ORANGE, CALIF. — Cadence Senior Living has acquired Kirkwood Orange, an assisted living and memory care community in Orange, just southeast of Los Angeles. The seller was HumanGood, the recently merged and rebranded combination of Califonia nonprofits ABHOW and be.group. The sale price was not disclosed. Cadence is an owner, operator and developer of senior living communities based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Kirkwood Orange is the company’s first California community, joining its portfolio of two Phoenix-area properties.
Seniors Housing
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $28.2M Construction Loan for 137-Unit Assisted Living Community in Monument
by Nellie Day
MONUMENT, COLO. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has structured a $28.2 million construction loan for Jackson Creek Senior Living, a 137-unit assisted living facility in Monument, located between Denver and Colorado Springs. The borrower is the project’s developer, an affiliate of CSI Construction. Scheduled to open in late 2018, Jackson Creek Senior Living will include a three-story, 128,600 square-foot building with 80 assisted living, 30 memory care and 27 independent living units. The asset is located on 6.4 acres of land. Ralph Lowen arranged the HUD loan at 90 percent of total replacement cost. The financing features 18 months of interest-only payments during the construction period, followed by a 40-year, fully amortizing permanent loan.
KIRKLAND, WASH. — Koelsch Communities will break ground July 19 on Jefferson House, an 80-bed memory care community in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. The three-story project will be located adjacent to Madison House, another Koelsch community, which offers independent living and assisted living. Development costs for Jefferson House are estimated at $24 million. Madrona Point Development partnering with RJ Development, both based in Olympia, are developing the new project. Koelsch Construction will serve as general contractor. Jefferson House is scheduled to open in the winter of 2018. Koelsch Communities operates 23 communities in seven states and has nine further communities in development.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO., AND ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Denver-based Confluent Development, has sold two of its seniors housing communities, MorningStar of Wheat Ridge and MorningStar of Albuquerque. Denver-based MorningStar Senior Living co-developed and will continue to operate both communities. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) brokered the deal on behalf of the buyer, Harbert Seniors Housing Fund I LP. The price was not disclosed. Located in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, MorningStar of Wheat Ridge was completed in March 2016. The 58,000-square-foot development includes 64 assisted living and memory care units. The project was fully leased by February 2017, less than a year after completion, and is currently 96.9 percent occupied. Located in northwest Albuquerque, MorningStar of Albuquerque opened in February 2016. The 61,000-square-foot development includes 69 assisted living and memory care units. The project is currently 95.6 percent occupied. The communities represent Confluent’s first sale of senior living assets to Harbert Seniors Housing Fund. Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender led the HFF investment sales team. Sarah Anderson led HFF’s debt placement team.
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Lancaster Pollard’s Propero Seniors Housing Equity Fund II has acquired Creekside Inn, a 38-unit, 65-bed memory care facility in Coeur d’Alene, approximately 30 miles east of Spokane, Wash., for $9.3 million. Koelsch Communities built the property in 2008, and will continue to operate it under a sale-leaseback transaction. Koelsch currently operates 23 communities with 1,974 beds in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Texas and Washington. The sale-leaseback allows Koelsch to recapture some of its investment costs and retire the existing debt on the facility that was due to mature in the near term. The deal includes a purchase option schedule, beginning in the second year of the lease, at predetermined prices at specific time periods.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $29 million HUD-insured permanent loan for Sapphire Center for Rehab & Nursing of Central Queens. Located in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, the skilled nursing facility offers 227 beds. Sapphire Care Group, the borrower, originally acquired the property in 2015 and rebranded and improved the facility. Fred Levine of Greystone’s Monsey, N.Y., office originated the loan.
LAS VEGAS — Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF) and its subsidiaries, CPF Living Communities and Grace Management Inc., have acquired Acacia Springs, a 160-unit seniors housing community in Las Vegas. This is CPF Living’s third property in the state of Nevada. Grace Management will take over operations of the community. The property is near the Red Rock Casino and 13 miles from the Las Vegas strip. The sale price was not disclosed, but Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged $13.5 million in Fannie Mae acquisition financing for the deal. The seven-year, non-recourse loan features 3.5 years of interest-only payments.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — iBorrow, a private commercial real estate lender, has provided a $9.3 million bridge loan for an assisted living community’s renovations in the Los Angeles suburb of Long Beach. The 64,090-square-foot property was originally built in 1929. When renovations are completed, it will feature 56 units of assisted living, as well as a rooftop garden, ocean views and some retail. It is located a half mile from the 415-bed St. Mary’s Medical Center. The borrower and name of facility were not disclosed. Will McCabe of iBorrow originated the loan.
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV to Acquire Eight-Facility Seniors Housing Portfolio in Northern California
by Nellie Day
SAN FRANCISCO — American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Co. LLC, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Inc., have announced the fund will acquire a 327-unit, eight-property portfolio of seniors housing communities in Northern California. The portfolio will be purchased in tranches, with the first group including properties in Belmont, Fairfield, Menlo Park and Sacramento. The second round will include properties in Napa and Sonoma. The first tranche has already closed, while the second is expected to be completed before the end of the year. The first acquisition totals 134,000 square feet of assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. The communities are 100 percent occupied and operated by Colonial Oaks under a 15-year net lease. Several entities associated with Nazareth Healthcare sold the first tranche of properties. Grant Goodman and Chad Elliott of Lancaster Pollard & Co. LLC represented the sellers. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV financed the acquisition using cash on hand and borrowings under its revolving line of credit with Bank of America NA and KeyBank National Association.
TAYLORSVILLE, UTAH — Construction has commenced for Summit Vista, a 105-acre continuing care retirement community in the Salt Lake Valley city of Taylorsville. Planning for the community began in 2015. Once completed, the property will feature a 62,000-square-foot clubhouse. Intermountain Healthcare will provide medical services at the community. Financial backers of the development include Gardner Co., iStar Inc., Solamere Capital and Zions Bank.