LAS CRUCES, N.M. — National Healthcare Development, an affiliate of National Healthcare Realty, has completed the development of Welbrook Las Cruces, a 50-bed skilled nursing facility in Las Cruces, approximately 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas. The 37,000-square-foot facility is located near Mountain View Medical Center. Welbrook Senior Living, a Utah-based provider, operates the property. This will be Welbrook’s first facility to open in New Mexico, while a second facility is also now under development in Farmington. National Healthcare Development is currently working on additional nursing facilities for Welbrook in Arizona and Colorado.
Seniors Housing
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Koelsch Communities has acquired Rock Creek Memory Care Community in the Phoenix suburb of Surprise. JEA Senior Living sold the community for an undisclosed price. The 31,372-square-foot community currently houses 66 residents. JEA opened the property in 2011. The Rock Creek acquisition is part of a larger plan in the area for Koelsch. The company recently purchased Park Wood Assisted Living Community, located next door to Rock Creek, from Sunshine Retirement Living. Koelsch is planning a $500,000 renovation for that community. The company has also started construction of The Park at Surprise, a 155-unit independent living community also next door to Rock Creek. The three neighboring communities will be combined into one campus, offering a larger continuum of care. Koelsch Communities operates 27 communities in eight states and has eight more under construction.
CLEVELAND — Cleveland-based KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $192.5 million in refinancing for a portfolio of six seniors housing properties located throughout Texas. The properties were all built between 2006 and 2008 and total 1,238 units. Charlie Shoop and Caleb Marten of KeyBank structured the Freddie Mac loans, which included 10-year interest-only terms and were used to refinance an existing bridge loan provided by KeyBank. The funds were secured on behalf of the borrower, healthcare and seniors housing investment firm Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors.
Lancaster Pollard Arranges Four Refinancings Totaling $55.1M for Summit Healthcare REIT
by Nellie Day
PORTLAND, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $55.1 million in FHA Sec. 232/223(f) loans to refinance four Summit Healthcare REIT properties in Delaware and Oregon. The program provides for the acquisition and refinancing of healthcare properties including licensed skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, intermediate care facilities, board and care, and combinations thereof. The four properties refinanced were Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center, a 181-bed skilled nursing facility in Millsboro, Del.; Pinnacle Rehabilitation & Health Center, a 151-bed skilled nursing facility in Smyrna, Del.; Applewood Retirement Community, a 69-unit independent living community in Salem, Ore.; and Gateway Care and Retirement Center, a 66-unit independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing community in Portland, Ore. Summit owns the four properties through joint ventures. Both Applewood and Gateway are part of the Sapphire Health Services Community network. Jason Dopoulos led the transactions for Lancaster Pollard.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — LCS, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Ryan Cos. US Inc. have started construction of Clarendale of Chandler, a 262,000-square-foot seniors housing community in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. Once completed, the Class A community will be located on 16.5 acres and offer 116 independent living units, 64 assisted living units, 38 memory care units and 14 duplex villas. It will be the sixth Clarendale-branded community in the country, and the first in the Southwest. Ryan Cos. is acting as developer and general contractor, and its architecture and engineering team, Ryan A + E, will design the community. Direct Supply Aptura is providing interior design services. Life Care Services, an LCS Company, will operate the community once completed. Clarendale of Chandler is scheduled to open in the spring of 2019.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT AND RHODE ISLAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a total of $99.8 million in FHA financing for a six-property seniors housing portfolio located across New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island. The skilled nursing facilities total 664 beds and were built between 1972 and 2007. The properties are Ridgewood Center – Bedford in Bedford, N.H.; Mountain Ridge Center in Franklin, N.H.; Keene Center in Keene, N.H.; Harris Hill Center in Concord, Vt.; Mountain View Center in Rutland, Vt; and Kent Regency Center in Warwick, R.I. John Randolph, Laura Conway and Brandon Taseff of KeyBank arranged the financing through the FHA 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program. The loan proceeds were used to pay down an existing KeyBank bridge loan, which funded the acquisition of 28 skilled nursing facilities in 2016. The properties were acquired by a joint venture comprised of Cindat Capital Management, Best Years and Welltower Inc.
TAMFORD, CONN. — LCB Senior Living has broken ground on The Residence at Summer Street, a 104-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Stamford, approximately 25 miles northeast of New York City. LCB will both own and operate the community, which is scheduled to open in summer 2018. Headquartered in Massachusetts, LCB Senior Living owns and/or operates communities throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Kisco Senior Living has completed expansion and renovations at Emerald Court, an independent living and assisted living community in Anaheim. The $22.5 million project includes a new two-story building with 58 assisted living residences, a demonstration kitchen and dining venue, and a wellness center. The expansion physically connects with the existing building and adds additional space to the courtyard. As part of the project, renovations were made to the main dining room, as well as corridors, lighting, the activity room and the salon of the existing building. A total of 58,000 square feet was added to the community overall. Following the expansion, Emerald Court now features 146 independent living and 104 assisted living apartments.
MURRIETA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates – North San Diego County has arranged the sale of seven acres of land in Murrieta, located between Los Angeles and San Diego, for $1.3 million. The buyer plans to construct a 137-unit memory care community on the site. The plot is an infill development opportunity located near retail, schools, parks and new residential developments in the expanding region. Murrieta’s population more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, according to Lee & Associates. Al Apuzzo and Matt Weaver of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County and Brian Bielatowicz of Lee & Associates – Temecula represented both the seller, The United Church of the Valley, and the buyer, Riverside Care Group LLC of Seattle.
CBRE Arranges $66.4M Construction Financing for 216-Unit Seniors Housing Community Near Portland
by Nellie Day
LAKE OSWEGO, ORE. — CBRE has arranged a $66.4 million loan for the construction of The Springs Living Lake Oswego, a 216-unit seniors housing community in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego. The community will feature 75 independent living units, 30 “assisted living lite” units, 87 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The 370,887-square-foot building will encompass a five-story residential building over two levels of parking. The development is situated on 4.8 acres. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing secured the four-year, floating-rate construction loan with 48 months of interest-only payments from a pair of national banks. The Springs Living will operate the community once it is completed. A timeline was not released.