Transactions & Financings: CIT Group’s $64M Refinancing; Focus Healthcare Partners’ $65M Virginia Acquisition

CBRE arranges $65 million acquisition financing for Virginia CCRC CBRE National Senior Housing Vice Chairman Aron Will and First Vice President Austin Sacco arranged a $65.2 million acquisition financing package for The Virginian, a 306-unit rental continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Fairfax, Virginia. Will and Sacco worked on behalf of Focus Healthcare Partners to […]

Transactions & Financings: Ziegler Takes Lead on Locust Point Fund, NHI’s $300M Loan

Ziegler Is Anchor Investor In Locust Point Private Credit Fund Ziegler announced it was an anchor investor in Locust Point Capital’s debut private fund, which closed earlier this month oversubscribed at $312 million. Ziegler and Locust Point have a relationship dating back to the mid-1990s, Managing Director and co-head of Ziegler’s Proprietary Senior Living Practice Don […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: CBRE, Love Funding

Lancaster Pollard Arranges $5.3 Million Financing for BPM Senior Living Lancaster Pollard recently arranged a $5.3 million Fannie Mae loan for Portland, Oregon-based senior living owner/operator BPM Senior Living. The loan provides capital for Royalton Place, a 70-unit, 79-bed assisted living and memory care community in Milwaukie, Oregon. The financing is related to BPM’s plan […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Cushman & Wakefield, Capital Funding Group

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $23.3 Million in Financing for LCB Senior Living Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets, in its exclusive representation of Norwood, Massachusetts-based senior housing owner/operator LCB Senior Living, LLC, recently arranged $23.27 million in construction financing for LCB’s 13th senior housing development, The Residence at Stony Ford in Stamford, Connecticut. Currently under […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (12/17/15)

(Oasis at Scholar’s Landing, an affordable assisted living community in Atlanta – Photo provided courtesy of McShane Construction Company) Construction: Planned Motion Picture & Television Fund to Build $35 Million Kirk Douglas Care Pavilion In celebration of actor Kirk Douglas’ 99th birthday, the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) announced plans to build a $35 million […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Walker & Dunlop, CBRE

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $39.7 Million Loan in Honolulu, Hawaii, $5 Million Construction Loan in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD), a commercial real estate finance company providing financing and investment sales to owners of multifamily and commercial properties, announced it arranged a $39.69 million loan for Plaza at Pearl City in Honolulu, […]

Senior Living Providers Brace for Labor Cost Surge

Between minimum wage hikes occurring across the country and the prospect of extending overtime pay to currently exempt workers, senior living providers are facing wage pressures that could take a direct toll on their bottom line. Most senior living communities already pay more than minimum wage levels by an average of $0.75 to $1.50 per […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Dwight Capital, Cushman & Wakefield

Dwight Capital Funds $42 Million of HUD Loans in December Dwight Capital, a national provider of commercial loans, has announced that it has funded $41.5 million in Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) loans for three multifamily and senior housing properties.  The properties include: Highland Park Apartments in Denver, Colo., Reserve at Towne Crossing […]

‘Catch 22’ Awaits Developers Entering Uncharted Senior Living Territory

With certain markets notably “over heating” from a development standpoint in senior living, many are are eying new opportunities beyond tried-and-true markets as demand for all senior housing products are projected to surge in the coming years. Those opportunities come both with challenges—and benefits. Footing the extra capital and time it takes to zone and […]