PLAINFIELD, CONN. — Greystone has provided $7.1 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of Colonial Health & Rehab, a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in Plainfield, located near the Rhode Island border. The borrowers were owner-operators Curtis Rodowicz and Robert Darigan. Lisa Fischman of Greystone originated the loan, with the expectation that it will eventually be converted to FHA-insured financing. The nonrecourse loan features a 35-year term and fixed interest rate.
FITCHBURG, WIS. — Hunt Capital Partners, in collaboration with Plesko Properties LLC, has arranged federal and state low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity financing for the construction of Fitchburg Senior Apartments. Located in the Madison suburb of Fitchburg, the community will feature 160 affordable housing units for seniors who are age 55 and older. Units will be restricted to households who earn up to 80 percent of the area median income. The development team broke ground on Fitchburg Senior Apartments in March. The four-story community will provide 80 one-bedroom units and 80 two-bedroom units upon completion, which is slated for July 2020. The total development cost for Fitchburg Senior Apartments is $34.4 million. The development team was awarded $15 million in federal and state LIHTCs. Hunt Capital Partners facilitated the federal tax credits through its multi-investor fund, Hunt Capital Partners Tax Credit Fund 27. Advantage Capital purchased the state LIHTC credits through Fund 27 as well. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) provided $23 million in taxable and tax-exempt construction and permanent financing and $1.5 million in soft financing. Plesko Properties, the project developer, selected Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP as the project consultant. Stevens Construction Corp. is …
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Sunrise Senior Living has completed demolition of the former National Association of Professional Insurance Agents buildings in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, with plans to build a 93-unit assisted living property on the land. Located south of Washington, D.C. along the Potomac River, this will be Sunrise’s second community in Alexandria. Rust | Orling Architecture is designing the project. SunTrust Bank provided a $45.5 million loan to finance the construction.
HAMDEN, CONN. — Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has provided $7.5 million in Fannie Mae DUS financing for Meadow Mills Assisted Living & Memory Care in Connecticut. Located on two acres in Hamden, just north of New Haven near Long Island Sound, the property offers 60 units of assisted living and memory care. The loan includes a 10-year, fixed-rate term on a 30-year amortization schedule and will be used to refinance existing debt. Ari Short of Arbor’s New York City office originated the loan.
CAMARILLO, CALIF. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened a welcome center at Oakmont of Camarillo, its upcoming seniors housing community in Camarillo, approximately 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The 86,839-square-foot property is scheduled to open around the end of the year. When completed, the three-acre community will offer 60 assisted living and 25 memory care apartments. Ted Burgess is executive director of Oakmont of Camarillo.
MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS and NEW HAMPSHIRE — HFF has provided an undisclosed amount of financing for a portfolio of eight seniors housing properties totaling 565 units in New England. Northbridge Strategic Senior Housing Fund II was the borrower. Freddie Mac provided the capital, and HFF will service the loans. The intended use of the proceeds was not disclosed. The properties in the portfolio are Avita of Brunswick in Brunswick, Maine; Avita of Stroudwater in Westbrook, Maine; Avita of Wells in Wells, Maine; Carriage House at Lee’s Farm in Wayland, Massachusetts; Laurelwood at the Pinehills in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Ledgewood Bay at Milford in Milford, New Hampshire; Stroudwater Lodge in Westbrook, Maine; and Sunnybrook in Brunswick, Maine. The properties have an average completion date of 2014 and comprise a mixture of 49 independent living, 256 assisted living and 260 memory care units that were nearly 90 percent occupied at closing.
KeyBank Originates $65.9M Loan for Refinancing of Two Seniors Housing Properties in Western New York
ORCHARD PARK AND PITTSFORD, N.Y. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has originated two Freddie Mac loans totaling $65.9 million for the refinancing of a pair of seniors housing properties in Western New York. In the first transaction, KeyBank provided $45.8 million for Orchard Heights, a community in the city of Orchard Park that features 114 assisted living units, 32 independent living residences and 16 memory care units. In the second deal, KeyBank provided $20.1 million for Heather Heights of Pittsford, which offers 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. Both properties were built in the 1990s. Carolyn Nazdin of KeyBank secured the loans, both of which carry fixed interest rates, 15-year terms and five years of interest-only payments. The borrower was not disclosed, but Buffalo-based Hamister Group LLC developed both communities.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Vermillion Development, a Chicago-based real estate firm, has opened Silver Birch Fort Wayne, an affordable seniors housing community in Fort Wayne. Design and engineering firm HED partnered on the project. The 97,000-square-foot community sits on 4.2 acres and features 119 units. The assisted living facility offers studio and one-bedroom units for older adults in need of supportive housing. Silver Birch Fort Wayne is the eighth facility opened by Silver Birch Living, which is the operational arm of Vermillion. The property is adjacent to a golf course, which was recently acquired by a nearby university to be repurposed as a fitness center.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — CA Senior Living LLC, the senior housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has completed the development of Atria at River Trail, a 128-unit seniors housing community in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook. The Chicago office of Harley Ellis Devereaux designed the property. Located on 5.8 acres, the two-story community offers 86 assisted living units and 42 memory care units in a 123,482-square-foot building. Louisville, Ky.-based Atria Senior Living will operate the community. Atria operates approximately 200 communities across the United States and Canada.
BRICK, N.J. — Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Co. has provided a $17.3 million HUD loan to refinance Willow Springs, a skilled nursing facility in Brick, located in New Jersey’s northern coastal region. The borrower was local investment firm Tryko Partners LLC, which purchased the community from its developer, NuVision Management, in 2013 and subsequently rebranded it. At that time, Willow Springs featured 148 skilled nursing beds with expansion potential and an assisted living component that could accommodate 23 clients. Tryko then implemented a $1 million improvement plan that delivered an expanded rehabilitation facility with cutting-edge equipment and technology and updated common areas, patient rooms and assisted living accommodations.