project for Sedgwick County Government in Wichita. The project that will convert a 105-year-old building that formerly housed a car dealership into the new COMCARE Community Crisis Center (CCC). The development will expand access to mental health services and consolidate the county’s services into a single building adjacent to the new Wichita Biomedical Campus (WBC). Helix Architecture + Design is leading the transformation. Helix is also part of the architecture and interiors team, along with CO Architects, for the WBC, a joint initiative of the University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita State University and WSU Tech to establish a regional health sciences educational hub. Once operational, the CCC will offer WBC students hands-on clinical mental health training and possible career internships. The building will transition COMCARE, a certified community behavioral health clinic, from a residential facility to a new level of care as a crisis intervention center (CIC), providing stabilization services to those with more serious mental health needs. The CIC will allow for a centralized 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline call center operations and 24/7 access to medical providers. It will also accommodate mental health services …
CHICAGO — Friend Health, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving Chicago’s South Side, has opened its new Back of the Yards community health center. The opening represents the largest expansion in Friend Health’s nearly three decades of service. Located in the Oppenheimer-Goldblatt Bros. Department Store Building at 4700 S. Ashland Ave., the 15,000-square-foot facility is part of the New City United Yards development. The center has triple the footprint of Friend Health’s former neighborhood site and offers primary care and preventive care. Offerings include adult and pediatric primary care, maternal health and mental health, an onsite pharmacy with discounted prescriptions and a full-service laboratory. The clinic features 21 exam rooms with dedicated spaces for pediatrics, adult medicine, OB-GYN and behavioral health, along with community programming such as insurance enrollment, social services navigation, fresh food giveaways and workforce development through a community health worker training program. Dental care is planned for 2026. Friend Health serves more than 40,000 patients annually across the South Side, with six neighborhood health centers and six HRDI behavioral health clinics. The organization offers care regardless of ability to pay.
DURHAM, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the sale of EmergeOrtho Southpoint, a 35,171-square-foot medical outpatient building (MOB) and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) located within the larger Westpoint development in Durham. Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott, Mindy Berman, Zack Holderman, Cole Reethof, Jesse Greshin, Tom Fritsch and Joe Graham of CBRE represented the seller. Both the buyer and seller requested anonymity. EmergeOrtho Southpoint serves as a comprehensive orthopedic care center and is fully occupied by EmergeOrtho, North Carolina’s largest orthopedic group, and its affiliate Southpoint Surgery Center, which is a joint venture between EmergeOrtho and Surgery Partners. The remaining lease term for the building is more than 13 years. The property, which was constructed in 2020, features two operating rooms and four procedure rooms.
NEW YORK CITY — Lument Securities has arranged the $140 million sale of four long-term healthcare communities in West Virginia. Marx Development Group (MDG) purchased the 511-bed portfolio and has selected its subsidiary, Majestic Care, to operate the communities. Laca Wong-Hammond of Lument Securities represented the seller, the State of West Virginia, in the transaction. The properties include Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta, Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley, John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center in Fairmont and Lakin Hospital in West Columbia. In addition to funding the purchase, the closing provides for a minimum of another $80 million that MDG has committed to using for the construction of three to five new long-term care communities in the coming years.
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Cleveland-based brokerage firm Cooper Commercial Investment Group has negotiated the sale of a medtail clinic in Cheektowaga, located just east of Buffalo, that is occupied by cannabis dispenser Verilife. According to LoopNet Inc., the facility at 3760 Union Road was built in 1989 and spans 3,606 square feet. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the undisclosed, New York-based seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Union has arranged a $33.4 million acquisition loan for a 144,263-square-foot medical office building in Brooklyn. The four-story building at 6201 15th Ave. is located in the Borough Park neighborhood and was most recently renovated in 2010. Alex Jaffa and Ben Halpern of Eastern Union arranged the loan, which was structured with an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, an interest rate of 5.55 percent over a five-year term based on a 25-year amortization schedule. The direct lender was Webster Bank. The borrower was not disclosed.
SPRING, TEXAS — New Promise Neuropathy will open a 3,000-square-foot wellness clinic in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. The space is situated within Spring Oaks Plaza, a newly developed, 10,188-square-foot retail strip center located at 4544 Spring Stuebner Road. Diana Gaines and Jackson Cain of SVN | J. Beard Real Estate represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Spring Oaks Investments LLC, in the lease negotiations. D.J. Hale of Oxford Partners represented the tenant.
INDIAN WELLS, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of Indian Wells Medical & Professional Center, located at 74785 Highway 111 in Indian Wells. Miami-based Kresher Capital sold the property to Orange County, Calif.-based Circle Vision for $10.5 million. Built in 1996, the two-story Indian Wells Medical & Professional Center offers 40,750 square feet of commercial space, as well as courtyards, outdoor seating and covered parking. Current tenants include Charles Schwab, RadNet, Mercer Financial and SBEMP Law. Greg Bedell and Heather Sharp of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Värde Partners, a global investment firm specializing in credit and credit-related assets, has closed a $48 million loan to refinance Synergy Medical Center in Englewood. Newmark’s Ramsey Daya, Chris Moritz and Grant Gooding arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan for the sponsor. Constructed in 2021 on the Swedish Medical Center campus, the 104,000-square-foot medical office building is 80 percent leased to a variety of medical tenants. HCA HealthOne, as the largest tenant, operates an ambulatory surgery center as well as specialized clinics for neurosurgery, orthopedics and physical therapy.
