


Lument Arranges Two Short-Term Debt Transactions
Lument announced a couple of financings involving short-term debt, one for an acquisition and one to refinance a stabilizing seniors housing property. First, a long-time operator of a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was able to take its ownership interest in the facility from 33% to 100% with the help of acquisition financing arranged by Lument. Bill Wilson led the transaction, and Lument’s debt syndications team, led by Steve McGee and Sangjin Na, placed the $10.7 million loan with a community bank. The loan features a five-year term, with a minimum of two years of interest only, 25-year amortization and a fixed interest rate. In addition to funding the... Read More »
Big Move In The Brokerage Business
Talk about a surprise move. Three key executives at Cushman & Wakefield just jumped ship and landed at JLL Capital Markets. The trio includes Senior Managing Directors Jay Wagner and Rick Swartz, who will co-lead the team at JLL, and Senior Managing Director Aaron Rosenzweig, who will focus on investment sales, joint venture equity and financing transactions throughout the U.S. Wagner and Swartz were co-heads and Vice Chairmen of the Seniors Housing Group at Cushman. Rosenzweig served as Executive Director of the group, working on more than $11 billion in transactions over a 12-year period. This includes M&A, debt and equity placements. This is a big blow to C&W, which had... Read More »
SLIB Sells Three Southeast Seniors Housing Communities
Three seniors housing communities in the Southeast sold to a private equity group partnering with a management company that was looking to enter the region. The Tennessee community is located in the town of Madison, while the two Georgia communities are in Marietta and Jonesboro. Built in 1999 and 2000, they consist of 228 units of assisted living and memory care. These were outliers for the outgoing owner/operator, which is based in the western United States and has its core operations in the region. The properties were also struggling operationally, which probably added to the seller’s motivation. Vince Viverito, Brad Clousing, Jason Punzel and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living... Read More »
Major Medicaid Waiver AL Portfolio Sells in Midwest
A major portfolio of Medicaid waiver assisted living communities sold in the Midwest, with Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly and Alex Florea of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handling the transaction. The portfolio, which has seven locations in Indiana and four in Ohio all built around 2000, consists of 1,400 total units. Altogether, the communities earned approximately $56 million and $12 million in revenues and EBITDAR, respectively, for a strong 21% margin. Not too many Medicaid waiver portfolios of this size hit the market, let alone stabilized portfolios, but ownership desired to execute a succession plan and engaged Blueprint to create a competitive bidding process. Apart from... Read More »