FREMONT, OHIO — Senior Living Investment Brokerage has negotiated the sale of Pristine Senior Living and Post-Acute Care of Fremont, an 82-bed skilled nursing facility, for $2 million. The three-story community is located in Fremont, approximately 40 miles southeast of Toledo. Constructed in 1965 and expanded in 1989, the 73,515-square-foot property sits on 6.8 acres. The seller was Sandusky County, which previously leased the community to Pristine Senior Living. The lease term ended and Pristine exited the Ohio market. The buyer was a New-Jersey based company with 11 other communities in Ohio. The transaction was positioned as a value-add play, as the community’s occupancy was below 50 percent at the time of sale. The new owner plans to make capital improvements to the building. The price equates to a price per bed of $24,390 and a capitalization rate of 7.04 percent.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale-leaseback of Monroe Pavilion, a four-story skilled nursing facility in Chicago’s West Loop, for $6 million. The property is located at 1400 W. Monroe Ave. David Goss and Lucas Fryman of Interra represented the buyer, JK Equities, which plans to repurpose the building but has not yet disclosed specific plans. Jon Morgan and Colin O’Malley of Interra represented the seller, Symphony Post Acute Network, a provider of post-acute care.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Richardson-based general contractor Hill & Wilkinson has completed West Hall, a 534-bed student housing property in Arlington. The community, which is the first of two phases of planned development, is located on the campus of University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The four-story, 100,000-square-foot residence hall offers double-occupancy, semi-suite or pod-style configurations. Amenities include community learning and social spaces, as well as a game room and outdoor grilling areas. BOKA Powell designed the project.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Inc. (SSSHT) has acquired Courtyard at Mt. Tabor, a seniors housing community in Portland, for $92 million. The property offers 286 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The new owners will execute an existing plan to add 23 additional memory care units, with groundbreaking scheduled for fall 2018. The buyer is a non-traded REIT sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management. Located on 7.1 acres in the Mt. Tabor submarket of Portland, the property was constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2009. The community was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Integral Senior Living, which has operated the asset since 2011, will stay on as manager under the new ownership. SSSHT now owns a portfolio of four seniors housing communities and two student housing communities acquired for an aggregate price of approximately $275 million.
MESQUITE, NEV. — Mission Senior Living has broken ground on Mesa Valley Estates Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 78-unit community in Mesquite, near the Utah and Arizona borders. Development costs were estimated at $8 million. MSL Construction will build the property, which Pinnacle Architects will design. The site is across the street from Mesa View Regional Hospital. Mesa Valley Estates will feature 54 assisted living units and 24 memory care units in a single-story, 61,386-square-foot building. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2019. Based in Carson City, Mission Senior Living operates six communities in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.
ATLANTA — As internet-connected technology continues to become ubiquitous in our everyday lives, residents at senior living facilities across the United States are using more and more devices. “From seven years ago to today, the average resident has gone from two devices to seven to nine devices,” said Kevin Merrill, business development director at Inviacom during an “Investing in Technology” panel at the InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference. The event was held Wednesday, Aug. 29 at the Westin Buckhead hotel in Atlanta, drawing nearly 520 developers, lenders, investors and operators from the senior living space. “Seniors are adopting the technology and bringing it into communities like you wouldn’t believe,” added Merrill. “We continue to see the evolution of technology pushing in and contributing to the improvement of every aspect of the community. The panel was moderated by Matt Haywood, CEO of Tazergy, and tackled how seniors housing communities can invest in technology that both increases revenue and improves resident care. Participating were: Kevin Isakson, director of sales and marketing at Isakson Living; Jesse Marinko, CEO and founder at Phoenix Senior Living; Dan Phelps, SVP Healthcare at ServingIntel; and Merrill. Technology Empowers Businesses, Prospects Technology is changing the way that those …
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP, PA. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $34 million direct loan for development of Centre Care Health Center in College Township. Located in Central Pennsylvania near Penn State University, the 240-bed, 135,645-square-foot skilled nursing facility will replace the existing Centre Crest property. The USDA’s funding is contingent upon the developer — Centre Care — providing an additional $6 million for the project through a fundraising campaign. Miles Kingston of Lancaster Pollard structured the financing and helped Centre Crest secure the USDA commitment. The loan represents an 85 percent loan-to-cost ratio, and features a fixed interest rate of 3.9 percent for the entire 36-year term. The loan also has a year of interest-only payments and no pre-payment penalties. In March, the College Township Council unanimously approved plans for the facility. In June, Centre Care closed on a 30-acre parcel of land where construction would occur. The development is scheduled to open in 2020.
MILLBRAE, CALIF. — Cadence Living, a senior living development and management company based in Arizona has acquired Marymount Greenhills Retirement Center an undisclosed price. The independent living, assisted living and memory care community is located in Millbrae, a suburb near the San Francisco International Airport. The new owner has rebranded the property as Cadence Millbrae and plans extensive renovations for the next year. The project is part of the city’s plans to redevelop areas into hubs for commercial and residential activity. The renovation project will include fully modernized apartments and common-area corridors, as well as renovation of all common area spaces such as the dining room, activity spaces, and lobby. Cadence Living currently owns and operates communities in California and is expanding its footprint throughout the South and West.
RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Red Stone Tax-Exempt Funding LLC has provided $20.2 million in tax-exempt bonds for the rehabilitation of two affordable seniors housing communities in Rensselaer, located just across the Hudson River from downtown Albany. The Section 8 properties, Van Rensselaer Heights and Renwyck Place, were originally constructed in 1980. Millennia Housing Development will perform the renovations on a budget exceeding $45,000 per unit. An affiliate of Red Stone is the borrower, and will also use the funding to acquire the properties. Boston Capital Corp. purchased approximately $9.5 million in Low-Income Housing Tax-Credits (LIHTCs) in association with the properties.
MILLCREEK, UTAH — Live Oak Bank has provided $5 million in financing. The borrower, All Seasons Health Services Co., will use the funds to acquire two assisted living properties in the Salt Lake City suburb of Millcreek. The two properties were built in 2013 and 2016 and feature 20 and 24 beds, respectively. Each stabilized community operates under the BeeHive Homes franchise system. The principal of the borrower lives in the area and is an operator of six BeeHive Homes locations in Utah. Live Oak’s loan package features a fully amortizing 25-year term. The bank sourced the financing in collaboration with Brady Johnson of Hunt Real Estate Capital.