• Quarterly Investor Call #1

    by | Apr 19, 2024 5:31 pm | Opinion

    Skip the in-person conference, and get the latest senior care M&A and valuations data, market analysis and case studies on notable deals by watching The SeniorCare Investor’s first ever Quarterly Investor Call. Read More »

  • Pacific Companies Acquires National Portfolio

    by | Apr 19, 2024 3:20 pm | Acquisitions

    Pacific Companies, LLC, a privately owned real estate private equity firm based in San Diego, California, acquired the majority of the not-for-profit Retirement Housing Foundations market-rate seniors housing and skilled nursing assets. Ziegler served as exclusive sell-side advisor to RHF on the transaction, which closed in phases throughout late... Read More »

  • Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

    by | Apr 19, 2024 3:19 pm | Financings

    A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow... Read More »

  • Two Seniors Housing Communities in Indiana Trade Hands

    by | Apr 18, 2024 3:31 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in northwest Indiana. The value-add communities are in Michigan City and Merrillville and comprise 119 assisted living and memory care units. They had strong pre-pandemic financial performance but more recently benefited from a substantial Medicaid Waiver reimbursement rate... Read More »

  • Artemis/Bridgewood Acquire Texas Portfolio

    by | Apr 18, 2024 11:38 am | Acquisitions

    CBRE was engaged in the sale of four seniors housing communities in the Dallas, Texas MSA: Village on the Park Plano (Plano), Village on the Park Denton (Denton), Village on the Park Stonebridge Ranch (McKinney) and Village on the Park McKinney (McKinney). The communities comprise 366 total units of assisted living and memory care and were built... Read More »

Genesis Healthcare Makes First Earnings Report

by | Feb 24, 2015 4:21 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion

News of higher operating costs sends the shares of newly merged Genesis Healthcare and Skilled Healthcare down more than 20%. Welcome back to the world of public investors. I say this to George Hager and his team at Genesis Healthcare, which closed on the reverse merger with Skilled Healthcare on February 2. Just three weeks later, they reported fourth quarter operating results for both companies, and while the skilled patient day mix at Genesis increased by 60 basis points and occupancy increased 30 basis points from the year ago quarter, Skilled Healthcare’s occupancy declined 110 basis points from the fourth quarter in 2013, to just 81.1%. Sounds a little too similar to the... Read More »

Balfour opens in downtown Denver

by | Feb 18, 2015 9:08 pm | Developments

A 275,000-square foot, 205-unit senior living community with five stories of independent living and three stories of assisted living and memory care opened this month in Denver, Colorado, coming with a $78 million, or $380,500 per unit, price tag. The Balfour at Riverfront Park’s urban setting, located in downtown Denver, makes it unique in the senior living world, being walking distance to theaters, restaurants and shops. The building features 112 IL units (which opened in October 2014 and are half-filled so far), 65 AL units and 28 MC units, which are on a separate secure floor. Michael Schonbrun, the developer and owner, opened his first Balfour Retirement Community in Louisville,... Read More »

Big investment from Capitol Seniors Housing

by | Feb 18, 2015 8:29 pm | Developments

Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH), a real estate investor/developer specializing in seniors housing, recently announced that it had invested over $90 million in four senior living developments, all set to open in 2015. For roughly $34 million, or $312,000 per unit, CSH plans to open a 109-unit assisted living/memory care community (which includes a 39-unit freestanding memory care community) this month in Torrance, California, to be managed by Integral Senior Living. In May, a 79-unit AL/MC community (with 54 AL units and 25 MC units) is expected to open for a total cost of approximately $23 million, or $291,000 per unit. The building is located in Marlboro, New Jersey, which is about 30 miles... Read More »

Brookdale and Monetizing Real Estate Value

by | Feb 17, 2015 4:24 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion

Pressure is mounting on Brookdale Senior Living to monetize the value of its owned real estate, but at what cost? The pressure is increasing on Brookdale Senior Living “to do something” to monetize the hidden value in its owned real estate. This has all come up as a result of a weak fourth quarter from the recent Emeritus purchase. We have a big problem with all this. Yes, management always has to look to increase shareholder value. But everything that is being talked about is a short-term fix taking advantage of the current capital markets environment. As you know, we never liked the Emeritus acquisition for Brookdale. But now, by selling off the owned real estate of the combined company,... Read More »

Pressure on Brookdale To Pump Up Value

by | Feb 10, 2015 4:27 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion

A dissident shareholder has emerged trying to pressure Brookdale Senior Living to monetize its real estate assets. With Brookdale Senior Living’s weak fourth quarter earnings announcement came the dissident shareholder response from Sandell Asset Management. They want Brookdale to monetize the value of the real estate owned to boost the share price by nearly 35%, taking advantage of higher REIT valuations. Sorry, but it just isn’t that easy. Sandell’s proposal is to spin out the real estate, most likely in a new REIT in a tax-free distribution to shareholders. Well, that’s fine, but if it sale/leasebacks on 35,000 units, what about those rent escalators on such a large portfolio? Would it... Read More »