TEXAS AND LOUISIANA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $282.5 million sale of 28 skilled nursing facilities in Texas and Louisiana. Blueprint represented the buyer, a joint venture between BlueMountain Capital Management, BM Eagle Holdings and Capital Funding Group. The seller was Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. Blueprint collaborated with the joint venture to find local operating partners and tenants for the portfolio of assets. Further details on the names and locations of the properties were not disclosed. KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
CORAOPOLIS, PA. — Tapestry Senior Living will open Tapestry Moon Township, a 224-unit community that will be located in Coraopolis, about 12 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The community will offer 93 memory care units and 131 assisted living units. A timeline for the opening was not provided, but the company has announced that the property is currently accepting deposits.
LUFKIN, TEXAS — The ITEX Group, a Houston-based development and investment firm, has acquired land in Lufkin, located about 120 miles northeast of Houston, for the development of a 76-unit seniors housing project. The project, which will be branded Providence at Ted Trout, is valued at $11.8 million and is expected to be complete by year’s end. The property will be comprised of 48 one-bedroom units and 28 two-bedroom residences for seniors aged 55 and older.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Tutera Senior Living & Health Care is nearing completion of the $55 million Tiffany Springs senior living community in Kansas City. Tutera expects the 172 independent living units to be available in June, followed by 89 memory care and assisted living units in July. Community amenities at the 289,000-square-foot property include a spa, pool, outdoor courtyard, yoga studio, art studio, theater room, chapel, dog wash, concierge services and multiple dining venues. The new community will be connected via a breezeway to a rehabilitation and healthcare center that will offer short-term rehabilitation services and extended stays. Nearing Staats Prelogar & Jones Architects, BHC Rhodes and Luke Draily Construction Co. make up the project team.
ZEBULON, N.C. — Woda Cooper Cos. has cut the ribbon on Shepard Greene, a 50-unit affordable seniors housing community in Zebulon, approximately 20 miles east of Raleigh. The three-story community features age-in-place features and energy-efficient apartments for residents aged 55 years and older who earn 60 percent or less of the area median income. All units have emergency alert systems and six units are available with features for those with disabilities, such as roll-in showers. Two units are designed for those with hearing/sight impairments. Shepard Greene is located a half-mile from downtown Zebulon. An onsite manager oversees leasing and property maintenance and is available to assist residents in accessing transportation, Meals On Wheels and other resources and activities. Shepard Greene was financed in part through housing tax credits allocated by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. Bank of America Merrill Lynch was the equity investor for the tax credits and also provided construction financing. Bellwether Enterprise also facilitated a USDA Rural Development 538 loan.
NEW JERSEY — Greystone has provided a $24 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance a 138-unit assisted living facility in New Jersey. D.J. Elefant of Greystone’s New York office originated the transaction on behalf of Sage Healthcare Partners. Neal Raburn of Greystone’s Atlanta office provided support in structuring, underwriting and closing the transaction. The name and location of the property were not disclosed. The loan carries a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule with an interest-only payment period of two years. Greystone originally provided a bridge loan to the borrower to acquire the facility in 2017 and make investments to increase its overall value. The permanent loan enables the borrower to refinance out of the bridge loan and continue with its ongoing facility improvements.
COLORADO SPRINGS AND CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Walker & Dunlop has structured $52 million in financing to refinance three seniors housing properties totaling 196 units in Colorado Springs and Centennial. The three properties are owned by a partnership between MorningStar Senior Living and an alternative investment fund manager based in the Middle East. MorningStar Senior Living manages the properties. The financing includes: • $21 million for MorningStar at Jordan, a three-story, 84-unit assisted-living and memory care facility in Centennial • $17.7 million for MorningStar at Mountain Shadows, a two-story, 64-unit assisted-living and memory care property in Colorado Springs • $13.2 million for MorningStar at Bear Creek, a 48-unit property specializing in Alzheimer’s patients Stuart Wernick, Jeff Ringwald and Bill Jackson of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loans, which featured a 10-year term, fixed interest rate and interest-only payments for a portion of the term.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Bernardine Senior Independent Living, a 71-unit apartment community in San Bernardino, approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Built in 1984, Bernadine Senior Independent Living is a four story, 71-unit retirement community totaling 36,210 rentable square feet and situated on a one-acre site. A private investor out of Los Angeles acquired the property for $6.8 million, or $95,423 per unit. The seller was an Inland Empire-based acquisition group. Alex Mogharebi, Otto Ozen and Bryan LaBar of TMG represented both the seller and buyer in the deal.
CORAOPOLIS, PA. — Tapestry Senior Living has announced it will open Tapestry Moon Township in June. Located in Coraopolis, approximately 12 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, the community will offer 93 units of memory care and 131 units of assisted living. The community is currently accepting deposits ahead of its upcoming opening.
LOS ANGELES — Meta Housing Corp., a Los Angeles-based developer, in a joint venture partnership with Western Community Housing, a Southern California-based nonprofit corporation, has broken ground on Vermont Corridor Apartments. The six-story, transit-oriented, affordable community is located in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. The $51.4 million project will provide affordable housing for seniors age 62 and older earning between 25 and 60 percent of area median income. Of the 72 units to be built at the property, 36 will include supportive services funded through the County of Los Angeles’ Measure H and subsidized rents for residents experiencing varying levels of homelessness. These units were constructed with funding from Proposition HHH from the City of Los Angeles and a partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCID) and the County of Los Angeles. “Affordable seniors housing is extremely difficult to find in Los Angeles,” says Kasey Burke, president of Meta Housing. “Los Angeles needs more affordable alternatives for older residents, and we are delivering that alternative in this project. This is a great example of public-private partnership working together to improve the community and the lives …