SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH. — Enlivant has opened the doors on the recently renovated Ridgeview Place, an assisted living and memory care community in Spokane Valley, near the border between Washington and Idaho. Enlivant and its subsidiaries operate nearly 230 senior living communities, representing 11,000 units across 27 states.
TULSA, OKLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $9.1 million HUD loan to LEDIC Realty Co. for the rehabilitation of Quail Creek Villa, an affordable seniors housing community in Tulsa. The community is restricted to residents over 62 years of age and those with disabilities. All 120 units of the property are reserved for those making 60 percent or less of the area median income. Jeff Rodman of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group and Kelly Frank of Key’s Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) group arranged the financing.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group has arranged a total of $24.3 million in financing for the acquisition of Hawthorne Gardens and Pacific Pointe Retirement Inn, both seniors housing communities located in Portland. The two nonrecourse bridge loans included $12 million for the 58-unit Hawthorne Gardens and $12.3 million for the 114-unit Pacific Pointe. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. Grandbridge’s Richard Thomas and Meredith Davis negotiated the financing. The company’s proprietary lending platform, BB&T Real Estate Funding’s structured loan product. Hawthorne Gardens was most recently sold in September 2015 for $10.8 million.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $39 million in bridge loans to refinance of a two-property, 355-bed skilled nursing portfolio in Southern California. The specific names and locations of the properties were not disclosed. A national balance sheet lender is providing the capital for the three-year loans. The financing features interest-only payments for two years and an 85 percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower has owned both properties for more than 10 years. Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson, all based in Meridian’s New York City headquarters, negotiated the transaction.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Investment bank HJ Sims has provided $5.1 million in financing for the construction of an independent living community in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. An affiliate of Sante Partners is developing the property, which has not yet been named. Once completed, a large, national operator will manage the community. This will be Sante’s sixth development. The financing is structured as a mezzanine loan and preferred equity investment.
Generally, when one thinks about the massive, new mixed-use projects under development, a few images come to mind. Apartments, offices, hotels and retail mixed together, with some green walking trails and open spaces. Seniors housing, however, is probably not among those first impressions. This idea is changing, though, as mixed-use developers and seniors housing owners and operators begin to see the mutual benefits that senior living can bring to a project. The demographic wave of Baby Boomers hitting retirement age will nearly double the 65-plus population in the United States by 2050, from 43.1 million to 83.7 million, according to projections by the U.S. Census Bureau. The tactic of integrating seniors living into mixed-use developments is becoming more common throughout the country. Usually in high-end developments, the target market is seniors with disposable income. While the projects are a one-off concept for most seniors housing developers, some are making it a cornerstone of their development philosophies. For example, Georgia-based Formation Development Group, a subsidiary of private equity group Formation Capital, has opened four communities in mixed-use developments in Texas and Illinois since 2009. The company has a fifth currently under construction in Pennsylvania. “That’s an intentional strategy on our part,” …
PHOENIX — Harborview Capital Partners, a commercial real estate finance, equity and advisory firm, has arranged the sale of three seniors housing properties near Phoenix. The portfolio includes two skilled nursing facilities and an independent and assisted living facility. The names of the properties, buyer and seller were not disclosed. In connection with the transaction, Harborview arranged $37.4 million in HUD financing for the buyer. The loan features a 35-year term at a fixed rate. Eli Kutner originated the loan, along with the firm’s principals Ephraim Kutner and Jonathan Kutner.
BRUSH, COLO. — Lancaster Pollard has closed $34.7 million in financing for the refinancing and expansion of Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, approximately 90 miles northeast of Denver. In addition to refinancing existing debt with long-term, fixed-rate financing, the loan will allow for construction of 46 units of memory care in three buildings, a 54-unit assisted living building and new physical therapy area. The expansion will also include a new kitchen, laundry and central receiving facilities, as well as the demolition of several existing structures. Rob McAdams led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
SPRING VALLEY, CALIF. — Covenant Retirement Communities has opened Peterson Life Center, a $19.1 million expansion at Mount Miguel Covenant Village in the San Diego suburb of Spring Valley. The Peterson Life Center will serve as a hub for Mount Miguel’s 400-plus residents. The property features an enclosed courtyard, three dining venues, an art studio and gallery, library, wellness center and fitness studio, outdoor pool with two lap lanes, a hot tub, and locker rooms. For entertainment and social gatherings, there’s a 24-seat movie theater, game and billiards room, kids’ corner for visiting children and more. Construction for the 33,082 square-foot, two-story, Spanish-style building started in 2014. Residents at Mount Miguel span the continuum of care. Peterson Life Center is named after Paul Peterson, retired Covenant president and former Mount Miguel administrator. Covenant is the sixth largest nonprofit seniors housing provider, featuring 15 communities in 10 states. It is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
LINDON AND SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Ridgeline Management Co. has added two Osmond Senior Living properties to its operational portfolio, both in the Salt Lake City metro. The two properties are Osmond Senior Living in Lindon and Osmond Senior Living Memory Care in Salt Lake City. Ridgeline began operating the communities April 1. Ridgeline Management Co. is a seniors housing operator based in West Linn, Ore., with a portfolio of 24 communities in 10 states.
