Welltower in NYC?
Welltower, in partnership with real estate investment firm (and newbie to seniors housing), Hines, has acquired a site to develop an assisted living/memory care community in Midtown Manhattan. The original owners of the two adjacent properties that make up the one site brought in Eastern Consolidated to represent them in the sale, for which the terms were not disclosed. Design and development plans have been started, but no scheduled start date has been announced. So, it looks like Omega Healthcare Investors and Maplewood Senior Living will have some competition for their Manhattan senior living development, which is located on the Upper East Side and comprises 20 stories of 214... Read More »
Regional seniors housing prices stick with tradition
Last week, we wrote of a big shake-up in the regional average prices per bed for skilled nursing facilities, with the North Central region supplanting the Western and Northeast regions for the top spot, in terms of average price paid according to the recently published 21st Senior Care Acquisition Report. The seniors housing (including independent and assisted living) side, however, largely followed tradition. Once again, the Northeast region topped the charts (for the sixth year in a row) with an average price per unit of $201,100, despite it dropping 29% from the previous year’s average if $281,700 per unit. That is not surprising given the region’s high land values and construction... Read More »
Senior living hits the slopes
Three years after opening on a piece of land that was a former ski slope in North Andover, Massachusetts, a 133-unit senior living community is refinancing its debt with the help of Richard Thomas of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital. Built by Shelter Development at a cost of approximately $20 million, the community is operated by Brightview Senior Living and features 65 independent living units, 41 supportive living units and 27 memory care units. It is located on 33 acres, of which 25 have remained open space and the original ski slopes have been preserved. Mr. Thomas originated a $30.25 million floating-rate first mortgage loan through Fannie Mae’s DUS Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage... Read More »
Flashback Friday
Twenty years ago, a well-operating 59-bed skilled nursing facility sold for $2.25 million, or about $41,000 per bed. With an occupancy of 95%, a 42% private pay census and a 15% operating margin, things were looking up for the 25-year old facility. However, in recent years, operations began to suffer with low occupancy and negative-to-breakeven cash flow as recent as early 2014. But the most recent owner/operator turned it around, stabilizing occupancy to around 90% and improving cash flow. Quality mix is currently in the mid-teens. Now, a regional owner/operator based in southeast Florida looking to expand its presence on Florida’s west coast is purchasing the facility, paying $4.9... Read More »Schedule a demo
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