• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    by | Apr 24, 2024 8:44 am | Acquisitions

    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

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:56 pm | Acquisitions

    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

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:54 pm | Acquisitions

    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

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:48 pm | 60 Seconds

    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

    by | Apr 22, 2024 9:04 am | Opinion

    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 »
Lancaster Pollard’s Active April

Lancaster Pollard’s Active April

by | May 2, 2018 7:00 am | Financings

Lancaster Pollard closed a trifecta of transactions this month. The largest was a $23.4 million HUD loan closed on behalf of Hillcrest Health Services to refinance its skilled nursing facility in Papillion, Nebraska. Located on the 44-acre senior living community of Hillcrest Country Estates, the SNF features 126 skilled nursing beds and 12 independent living units. Built in a household model, with 13 residents each in eight cottages and a 22-unit post-acute rehab cottage, the facility was developed in a way to receive financing separate from the rest of the senior living community. The 35-year loan, arranged by Quintin Harris, refinances the existing bank debt and inter-company notes used... Read More »
Build or buy…or both

Build or buy…or both

by | Jun 28, 2016 8:37 pm | Acquisitions, Developments, Financings

Employing a two-pronged growth strategy, The MacIntosh Company is adding its sixth and seventh properties though both acquisition and development opportunities. First, the company acquired a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Columbus for an undisclosed price. Built in 1984, the facility had been under family ownership since 1992 and featured separate wings for Alzheimer’s care and hospice services. Plus, there is additional land included within the purchase for future expansion projects. Chad Elliott and Steve Kennedy of Lancaster Pollard’s M&A group served as the sell-side advisor on the sale, while Chris Mauger and Brendan Healy of Lancaster Pollard Finance Company led the way in... Read More »