Seniors Housing

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 …

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DANVILLE AND RUSSELL, KY. — PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided two refinancing loans for seniors housing communities in Kentucky totaling $15.3 million. The first property, Morning Pointe Danville, is a 60-unit assisted living and memory care facility that was built in 2017. PGIM provided a $7.5 million, 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the 90 percent-occupied asset, which is located in Danville near a regional medical center and 35 miles south of downtown Lexington. Amenities include a fitness center, library, beauty salon, lounges and numerous common areas. The second property is The Lantern at Morning Pointe Russell, a 44-unit memory care facility constructed in 2017 in Russell. PGIM provided a $7.8 million, 10-year, fixed-rate loan for The Lantern, which was built in 2017 and is 97.7 percent occupied. Amenities include a fitness center and security. The borrower was Tennessee-based Independent Healthcare Properties LLC, which develops, owns and operates senior care facilities under the Morning Pointe and Lantern brands.

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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Greystone has provided a $58.8 million HUD-insured loan to refinance a skilled nursing facility in Southampton. Situated on nine acres on the South Fork of Long Island in The Hamptons, the 280-bed Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing offers both short-term and long-term care and two separate, secure dementia care units. The facility is located close to affluent areas such as Sag Harbor, Bridgehampton and Sagaponack. The nearest skilled nursing facility is 15 miles away. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the fixed-rate, nonrecourse loan with a 35-year term and amortization.

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LAKE OSWEGO AND WILSONVILLE, ORE. — CBRE has arranged $61 million in financing for the acquisition of The Springs at Carman Oaks in Lake Oswego and The Springs Wilsonville in Wilsonville, both seniors housing communities in the greater Portland area. The borrower was The Springs Living, which sought to buy out its partner on the properties and become sole owner. Springs initially purchased the communities in 2012 with an institutional equity partner, and subsequently repositioned the assets. Springs will remain as operator following the transaction. The portfolio features a total of 145 independent living units, 82 assisted living units and 41 memory care units. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan with 30 months of interest-only payments. A national bank provided the capital.

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SHREWSBURY, N.J. — Investment and development firm Capitol Seniors Housing and operator Chelsea Senior Living have opened The Chelsea at Shrewsbury, an assisted living and memory care community located approximately 20 miles south of New York City. Development costs were estimated at $29.3 million for the three-story, 73,000-square-foot property. The community features a total of 85 units, 27 of which are for memory care. Meyer Senior Living Studio, based in the Philadelphia area, designed the community. Chelsea will collaborate with Shrewsbury’s Guild of Creative Arts, the oldest and largest art community in New Jersey, for amenities and activities. Chelsea Senior Living operates more than 17 communities, including 14 in New Jersey. In addition to The Chelsea at Shrewsbury, Capitol Seniors Housing is currently building another community Chelsea will operate in Greenburgh, N.Y., slated to open this September.

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