The Spectrum Medical Office Building in Gilbert, Arizona
NEW YORK — Jan. 27, 2020 — CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that its Healthcare Finance business served as sole lead arranger of senior debt financing aggregating $48 million for the acquisition of a portfolio of medical office buildings.
The borrower is a joint venture between Kayne Anderson Real Estate and Remedy Medical Properties. The portfolio properties are located in four states and collectively total more than 189,000 square feet. They include:
• The Bon Secours Medical Office Building in Chesapeake, Virginia.
• The Locust Grove Medical Center in Locust Grove, Georgia.
• The Spectrum Medical Office Building in Gilbert, Arizona.
• The Arizona Spine and Joint Medical Office Building in Mesa, Arizona.
• The Plano Medical Office Building in Plano, Texas.
“These medical office buildings are modern facilities in attractive locations, easily accessed by healthcare patients and providers,” said Peter Westmeyer, CEO, Remedy Medical Properties. “We are pleased to add these properties to our portfolio and appreciate CIT’s agility and expertise in arranging financing.”
“Kayne Anderson Real Estate and Remedy Medical Properties are well-known as leading investors in medical office buildings and other real estate,” said William Douglass, managing director and group head for CIT’s Healthcare Finance business. “We are excited to have expanded our relationship with the Kayne Anderson/Remedy joint venture through providing this very important acquisition debt financing.”
CIT’s Healthcare Finance unit, part of the Commercial Finance division, provides comprehensive financing and banking solutions to middle market healthcare companies across the U.S. By using a client-focused and industry-centric model, the Healthcare Finance team can tailor its products and services to help clients meet their needs for growth capital.
About CIT
CIT is a leading national bank focused on empowering businesses and personal savers with the financial agility to navigate their goals. CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is a financial holding company with over a century of experience and operates a principal bank subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A. (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender). The company’s commercial banking segment includes commercial financing, community association banking, middle market banking, equipment and vendor financing, factoring, railcar financing, treasury and payments services, and capital markets and asset management. CIT’s consumer banking segment includes a national direct bank and regional branch network. Discover more at cit.com/about.
About Kayne Anderson Real Estate
Kayne Anderson Real Estate (“KA Real Estate”) is a leading real estate private equity investor in medical office, seniors housing, off-campus student housing, and self storage. KA Real Estate manages over $10 billion of real estate AUM (as of 11/30/20) across opportunistic equity, core equity and real estate debt. KA Real Estate is part of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., a $31 billion alternative investment management firm (AUM as of 11/30/20) with more than 36 years of successful experience in the real estate, infrastructure, credit, and growth capital sectors. For more information visit https://kaynecapital.com/real-estate-private-equity/
About Remedy Medical Properties
Remedy Medical Properties is an independent, full-service healthcare real estate company providing acquisition, development, leasing, management and strategy consulting services across the United States. As the largest private owner of healthcare facilities in the country, with 22.7 million square feet spanning 41 states, the company creates customized real estate solutions for some of the most discerning healthcare providers in the country. Remedy works with hospitals, health systems, and physician groups to drive down real estate costs, increase tenant satisfaction, improve the patient experience, and expand into new markets. Headquartered in Chicago, the company has 22 offices throughout the country. For more information visit https://www.remedymed.com.
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