• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Mom & Pop Divests SNF to Publicly Traded Company in Iowa

Mom & Pop Divests SNF to Publicly Traded Company in Iowa

Senior Care Realty was brought on by a mom & pop in their divestment of a skilled nursing facility in northwest Iowa. The seller had owned the facility for over 50 years, and was the second owner since the facility’s inception. They had plans to retire, leading to the decision to divest. Built in the 1960s with renovations since then, the skilled nursing facility is in Spencer, Iowa, and comprises more than 80 beds. Occupancy was hovering around 75% at the time of the sale, as a wing was closed during the pandemic and was not yet re-opened. The buyer was a publicly traded company, and the purchase price was $3.55 million, or around $44,000 per bed. Mark Van Den Broeke handled the... Read More »
Berkadia Handles Southeast REIT Divestment

Berkadia Handles Southeast REIT Divestment

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare facilitated the sale of three assisted living and memory care communities. Of the three, two are in South Carolina and the other is in Virginia. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled both transactions.  The two communities in South Carolina total 156 units. They are in the Columbia and Myrtle Beach MSA’s. The seller was a publicly traded REIT. The buyer was a regional owner/operator. The community in Virginia features 77 units and is located 10 miles southwest of downtown Richmond. The seller was also a publicly traded REIT, and the buyer was a private equity group. Commonwealth Senior Living will operate the... Read More »
Bakerson Companies Looking to Grow Seniors Housing Holdings

Bakerson Companies Looking to Grow Seniors Housing Holdings

A private real estate investment firm that is “playing offense right now” in the seniors housing M&A market announced its latest acquisition of a 172-unit community in Rock Hill, South Carolina (Charlotte, NC MSA). La Jolla, California-based Bakerson Companies was launched in 2021 by Pablo Linero, who brings investment experience from HP Investors, Brookfield Properties and Frontera Real Estate Investments. Backed by Latin American family office capital, the company is searching for scale in the seniors housing industry.  The latest deal featured Chandler Place in Rock Hill. Built in 1995 and 2002, this seniors housing campus includes independent living (majority), assisted living... Read More »
National Church Residences Expands Ohio Portfolio

National Church Residences Expands Ohio Portfolio

National Church Residences expanded its Ohio portfolio through the acquisition of two affordable seniors housing communities. Both properties were purchased from Maple Knoll Communities and are in Cincinnati, Ohio. With these recent acquisitions, National Church Residences has 112 affordable seniors housing communities and 8,364 apartments across Ohio. Corbly Trace features 44 units and Mount View Terrace comprises 50 units. Originally built in the 1990s, both communities will receive immediate repairs. Ruscilli Construction, based in Dublin, Ohio, is the general contractor and Columbus-based Berardi Partners is the architect for the planned renovations. Read More »
New Perspective Accelerates Growth Mode

New Perspective Accelerates Growth Mode

New Perspective Senior Living, a fast-growing senior living company with 40 communities across eight states, secured more than $200 million in bridge debt, preferred equity and common equity with its partners, BMO Commercial Real Estate, Fengate and Boldt, to facilitate the acquisition and financing of six seniors housing communities with over 800 combined units. The joint venture has established a programmatic relationship to pursue $500 million in future acquisitions and developments. One of the seniors housing communities is situated in West Fargo, North Dakota. Four others are in Wisconsin, encompassing the areas of Sun Prairie, Brown Deer, Franklin and Waukesha. The sixth community is... Read More »
Helios Handles (and Helps Finance) Alabama Deal

Helios Handles (and Helps Finance) Alabama Deal

Helios Healthcare Advisors was engaged by a Mississippi-based regional owner/operator in its sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Alabama. The seller, Veritas InCare, was divesting to exit the industry. The selected buyer was a local owner/operator. Andrew Wittenauer, Mario Santiago and Bill Janis of Helios handled the transaction. Despite the community’s strong performance, dislocation in the debt markets and low liquidity impacted the buyer’s ability to utilize its existing lending relationships to fund the purchase. So, Helios structured a financing package with a regional lender that recapitalized the buyer’s existing community to unlock equity, while simultaneously... Read More »