• Live Oak and Berkadia Team Up on Bridge Loan

    Live Oak Bank recently closed a $34.3 million bridge loan in partnership with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for a two-property portfolio owned and operated by BrightSpace Senior Living. The communities are located in the Nashville, Tennessee, and Boise, Idaho MSAs. The loan was structured in an A/B arrangement, with Berkadia funding the... Read More »
  • California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

    Lument closed two HUD loans totaling $20.7 million to refinance two memory care communities in northern California. Doug Harper, managing director at Lument, co-originated the loan with Grant Goodman of G Capital. The two communities are Crescent Oaks Memory Care, which features 22 units and 36 beds in Sunnyvale, and Silver Oaks Memory Care,... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

    Berkadia closed the sale of two separate assets in Florida and Georgia. First, Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in the sale of a CCRC in South Florida. The property appears to be Abbey Delray, a 505-unit community originally built in 1979 in Delray Beach that features 327 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 30... Read More »
  • Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

    Fortress Investment Group just purchased one of the largest rental seniors housing communities in the country, adding The Village at Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida, to its portfolio. Regionally anchored by the University of Florida and the innovative UF Health network, and located directly across from SantaFe College, the 100+ acre campus... Read More »
  • Interview with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services to talk about the findings from BBG’s annual investor survey. DeBee shares his thoughts on what was surprising about the results and highlights the points he agrees with. You can view the survey results here. Read More »
Massachusetts SNF Secures New Future in Behavioral Health

Massachusetts SNF Secures New Future in Behavioral Health

Blueprint’s Behavioral Healthcare Team sold a vacant skilled nursing facility on behalf of a nationally recognized institutional REIT to a buyer that will convert the building into a behavioral health facility. The existing asset is in Agawam, Massachusetts, and was identified as a potential candidate for a behavioral healthcare provider due to the strong patient demand, referral networks and reimbursement for inpatient substance abuse treatment.  Andrew Sfreddo, Shane Harmon, Gunnar Raney and Colin Segner of Blueprint targeted behavioral healthcare-focused operators that would push price and terms well beyond vacant SNF values. The ultimate winning bidder was a large, privately held,... Read More »
CareTrust’s Recommended Cash Acquisition of Care REIT by Bidco

CareTrust’s Recommended Cash Acquisition of Care REIT by Bidco

CareTrust REIT reached an agreement with the board of directors of Care REIT plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made for the acquisition of Care REIT by CR United Bidco Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CareTrust. CareTrust has agreed to pay 108 pence in cash per ordinary share of Care REIT. Based on the Sterling to Dollar exchange rate on March 10, the terms of the acquisition represent a Care REIT market capitalization of US$577 million and, together with the assumption of net debt of approximately US$240 million, represents a total purchase price of approximately US$817 million. The acquisition represents a 32.8% premium to Care REIT’s March 10 closing share price and a... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Handles California Closing

Walker & Dunlop Handles California Closing

In February, Tony Cassie, Brant Nelson and Sam Thompson of Walker & Dunlop facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Concord, California. The seller, a joint venture between a local private investor group and Agemark Senior Living, purchased the community in 2018 and conducted extensive renovations while turning around operations.  Built in the 1970s as a nursing home, the community comprises 100 assisted living and memory care units. At the time of sale, occupancy was 98%. CareTrust REIT, in partnership with Kalesta Healthcare, acquired the community for $20.5 million, or $205,000 per unit. Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires in Georgia

Joint Venture Acquires in Georgia

Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a seniors housing community in Dallas, Georgia. The seller was the existing lender that had foreclosed on the asset. Built in 2013, the community comprises 88 assisted living and memory care units, totaling 66,961 square feet across 3.88 acres. It was 65% occupied at the time of sale, and the community’s profitability could be improved.  The buyer was a joint venture between a regional operator and an institutional capital partner. The asset fits its footprint and expertise, and the partnership intends on making a significant renovation and rebranding of the operation to reposition and stabilize the community. Bradley Clousing and... Read More »
Public REIT Divests Standalone MC Community to an Owner/Operator

Public REIT Divests Standalone MC Community to an Owner/Operator

A publicly traded REIT engaged Blueprint in the divestment of its vacant seniors housing community in Houston, Texas. Built in 1995 and renovated in 2009, the community comprises 48 memory care units. It was vacated by the prior operator in 2023, but current ownership has ensured the physical plant was well maintained to prevent deterioration.  Giancarlo Riso, Brooks Blackmon, Amy Sitzman and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction, securing multiple competitive offers and ultimately advising the REIT to move forward with an all-cash offer from an owner/operator that Blueprint transacted with earlier in the year. Read More »
Green Courte Acquires Colorado Active Adult Community

Green Courte Acquires Colorado Active Adult Community

Green Courte Partners’ sixth investment fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners VI and its affiliates, acquired an active adult community. 55 Resort at Water Valley comprises 120 units in Windsor, Colorado, just north of Denver in the Water Valley master-planned development. The community will be rebranded as Eagle’s Peak at Water Valley. This acquisition expands GCP’s national senior living portfolio, managed by its wholly owned operating platform, True Connection Communities, to 21 communities with approximately 3,300 units. GCP is committed to acquiring similar communities as it grows its active adult portfolio. Read More »