CHICAGO — Chicago-based JLL has brokered the $725 million sale of a seniors housing portfolio comprising 20 communities located primarily in the Sun Belt, Northeast and Midwest markets. Chicago Pacific Founders sold the portfolio to Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) in an all-cash transaction. Roughly two-thirds of the properties are independent living communities, with the remainder of the assets falling into the categories of assisted living and memory care. The communities are spread across 14 states including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Chicago Pacific Founders owned the portfolio properties within an investment vehicle titled CPF Living Fund I. Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Jim Dooley and Sean Kirk of JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, as well as Ted Flagg of Jones Lang LaSalle Securities (an affiliate of JLL), represented the sellers in the transaction. “As one of the largest seniors housing transactions closed year-to-date, this is a meaningful indicator that appetite for scaled seniors housing portfolios is back,” says Wagner. “The significant supply-demand imbalance, precipitated by tepid recent development levels, is setting up the markets for an incredible run on occupancy and margin growth over the medium term.” Grace …
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CHICAGO — Chicago-based Harrison Street has sold three senior living properties to Inland Real Estate Group for an undisclosed price. The assets include Clarendale of St. Peters in St. Peters, Mo.; Clarendale of Chandler in Chandler, Ariz.; and Clarendale at Indian Lake in Hendersonville, Tenn. Harrison Street developed the properties in a joint venture with Ryan Cos. and Life Care Services. The communities comprise 635 senior living units, and the portfolio was 92 percent leased at the time of sale.
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII — A joint venture between Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Starwood Property Trust and Taconic Capital Advisors has purchased Kings’ Shops, a retail property in Waikoloa. Terms of the transaction were not released. Tenants at the nearly 70,000-square-foot Kings’ Shops include Tiffany & Co., Tommy Bahama, Tori Richard, Travis Matthews, Lululemon, Kahala, Roy’s Waikoloa Bar & Grill by Chef Roy Yamaguchi, Foster’s Kitchen and A-Bay’s Island Grill. The property also offers venues for live entertainment, including music and fire dancing, weekly farmers markets and monthly night market events.
GREELEY AND GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. — Bow River Capital has completed the disposition of a two-property seniors housing portfolio in Colorado. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 140-unit, fully private-pay seniors housing portfolio for $30 million. Completed in 2020, the two-story The Lodge at Greeley, located at 4430 24th St. in Greeley, offers 92 units in a mix of 20 independent living, 48 assisted living and 24 memory care units within studio and one-bedroom layouts. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied. The pet-friendly community offers a beauty salon, library, fitness center, private event rooms, an outdoor dining area and restaurant-style dining. Completed in 2019, The Lodge at Grand Junction offers 48-unit, 50-bed assisted living and memory care units in studio and one-bedroom layouts. The pet-friendly community offers a beauty salon, media room, therapy and exercise room, a chapel and restaurant-style dining. The JLL Seniors Housing Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between multifamily owner-operator Asland Capital Partners and locally based investment firm Pembroke Residential Holdings has completed Park Lane Senior Apartments in The Bronx. The 154-unit, age-restricted development is located in the borough’s Soundview neighborhood, and about a third (53) of the residences are reserved for households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. In addition, 30 percent of the units are set aside for seniors who were formerly homeless. Amenities include a tenant lounge and indoor/outdoor recreational spaces.
