SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — CareTrust REIT Inc. has acquired three skilled nursing facilities in Southern California, and provided mortgage financing on a fourth. CareTrust entered into a tenant agreement with Providence Group, which has operated all four facilities since 2015. The names of the facilities were not disclosed. The total investment for the three-facility, 528-bed portfolio was approximately $69 million inclusive of transaction costs. The properties will yield approximately $6.1 million in initial annual cash rent, according to CareTrust. The mortgage on the 104-bed skilled nursing facility was $12.5 million inclusive of transaction costs, at an annual interest income of 9 percent. The master lease carries an initial term of 15 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based rent escalators. The acquisition was funded using CareTrust REIT’s $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility.
READING, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Residence at Pearl Street, an 83-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Boston suburb of Reading, for an undisclosed price. The seller was a joint venture between LCB Senior Living and Virtus Real Estate. A new joint venture between LCB and Artemis Real Estate Properties acquired the asset. LCB will continue to operate the property. The community was originally an elementary school built in 1939 and is now a historic building. In 1996 the building was redeveloped into a seniors housing community and a purpose-built wing was added that currently houses the majority of the residential units. The property underwent a $3.3 million renovation in 2014 and 2015. LCB stabilized the community by the end of 2016 with occupancy over 90 percent. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved in the transactions included Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Caryn Miller.
OXFORD, PA. — Presbyterian Senior Living has completed a $14.4 million expansion at Ware Presbyterian Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Oxford, located midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. The project added a 61-unit building named Westminster Place to the property. Of the new units, 31 have income restrictions set by the Pennsylvania Housing and Financing Administration. Based in nearby Dillsburg, Pa., Presbyterian Senior Living is a nonprofit seniors housing provider with 30 locations in the Mid-Atlantic region.
LUDLOW, MASS. — WinnCompanies has completed the $19.3 million adaptive reuse project that transformed a 110-year-old mill building into Residences at Mill 10, an age-restricted seniors housing property located in Ludlow. The four-story, 108,163-square-foot building features 63 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom apartments for residents age 55 and older. On-site amenities include community spaces and common areas on each floor, a fitness center, laundry facilities, a resident lounge and parking. WinnResidential is managing the property, which is fully leased. Dellbrook Construction served as general contractor and The Architectural Team provided architectural services for the project.
OXNARD, CALIF. — iBorrow, a private commercial real estate lender, has provided a $12.5 million loan for an assisted living community currently undergoing major renovations in the Los Angeles suburb of Oxnard. Originally built in 1960, the 59,650-square-foot property sits on 2.4 acres. Following completion of the renovations in 2018, the property will feature 102 units. The borrower, Global Premier Development, has already invested $10 million into the property and plans to invest further. Meridian Senior Living will operate the community following the redevelopment project. Although the name of the community was not disclosed, Meridian lists Regency Palms Oxnard as its only community in Oxnard. The company’s website states that the community will open in March 2018.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $27.5 million sale of Glenmoor, a 223-unit seniors housing community in St. Augustine. Allen McMurty, Paul Carr, David Kliewer and Megan Fetter of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Life Care St. John’s Inc., an affiliate of Life Care Pastoral Services Inc., in the disposition. Orlando-based Westminster Communities of Florida acquired the asset and will rename the property Westminster of St. Augustine. Constructed in 2001, the community is located at 235 Towerview Drive in St. Augustine’s World Golf Village. Westminster St. Augustine includes a mix of cottage homes, independent living apartments, assisted living units and skilled nursing units. Community amenities include a clubhouse, heated outdoor lap pool, putting green, bocce court, pub and a fitness center. In addition, residents can enjoy benefits at World Golf Village, including access to two golf courses, a swimming pool, fitness center and social areas.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of an assisted living facility in Southern California for $9.6 million. The name of the 97-unit property was not disclosed. Both the buyer and seller are local, single-asset operators. Jim Hazzard and Nick Stahler were the lead agents on the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Methodist Retirement Communities (MRC), a non-profit seniors living developer operator based in The Woodlands, will develop Stevenson Oaks, a 259-unit seniors housing property that will be situated on 19 acres in Fort Worth. The project will deliver 159 independent living units, 36 assisted living units, 24 memory support suites, 24 rehab suites and 16 skilled nursing suites. Located off Chisholm Trail Parkway at Bryant Irvin and Altamesa boulevards, the property will offer amenities such as a fitness center, auditorium and walking trails. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2019, with 2021 the target opening date.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided $54.2 million in HUD-insured mortgage loans to refinance two skilled nursing facilitates in Queens. Fred Levine of Greystone’s Monsey, N.Y., office originated the two separate transactions for the borrower, SentosaCare. Greystone provided a $21.9 million loan to refinance Brookhaven Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a 298-bed property in the Far Rockaway neighborhood and $32.3 million in refinancing for Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a 278-bed facility in Flushing. Both loans were 30-year self-amortizing FHA loans at low fixed rates.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Multifamily developer P.B. Bell is returning to the seniors housing industry with the development of Inspira Arrowhead, a 165-unit community in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The property will be located within the 75-acre Aspera mixed-use development. It will feature 123 units split between independent living and assisted living, as well as 42 memory care units. Inspira Arrowhead will complement the 286-unit Velaire at Aspera, P.B. Bell’s luxury multifamily community also located within Aspera. P.B. Bell is partnering on the project with Cadence Senior Living, a Scottsdale-based seniors housing development and management company. Floor plans range in size from a 367-square-foot studio in the memory care area to a 1,076-square-foot, two-bedroom residence in the independent living area. Inspira at Arrowhead is slated for completion in January 2019 with reservations scheduled to begin in mid-2018.