SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Greystar has completed Overture Sugar Land, a 55-and-older multifamily rental community located in the Houston metro of Sugar Land. The property offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 676 to 1,215 square feet. Amenities of the four-story facility include a coffee bar and bistro, fitness center with yoga studio, a gaming room and a resort-style pool.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Capital One has provided a $41.1 million first mortgage loan and a $5 million senior credit facility for Prestige Care, a Vancouver-based owner-operator. The company used the mortgage loan to acquire four senior housing and skilled nursing facilities in Washington and Idaho, as well as to refinance three facilities it owns in Oregon and Washington. Together, the facilities total 751 units. Prestige will use the revolver to support general corporate purposes and working capital needs. Prestige is acquiring: Colonial Vista in Wenatchee, Wash. Hearthstone Cottage of Ellensburg in Ellensburg, Wash. Hearthstone Cottage of East Wenatchee in East Wenatchee, Wash. Karcher Estates in Nampa, Idaho The company is refinancing: Coast Fork Nursing in Cottage Grove, Ore. Oregon City in Oregon City, Ore. Prestige Assisted Living at Hazel Dell in Vancouver, Wash. Founded in 1985, Prestige Care operates a portfolio of more than 80 senior care communities in eight Western states. It specializes in revamping facilities in rural, medium-sized markets.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — CBRE has arranged $20.2 million in construction financing for MorningStar of Glendale, a 144-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Glendale, approximately nine miles north of Phoenix. The borrower is a joint venture between MorningStar Senior Living, N-Shea Group and an institutional equity partner. This will be MorningStar’s fourth community in the Phoenix metro area. MorningStar will operate the community once it’s completed. CBRE secured the four-year, floating-rate loan with 42 months of interest-only payments through a regional bank. Aron Will arranged the financing.
ATLANTA — Legislative decisions made over the next 18 months will have a substantial effect on American businesses, according to Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). The remarks were made at the fourth annual InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference on Wednesday, Aug. 23. The event drew over 400 industry professionals. “If you’re in business in America, what happens in Washington has a lot to do with your business,” he says. “You’re going to begin to see pressure on elected officials to move out of partisan voting, and I think that’s good for the economy.” Before entering politics, Isakson worked in real estate for more than 40 years and has a long family history in the industry. His father helped establish the prominent Atlanta-area real estate firm Northside Realty, which Isakson led as president for 22 years. Johnny’s brother, Andy Isakson, founded Isakson Living, a seniors housing development company, based on the Isakson family’s own difficulty finding suitable retirement options for their parents. Currently serving his third term, the U.S. Senator delivered this year’s keynote address at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. According to Isakson, healthcare and tax reform top the list of issues that need be addressed by Congress over the next …
RICHMOND, VA. — Pinnacle Living, a Glen Allen, Va.-based provider of retirement and seniors housing communities, has secured a $50.6 million loan from SunTrust Bank for the renovation and expansion of Cedarfield, a 90-acre retirement community in Richmond. Formerly known as Virginia United Methodist Homes Inc., the company rebranded to Pinnacle Living in June. The company owns and operates seven seniors housing communities in Virginia. Cedarfield’s renovation will include upgrades to the dining spaces, including the addition of a new pub, marketplace and a fine dining concept. Other planned improvements include a new health and wellness center, additional parking and upgrades to additional facilities and outdoor gathering places.
DENVER — Northstar Commercial Partners has completed Balfour at Stapleton, a 74-unit assisted living and memory care community in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood. A grand opening will be held in September for the 63,000-square-foot community. Northstar partnered with Balfour Senior Care, a Colorado-based operator, for the project. Northstar and Balfour are currently developing another community, a $51 million, 151-unit project in Ann Arbor, Mich. Construction is expected to begin this year. Northstar Commercial Partners is a privately held commercial real estate investment company headquartered in Denver.
SOUTH DARTMOUTH, MASS. — Claremont Cos. has received $17.6 million in affordable housing financing from MassHousing for the refinancing of Solemar at South Dartmouth. The refinancing of the mixed-income seniors housing community preserves the affordability of the property’s 100 affordable units through 2034. Claremont Cos. refinanced the property through MassHousing’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corp. Built in 1977, Solemar at South Dartmouth features 200 mixed-income rental units across 25 buildings. Fifty of the affordable units are rented to residents earning at or below 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), and 50 are rented to residents earning at or below 80 percent of AMI. The remaining 100 units are rented at market rate.
LOS ANGELES — Red Stone Tax-Exempt Funding LLC recently provided $18.8 million in bond financing to BlueGreen Preservation and Development. The tax-exempt bonds will be used to acquire and rehabilitate a 90-unit portfolio of affordable seniors housing properties in the Los Angeles metro area. The properties acquired are Pacific Rim Apartments, Rancho Del Valle and Maple Park Apartments. The properties all benefit from Section 8 rental subsidies that were extended for 20 years to ensure the long-term affordability of the communities for low-income seniors. The rehabilitation budget for the properties is more than $35,000 per unit. BlueGreen is a California-based company that develops and preserves affordable housing.
SAN ANTONIO — Drever Capital Management, a Calif.-based holding company, will develop Larkspur at Live Oak, a 213-unit senior living community situated on 15 acres near Interstate 35 and Loop 1604 in San Antonio. Designed by Dallas-based Merriman Anderson/Architects Inc., the four-story property will offer units ranging in size from 691 to 1,221 square feet and an outdoor recreation space with a pool, kitchen and cabanas. A 64-unit memory care community is also being planned as a separate facility within the development. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year and wrap up in early 2019.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. shareholders have voted to approve the company’s planned merger with Care Capital Properties, despite objections of several major shareholders. The proposed merger was announced in May. If completed, the transaction will create a healthcare REIT with a pro forma total market capitalization of roughly $7.4 billion and an equity market capitalization of roughly $4.3 billion. The all-stock transaction is scheduled to close Thursday, subject to customary closing conditions. Several shareholders vehemently opposed the merger, most notably Hudson Bay Capital, which owns 3.9 percent of Sabra shares. The company cited a report by advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services that suggested Sabra was overpaying for CCP, and that headwinds in the skilled nursing sector would cause the CCP portfolio (which is nearly all skilled nursing) to struggle. The new REIT will be headquartered in Irvine and include a healthcare portfolio comprised of 564 investments across 43 states and Canada. Sabra’s current executive team will manage the company, which will continue to trade under the SBRA ticker symbol. The vote occurred at Sabra’s special meeting of stockholders. The company reports that holders of more than two thirds of the shares voted at the meeting in …
