The Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors team worked together to sell a 112-bed skilled nursing facility located near the University of Texas Health, East Texas campus in Athens, Texas. Built in 1987, the facility has mostly semi-private rooms. It historically operated well while enrolled in QIPP, but a new local competitor put downward pressure on the facility’s quality mix, and surely on its operating margins too.
The undisclosed REIT seller decided to divest, and after five competitive offers, Summit LTC Management, a Fort Worth-based owner/operator, was selected as the buyer. It has an existing presence in East Texas, which should help in the operational turnaround. The buyer has also recently worked with the seller in another deal, and that familiarity helped the transaction to close less than 90 days from offer acceptance. Gideon Orion and Michael Segal of Blueprint handled the deal.
