• Novellus Divests in Colorado

    Evans Senior Investment arranged the sale of an assisted living community in Denver, Colorado, representing Novellus Living in the transaction. ESI previously facilitated the sale of the community less than two years ago. Originally built in 2002, Novellus Cherry Creek comprises 66 units and operates on a 59% private pay basis. In 2022, occupancy... Read More »
  • CBRE Secures Financing for Washington Asset

    CBRE secured financing for a seniors housing community in Tacoma, Washington, on behalf of a joint venture between Harrison Street, PMB and GenCare Lifestyle. Built in 2020, GenCare Lifestyle Tacoma at Point Ruston comprises 159 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The community fully opened in the fourth quarter of 2020 and... Read More »
  • Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus

    Live Oak Bank closed a $27.0 million refinance with a repeat client for an assisted living/memory care community, The Ridge at Lantern Crest, situated on a larger campus, Lantern Crest, in Santee, California. Lantern Crest, operated by Lantern Crest Senior Living, is a 34-acre seniors housing campus developed by The Grant Companies. It offers... Read More »
  • The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties

    The financing process has killed dozens (and hundreds) of deals in the last couple of years, and yet M&A activity is near record levels in the seniors housing and care industry. So deals are getting done, and not just with cash. Who has been lending and at what cost to the borrower? What hurdles have to be overcome? And when capital costs do... Read More »
  • Lument Arranges Tennessee SNF Sale (& Loan Assumption)

    A skilled nursing facility in Tennessee that was struggling to maintain debt service and other loan obligations sold with the help of Laca Wong-Hammond and Isabel Carta of Lument Securities serving as exclusive financial advisor to the seller. Located in Rocky Top, about 25 miles from Knoxville, Summit View of Rocky Top is a 117-bed skilled... Read More »
It takes a village

It takes a village

A number of hands are in the pot in an assisted living development that just broke ground outside of Tampa, Florida. The 80-unit community is being developed by Enriched Community Development, LLC, in partnership with North Carolina-based Retirement Living Associates, Inc., which will serve as the community’s manager. Plus, an investment group headed by Robert Gries Jr., the founder and managing director of Gries Investment Funds, is an equity partner in the project. The community will feature 58 assisted living and 22 memory care units, and is expected to open in Spring 2017. Enriched Community Development, through its affiliate Lithia Assisted Living, turned to Robert Hernandez of... Read More »
Everything’s bigger in Texas

Everything’s bigger in Texas

In one of the larger financings seen so far this year, KeyBank Real Estate Capital recently provided a total of $202.1 million in Freddie Mac loans to refinance a portfolio of five independent living communities in Texas. Owned by a joint venture between Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors and Discovery Senior Living (which purchased it in 2014 for approximately $290 million, or $276,000 per unit), the “Conservatory Senior Living” portfolio totals 1,053 units, built between 2005 and 2007. Charlie Shoop and Carolyn Nazdin of Key’s Healthcare Mortgage Group, together with Pail DiVito of the Healthcare Real Estate Group, arranged non-recourse, 10-year adjustable rate financing to refinance an... Read More »

Size matters

We all know that skilled nursing prices have hit an all-time high, averaging $85,900 per bed in 2015, according to the 21st Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report. So what was it about the facilities sold in 2015 that helped drive this price up? For one, the average facility was larger than it has ever been. At 130 beds, the average facility sold in 2015 was four beds larger than the previous record-high, shared in 2012 and 2014 at 126 beds per facility. Why does size matter when it comes to price? Unless it is highly specialized, either with rehab care or skilled Alzheimer’s care, most buyers do not like to invest in nursing facilities that are smaller than 60 beds, and some won’t... Read More »
Checking out Chetak

Checking out Chetak

A city-owned senior care facility in Chetak, Wisconsin that was losing money sold to a New Jersey-based owner/operator rapidly growing its presence in the Badger State. The property features both a 97-bed skilled nursing facility that the City of Chetak built in 1963 and an adjoining 14-unit assisted living community that was added in 1997. Plus, there was a 2010 remodel of the kitchen, dining room, staff and resident lounges and the hallways throughout the building. However, occupancy had been falling in the previous years at the SNF, and the facility was losing money, compared to the assisted living, which posted positive net income. Occupancy stood at 86% at the SNF, with a 30% quality... Read More »
Senior living communities age too

Senior living communities age too

It should surprise no one that as a seniors housing (assisted living and independent living) community creeps farther away from the day it opened its doors, its value typically falls in turn (this assumes several things, like local competition/demand and the general seniors housing market keeping steady and no significant renovations or additions being made to the building). But did this hold true in 2015? Largely, yes. According to the 21st Senior Care Acquisition Report, Seniors housing communities built in the last five years sold on average for the highest price, at $320,500 per unit. Then came those properties built between six and 10 years ago, which sold on average for $225,100 per... Read More »