• Ensign Announces Eight Acquisitions

    April showers apparently brought The Ensign Group acquisitions this May, as the publicly traded provider announced eight separate deals, including four where its captive REIT Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT acquired the real estate. Two of the deals in Kansas and Arizona were profiled here, with Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Kansas and Arizona Deals

    In The Ensign Group’s recent slew of acquisition announcements, it was revealed that the provider was the buyer in two transactions that were handled by Senior Living Investment Brokerage. First, Nick Cacciabando, Jeff Binder and Ryan Saul were engaged by a local owner in its divestment of its only senior care facility.   Hillside... Read More »
  • Newmark Announces Two Transactions

    The team at Newmark announced a couple of closings, including the sale of an eight-property seniors housing portfolio located across the country. Dubbed Project Kandy, the portfolio features 1,024 total units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, with an average age of 14 years.  In addition, Newmark sold a seniors housing... Read More »
  • Fortress Investment Group Purchases in Arizona

    Marcus & Millichap was engaged by a private, family office merchant builder in its divestment of a fully stabilized seniors housing community in Arizona. Built in 2019, Inspira at Arrowhead comprises 165 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Glendale. Nick Stahler, Hamid Panahi and Steve Gebbing of Institutional... Read More »
  • CFG Secures Bridge Refinance for Ohio Portfolio

    Capital Funding Group announced the closing of a $65 million bridge loan to support the refinance of nine senior care facilities in Ohio. The portfolio includes one independent living community, one assisted living community, and seven skilled nursing facilities totaling 709 beds. The financing was closed on behalf of a nationally recognized... Read More »

Investor Sentiment at the NIC Conference

Last week’s 60 Seconds with Steve video greeted everyone attending the NIC Conference in San Diego and asked what the sentiment might be during the conference. In years past, you could tell we were in a bull market with all the deal making going on in public, the exuberance of the crowds and the general noise level. Although the stated attendance was approximately 1,500, it did seem a little smaller than that, without the usual crowds in the lobby bar for one last nightcap and another round of industry gossip. The overall sentiment was one of caution, and this was especially true in the skilled nursing side of the business (see today’s 60 Seconds video). As we all know, the American Health... Read More »

Capital Funding’s Trio of Financings

Showing off its prowess at HUD refinances, Capital Funding Group closed three of them for clients in the Southeast. First, in Washington D.C., Patrick McGovern provided a $10.5 million HUD loan to a 183-bed skilled nursing facility. This transaction comes full circle for Mr. McGovern, who arranged the original bridge acquisition loan (being taken out by the current HUD refinance) in addition to a $2 million working capital line to finance operations. Then, Gary Sever of Capital Funding Group closed two other transactions, including a $2.57 million HUD loan for an assisted living community in North Carolina and an $18.9 million HUD refinance of an assisted living community in Crozet,... Read More »

HJ Sims Helps Volunteers of America

Volunteers of America partnered with HJ Sims to issue $39.73 million in tax-exempt bonds to refinance its 268-unit/bed CCRC in Anoka, Minnesota. Originally built in 2012 with 120 skilled nursing beds and 59 assisted/independent living units, this community added 65 IL units and 24 memory care units to the campus, in addition to converting the 59 AL/IL units to all-assisted living. The borrower is an affiliate of Volunteers of America, an interdenominational church and Christian human services organization that has been in operation since 1896. Series 2011 and Series 2014 bonds financed the development of both phases of the community, and the Series 2017 bonds will advance refund only the... Read More »

Booming Blueprint

Following Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ announced acquisition of Pyms Capital Resources, the brokerage firm highlighted its growing strength with two more deal closings in the middle of the country. First up, Christopher Hyldahl and Giancarlo Riso arranged the sale of a six-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Iowa on behalf of the local owner/operator seller. The portfolio, which includes 273 total dually-certified beds, offers a huge opportunity for improvement to the buyer, a New York-based owner/operator interested in expanding in Iowa. Built over the last 20 years by the seller, the portfolio was just 52% occupied at the time of the sale, but had a quality mix of... Read More »