W&D’s Busy First Half of the Year
Walker & Dunlop has had a good first half of the year, having closed 17 transactions. These transactions involved 28 assets spread across California, Colorado, Idaho, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. The assets comprise 2,955 units and total transaction volume YTD is $599 million, with the average transaction size $35.23 million and the total under agreement $361 million. In July, W&D facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, on behalf of a regional developer that has developed approximately 15 seniors housing buildings in the Philadelphia MSA. Built in 2022, Crescent Fields at... Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Activity
Berkadia has had a busy few months, filled with financing transactions and an investment sales closing. First, Jay Healy was engaged by three separate sponsors to finance four loans that total $66 million. At the end of June, Healy closed a $20 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance a maturing construction loan for PruittHealth. The three-year loan, structured in partnership with a publicly traded REIT, is interest only and prepayable at any time. The property is a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in North Tampa, Florida. PruittHealth developed the community in 2022 and has operated it since. In July, Healy closed a $12.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a Fort Worth, Texas-based... Read More »60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care M&A: Ready to Explode?
The industry seems to be on the brink of a breakout M&A period, which is an astonishing thing to say when we are already in the midst of a record-breaking period of transaction activity. The promise of an interest rate cut, even a 25-basis point cut, could usher a number of buyers off the sidelines, and if a few lower cap rate deals get announced, then a few more owners of high-quality communities could be tempted off the sidelines too. On our webinar last week covering the mid-year update of our M&A and valuation statistics, our panelists seemed to believe that a number of large deals were looming, which could help break the logjam of mostly small deals closing in the... Read More »
IPA Runs Receivership Deal in Arizona
Nick Stahler and Hap Knowles of Institutional Property Advisors, a Marcus & Millichap company, announced their role in the sale of MorningStar at Arcadia, representing both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Built in 2016, the Phoenix, Arizona-area community features 108 units and 125 beds of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Operations were strong, with occupancy above 85% and a margin around 28%. The previous Colorado-based operator had run a tight ship and maintained consistent revenue levels throughout a receivership sales process. Stahler and Knowles had been first hired to run a traditional marketing capital, and they secured multiple competitive offers... Read More »
