NEW YORK CITY — New Senior Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: SNR), a New York-based seniors housing REIT, has agreed to sell its entire assisted living and memory care portfolio for $385 million. The portfolio comprises 28 properties across 14 states totaling 2,840 units. The deal will leave the company with 102 independent living properties and one continuing care retirement community.
DALY CITY, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $44 million loan for the acquisition of a 207-unit seniors housing property in Daly City, just south of San Francisco. Cary Tremper of Greystone originated the Freddie Mac loan. Senior Resource Group and its partners acquired the asset, formerly known as Monarch Village, now named Peninsula Del Rey. The four-story property was built between 2008 and 2011 and offers independent living and assisted living residences. Senior Resource Group has operated the community since 2012. The company develops, owns and/or manages 32 seniors housing communities in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington comprising 5,852 units. The seller was not disclosed.
BREWSTER, MASS. — Walker & Dunlop has provided a $28.3 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Pleasant Bay, a 25-acre seniors housing campus in the Cape Cod town of Brewster. The campus comprises The Woodlands at Pleasant Bay, a 59-unit assisted living community, as well as the 134-bed Pleasant Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Point Group Care operates the community. The specific borrower was not disclosed. The financing will cover approximately 90 percent of the acquisition costs, and the borrower plans to conduct renovations at the property. Featuring flexible prepayment options, the two-year loan includes interest-only payments for the entire life of the loan.. Joshua Rosen structured the debt using Walker & Dunlop’s bridge lending program, which utilizes the company’s own balance sheet to offer short-term, nonrecourse loans for properties that are being acquired or repositioned as part of a new business strategy.
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of a seniors housing community in Orange County for $95.5 million. The property features 214 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The specific name and location were not disclosed. JCH represented the seller, a national owner-operator. The buyer was a Chicago-based private equity firm highly involved in the seniors housing industry. According to JCH, the transaction benefitted from the seller’s willingness to retain operations, high barriers to market entry, 94 percent occupancy and a 53 percent operating margin. Nick Stahler, Mike Mooney and Jim Hazzard were lead advisors in the transaction.
NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. — Parkview Financial has funded a $28 million construction loan for the development of Paradise Senior Apartments, a 126-unit age-restricted multifamily property in National City. The borrower is a San Marcos, Calif.-based private developer. Located at 2238 Sixth St., the project will include 116 one-bedroom units averaging 568 square feet and 10 two-bedroom units averaging 1,137 square feet for residents age 55 or older. Units will feature stainless steel appliances, wood cabinets, washers/dryers, balcony or patio, plank flooring and other upgrades. The community will feature on-site management, a lounge area, rooftop deck, fitness center and 10,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Additionally, the project will feature one underground level of parking, as well as parking on the ground level, totaling 147 spaces. Construction for the project is slated to begin later this year with completion expected by the second quarter of 2021.
CHICAGO — Smith Senior Living has broken ground on an expansion project at Smith Village, a continuing care retirement community in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. The project will modernize the community’s Johanson Wing, which offers short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing care and therapy rooms. The expansion will feature a three-story, 10,204-square-foot structure upon completion. Construction will actually reduce the number of licensed beds in Johanson Wing from 100 to 78, as most double-occupancy rooms will be replaced by private suites. Development costs for the project are estimated at $22.3 million.
WILTON MANORS, FLA. — Carrfour Supportive Housing and The Pride Center at Equality Park have broken ground on a 48-unit affordable community in Wilton Manors that will offer supportive services specifically targeting LGBTQ seniors. Located approximately 30 miles north of Miami, The Residences at Equality Park is scheduled for completion in 2020. Of the 48 units, 34 will be set aside as permanent supportive housing for low-income seniors ages 55 and older with a disabling condition who need onsite supportive services in order to maintain their housing. Forty-three units will be available to residents earning 60 percent or less of Broward County’s area median income (AMI) — about $35,400 per year for a one-person household, and about $40,400 per year for a two-person household. The remaining five units will be available to those earning 33 percent or less of the AMI, or about $17,700 per year for a one-person household and $20,200 per year for a two-person household. Monthly rents will be based on income, ranging from approximately $350 to $1,029. Carrfour will serve as the project’s developer, operator and service coordinator, while The Pride Center will provide residents with onsite supportive services, including service linkage, senior support groups, wellness …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $33.7 million Freddie Mac loan to refinance Belmont Shores Mobile Estates, a 347-unit, age-restricted, manufactured housing and mobile home community in Long Beach. The borrower was Alamitos Bay Partnership LLC. The loan carries a 15-year term and 30-year amortization, and will fund capital improvements to the property’s common-area buildings. Dale Holzer of Greystone originated the transaction, with Don Smith of Sunrise Mortgage & Investment Co. acting as a correspondent.
NEBRASKA, IOWA AND KANSAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of 15 skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. The portfolio included 10 locations in Nebraska, four in Iowa, and one in Kansas, and consists of over 950 licensed beds. The facilities are in predominantly secondary and tertiary submarkets, and the majority were built in the 1960s and 1970s. Blueprint’s Michael Segal, Ben Firestone and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Roger B. Kennedy Construction has completed construction of The Grove at Canopy in Tallahassee on behalf of developer Vestcor Senior Living. Although costs were not expressly disclosed, the contractor said its contract exceeded $20 million. The three-story, 140,000-square-foot community features 118 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The designer on the project was Group 4 Design.
