STRATFORD, CONN. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Atria Stratford, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care seniors housing community located in Stratford. Developed in 1999, the 87,000-square-foot community features 76 assisted living and 24 memory care units. A publicly traded REIT sold the property to partners of Woodbine Senior Living for an undisclosed price. Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Alex Florea of Blueprint facilitated the sale.
BLACKWOOD, N.J. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has closed a $79.5 million FHA-insured loan to refinance a 458-bed skilled nursing facility in Blackwood, a southeastern suburb of Philadelphia. The 30-year loan is fully amortizing and features a fixed interest rate of 3.28 percent. The borrower and name of facility were not disclosed. Paula Quigley and Matthew Pipitone of M&T Realty Capital Baltimore office led the transaction in collaboration with Aaron Anglada of M&T Bank’s Paramus office. Quigley also serves as the FHA/HUD program manager for the company.
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Las Villas Del Norte, a 185-unit assisted living and memory care community in Escondido. A publicly traded REIT sold the property for an undisclosed price. The buyer was a locally based and privately held real estate investment firm with experience repurposing senior care properties. Constructed in 1986 with an expansion completed in 2006, Las Villas Del Norte is situated in an affluent submarket north of San Diego. The community had initially offered a wider spectrum of senior care including independent living and a dedicated wing for skilled nursing and long-term care. Following the campus addition of the independent living building, it was eventually converted to house high-acuity assisted living residents. As community management underwent several corporate-level changes, operational performance suffered, leading to the closure of the skilled nursing wing as new management focused on a lower acuity product. During the marketing process, Blueprint highlighted the value-add proposition of repurposing specific areas of the community to reset Las Villas Del Norte’s care levels to a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care. By strategically reconverting the former high acuity assisted living building back to independent living …
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $47.5 million loan for the refinancing of The 80th Street Residence, a seniors housing facility in Manhattan. The assisted living facility specializes in enhanced memory care and comprises 61 units and 70 beds. IDB Bank, a New York-based private and commercial bank, provided the loan. Peter Rotchford, Zach Rigby, Jason Skalko and Dillon Donald of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of property owners Wayne Kaplan and Larry Morehead.
ISSAQUAH, WASH. — National Health Investors (NHI) has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Life Care Services (LCS) to acquire and operate Timber Ridge at Talus, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Issaquah. The buyers will acquire Timber Ridge from a joint venture between Westminster Capital and LCS for $133 million, exclusive of closing costs that are estimated to be approximately $2 million. Originally built in 2008 and expanded in 2017, the property features 401 units, including 330 independent living apartments, 14 assisted living apartments, 12 memory care apartments and 45 skilled nursing beds. At the time of sale, the property was more than 95 percent occupied. The joint venture consists of two parts: the property company and an operating company. The operating company will be capitalized with $3.2 million initially. NHI will own an 80 percent ownership interest in the property company and LCS will own the remaining 20 percent; NHI will own a 25 percent interest in the operating company and LCS will own 75 percent. Additionally, NHI is contributing $43.2 million to the property company and $800,000 to the operating company for working capital. NHI has also agreed to provide financing to the property …
LITTLETON, COLO. — Resort Lifestyle Communities has opened Sky Pointe, an independent living community in the Denver suburb of Littleton. Sky Pointe offers 128 apartments for rent in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom options. “From our research, we found that Denver’s metro was in great need of additional independent senior living options,” says Phil Benjamson, COO of Resort Lifestyle Communities. Based in Lincoln, Neb., Resort Lifestyle Communities has 45 independent living communities either open or under construction throughout the country.
LAWRENCEBURG, IND. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has negotiated the sale of Shady Nook Care Center, a 94-bed skilled nursing facility in Lawrenceburg, located along the Ohio River near the Kentucky and Ohio borders. An independent owner-operator was the seller. A national owner-operator group bought the property for $9 million, or $96,000 per bed. Built in 1983, Shady Nook Care Center is located in a tertiary submarket of Cincinnati. The facility was 79 percent occupied at the time of sale.
SUN CITY, ARIZ. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of The Woodmark at Sun City, a 132-unit assisted living and memory care community located Sun City, an unincorporated municipality in metro Phoenix. A publicly traded REIT sold the property to an undisclosed buyer, which plans to install a privately owned, Southern California-based operator. The price was not disclosed. Built in 2000, The Woodmark at Sun City is a two-building campus in a residential area of the Salt River Valley. Ben Firestone, Michael Segal, Alex Florea and Amy Sitzman of Blueprint handled the sale.
SPRING, TEXAS — Frontier Management has broken ground on The Landing at Augusta Woods, a 120-unit seniors housing community located at 7727 August Pines Drive in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. The property, which will include 75 units for active adults and 45 assisted living units, is set to open in early 2021. The project team includes general contractor Regent Construction, architect Jeffrey DeMure & Associates and construction lender UCB. Frontier Management will operate Landing at Augusta Woods, joining the more than 100 seniors housing communities in its management portfolio.
DOYLESTOWN, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of and financing for Solana at Doylestown, a 98-unit seniors housing community in Doylestown, located approximately 35 miles north of Philadelphia. Solana at Doylestown opened in 2014 and provides assisted living and memory care services. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender of NKF represented the seller, Atlanta-based Formation Development Group. A joint venture between LCS Senior Living and Nuveen acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Sarah Anderson and Brittany Robinson, also of NKF, secured the financing on behalf of the buyer.