IRVINE, CALIF — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has completed the previously announced sale of 20 skilled nursing facilities leased to Genesis Healthcare Inc. in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana for $103.3 million. The 20 facilities are part of the original 35 facilities marketed for sale under the previously announced memoranda of understanding with Genesis. Under the terms of the deal, Genesis’s annual rent obligations to Irvine-based Sabra will be reduced by $9.3 million as a result of the sale of these facilities. Sabra expects to use the proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility. The dispositions are part of the REIT’s “Sabra 3.0” plan to have more scale and diversification within the company’s portfolio as far as continuum of care, operator and geography. Sabra plans to sell its entire portfolio of Genesis-operated skilled nursing facilities for aggregate sales proceeds of $425 million to $475 million.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health care, hospice care and assisted living companies, has completed a $112 million portfolio financing. The fixed-rate loans have an amortization schedule between 30 and 35 years, and are secured by mortgages on 17 of the 63 properties owned by Ensign subsidiaries. Jason Dopoulos of Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company LLC arranged the loans, which are insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Loan proceeds will be primarily deployed to pay down previously drawn amounts on Mission Viejo-based Ensign’s revolving line of credit. In addition to refinancing existing borrowings, the proceeds of the HUD-insured debt will be used to fund acquisitions; renovate and upgrade existing and future facilities; cover working capital needs; and for other business purposes.
PENNSYLVANIA — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a total of $57.7 million in FHA financing for a large regional owner and operator of healthcare facilities across the Northeast. The properties include a 180-bed skilled nursing facility and a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that also has a 73-bed assisted living/independent living wing. John Randolph of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the permanent financing through the FHA 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program. Henry Alonso and Brandon Taseff of Key’s Healthcare Group structured the original bridge loan for the sponsor. The loan proceeds were used to pay down a portion of the existing bridge loan, which funded the initial acquisition and subsequent recapitalization of a pool of healthcare facilities located in the Northeast.
ALLEGAN AND OWOSSO, MICH. — Cohen Financial and Pillar, both divisions of SunTrust Bank, have arranged $11.5 million in HUD loans for the refinancing of two seniors housing properties in Michigan. Cathy Bronkema of Cohen Financial and Joshua Hausfeld of Pillar arranged a $6.5 million loan for Oliver Woods Retirement Village, an 80-unit property in Owosso. They also secured a $5 million loan for Briarwood Assisted Living, a 39-unit property in Allegan. The borrower is a Grand Rapids-based senior living property owner and operator. The SunTrust/Pillar healthcare financing platform can meet borrowers’ financing needs from bridge financing to long-term, fully amortizing loans, according to Bronkema.
OAKLAND, N.J. — Tryko Partners and Marquis Health Services have completed $3.5 million in renovations to Oakland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a 215-bed skilled nursing facility in Oakland, 25 miles northwest of New York City. Tryko acquired the facility in 2015. Marquis, an affiliate of Tryko, operates the property, which offers sub-acute rehab, dementia care and long-term care wings, and specializes in cardio pulmonary and orthopedic rehab. The renovations include a 3,500-square-foot gym and expansion of the common-area lounge space, as well as updates to 50 rooms within the building’s sub-acute rehab unit.
LAS VEGAS — Love Funding has arranged a $7.9 million bridge loan to build a 46-bed memory care center in Las Vegas. The new facility will be built adjacent to Welbrook Transitional Rehabilitation in the Centennial Hills neighborhood. The existing facility offers rehabilitation services and overnight care for those recovering from an injury, planned surgery or illness. Leonard Lucas of Love’s Boston office obtained the bridge loan from Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. The bridge financing was needed because the timing of the FHA construction financing did not fit the borrower’s development timeframe.
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Capitol Seniors Housing has unveiled plans for Stonegate at Greenburgh, an assisted living and memory care community in the New York City suburb of Greenburgh. Northbridge Companies will operate the 101-unit property. Development costs are estimated at $35 million for the three-story, 90,651-square-foot community. Meyer Design of Ardmore, Pa., designed both the exterior and interior of the community, and will seek LEED designation. The property is located on the former site of Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, which was acquired by the town of Greenburgh in a 2011 tax foreclosure. The 6.9-acre community is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2019. The community will be Capitol’s first in New York State. The Washington, D.C.-based, private equity-backed real estate acquisition, development and investment management firm has successfully acquired or developed more than 90 senior housing communities since its founding in 2003. The company has nine additional communities currently under construction in Maryland, Illinois and New Jersey.
IDAHO — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has closed $17.6 million in bond financing Valley Vista Care Corp., a nonprofit operator of seniors housing communities in Idaho. Valley Vista Care Corp. and Valley Community Housing combine to operate 147 skilled nursing beds, 59 assisted living units and 35 units for residents with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to refund prior bonds, pay for improvements to two facilities, create a reserve fund and pay bond issuance expenses.
GRANBURY AND WEATHERFORD, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a two-property seniors housing portfolio totaling 186 units in the southwestern Fort Worth suburbs of Granbury and Weatherford. An undisclosed buyer purchased the 110-unit Gardens of DeCordova in Granbury and the 76-unit Gardens of Weatherford in Weatherford. Both properties are 55-plus facilities. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello and Max Helgeson of IPA brokered the sale.
SPOKANE, WASH. — The Wolff Company has started construction of Revel Spokane, a 132-unit independent living community in Spokane. The development is slated to open in 2018. This project is the seventh senior living community developed by Wolff since 2016. The Arizona-based private equity firm intends to invest $300 million to $400 million annually in the development of independent living communities, in addition to purchasing existing communities.