• 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 »
Newer-Vintage Facility in New Mexico Changes Hands

Newer-Vintage Facility in New Mexico Changes Hands

Blueprint was brought on to facilitate the sale of an inpatient transitional care facility, Las Cruces Post Acute and Rehab. Built in 2017, the facility features 50 beds and is in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It’s located within two miles of three short-term acute care hospitals that offer quality Medicare referral opportunities. Trailing EBITDAR was approaching $745,000 at the time of marketing. Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso handled the transaction. Multiple offers were received, with Blueprint ultimately advising the client to move forward with an owner/operator representing strong execution certainty. Blueprint had transacted with the buyer previously in New Mexico. The deal closed about... Read More »
Public REIT Divests in Northern Louisiana

Public REIT Divests in Northern Louisiana

Helios Healthcare Advisors facilitated the purchase of two assisted living communities in Northern Louisiana on behalf of an independent investment group based in Texas and Louisiana. Savannah Court of Bastrop and Savannah Court of Minden were owned by a public REIT and operated by a regional provider under a triple-net lease. Built in the late 1990’s, both communities had a historical average occupancy of 90% and maintained positive cash flow.  Helios effectuated a cooperative operations transfer for the new tenant. A mortgage loan was secured through Texana Bank to fund the purchase, at 85% loan-to-cost and an interest rate of 7.5%, under a 25-year amortization. The transaction... Read More »
Bourne Acquires AL/MC Asset (with HUD Debt)

Bourne Acquires AL/MC Asset (with HUD Debt)

Representing a regional owner/operator, Evans Senior Investments successfully sold Trinity Hills of Knoxville, an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Knoxville, Tennessee. Built in 2006, the community features 66 AL and 14 MC units, all serving private pay residents. Occupancy was strong at the time of marketing, at 92%, and it stayed above 90% for more than 12 consecutive months. It also generated around $400,000 of NOI on $3.7 million of revenues, for an 11% margin.  That could be improved and offered the opportunity for a new owner to add significant value to the community. There was also assumable HUD debt on the property that increased its appeal to buyers. Evans targeted... Read More »
Multifamily Investor Buys Ohio IL Community

Multifamily Investor Buys Ohio IL Community

An independent owner/operator chose to strategically divest its 102-unit independent living community in a prominent suburb of Cleveland, engaging Blueprint to get the deal done. Built in the late 1980s, the purpose-built community was stabilized, cash-flowing and well occupied. Plus, there was upside through a capital deployment plan. Few of these kinds of stabilized assets are hitting the market right now, and the property received seven offers from highly credible acquirers.  The selected bidder, a private Northeast-based investor, is bringing its significant multifamily experience into the independent living sector. Blueprint, with execution support from a multifamily-focused... Read More »
Newer-Vintage Facility in New Mexico Changes Hands

Dwight Capital Announces Q1 Activity

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust, financed $152.5 million in transactions during the first quarter of 2024. Among the transactions were a $44 million bridge loan for a 369-bed, seven-story skilled nursing facility in the Southwest U.S. The bridge loan, which closed in conjunction with a $5 million revolving line of credit, is expected to be refinanced through HUD in approximately 24 months. Adam Offman and Josh Sturm, Managing Directors of Healthcare, originated the transaction for a recurring client. Dwight also closed $26 million in HUD financing for River Towne Center and Etowah Landing, two SNFs in Georgia. The transaction included a $17.4 million refinance... Read More »
Ensign Announces Eight Acquisitions

Ensign Announces Eight Acquisitions

April showers apparently brought The Ensign Group acquisitions this May, as the publicly traded provider announced eight separate deals, including four where its captive REIT Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT acquired the real estate. Two of the deals in Kansas and Arizona were profiled here, with Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the deals. Ensign and Standard Bearer also acquired the operations and real estate, respectively, of Spencer Post Acute Rehabilitation Center, an 82-bed skilled nursing facility in Spencer, Iowa, South Davis Specialty Care, a 95-bed SNF in Bountiful, Utah, and Western Peaks Specialty Hospital, a 43-bed LTACH also in Bountiful, Utah. On the same day,... Read More »