CLEVELAND — Cleveland-based KeyBank Real Estate Capital has closed a $90.8 million FHA 232/223(f) loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of seniors housing properties in Texas. The portfolio consists of eight properties totaling 541 units and 1,063 beds across various markets in Texas. The FHA loan proceeds were used to pay off the balance of a $315 million bridge loan, which was provided by a KeyBank-led syndicate and used to fund the acquisition of 30 Texas-based skilled nursing facilities. The borrower was a joint venture led by Capital Senior Ventures and BlueMountain Capital Management. Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera of KeyBank structured the initial syndicated bank loan.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. and its partner Grand Living have started construction of Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch, a 172-unit independent living and assisted living community in Sarasota. The community is the third Florida partnership between the two companies. Development costs are estimated at $50 million. Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch will be located within the Lakewood Ranch master-planned development, near a new supermarket and a polo club. Ryan A+E is providing architectural services, and Grand Living will operate the community upon completion. A sales center is scheduled to open at the site in the fall. A construction timeline was not released.
KIRKLAND, WASH. — The Wolff Company, an Arizona-based developer, has announced plans for Revel Kirkland, a 152-unit independent living community for seniors in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. The five-story property will be located on the 12-acre site that formerly was home to LifeBridge Church. The project is scheduled for completion in 2019. Revel Kirkland is the 10th senior living community that The Wolff Company has developed since 2016. In 2018, the company plans to invest $300 million to $400 million annually in the development of new independent and assisted living communities, in addition to acquisitions.
VISALIA, CALIF. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $29.3 million in financing for the construction of Quail Park at Shannon Ranch, a 120-unit seniors housing property in Visalia, located between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Living Care Lifestyles, the Kaweah Delta Hospital and several local investors own the property. Living Care Lifestyles will operate the community upon completion in early 2019. Stuart Oswald of NorthMarq secured the five-year loan through a regional bank.
Lancaster Pollard Completes $11.9M Refinancing for 54-Unit Skilled Nursing Facility in Massachusetts
PITTSFIELD, MASS. – Lancaster Pollard has arranged an $11.9 million HUD refinancing for Berkshire Place, a 54-unit skilled nursing facility in the western Massachusetts city of Pittsfield. The borrower is Berkshire Retirement Home, a nonprofit owner-operator. Berkshire Place was constructed as a replacement facility for Berkshire Retirement Home’s original property in 2014, using conventional bank financing with a floating interest rate. Three years after opening, ownership sought to refinance that existing bank debt using fixed-rate HUD financing. Aaron Becker led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
SEATTLE — HFF has arranged $114.7 million in development financing for 620 Terry, a 243-unit high-rise seniors housing community in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. HCP Inc. provided the capital to the developer, Columbia Pacific Advisors. The community will feature 194 independent living units, 21 assisted living units and 28 memory care units. The 24-story property is scheduled for completion in 2019. Ankrom Moisian designed the property, which is situated within a five-block radius of three major area hospital systems: Harborview Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center/First Hill and Virginia Mason Medical Center. It is less than one mile from an array of lifestyle and entertainment amenities in downtown Seattle. The HFF team representing the borrower included David Fasano, Sarah Anderson, Casey Davidson, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender.
CLOVIS, N.M. — Capital One has provided a $11.3 million HUD refinancing for Wheatfields Senior Living Community, a 101-bed assisted living facility in Clovis, near the Texas border. Wheatfields opened in 2008 as five detached independent living cottages. The assisted living building was added in 2011. The transaction allows the borrower to replace bank debt with long-term financing and recoup capital expenditures on the property. Joshua Rosen of Capital One originated the fixed-rate loan, which has a term of 35 years.
NEW YORK CITY — Hines and Welltower Inc. have broken ground for the construction of Sunrise at East 56th, a seniors housing property located at 139 E. 56th St. in Midtown Manhattan. As known as The Welltower, the 16-story tower will be the neighborhood’s first purpose-built assisted living and memory care community. Designed by SLCE, the property will feature complementary retail at the base and 151 assisted living and memory care units. Community amenities will include dining rooms, a salon, exercise facilities, medical examination rooms, an art studio and a theater. Slated for completion in early 2020, the development will be managed by Sunrise Senior Living. Champalimaud is serving as interior designer for the property.
PHOENIX — A joint venture between Life Care Services and Westminster Funds has broken ground on Desert Willow Assisted Living, a 44-unit assisted living building on the campus of Sagewood, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Phoenix. Located within Sagewood’s Acacia Health Center, the assisted living expansion will be available to those currently in the community as well as new residents. The building will add to Sagewood’s current 316 units. The two-story building is scheduled to open in fall 2018. Todd & Associates is serving as the architect on the project. Spellman Brady & Co. is providing interior design. The Weitz Company is the general contractor.
BETHESDA, MD. — HCR ManorCare, an Ohio-based seniors housing operator, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and transfer its management operations to its landlord, Quality Care Properties (NYSE: QCP). HCR ManorCare, which currently manages about 320 seniors housing properties, is the second-largest skilled nursing operator in the country. The company’s management contracts also span the assisted living, hospice and home care sectors. The move follows HCR’s declaration of approximately $385 million in delinquent rent payments. Reuters reports that the company’s total debt is roughly $7.1 billion and that QCP will put its own management teams in place at properties previously managed by HCR. Under the terms of the agreement, HCR’s operating subsidiaries will not file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The parent company’s name and brand will also remain in place, but as a wholly owned subsidiary of QCP. QCP itself is a spin-off of healthcare REIT HCP (NYSE: HCP), which created the company specifically to remove HCR ManorCare’s 320 properties from its portfolio. QCP and HCR have been in negotiations for months regarding hundreds of millions in unpaid rent. In addition, QCP will give up its REIT designation, as it will now both own and operate its properties. “This …