PAONIA, GLENWOOD SPRINGS AND ROCKY FORD, COLO. — Seniors housing owner/operator Grace Healthcare has officially exited all Western U.S. states with the $15.3 million sale of its final three skilled nursing communities in Colorado. Evans Senior Investments negotiated the sale to an undisclosed California-based investor. The price equates to $67,700 per bed. The new owners will lease the properties to a new operator that already has a presence in Colorado. The three properties are Paonia Care and Rehab Center in Paonia, Grace Healthcare & Rehab in Glenwood Springs and Pioneer Health Care Center in Rocky Ford. Located on the Western Slope in Colorado, Paonia Care and Rehab Center is approximately 70 miles from the city of Grand Junction. The facility features 60 beds in a 16,424-square-foot, single-story building. Located 80 miles southwest of Aspen, Grace Health & Rehab is located on 1.5 acres and features 54 skilled nursing beds and 16 assisted living beds. Pioneer Health Care Center features 94 beds on 4.1 acres. The 36,842-square-foot community offers memory care and rehabilitative care. In June, Grace announced it had sold all its remaining California and Arizona properties in a $14.7 million deal, also negotiated by Evans Senior Investments.
NEWTON, MASS. — Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) has acquired seven seniors housing communities from Five Star Quality Care for $112.4 million. Five Star will continue to operate the communities as part of the sale-leaseback deal. The portfolio totals 545 units in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The lease with Five Star expires at the end of 2028 and includes renewal options. Five Star intends to use the proceeds it receives from the sale-leaseback transaction to repay in full amounts outstanding under its secured revolving credit facility, which had $60 million outstanding on June 28, 2016, and for general business purposes. The initial annual rent payable to SNH under the lease will be $8.4 million per year, resulting in an approximate capitalization rate of 7.5 percent. Starting after 2017, the rent may increase based upon a percentage of gross revenue increases realized by operations at the leased communities. SNH funded the purchase of the seven communities with cash on hand and drawings under its $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility. Five Star was formerly SNH’s wholly owned subsidiary and both companies are based in Newton.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Lancaster Pollard has arranged both the sale of, and acquisition financing for, Columbus West Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Columbus’ Westgate neighborhood. In the sale transaction, Chad Elliott and Steve Kennedy represented the seller, a family that has owned the property since 1992. The MacIntosh Company purchased the facility for an undisclosed price, expanding the company’s Central Ohio seniors housing portfolio to six communities. Columbus West Park was built in 1984, and the sale included excess land for potential future expansion. In the financing transaction, Chris Mauger and Brendan Healy arranged a balance-sheet loan to fund the acquisition. The financing was structured as a bridge-to-HUD loan.
MASON CITY, IOWA — Anchor Housing Development has completed construction of Legacy Manor of Mason City II, a 48-unit affordable seniors housing community, in Mason City, approximately 120 miles north of Des Moines. WNC, a California-based real estate investor, provided $5.9 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity to fund the development. Legacy Manor of Mason City II is a three-story, elevator-serviced building comprised of two-bedroom apartment homes with approximately 800 square feet of space for residents aged 55 and older. Daniel Tonnesen was project developer for the development, which took one year to complete.
HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. and LCS have announced plans to build Clarendale of Hendersonville, a $40 million independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville. Clarendale of Hendersonville will feature 184 total units on an 11-acre site. The community will be the fourth Clarendale-branded property. Life Care Services, an operational subsidiary of LCS, will manage the community once complete. Ryan Cos. will build the property, and Jack Potter of Nashville-based HFR Design will design the community. Marty Cook of Bone McAllester Norton is providing legal services.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF., AND SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — CBRE has arranged $80 million in financing for a joint venture between Blue Moon Capital Partners and Belmont Village Senior Living. The JV will use the funds to purchase an assisted living and memory care portfolio consisting of Belmont Village Thousand Oaks in metro Los Angeles and Belmont Village Scottsdale in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. The seven-year, fixed-rate loan includes 48 months of interest-only payments. A life insurance company provided the funds. The two communities total 275 units and Belmont Village will continue to operate the properties. The California location was built in 2011 and the Arizona location in 2012. Aron Will, vice chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Bethesda Senior Living Communities, a Colorado-based nonprofit developer and operator, has acquired Rambling Oaks Courtyard, an 80-unit assisted living community in Frisco. The acquisition was part of a $27 million financing from Compass Bank of Denver that also included $13 million in construction financing for a new community in Colorado. Bethesda will rebrand the community as Bethesda Gardens Frisco. The site also features developable acreage around the existing building. Bethesda plans to expand services at the community. With the acquisition and new development, Bethesda now operates 18 seniors housing communities in Arizona, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado and Texas.
BETHESDA, MD. — Capital One has served as lead arranger and administrative agent for a $61 million syndicated loan and $12 million syndicated credit facility to affiliates of CommuniCare Health Services, a Cincinnati-based provider of post-acute care. CommuniCare will use the financing to purchase nine skilled nursing facilities in Ohio and Maryland from a publicly traded REIT.
COVINGTON, LA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $16.7 million acquisition loan for The Trace at Claiborne Hill, a 94-unit seniors housing community in Covington, located across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. Built in 2009, the property features independent living and assisted living services, as well as a 24-unit, secured memory care building that was added to the property in 2014. Carolyn Nazdin of KeyBank arranged the 10-year, non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac.
MONUMENT, COLO. — Bethesda Senior Living Communities, a Colorado Springs-based nonprofit developer and operator, has broken ground on Bethesda Gardens Monument, a 60-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Colorado Springs suburb of Monument. The $13 million development is the first ground-up construction for Bethesda in more than 15 years, and will be the first seniors housing community in Monument, according to the developer. Bethesda expects to complete construction in fall 2017. The architect on the Colorado project is Lantz-Boggio Architects of Denver. Brinkman Construction of Fort Collins will provide construction services, and Compass Bank of Denver provided financing. With the two new projects, Bethesda now operates 18 seniors housing communities in Arizona, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado and Texas.