CHEHALIS, WASH. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) has acquired a 98-unit independent living community in Chehalis, approximately 90 miles southwest of Seattle, for $9.8 million. The name of the community was not disclosed. NHI leased the community to a partnership of Marathon Development and Village Concepts Retirement Communities. The acquisition was funded with borrowings on NHI’s revolving credit facility. The buyer has earmarked $350,000 for capital improvements to the community. The community was built in 1986, with additions built in 1993 and 2000. It was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The 15-year lease features an initial annual rate of 7.25 percent plus annual escalators between 2 percent and 3 percent.
SEATTLE — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged $65.2 million in first-mortgage financing for a pair of Hyatt House properties situated in the Pacific Northwest. The transaction includes the 149-room Hyatt House Seattle/Redmond and the 160-room Hyatt House Seattle/Bellevue. The non-recourse, 10-year fixed rate financing was priced in the low 4 percent range with interest-only payments for the first five years. The loans were not cross-collateralized. A life insurance company provided the capital.
RENTON, WASH. — MIG Real Estate has purchased the 274-unit Berkshire apartment community in the Seattle submarket of Renton. The purchase price was not disclosed. The community is located at 1300 South Eagle Drive, on the south shore of Lake Washington. The Berkshire is MIG’s second investment in the Seattle area. The company previously purchased Canyon Park 228 Corporate Center, a two-building office park in Bothell. MIG represented itself in this latest transaction, while CBRE’s Jon Hallgrimson and Eli Hanacek represented the unnamed seller.
MUKILTEO, WASH. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $22.1 million loan for Capitol Seniors Housing, which will use the money to acquire and renovate Harbour Pointe Retirement & Assisted Living Community, a 107-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Seattle suburb of Mukilteo. Capitol, a Washington, D.C.-based owner and developer, plans to use $1 million of the loan to convert 31 assisted living units into a memory care wing for the 104,523-square-food community, among other improvements. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan includes a five-year term with 36 months of interest-only payments. A national bank is providing the capital. Capitol will lease the property to Milestone Retirement Communities, a Vancouver, Wash.-based operator of 30 communities in 10 states. Aron Will, executive vice president, led the CBRE team in the transaction.
CLARKSTON, WASH. — Lancaster Pollard has closed a $4.5 million refinancing for Evergreen Estates Retirement & Assisted Living Community, a seniors housing community located in Clarkston along the southeast border of Washington State. The FHA loan will be used to refinance existing debt and fund the community’s replacement reserve account. The loan features a 30-year term at a lower interest rate than the previous bank loan. Matt Lindsay led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
SEATTLE — Cabot Properties has purchased Federal Way Corporate Center, a 73,498-square-foot industrial park in the Seattle submarket of Federal Way, for $7.6 million. The park is located at 34210 9th Ave. South. It was built in 2001. The facility is leased to three tenants. Brian Bruininks and Jeff Crane of the Andover Company/CORFAC International represented both the buyer and seller, Fedway Group LLLC, in this transaction.
SEATTLE — Strata Equity Group has received $100 million in acquisition financing for a multifamily portfolio in Seattle. The portfolio contains a total of 1,041 units. The portfolio features five properties that were built between 1986 and 1991. Strata plans to execute a capital improvement program that will upgrade the residential amenities and interior unit finishes. Four of the properties are within five miles of Boeing’s Everett Factory, the region’s largest employer, which is undergoing a large expansion. The other property is in Lynwood, 16 miles north of downtown Seattle. The 10-year loan features full-term, interest-only payments through Freddie Mac. CBRE’s Bill Chiles, Scott Peterson and Brian Cruz arranged the financing.
PORT TOWNSEND and BUCKLEY, WASH. — Lancaster Pollard has secured two HUD loans totaling $10.4 million to refinance San Juan Villa, a 32-bed memory care community in Port Townsend, and Heritage House, a 76-unit assisted living and memory care community in Buckley. Both towns are suburbs of Seattle. Oregon-based operator Caring Places Management manages both communities. Each loan is nonrecourse and features a 35-year term. The loans will provide annual debt service savings and fund replacement reserves for ongoing repairs at each property. Matt Lindsay led the transactions for Lancaster Pollard.
SEATTLE — Online retail giant Amazon has opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore, Amazon Books, at University Village in north Seattle. The store opens 20 years after Amazon began selling books — severely discounted compared to traditional retailers — over the Internet. The 5,500-square-foot store, which offers as many as 6,000 titles and an additional 2,000 square feet of storage, is a physical extension of the company website, combining the benefits of online pricing with traditional book shopping, the company told the Associated Press in a statement. Inside the store, shoppers will find book displays that contain cards with ratings and reviews. Shoppers can buy the book now, or save the review card and purchase the book online later. The store will not be a location to pick up Amazon orders. While the store will showcase Amazon’s Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and Fire TV streaming-media devices, it will focus first on being a bookstore. All books will face outward, displaying their entire covers rather than only the spines showing.
SEATTLE — CBRE has arranged a $19.1 million loan for seniors housing investment company Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) to acquire Maple Leaf Assisted Living & Memory Care, a 119-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Seattle. The non-recourse, floating rate loan includes a three-year term with 24 months of interest-only payments. Of the proceeds, $16.6 million will be used for the acquisition and $2.5 million are for capital improvements. Planned improvements include upgrading units and renovating common areas, with particular emphasis on the memory care areas. Upon acquisition, CSH will lease the community to Washington-based operator Milestone Retirement Communities. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing.