DALLAS — Capital Senior Living Corp. has purchased three senior living communities, known as the Ohio JV Communities, located in Ohio from joint ventures in which it held a 10 percent interest for $83.6 million. The Dallas-based company previously managed the Ohio JV Communities under long-term management agreements. The Ohio JV Communities are comprised of 433 units, consisting of 227 independent living units and 206 assisted living units. Two communities are financed with $40.1 million of 10-year fixed rate debt that is non-recourse to the company with a blended interest rate of 4.41 percent. The third community is financed with a $21.6 million two-year bridge loan with a variable interest rate beginning at approximately 2.9 percent.
Seniors Housing
TEQUESTA, FLA. — Capital One Bank has provided a $14.6 million HUD 232/223(f) loan to refinance Tequesta Terrace, a 100-bed assisted living and memory care facility in Tequesta, about 21 miles north of West Palm Beach. The property has 71 assisted living units and 29 memory care units. Carolyn Whatley of Capital One Specialty Healthcare Real Estate arranged the 35-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Terrace Communities.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Hill & Wilkinson has been awarded the construction contract for Rochester Springs, a senior living facility to be built at the corner of Matlock Road and East Broad Street in Mansfield. Construction begins this month and is expected to be finished by June 2015. The 73,073-square-foot, two-story, $11.5 million Rochester Springs projectincludes 51 assisted living units and 44 memory care units. Pritchard Associates Inc. will serve as the construction manager for the project and 12 Oaks Management Services Inc. will be the facility’s operator.
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-based healthcare operator has received $9 million to refinance two local skilled nursing facilities. The facilities include a 99-bed nursing facility on Pico Boulevard near Koreatown and an 81-bed nursing facility on North Fairfax Avenue. The short-term financing retired the existing senior secured term loan. It also funded about $300,000 worth of planned capital improvements at both properties. The sponsor currently owns, operates or manages 20 healthcare centers throughout California. The loan was provided by Felix Gutnikov of Thorofare Capital.
WEST POINT, GA. — Batson-Cook Construction and its sister company Batson-Cook Development Co. have partnered with Principal Senior Living Group for a spate of new seniors housing facilities in the Southeast. The development team has delivered or is constructing seven facilities totaling $56 million and 275,000 square feet. The facilities, operating under the Benton House brand, are located in Douglassville, Ga.; Johns Creek, Ga.; Alpharetta, Ga.; Woodstock, Ga.; Brunswick, Ga.; Clermont, Fla.; and Bluffton, S.C. West Point-based Batson-Cook Construction is building the Benton Houses at approximately 40,000 square feet each, with each memory-care property housing 55 beds. The company also began a $1.8 million expansion to Benton House of Alpharetta in April.
EASTON AND ASHLAND, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets group has arranged $48.2 million in senior construction financing and joint venture capital for the construction and development of two senior housing projects for LCB Senior Living. Situated approximately 30 miles south of Boston in Easton, The Residence at Five Corners will be an 84-unit, 90-bed senior living facility. Located in Ashland, The Residence at Valley Farm will be an 80-unit, 83-bed senior housing facility. Situated on Pond Road, the three-story, 72,000-square-foot building is located in a heavily trafficked retail corridor. Both projects will offer independent and assisted living, as well as memory care units. PNC Bank provided construction financing for the Easton project, while M&T Bank provided the construction financing for the Ashland project. An institutional investor provided the joint venture equity on both projects. Construction on both projects is slated to begin in June, with the properties opening in late summer/early fall 2015.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tampa-based Aileron Capital Management has closed a $7.2 million loan for the construction of The Rose Gardens of Fort Myers, a 110-bed assisted living facility in Fort Myers. The property is located at 2117 Earl Road. Aileron provided a $4.5 million first mortgage and a $2.7 million mezzanine loan on behalf of the borrower, a Florida-based seniors housing owner and developer. The SBA 504 loan will convert to long-term permanent financing upon the completion of construction, expected for June 2015.
SOUTH BARRINGTON, ILL. — The LaSalle Group will open a 29,000-square-foot freestanding memory care community in the village of South Barrington, approximately 35 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop. Autumn Leaves of South Barrington located at the northeast corner of Higgins and Bartlett Road, will open in July. The $11.1 million memory care community will provide specialized care to nearly 50 residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia or memory impairment. The LaSalle Group has nine communities open or under construction in the suburbs of Chicago. Autumn Leaves of South Barrington is approximately one mile from the Arboretum of South Barrington shopping mall and five miles from St. Alexius Medical Center. The new community will offer free programs to the public including seminars,speakers, monthly Alzheimer’ssupport groups and respite care. Volunteer opportunities for the community will also be available.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based Amish Gupta Ventures plans to develop a 120,000-square-foot seniors housing facility on the northeast corner of the service road of Texas State Highway 121 and Creek Valley Boulevard in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton. The property will consist of two separate wings totaling 135 units and will sit on nearly 4.5 acres. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2014. The first wing is planned to include 100 units in three stories with a mix of assisted living units and possibly some independent living units. The second wing will house 35 units with dedicated memory care services. Pre-leasing will begin in fall 2015, with residents moving into the facility in early spring 2016.
ROSENBERG, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.8 million sale of Fort Bend Healthcare Center, a 56-bed skilled nursing facility at 3010 Bamore Road in Rosenberg. Doug O’Toole and Rod Llanos of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. O’Toole and Llanos also secured the buyer, another limited liability company.