Seniors Housing

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ERIE, PA. — The Woda Group Inc. is developing Willow Commons, a $9.5 million seniors housing property located at 2064 Willow St. in Erie. A combination of new construction and the adaptive reuse of The Wesleyville Public School, Willow Commons will feature 29 one-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom affordable apartments for seniors age 62 or older, with income levels below 60 percent of area median income. Slated for completion this fall, the property will feature a community room with kitchen, common laundry, a library/craft room, an exercise room, an outdoor space with a community garden and seating area.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. AND BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — CareTrust REIT Inc. has acquired two skilled nursing facilities: The Rio at Cabezon, a 136-bed facility located in Albuquerque, and The Rio at Fox Hollow, a 126-bed facility in Brownsville, Texas. The purchase price was approximately $27.3 million, inclusive of transaction costs. The Albuquerque facility represents CareTrust’s entry into the New Mexico market. In connection with the acquisition, CareTrust REIT assumed the existing facility leases with affiliates of OnPointe Health LLC, a regional post-acute care provider with operations in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. The seller was a prominent Texas developer. The properties are currently in the lease-up period and approaching stabilization, according to Lamb. The investment is expected to generate an initial cash yield of 9 percent, based on the annual cash rent of $2.5 million under the terms of the existing leases. The two existing leases have remaining terms of approximately 17 and 19 years, respectively, and include a hybrid of fixed- and CPI-based rent escalators. CareTrust REIT, a publicly traded investor based in California, funded the acquisition with cash on hand.

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CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Medical Development Partners has broken ground on Parkland Memory Care, a 56-unit memory care community in Chandler. The $10 million, 36,400-square-foot project will be located on a 4.5-acre plot. Live Oak Bank, Aileron Capital Management and Mercantile Capital Corp. provided financing. JF Construction Co, which is building the project, estimates a spring 2018 completion date. Upon completion, Seasons Management Group, based out of Oregon, will operate the community. Lenity Architecture designed the property, with landscape architecture provided by Ryan & Associates.

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NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $59.8 million HUD-insured permanent loan for The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing, a skilled nursing facility in Queens. The borrower is Kennedy Management. Fred Levine of Greystone’s Monsey, N.Y., office originated both the bridge and permanent FHA loan for the property. The HUD-insured financing for The Pavilion represents a permanent self-amortizing exit. In 2015, Greystone arranged a bridge-to-HUD loan to finance the acquisition, renovation and rebranding of the 302-bed facility, which includes an onsite 40-bed ventilator-dependent unit and a 12-chair dialysis center.

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WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — A joint venture between PGIM Real Estate and Kisco Senior Living has acquired Byron Park, a 187-unit independent living and assisted living community in Walnut Creek. Although the purchase price was not disclosed, BMO Harris Bank arranged and was lead lender on $61.8 million in financing in connection with the transaction. The loans were structured as $50.1 million in term loan financing and $11.7 million in construction financing, which will fund the addition of a 40-unit assisted living and memory care building on the campus. Byron Park is PGIM Real Estate’s third joint venture partnership with Kisco Senior Living, which will continue to operate the community. Kisco has owned and operated Byron Park since 2012 as part of a joint venture with an investment partner that sold its stake as part of the transaction.

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THE DALLES, ORE. — Capital One has provided a $17.5 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan to refinance The Springs at Mill Creek, a 92-unit seniors housing community in The Dalles, a city in northern Oregon. The sponsor, The Springs Living, is a family-owned seniors housing company with 14 communities totaling nearly 1,700 beds in Oregon and Montana. The sponsor is using the loan to pay off existing debt and buy out its joint venture partner, a private equity firm based in Chicago. Dague Retzlaff and Mark Bultman of Capital One originated the transaction. The team worked with Capital One’s Multifamily Finance team to structure the transaction.

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HOUSTON — Casa Solace Memory Care has received a $7 million construction loan for a new memory care facility on Space Center Boulevard in Houston. The first phase of construction will deliver a 36-bed facility and a community center totaling 25,600 square feet. Upon completion, the project will feature 90 beds for assisted living and memory care. Kevan McCormack of Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. arranged the loan through an unspecified local bank.

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LANCASTER, PA. — HJ Sims has secured $98 million in financing for Brethren Village, a continuing care retirement community in Lancaster. In 2016, Brethren hired Sims to serve as senior managing underwriter for the proposed refinancing of 2008 bonds on the facility. Sims worked with Brethren Village’s independent municipal advisor to pair the refinance with financing to develop an independent living expansion project known as Northside Court. The financing consists of fixed-rate refunding bonds structured with serial and term bonds, a 25-year maturity and level annual debt service. The 2017 refunding bonds include optional redemption provisions of 10 years to enable Brethren to repay the bonds prior to maturity. The Northside Court project financing was structured as a variable rate, tax-exempt direct placement with one bank. The term of the bank commitment is 10 years with a 25-year principal amortization.

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CELEBRATION, FLA. — Big Rock Partners has topped off Windsor at Celebration, a new 239-unit seniors housing property in Celebration, the Disney-originated master-planned community in Central Florida. The independent living, assisted living and memory care project will be situated south of Walt Disney World along Interstate 4. The project team includes architect Gensler and construction manager Balfour Beatty Construction. Windsor at Celebration, which won’t require an up-front entrance fee, will comprise 151 independent living units, 55 one- and two-bedroom assisted living units and 33 one-bedroom memory care residences. Life Care Services, an LCS Co., will manage the new community upon completion. Big Rock Partners has launched preleasing at the project, which is set to open in spring 2018.

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HEMET, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.4 million sale of The Terrace at Seven Hills, a 40-unit seniors housing property in Hemet, located east of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. Built in 2012, the property is age restricted and features 12 one-bedroom, one-bath units and 28 two-bedroom, two-bath units. The sales price equates to $135,000 per unit and a capitalization rate just under 6 percent. Reza Ghaffari from Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario office represented the seller, a limited liability company. Ghaffari and Mark Bridge represented the buyer, a private investor.

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