Cambridge Provides $13.6M HUD 232 Insured Loan to Refinance Skokie Meadows Nursing Center

CHICAGO--A $13.6 million FHA-insured HUD loan has been provided by Cambridge Realty Capital Companies to refinance the Skokie Meadows Nursing Center, (photo top right) a combined 224-bed intermediate care and board and care facility in Skokie, Illinois.

Cambridge Chairman Jeffrey A. Davis said the property has 111 intermediate-care and 113 board and care units. The fully-amortized, 35-year term first mortgage was arranged for the owner, an Illinois limited liability company, by Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. of Illinois, an FHA/MAP-approved HUD lender.

Davis said the borrower qualified for HUD's Section 223(a)7 funding program. The interest rate was not disclosed.

Privately owned since its founding in 1983 as a real estate investment banker specializing in commercial real estate properties, Cambridge emerged in the 1990s as one of the nation’s leading senior housing and healthcare debt and equity capital providers, closing more than 300 such transactions totaling more than $2.75 billion since then.

The company is one of the nation's leading HUD 232 FHA / MAP-approved lenders and also has an integrated debt / equity financing strategy that includes direct property acquisitions and joint ventures; sale / leasebacks for clients; conventional and mezzanine debt financing; and acquisition of distressed debt. Additionally, Cambridge offers a wide array of conventional lending options for senior housing / healthcare owners, including permanent construction and interim loans on either a floating or variable rate basis.

Cambridge’s award-winning Web site, www.cambridgecap.com, provides monthly rate updates for its debt and equity capital programs. The company also publishes the bi-monthly e-PULSE electronic newsletter, which delivers company news and feature stories via e-mail to corporate friends and clients.

For additional information, contact Cambridge at (312) 357-1601 or via e-mail at info@cambridgecap.com.

Contact:
Evan Washington
Phone: (312) 521-7603
Fax: (312) 357-1611
E-Mail: ew@cambridgecap.com
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