BERKADIA SECURES $44 MILLION FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage has arranged $43.9 million for two skilled nursing facilities in New York. Jay Healy of Berkadia’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare group worked with the owner of both properties to secure the fixed-rate financing. Healy secured a 12-year term extension and closed a 29-year, 6-month loan through HUD’s 232/223(a)(7) program for a 280-bed facility in Nassau County, which offers around-the-clock nursing care, therapeutic recreational programs, on-site dentistry and a beauty parlor for its residents. In addition, Healy facilitated a note modification through HUD for a five-story building in Dutchess County, which consists of 160 beds. The two transactions resulted in combined debt service savings of over $1.7 million for the borrower and were structured in such a way that a master lease was not required by HUD.