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Dual Appraisal Methods Improve Opportunities to Get Fair Taxation for Seniors Housing Properties
by John Nelson
By Phil Brusk and Caleb Vahcic of Siegel Jennings Co. L.P.A. The seniors housing sector can’t seem to catch a break. Owners grappling with staffing shortages and other operational hardships lingering from the pandemic are facing new challenges related to debt and spiraling costs. High interest rates and loan maturations loom over the industry, with $19 billion in loans coming due within the next 24 months, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s “H1 2024 Market Trends and Investor Survey” on senior living and care. Factors driving high costs include wage pressures, inflation and — incredibly — rising property taxes. Despite operational challenges and declining occupancy at many facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, property tax relief for seniors housing was mixed. Many assessors resisted downward adjustments to taxable values, maintaining that recovery was around the corner. Now, seniors housing operators face property tax assessments that equal or exceed pre-pandemic levels. As in the hospitality sector, most seniors housing owners understand that their operating properties include more value components than real property alone. In evaluating whether a tax assessment is reasonable and fair, however, owners need to realize that how an assessor addresses their real estate, personal property and intangible assets can drastically …
MONTVALE, N.J. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $57 million loan for the refinancing of Thrive at Montvale, a 203-unit seniors housing community in Northern New Jersey. Thrive at Montvale features 88 independent living, 83 assisted living and 32 memory care units. Amenities include resident lounges, a beauty salon, multiple dining rooms, courtyards, a fitness center, physician’s office, theater and a pickleball court. The loan carried a five-year term and a floating interest rate. The borrower is a joint venture between AEW Capital Management, Atlanta-based owner-operator Thrive Senior Living and New Jersey-based Pike Construction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Nonprofit Cedar Sinai Park has sold its namesake seniors housing campus totaling 246 units in southwest Portland. Situated within four miles of downtown Portland, the Cedar Sinai Park campus comprises Rose Schnitzer Manor, a 154-unit assisted living community; Robison Jewish Health Center, a 44-bed skilled nursing facility; and the Harold Schnitzer Center for Living, a 48-bed skilled nursing facility. Built in 2016, the Harold Schnitzer Center for Living also offers adult daycare services. Rose Schnitzer Manor was constructed in 1998 and 2002, and Robison Jewish Health Center — which is currently vacant — was built in 1956 and renovated in 2017. The property is located within three miles of two short-term, acute-care hospitals. Michael Segal, Dan Mahoney and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint represented Cedar Sinai Park in the sale. The seller plans to use sale proceeds to establish a new foundation to continue to serve the Portland Jewish community. An Illinois-based private investor with an Oregon-based operating partner acquired the campus for an undisclosed price.
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Emerging Trends Report Predicts Rebound in Transaction Volume in 2025 as Capital Markets Are ‘Poised for Recovery’
by John Nelson
LAS VEGAS — At the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, which is the first easing of monetary policy in four years. This move lowered the short-term interest rate to a target range of 4.75 to 5 percent. Elevated borrowing costs have stifled commercial real estate transaction volumes the past couple years as buyers and sellers found that values were a moving target. Now with a reduction in interest rates, many real estate professionals expect transaction volume to rebound at least moderately. “In 2025, we expect lower interest rates will reduce borrowing costs, aid in price discovery and ultimately encourage an uptick in [commercial real estate] transactions,” said Angela Cain, global CEO of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Cain’s comments came in a prepared statement to summarize the findings of Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025, an annual report jointly produced by PwC US and ULI. The report was published in conjunction with ULI’s Fall Meeting, which is taking place this week at Resort World Las Vegas. Cain said that the real estate professionals surveyed for the report relayed that sentiment is improving, though many remain cautious. …
DHI Hellenic Apartments Completes Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing Community for Seniors in Sacramento
by Amy Works
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — A California-based entity doing business as DHI Hellenic Apartments LP has completed the renovation and rehabilitation of Hellenic Senior Apartments, an affordable seniors housing property in the Pocket-Greenhaven area of Sacramento. Renovations included replacing roofs and siding, new energy-efficient systems and updates to common areas such as the clubhouse, leasing office and laundry facilities. All 70 units received new windows, sliding glass doors, energy-efficient appliances, dishwashers, modern kitchen cabinets and countertops. Fourteen units were upgraded to be fully ADA-compliant, and several units received additional modifications to accommodate residents with mobility, hearing or visual impairments. Hellenic Senior Apartments offers units designated for tenants earning various income levels: 30 percent of the area median income (AMI), 40 percent AMI, 50 percent AMI and 60 percent AMI. DHI Hellenic Apartments secured financing for the project through a combination of 9 percent tax credit equity provided by R4 Capital LLC with CVS Health | Aetna as the investor limited partner, a construction loan and permanent loan proceeds from East West Bank.