Seniors Housing

Merrill-Gardens-Oceanside-CA

OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Merrill Gardens Oceanside. The 144-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community is located in Oceanside, a coastal city between Los Angeles and San Diego. The community was built in 1999, totaling approximately 96,905 square feet on 4.4 acres of land. The seller was an East Coast-based private equity firm. The buyer is a Southern California-based investment group, with this being their first seniors housing acquisition. The price was not disclosed. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Brad Clousing of SLIB handled the transaction. “The Oceanside property is an exciting opportunity for the buyer as they enter into the seniors housing space,” says Goodsell. “With some minor tweaks, the property should do very well in a high-barrier-to-entry market.”

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WESTMINSTER, COLO. — Lument has provided a $31.6 million Freddie Mac loan to refinance Keystone Place at Legacy Ridge. The 160-unit seniors housing community is located in Westminster, a northern suburb of Denver. Built in 2011, Keystone Place at Legacy Ridge features independent living and assisted living units. The community has maintained strong occupancy throughout 2022. Eric Mestemaker, Doug Harper and Casey Moore led the transaction for Lument. The Freddie Mac loan features a 10-year term, five years of interest-only payments, 30-year amortization and a fixed interest rate. The loan refinanced two existing Freddie Mac loans totaling $28.2 million and provided almost $3 million in cash-out proceeds. During the loan process, the community enjoyed a substantial improvement in net operational income, as occupancy rates rose and rent collections increased. Lument subsequently adjusted its underwriting and successfully secured an increase in loan proceeds. Lument also helped Keystone take advantage of Freddie Mac’s index lock functionality to lock the interest rate more than three months prior to closing, saving 100 basis points and generating substantial debt service savings. Lument has a longstanding relationship with Keystone that dates back more than 10 years and includes acquisition bridge financing, construction financing, mezzanine financing and …

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LINCOLN AND ASHLAND, NEB. — Walker & Dunlop has originated a total of $20.9 million in HUD refinancing for Fallbrook Assisted Living and Memory Care in Lincoln and Oxbow Living Center in Ashland. Walker & Dunlop’s Kevin Giusti and Mikko Erkamaa originated the loans in both deals on behalf of the borrower, MJ Senior Housing. Both transactions refinanced floating-rate debt and provided cash proceeds. Fallbrook Assisted Living and Memory Care received a $13.3 million loan. The property is a 71-unit assisted living and memory care facility that was built in 2018 and opened in 2019. Oxbow Living Center received a $7.6 million loan. The property is a three-story, 79-unit assisted living and memory care community.

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FORT ATKINSON, WIS. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $14.7 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Reena Senior Living, an 80-unit assisted living and memory care facility in Fort Atkinson, located about midway between Madison and Milwaukee. The property consists of a three-story assisted living building that was constructed in 2016 and a one-story memory care portion that was built in 2019. Kevin Giusti and Matthew Lund of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Tukka Properties.

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TEXAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $8.7 million sale of an unnamed, vacant seniors housing property in Texas. The seller and the location of the facility were not disclosed. Developer Mainstreet originally constructed the 70-unit property as a transitional care facility but did not fully complete construction prior to being foreclosed upon. A Texas-based investor acquired the property and plans to lease it to an East Coast-based skilled nursing operator.

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CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $31 million in financing for City Square Elderly Housing, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Charlestown, a northern suburb of Boston. The complex was originally constructed in 1900 and renovated in 1985. Units come in studio and one-bedroom floor plans. The borrower, CSI Support & Development Services, will use the proceeds to refinance existing debt, fund capital improvements and preserve the property’s affordability status. The loan carried a 35-year term and a fixed interest rate.

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BRIGHTON AND NORTHGLENN, COLO. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the operations of Brighton Care Center, a 108-bed skilled nursing facility located in Brighton, and Malley Transitional Care Center, a 162-bed skilled nursing facility located in Northglenn. These acquisitions are subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. “We are excited about growing in Colorado,” says Barry Port, Ensign’s CEO. “These facilities are a great fit to our existing portfolio and we look forward to the contribution each will have in our operational market and clusters in Colorado.” This acquisition brings Ensign’s growing portfolio to 271 healthcare operations, 26 of which also include senior living operations, across 13 states.

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PHOENIX — Newmark has arranged the $255 million sale of a four-property, Class A seniors housing portfolio in Phoenix and its suburbs. The LivGenerations portfolio totals 546 units comprising independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The seller built all four communities — LivGenerations Agritopia, LivGenerations Ahwatukee, LivGenerations Pinnacle Peak and LivGenerations Mayo Boulevard — between 2014 and early 2022. Newmark represented the seller, regional owner-operator and developer Liv Communities, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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CARMEL, IND. — Euson Lindsay Health LLC has acquired The Green House Cottages of Carmel, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. The Green House Cottages of Carmel opened in 2016 and offers short-term rehabilitation, memory care and long-term care. The beds are spread across six buildings. The buyer will rebrand the facility under its Restoracy brand. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.  

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TOMBALL, TEXAS — New York-based investment firm Castle Lanterra Properties has purchased Laurel at Vintage Park, a 120-unit active adult community located in the northwestern Houston suburb of Tomball. Built on 5.5 acres in 2014, Laurel at Vintage Park features one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a clubhouse and a fitness center. John Sweeny, Aron Will, Scott Bray, Garrett Sacco, Clint Duncan, Matthew Phillips, Jock Naponic and Nolan Mainguy of CBRE represented the seller, Coastal Ridge, in the deal.

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