As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2018

Registration No. 333-206017

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 7

TO

FORM S-11

FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

CNL HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES II, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

CNL Center at City Commons

450 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, Florida 32801

(407) 650-1000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant’s principal executive offices)

Stephen H. Mauldin

Chief Executive Officer and President

CNL Healthcare Properties II, Inc.

CNL Center at City Commons

450 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, Florida 32801

(407) 650-1000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Robert H. Bergdolt, Esq.

Christopher R. Stambaugh, Esq.

DLA Piper LLP (US)

4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 300

Raleigh, North Carolina 27612-2350

(919) 786-2000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: This post-effective amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act and will be effective upon filing.

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Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-206017) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add certain exhibits not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement.

PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 36.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b)    Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Form S-11 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on March 15, 2018.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-11 registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on March 15, 2018.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of CNL Healthcare Properties II, Inc., hereby severally constitute Stephen H. Mauldin, our true and lawful attorney with full power to him, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, including any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), and generally to do all such things in our names and in our capacities as officers and directors to enable CNL Healthcare Properties II, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signature as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.