DYER, IND. — Skilled nursing developer Mainstreet and operator Symphony Post Acute Network have opened Symphony of Dyer, a skilled nursing facility in Dyer approximately 30 miles south of Chicago. Construction on the facility began in June 2014. It comprises 130 beds in 85,108 square feet of space. Development costs were $20.8 million.
BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. — RED Capital Partners, the proprietary debt and equity banking arm of RED Capital Group, has closed a $17.2 million balance sheet construction loan for Prevarian Senior Living to build Prairie House Assisted Living and Memory Care, located on the campus of St. John Medical Center Hospital in Broken Arrow. Prairie House will be a 93,000-square-foot, two-story seniors housing community and will accommodate more than 100 senior citizens. The facility will include 73 alcove, one- and two-bedroom floor plans for assisted living. There will also be 32 suites designed for memory care residents. Construction began Sept. 9 and the project is expected to open in November 2016. The 105-unit, 117-bed assisted living and memory care property will operate under a long-term ground lease from an affiliate of St. John Medical Center Hospital. LifeCare Services, based in Des Moines, Iowa, will operate the property.
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — Brendon Properties has acquired Marist House Retreat Center at 518 Pleasant St. in Framingham. Marist Fathers of Boston sold the two-building property, which totals 50,077 square feet, for $4 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the 28.7-acre property into a seniors housing townhome community. The property includes a 45,000-square-foot, 70-bed former seminarian residence, a chapel, support space and administration offices. Robert Cronin and Kevin Brawley of Colliers arranged the transaction. Brendon Properties is a builder of age-restricted developments in the MetroWest region.
CARMICHAEL, CALIF. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $12 million, fixed-rate loan from Fannie Mae to refinance Winding Commons, a 100-unit independent living community in metro Sacramento. The borrower is Sacramento-based Ray Stone Inc. (RSI), the community’s operator since it opened in 2003. RSI manages six communities in California comprising over 800 units. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Kevin Randles, senior vice president of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance office in Sacramento, led the transaction.
PHOENIX — Grandbrige Real Estate Capital’s seniors housing and healthcare finance team has arranged a $10.5 million refinancing for Avista North Mountain, an assisted living, memory care and independent living community in Phoenix. The community comprises 134 units. BB&T Real Estate Funding provided the capital.
HIGGINSVILLE, MO. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged funding for a refinance and renovation of John Knox Village East in Higginsville, which is 50 miles east of Kansas City. John Knox Village East is a senior living facility that features both intermediate care and skilled nursing beds and is managed by Life Care Services. The renovation will increase the number of skilled nursing beds, adding 16 private beds in a new wing. Lancaster Pollard worked with local banks to provide construction financing for the renovation and also obtained permanent financing via a $7.1 million loan insured by the USDA Community Facilities program. Mike Ashley led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
DALLAS — Tradition Senior Living (TSL) has opened The Tradition-Lovers Lane Community, including independent living, assisted living and memory care, at 5850 E. Lovers Lane in Dallas. The complex is a rental community with no buy-in fee. The 7.5-acre campus includes the 202-unit independent living building and the 109-unit assisted living and memory care property fronting Milton Street. Jonathan Perlman is founder and CEO of Tradition Senior Living, which is developing, marketing and managing the project. Houston architects Meeks + Partners designed the independent living building, and Dallas architects D2 Architecture designed the assisted living and memory care property. The community will include a physical and occupational therapy center, a therapy pool with an underwater treadmill, nursing, a multi-sensory room and medication management. The Tradition-Lovers Lane is the second community developed by TSL.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — CBRE National Seniors Housing has secured a $36.3 million loan for the construction of The Village at Belmar, a 156-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) planned in Lakewood in metro Denver. The project is a joint venture between Blue Moon Capital Partners, providing the institutional equity; GH Phipps Construction Company, the general contractor and co-developer; and Ascent Living Communities, co-developer and future operator of the community. Situated on 7.6 acres, Village at Belmar will include 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units located within a three-story, 83,000-square-foot building, along with 60 independent living units to be located in 15 buildings that are approximately 107,000 square feet. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan with limited recourse. The loan features 36 months of interest-only payments.
PHOENIX — Sagewood, a luxury senior living retirement community in northeast Phoenix, plans to add The Estates at Sagewood, a new neighborhood featuring 24 independent living homes. The new homes have multiple floor plans, including villas and duplexes. Sagewood is also expanding its onsite Acacia Health Center. With the addition of The Estates at Sagewood, the community will have 316 independent living residences.
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Reliant Management Group LLC has purchased Northgate Care Center, a 52-bed skilled nursing facility in San Rafael near San Francisco, from Meridian Foresight Management for $4.5 million. The sale price translates to about $87,000 per bed. Reliant, an owner/operator based in Baton Rouge, La., that was already operating the facility, made the acquisition as part of a lease-purchase agreement. A group of Los Angeles investors looking to expand their California skilled nursing portfolio owns Reliant. Meridian is looking to divest the majority of its skilled nursing portfolio. Shep Roylance of JCH Consulting Group brokered the transaction, representing both the buyer and seller.
