ASHLAND, ORE. — An undisclosed buyer has purchased Skylark Assisted Living, a 75-unit assisted living and 34-bed memory care facility in Ashland, for $10.8 million. Skylark Assisted Living, located within the Mountain Meadows age-restricted community, opened in 1997. Skylark was 90 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Dan Mahoney and Tony Cassie, directors of Marcus & Millichap’s National Seniors Housing Group in Portland, represented the sellers and procured the buyer in this transaction.
CLEARFIELD, UTAH — RED Mortgage Capital, the proprietary mortgage banking arm of RED Capital Group LLC, has closed an $11.1M Fannie Mae loan for MBK Senior Living to refinance Chancellor Gardens of Clearfield, an assisted living and memory care community in Clearfield about 25 miles north of Salt Lake City. Chancellor Gardens is a 130-unit community constructed in 1999 and expanded in 2009. Founded in 1986, MBK owns and operates 13 communities across California, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Washington.
CONCORD, CALIF. — Carlton Senior Living, an operator of 11 seniors housing communities in Northern California, has named industry veteran David Coluzzi as its new president. The company is based in Concord, located between San Francisco and Sacramento, and is looking to expand its portfolio of independent living, assisted living and memory care properties. Serving the industry for over 26 years, Coluzzi most recently was CEO of Esquire Group, a senior living and apartment company with 1,200 units in seven communities in New Jersey. Coluzzi was formerly vice president of operations at Classic Residence by Hyatt (now known as Vi). He directed the management of a portfolio consisting of 10 luxury continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) while leading the start-up of two new communities and an expansion that resulted in more than 4,000 independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing units in California, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, South Carolina and Florida. Coluzzi served in the United States Air Force and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health care administration from the University of Arizona in Tucson.
YORKTOWN, VA. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s seniors housing and healthcare finance team in Atlanta has funded a $13.7 million construction loan for The Crossings on the Peninsula in Yorktown. The new 104-unit, 86,000-square-foot facility comprises 68 assisted living residences and a 34-bed memory care wing known as Harmony Square Town Center. The property’s amenities will include a library, computer lab, on-site fitness center, theater, pub, dining room, multi-purpose room, beauty shop, nursing/physician center and a swimming pool. Richard Thomas and Meredith Davis of Grandbridge coordinated the transaction with Neal Lineberry of parent company BB&T on behalf of the borrower, Roanoke, Va.-based Smith/Packett Med-Com LLC.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Hawthorne Gardens Assisted Living, a 58-unit, 84-bed assisted living and memory care facility in Portland, for $10.8 million. Located in East Portland, Hawthorne Gardens was built in 2007 and was 88 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Dan Mahoney and Tony Cassie, directors of Marcus & Millichap’s National Seniors Housing Group in Portland, represented the sellers and procured the buyer in this transaction.
CHICAGO — Evans Senior Investments (ESI), a Chicago-based investment banking firm, has arranged the sale of 13 Agapé Senior Living communities in South Carolina for $153.9 million. The portfolio includes 10 independent living and assisted living communities totaling 856 units, plus three skilled nursing facilities totaling 294 beds. The oldest building in the portfolio was constructed in 1990 and the smallest facility is 58 units. A private equity firm, the name of which was not released, purchased the portfolio at a cost of $156,424 per unit for the independent and assisted living communities, and $68,027 per bed for the skilled nursing facilities.
LAKE WORTH, FLA. — Big Rock Partners, a national real estate management and development firm, will begin construction this month on Atria at Villages of Windsor, a Class A seniors housing community in southern Palm Beach County. Big Rock is developing the community on a 22.5-acre site in the Villages of Windsor development. The new community will offer a total of 186 independent living units, 78 assisted living apartments and a 54-unit memory care building. Ventas Inc., one of the largest REITs in seniors housing, will provide equity capital and be the principal owner of the community when finished. Wells Fargo will provide construction financing. The finance advisor is Walker & Dunlop. Gensler is providing architectural services, and Moss & Associates is the construction manager. Atria Senior Living, which operates 180 senior living communities throughout the U.S. and Canada, will operate and market the community. Big Rock expects the community to open in the summer of 2017.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — The City of Hayward recently broke ground on three new multifamily communities. The properties are situated on the site of the former South Hayward BART overflow parking lots. Eden Housing is developing two affordable communities off Mission Boulevard that will provide a total of 151 affordable apartments near the South Hayward BART station. AMCAL Equities is developing a market-rate community of 206 luxury apartments off Dixon Street, adjacent to the BART station. Both developments received transit-oriented development grants from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The Eden Housing development is known as the South Hayward BART Family & Seniors Communities. The two affordable rental communities will be composed of adjacent five-story, standalone buildings that share a common courtyard. They will provide 87 affordable rental apartments for families and 64 affordable rental apartments for seniors, aged 62 or older. AMCAL’s development is known as Cadence. The community will feature one- and two-bedroom, market-rate apartments. Amenities will include a state-of-the-art fitness center with separate yoga room, a resident lounge, pool and spa deck, clubhouse, business center, pet spa, self-service bike parking and repair, and package concierge service.
PARK RIDGE, Ill. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged financing on behalf of Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) for the acquisition of The Summit of Uptown, a 147-unit independent living and assisted living community located in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. CBRE secured a $27.9 million, non-recourse, floating-rate bridge loan that includes a five-year term with 36 months of interest-only payments from a regional bank. Total proceeds includes a loan of $21.7 million for the acquisition of the property along with a loan of $4.2 million for planned capital improvements and a $2 million earnout feature. CSH, a seniors housing investment company, plans to convert 28 independent living units to assisted living and add 21 memory care units. Once complete, the community will feature a fortified memory care wing and can provide its residents with a full continuum of care. CSH will lease the community to Atlanta-based operator The Arbor Company.
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — Lancaster Pollard has provided a $17 million FHA refinance for The Village at Marymount, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) affiliated with the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis. The community is located in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. The CCRC consists of Villa St. Joseph (a 102-bed skilled nursing and 12-bed memory care facility), Marymount Place (a 104-unit assisted living facility) and Clare Hall (a long-term care facility that includes a newly renovated 10-bed inpatient hospital unit). The loan carries a 35-year term, is nonrecourse, has no financial covenants, and provides for approximately $171,000 in annual debt service savings as well as nearly $75,000 for repairs and improvements. Kass Matt led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
