WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — Watermark Retirement Communities has started construction of The Watermark at Vistawilla, an 89-unit memory care community in the Orlando suburb of Winter Springs. Watermark, The Freshwater Group and development partners Rookis Investment Partners and Gulf Coastal Development Inc. broke ground on the community earlier in December. The project is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017. Tampa-based Chancey Design Partnership designed the project. Watermark will both own and operate the community. Watermark Retirement Communities, based in Tucson, Ariz., is the 13th largest operator of seniors housing communities in the United States, managing 6,713 units across 36 communities, according to the American Seniors Housing Association’s 2016 calculations.
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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $16 million in refinancing for Springvale Apartments, an age-restricted multifamily property located on Skytop Drive in Croton-on-Hudson. The property features 524 units for residents age 55 or older. The transaction was structured with a 15-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through NorthMarq’s seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $15.5 million loan for Crown Point Health Suites in Lubbock. The Class A skilled nursing facility was built in 2011, with additions made in 2013. The property has achieved an average occupancy of 89 percent occupancy from January 2015 to mid-year 2016, and features 108 private units. The loan represents 74.8 percent of value and provided the owners with cash for capital improvements and expansion. Walker & Dunlop’s Kevin Giusti and Michael Vaughn led the origination team.
LOS ANGELES — Harborview Capital Partners, a commercial real estate finance, equity and advisory firm, has arranged a $30 million bridge-to-HUD refinancing for a 133-bed skilled nursing facility in the Los Angeles submarket of Van Nuys. The loan features a floating rate above LIBOR with 24 months of interest-only payments. Following that 24-month period, the loan will have a 25-year amortization and two-year term with one-year extension options. The refinancing provides the undisclosed borrower with $12 million in cash-out proceeds. Harborview’s Eli Kutner, senior originator, Ephraim Kutner and Jonathan Kutner, principals, arranged the financing.
Starkman Realty Group Brokers $5M Sale of Seniors Housing Property in Atlantic City, New Jersey
by Amy Works
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Starkman Realty Group has arranged the sale of Best of Life Park Apartments, a seniors housing property located in Atlantic City. Radiant Property Management acquired the property from a non-profit entity for $5 million. The 14-story building features 208 units and 73 parking spaces. Jason Starkman of Starkman Realty Group represented the seller in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has closed $67.6 million in bond financing for Brazos Presbyterian Homes (BPH), the operator of Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor and the Hallmark, two continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in Houston. Combined, the two communities feature 310 independent living units, 37 assisted living units, 18 memory care units and 69 skilled nursing beds. BPH will use the tax-exempt, fixed-rate financing to pay off bonds from 2013 and fund a debt service reserve fund. The move will save the company approximately $3.3 million in debt payments.
IPA Capital Markets Arranges $19.6M Loan for Age-Restricted Community in Rancho Santa Margarita
by Nellie Day
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets (IPA), an affiliate of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $19.6 million in financing for the acquisition of Buena Vida at Town Center, a 115-unit age-restricted community in the Orange County suburb of Rancho Santa Margarita. The borrower was purchasing the property through a 1031 exchange. The loan was structured at a fixed rate of 3.25 percent interest with interest-only payments for the first three years, then converting to a 30-year amortization. The term of the loan is 15 years with a 67 percent loan-to-value ratio.
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $41M Construction Loan for Seniors Community Adjacent to Disney World
by John Nelson
ORLANDO, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $41 million loan for Big Rock Partners, which will use the money to fund construction of its 240-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community adjacent to Disney World in Orlando. Big Rock purchased the nine-acre plot from Disney in 2014 for $4.5 million and began construction in August 2016. The project, which does not yet have a name, will feature 152 independent living, 55 assisted living and 33 memory care units. As part of the arrangement with Disney, Big Rock also has the option to purchase 20 more acres adjacent to the site. Balfour Beatty is construction manager on the project, which is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2018. Gensler designed the property and once complete, Life Care Services will operate the community. Walker & Dunlop’s Albert Rex and Marty McGrogan arranged the 3.5-year loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 25-year amortization schedule. Big Rock Partners is a private real estate investment management firm. The company is currently developing three large seniors housing projects in Florida, with a total development cost exceeding $200 million.
GRESHAM, ORE. — Radiant Senior Living has broken ground on a new memory care building at Farmington Square Gresham, an assisted living and memory care community in the Portland suburb of Gresham. The community currently features four buildings. The new memory care building will include 15 units that can house up to 26 residents. Construction is scheduled for completion in June 2017. Radiant Senior Living operates 18 communities in Oregon, Washington, Montana and Colorado.
TAMPA, FLA. — Bayshore Retirement Living has sold Horizon Bay at Hyde Park, a 136-unit seniors housing community in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood of Tampa. The company sold the property to Allegro Senior Living and an undisclosed joint venture partner for $74 million. HFF represented Bayshore in the transaction and arranged a $48.6 million acquisition loan on behalf of the borrowers. Horizon Bay at Hyde Park features one- and two-bedroom independent and assisted living units averaging 714 square feet. Completed in 2011, the property is situated on 1.9 acres at 800 W. Azeele St. near Tampa’s Westshore Business District and downtown Tampa. The property was 98 percent leased at the time of sale and features a full-service bar and lounge overlooking Hillsborough Bay, restaurant-style dining room, coffee bar, fitness center, beauty and barber shop, chapel/theater, café, billiards, wellness center, heated swimming pool, library, media room and concierge services. Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender and Dave Fasano led HFF’s Dallas-based seniors housing team in brokering the transaction, with Zach Nolan of HFF’s Tampa office providing local market assistance. Sarah Anderson led the HFF team’s debt placement efforts for the borrowers.