OAK CREEK, WIS. — National Health Investors Inc. (NHI) has agreed to finance the development of Ignite Medical Resort Oak Creek, a 144-bed skilled nursing facility just south of Milwaukee in Oak Creek. NHI’s commitment totals $25.4 million. Construction on the facility is underway, with an expected completion of second-quarter 2020. A tenant entity owned by affiliates of Villa Healthcare and Ignite Medical Resorts will operate the community once completed. A 12-year lease term begins post-construction with two 10-year renewals and a 2 percent annual escalator. In addition, there is a $2 million earn-out based on the operator meeting certain operating metrics in 2024 and 2025.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — HFF has arranged $21.4 million in financing for The Avenues Crofton Park, a 90-unit independent living community in the Denver suburb of Broomfield. Developed by McBroom Co. and managed by The Avenues Co., The Avenues Crofton Park features 70 rental apartment homes and 20 cottages. The HFF team led by Leon McBroom secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac’s CME Program. HFF will also service the loan. The community was 98 percent occupied at closing. The planned use of the funds was not disclosed.
NEW YORK — New York-based Greystone has provided a $31.5 million bridge loan for four skilled nursing facilities located across Texas. The undisclosed borrower is using the loan proceeds to refinance Heritage Oaks Residence & Rehabilitation Center, a 204-bed facility in Arlington, and the 202-bed Quality Care of Waco in Waco. The funds will allow the borrower to expand clinical services at the two properties. Two other facilities, the 186-bed Westview Manor & Rehabilitation Center in McGregor and the 112-bed Galleria Residence & Rehabilitation Center in Houston, will also be acquired as part of the deal. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the financing. The non-recourse loan carries an initial term of 24 months with two six-month extension options, as well as a floating interest rate and interest-only payments for the entire term.
FALMOUTH, MAINE — PGIM Real Estate Finance has originated a financing package totaling $9.9 million for OceanView at Falmouth, an 80-acre seniors housing campus in the Portland suburb of Falmouth. Sea Coast Management Co. owns the property, which features 42 custom-designed homes, 57 cottages, 118 independent living apartments and a 30-bed memory care facility. The financing includes two HUD healthcare loans and each is for a different property on the campus. A $4.4 million loan will be used for the construction of a two-story expansion to the assisted living portion of the campus, as well as renovations to the existing common areas. A $5.5 million loan will refinance the memory care portion of the campus, extending the loan term and converting from a floating rate to a fixed rate. The memory care wing was built in 2014 and has maintained 100 percent occupancy with a waiting list since its construction.
ARLINGTON, WASH. — AMWA Development Inc. has closed on a construction financing transaction for Cedar Pointe, a 255-unit affordable seniors housing community in Arlington, approximately 45 miles north of Seattle. Located on a four-acre site in the city’s Smokey Point neighborhood, the property will offer 175 one-bedroom units and 80 two-bedroom units, including a one-bedroom manager’s unit. All residents must be over the age of 55 and earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Finance partners on the project include Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Hudson Housing Capital and Citi Community Capital. AMWA Construction will oversee the construction process, with a planned delivery of August 2020. FPI Management will operate the community. Cedar Pointe is the first real estate development project in Washington for AMWA Development, an independently owned and operated affiliate of AMCAL, a Southern California-based real estate developer.
DALLAS — Senior Care Centers, a Dallas-based operator of more than 100 seniors housing communities in Texas and Louisiana, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Texas. The company is the largest skilled nursing provider in Texas, but has struggled to pay its rent. Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) and LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) — two publicly traded real estate investment trusts that combined own 49 Senior Care Centers locations — both reported that they have not been paid in months. Senior Care Centers also received a slew of bad press last year after not evacuating residents in advance of Hurricane Harvey, which resulted in state citations and dozens of care violations. (The Category 4 hurricane made landfall along the Texas coast in August 2017.) The company reported “burdensome debt levels and expensive leases” as reasons for its bankruptcy filing. All facilities will remain open during the restructuring, and the company claims it will continue to pay all vendors and its 11,000 employees during the process. “As the entire industry has seen, the leases associated with the communities have become cost-prohibitive,” says Michael Beal, chief operating officer. “This kind of action …
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a total of $100.8 million in HUD-insured loans to refinance two seniors housing properties in the state of New York. Fred Levine, managing director in Greystone’s Monsey office, originated the separate transactions for the same borrower. Although the borrower was not disclosed, Centers Health Care operates both facilities. Greystone provided a $71.8 million loan for Triboro Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in the Bronx. The facility features 405 skilled nursing beds and 70 assisted living beds. Proceeds of the loan will be used to refinance the existing debt and to renovate portions of the facility. Greystone also provided a $29 million loan for Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, a 200-bed facility in Buffalo. The transaction was a bridge-to-HUD execution, for which Greystone funded the acquisition of the facility with its non recourse bridge loan platform and then completed a permanent exit with HUD’s long-term, fixed-rate financing. A portion of the loan proceeds will be used for renovations and improvements to the property.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — LCS has closed acquisition financing and started construction of The Delaney of Bridgewater, a new seniors housing community in Bridgewater, approximately 45 miles southwest of Manhattan. Totaling 262,000 square feet, the property will be the fifth under the Delaney brand for LCS and the first outside Texas. When complete, the community will offer 122 independent living apartments, 15 freestanding villas, 56 assisted living units and a 32-unit memory care neighborhood. The community is slated to open in the fall of 2020. Financial terms were not disclosed, though BMO Harris was involved in the construction financing.
PHILADELPHIA — If you own a piece of land that you think might be suitable for a seniors housing development, what is your best course of action to determine the feasibility of such a project? “The first step is to do a desktop study,” advises Cheri Clarke-Doyle, senior vice president of Trammell Crow Co. In other words, conduct a supply-demand analysis that projects demand based on current supply and population growth within a radius of five to seven miles, or a 15- to 20-minute drive time. If those analytics turn out to be favorable and help justify the site to the prospective operator or equity partner, proceed to the next step, urges Clarke-Doyle, who is responsible for sourcing and overseeing new healthcare, wellness and science development in the Northeast for Trammell Crow. “Once you get the results of that desktop study, I think you go into other factors relative to the site. Those factors include the size of the site: Will it support what you want to build? If you’re doing a specific prototype, will the prototype fit on that piece of land? It’s important to go through several checks on the land before you go into a more detailed study.” The …
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $5.4 million sale of a 12,088-square-foot mixed-use property in Brooklyn. The six-unit property is located at 85 Quay St. Shaun Riney and Michael Salvatico of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.