WICHITA AND OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Anthem Memory Care has acquired Morningside Place in Overland Park and Chisholm Place in Wichita, both 66-bed memory care communities, for an undisclosed price. JEA Senior Living previously operated the properties, which were both rebranded as Cypress Springs Alzheimer’s and Memory Support Residences. The acquisitions bring Anthem’s portfolio up to eight properties and mark the Oregon-based operator’s entry into Kansas. LTC Properties Inc., a healthcare REIT, financed the acquisitions. Anthem plans to invest $1 million in upgrades to the communities.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. plans to develop Belcourt Park, a $20 million, 76-unit multifamily development located in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village. The new property is designed for Nashville’s workforce population in need of affordable housing. Situated on a 0.7-acre site on Belcourt Avenue, the new apartment community will replace a building that most recently housed the Belmont Nursing Home, which closed in 2015. GBT Realty will develop the four-story property consistent with Nashville’s T4 Neighborhood Plan that outlines the need for more live/work/play developments in the city. The property will feature an onsite leasing and management office, concealed 84-space parking structure, limited street parking, bike racks and common amenities including a Wi-Fi workspace, espresso bar, fitness facility and a landscaped patio area with cabanas and fire pits. Floor plans will include studio, one- and two-bedroom residences, each equipped with complimentary Google Fiber and NEST Learning Thermostats. GBT Realty is not seeking public funding or concessions for the project. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based developer purchased the site for Belcourt Park in 2015 for $3.4 million. GBT Realty is also developing the $45 million Village 21 at Regions Park, which will be located roughly two blocks west of Belcourt Park. The development …
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Core Spaces has acquired a three-year-old, 420-bed student housing community located less than half a mile away from the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown. Originally called Beech View Place Apartments, the facility will be rebranded State On Campus Morgantown. Core Spaces will implement a capital improvement program to include the addition of a fitness center replete with a steam room and sauna, and a full overhaul of the interior courtyard to include a hot tub and areas for grilling and socializing. Core Spaces will add a new computer lab that will feature new computers, printers, multiple group study areas and individual study spaces. The leasing offices, lobby and reception area will also be redesigned and repositioned. Renovations are expected to begin this summer and be complete by late fall.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $13 million sale of Sadigo Court South Beach, a historic 30-unit boutique “apartment hotel” building located at 334 20th St. in Miami Beach’s Collins Park neighborhood. Originally built in 1936 about two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, Sadigo Court features five junior suites with kitchenettes and 25 fully furnished one-bedroom suites with full kitchens. The buyer, a private investor based in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., has options to renovate and reposition the property as a 50-room hotel, as well as construct a new building on the south side of the property. Joseph Thomas of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented both the buyer and seller, a private investor based in Miami Beach, in the transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — HCP (NYSE: HCP), one of the largest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the United States, will spin off its HCR ManorCare portfolio of skilled nursing and assisted living assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT. The company’s board of directors approved the plan today. The newly formed REIT, SpinCo, will be composed of more than 320 properties operated by HCR ManorCare. The portfolio has an expected in-place annual rent of approximately $485 million. “Post spin, HCP will own a stable, private-pay portfolio that has a track record of delivering consistent, attractive returns,” says Lauralee Martin, president and CEO of Irvine-based HCP. “HCP will be able to sharpen its focus on high-growth healthcare sectors.” This is the second major REIT to spin off its skilled nursing portfolio in the past year. In August, Ventas created Care Capital Properties as a way to spin off its skilled nursing assets. “We need to eliminate the overhang that exists from the current challenges facing HCR ManorCare so the rest of our business can flourish,” said Micheal McKee, executive chairman of the board, on the company’s first-quarter earnings call this morning. “As we reviewed our options, for many reasons it became clear …
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a portfolio of nine mixed-use, elevator-serviced buildings in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. WHP LLC acquired the portfolio, which totals 487,700 square feet, from Intervest Development Corp. for $165 million. Located on major corridors between W. 164th and W. 192nd streets, the portfolio consists of 413 apartments, of which 70 percent contain two or more bedrooms; 48 street-level retail stores; two professional offices; and one rooftop antenna. Marcia Rose Yawitz, Ron Solarz and Wade Hazelton of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
TINTON FALLS, N.J. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Kensington Court, an assisted living and memory care facility located at 864 Shrewsbury Ave. in Tinton Falls. An affiliate of the Carlyle Group acquired the 118-unit, 121-bed facility from Clark, N.J.-based TAK Group for an undisclosed price. Built in 2001, the 91,000-square-foot facility features 42 studio units and 49 one-bedroom apartments in the assisted living portion, and 26 studio apartments and two one-bedroom units in the memory care portion. Mark Myers, Joshua Jandris and Charles Loccisano of IPA and J.D. Parker of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $1 million in refinancing for an apartment portfolio located in Manchester. Michael Chase and Ed Riekstins of NorthMarq’s Boston office secured the commercial mortgage financing for the undisclosed borrower through its relationship with a regional bank. Totaling 28 units, the three multifamily properties are located on Chestnut, Orange and Brook streets.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has acquired a 490-unit multifamily property in Eden Prairie, approximately 18 miles southwest of Minneapolis. TIAA Global Asset Management sold Fountain Place Apartments for an undisclosed price. The community, built in 1987, features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units that average 1,037 square feet. Amenities at the apartment property include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an indoor racquetball and basketball court, a 24-hour fitness center, tennis court, steam room and sauna.
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. — Harborview Capital Partners, a New York-based finance firm, has arranged an $8 million refinancing for The Springs at Crystal Lake, a 97-bed skilled nursing facility in Crystal Lake, approximately 50 miles northwest of Chicago. The borrower was Mark Weldler, an experienced operator in the Midwest. This is the third loan Harborview has closed for Weldler in the last 12 months. Jonathan Kutner, managing director and principal at Harborview, originated the transaction. The non-recourse loan was refinanced through HUD’s 232/223(f) program at a fixed interest rate for 35 years.