• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
ESI Handles California CCRC Portfolio Acquisition

ESI Handles California CCRC Portfolio Acquisition

Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of two senior living communities in Texas on behalf of a regional owner/operator. ESI targeted seniors housing investors and secured multiple offers before a local owner/operator was selected as the ultimate buyer.  Evans also announced that it represented the seller in CareTrust REIT, Inc.’s acquisition of three California CCRCs that, combined, feature 475 skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care beds/units. The total purchase price was around $60 million, or $126,900 per bed/unit. The communities are in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. The incoming operator for these three communities is Southern California-based... Read More »
Institutional Investor Divests Class-A Community in Illinois

Institutional Investor Divests Class-A Community in Illinois

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in a southern submarket of Chicago, Illinois. The seller was a Midwest-based institutional investor that had partnered with Dial Senior Living on a larger portfolio. The asset had reached its investment horizon within a fund, hence the divestiture.  Willow Falls comprises 188 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in the town of Crest Hill. It was purchased by a Midwest-based owner/operator looking to expand its existing footprint in the Midwest and to enhance the assisted living and memory care components at the community, as well as improve occupancy. There was a... Read More »
In-Place Operator Purchases Two Struggling SNFs in Louisiana

In-Place Operator Purchases Two Struggling SNFs in Louisiana

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of two skilled nursing facilities located about 10 miles apart in southwest Louisiana on behalf of an independent owner. Built in 1970 and 1972, the facilities comprise around 350 beds and are situated in Lake Charles.  Prior to the pandemic, the facilities maintained an average occupancy rate of 72%. As if the pandemic was not bad enough, in the summer of 2020, Hurricane Laura devastated the area resulting in both facilities undergoing significant renovations. Since reopening, the facilities have struggled to achieve pre-pandemic and pre-hurricane census levels. At the time of marketing, the facilities were still recovering from a census... Read More »
Berkadia Secures $48 Million in HUD Refinancings

Berkadia Secures $48 Million in HUD Refinancings

Berkadia announced the closing of $49.4 million in 232/223f HUD refinancings across five transactions in four states. The loans carried an average loan-to-cost of 75% and an average term of 33 years. Four of the loans refinanced bridge loans closed from Berkadia’s proprietary balance sheet. Steven Muth and Rafael Nobo originated a $15.95 million 232/223f HUD loan on a 73-unit seniors housing community in Northern Virginia for a Mid-Atlantic-based owner/operator. The community featured primarily assisted living and memory care services, with some independent living units. Occupancy was 94% at the time of closing. The 35-year fixed rate loan represented 77% LTC and retired a Berkadia bridge... Read More »
Investor Divests to Investor in Tennessee

Investor Divests to Investor in Tennessee

Working on behalf of a national developer/investor, Blueprint closed the sale of another older vintage seniors housing community as part of a larger divestment of over a dozen geographically disparate communities. The assets were purchased in a sizable portfolio transaction before the pandemic, but operational headwinds forced a portfolio re-prioritization and de-levering effort. The seller also wanted to preserve liquidity. Kyle Hallion and Alex Florea most recently sold a 48-unit assisted living community in a southeast suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1997, the community featured 70 licensed beds, and like the other assets, its performance struggled after the pandemic. Blueprint... Read More »
Berkadia Closes Transaction Trio

Berkadia Closes Transaction Trio

The Berkadia team consisting of Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders closed out the first quarter with three transactions arranged on behalf of a publicly traded REIT. The largest property sold was a 104-unit assisted living/memory care community in Florence, Kentucky. Located about 10 miles southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio, the community was built in 2007 and was not performing at the time of the sale, with the Cincinnati Business Courier reporting that occupancy recently improved from under 50% to 60%.  It appears to be Inspirations of Florence, which was previously operated by Grace Management. Multiple sources identified the buyer as a partnership between a... Read More »
Plains Closes Two Separate Transactions in OK and AR

Plains Closes Two Separate Transactions in OK and AR

Plains Commercial is starting off the second quarter strong, closing two separate seniors housing transactions in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The two communities are Glade Avenue Assisted Living (OK) and Magnolia Assisted Living (AR). Daniel Morris handled both transactions. Glade Avenue is in Bethany with 110 assisted living and memory care units spread across two adjacent buildings that were built in 1990 and 1996. The community was approximately 70% occupied at the time of sale with both private pay and Medicaid residents, and it was cash flow negative at the time of sale. That offers the buyer, a Northeast-based private investment group that will operate the community, significant upside... Read More »
Private REIT Divests Non-Core AL/MC Community

Private REIT Divests Non-Core AL/MC Community

Blueprint was engaged by a private REIT in the divestment of its non-core seniors housing community in Wyoming, Michigan. The REIT focuses primarily on private pay seniors housing communities throughout the United States, and was a repeat client of Blueprint’s. Michael Segal, Daniel Waldhorn, Brooks Blackmon and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Built in 2015, Commonwealth Senior Living at North Byron is an assisted living/memory care community with 102 units that sits on a two-acre parcel adjacent to the University of Michigan-West Hospital campus. It was developed by Granger Group originally as First & Main at Metro Health Village.  Multiple competitive offers were received... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Closes Medicaid AL Deal

Marcus & Millichap Closes Medicaid AL Deal

After 20 years of ownership, the operator of a small Medicaid assisted living community in Colorado decided to sell, with the help of Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap. Over the past several years, the owner had maintained consistently strong occupancy and net income. Plus, as a result of his management style, he experienced low staff turnover. The community was built in the 1960s but recently replaced the roof and was in good shape structurally.  The buyer was a local investor with an operating partner, which will run the building at a higher census by bringing unused beds back online. The transaction closed at the agreed-upon price, which was not disclosed. Read More »