GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Lancaster Pollard has provided an $11 million, HUD-insured refinancing for Vista Springs Northview, an 88-unit assisted living community in Grand Rapids. The loan refinanced the first mortgage, which was a variable-rate loan, as well as other subordinate debt used to expand the facility in 2014. In addition to the refinancing, the loan will provide approximately $730,000 for facility repairs. Brendan Healy led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
TIGARD, ORE. — Berkeley Point Capital has provided a $3.1 million Freddie Mac supplemental loan to Frontier Management LLC. The money will be used for strategic growth and property improvements at Washington Gardens Memory Care, a 48-unit memory care community in the Portland suburb of Tigard. The community opened in 2011. Frontier Management LLC manages 83 seniors housing properties serving more than 4,000 residents across the United States. The company is based in Portland. Doug Harper, director of seniors housing, and Casey Moore, director, led the Berkeley Point team. Harper operates out of the Columbus, Ohio, office while Harper works from the Boston office.
CORALVILLE, IOWA — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $9.8 million HUD 213 loan for the construction of a 59-unit market-rate seniors cooperative in Coralville, five miles northwest of Iowa City. The loan term is for 40 years. Vintage Cooperative of Coralville will include amenities such as a fitness center, workshop, garden plots, café and clubroom. Vintage Cooperative of Coralville was the borrower.
YUBA CITY, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $13.5 million sale of Summerfield Senior Living, a 71-unit assisted living and memory care community in Yuba City, approximately 40 miles north of Sacramento. The community opened in 1993. A California-based entrepreneur bought the community in 2005 as a value-add opportunity. It was the only seniors housing property in the owner’s portfolio, so it was sold to a growing owner/operator. Neither party was disclosed. The purchase price equates to approximately $190,000 per unit. Jacob Gehl and Mike Segal were the lead advisors on the transaction.
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance team has closed a $30.2 million permanent, floating-rate loan for Brightview North Andover, a seniors housing property. Located at 1275 Turnpike St. in North Andover, the facility features 133 independent and assisted living units, as well as a memory care component. The refinancing was arranged through Fannie Mae’s DUS Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage loan product. Richard Thomas and Meredith Davis of Grandbridge secured the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $9.2 million in refinancing insured by the FHA Sec. 232/2223(f) program for Ingersoll Place Assisted Living, a 57-unit senior living facility located in Niskayuna. Proceeds of the financing paid off a tax-exempt bond obligation and terminated an interest rate swap liability. Additionally, the new FHA-insured loan generated more than $100,000 in annual cash flow savings for the assisted living provider. Tom Grywalski of Lancaster Pollard secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
KENNESAW, GA. — Winter Construction has started the construction of Canterfield Senior Living of Kennesaw, a luxury seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. Atlanta-based Medical Development Corp. (MDC) hired Winter to build the three-story, 74,000-square-foot community. The expected completion date for Phase I of construction is spring 2017. Number of units, continuum of care and development costs were not disclosed. MDC launched the Canterfield brand in 2011. Atlanta-based architecture firm Corcoran Ota Group designed the model. Winter Construction is a general contractor based in Atlanta.
DESOTO, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has secured a $3 million HUD loan for the refinancing of Cedar Green Living Center, a 105-unit seniors housing property located in DeSoto. Dougherty’s Dallas office arranged the 33-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Senior Christian Living Foundation.
ROME AND CEDARTOWN, GA. — Enlivant has purchased two assisted living and memory care communities, both located in rural Georgia, from affiliates of Winthrop Senior Living for $10 million. The two properties are Winthrop West in Rome and Winthrop at Polk in Cedartown. The two towns are near to each other, approximately 70 miles northwest of Atlanta. Winthrop West was built in 1999 and comprises 42 memory care units in a 25,591-square-foot facility on 3.7 acres. Winthrop at Polk was built in 1991 and added 20 memory care units in 2014 to its existing 29 assisted living units. The 27,715-square-foot community is situated on 2.4 acres. Senior Capital Advisors, a brokerage firm based in Florida, represented the seller in the deal. Enlivant is a Chicago-based owner/operator. These acquisitions expand its regional presence to seven communities between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta.
PHOENIX — Mainstreet, a skilled nursing developer based in Indiana, has revealed its plans for a skilled nursing facility in Phoenix. It was announced earlier in March that Mainstreet had bought a plot in West Phoenix’s Algodon Medical Office Park for $1.7 million. The company has now released its plan to build a $21.9 million skilled nursing facility on the land. The facility will feature 94 beds in a 67,697-square-foot building, and offer assisted living in addition to skilled nursing. When completed in early 2017, it will be the first community managed by Mainstreet Health, Mainstreet’s new operational arm. In conjunction with the plans, Mainstreet Health hired Sonja Nelson as vice president of strategy and business development for Arizona. She will be responsible for developing the provider and payer relationships for this and any future Mainstreet developments in the state. She most recently served as director of strategy and planning for Banner Health.