Sabra Gets Two Pa. Skilled Nursing Facilities for $29.9 Million, Makes Loan Investment

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBRA) recently acquired two skilled nursing facilities located in Pennsylvania for $29.9 million, and also funded a mezzanine loan investment for Meridian Equity Investors. The nursing facility acquisitions were a sale-leaseback transaction with affiliates of the sellers; the purchase prices was funded with available cash. Each facility has 60 licensed […]

Senior Housing & Care Finance Activity: Berkadia, Lancaster Pollard, Love Funding

Berkadia Originates $62 Million in Senior Housing Financing in Three Transactions Berkadia Commercial Mortgage recently originated a total of $61.7 million in financings for seniors housing properties located in California, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia. Berkadia Arranges $17.5 Million of Refinancing for Two Emeritus-Operated Communities For two communities operated by the Emeritus Corp., Berkadia arranged a […]

An Inside Look at How Senior Care Lenders are Responding to Rate Cuts

Excellent communication, a good reputation, and solid financials are crucial to senior care operators’ ability to get financial support in the current economic and reimbursement environment, said a panel of financiers during a session on how lenders are responding to Medicare rate cuts at NIC’s 2012 Skilled Nursing Investment Forum. Key Considerations for Developing Operator-Lender […]

Senior Housing & Care Finance Activity: Cambridge, Ziegler, & More (3/29/2012)

Cambridge Realty Capital Closes $7.7 Million HUD Refinance for Ill. Senior Living Center Cambridge Realty Capital Companies closed a $7.7 million HUD Lean loan to refinance an Illinois assisted living facility in Springfield, Ill. The 40-year, fully-amortized loan was for the Springfield Supportive Living Center’ and was arranged for the property’s owner through HUD’s Section […]

Senior Living Financing—It Exists, But You Gotta Get Creative. Here’s How.

The financial crisis that began in 2008 was like a large-magnitude earthquake, its aftershocks can still can be felt today by lenders and borrowers. It dramatically changed funding opportunities for both for-profit and nonprofit senior-living providers. So after this seismic shake-up, what does the financing landscape look like for 2012? For starters, although interest rates […]

HUD Makes $25 Million Available for Multifamily-to-Assisted Living Conversions

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making $25 million available to help convert multifamily apartment buildings into assisted living communities or service-enriched housing for low-income senior citizens. The funding comes from HUD’s Assisted Living Conversion Program and will provide grants for the physical conversion of eligible multifamily assisted housing projects (or parts […]

Continuing Life Communities Gets $250 Million Construction Loan for Calif. CCRC

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Continuing Life Communities, a developer and operator of several continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), recently signed a $250 million construction loan for its newest CCRC, Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton in Pleasanton, Calif. The loan represents one of the largest non-governmental construction loans signed since the beginning of the economic downturn, according to Justin Wilson, […]