60 Seconds with Swett: U.S. Senior Care Deal Activity Surpasses 400 Deals
Across U.S. senior care M&A activity, we have surpassed 400 transactions in the first 11 months of the year, hitting 402. That is more than 15% down from the 476 transactions recorded in the first 11 months of 2022, but we are not sure many would have predicted the market even exceeding 400 deals. Of course, deals will continue to trickle in from the previous months, and December could yield its usual rush of closings, but we would be lucky to reach 450 deals on the year, far below 2022’s U.S. total of 517 deals. However, believe it or not, 2023’s estimated annual deal count of, let’s conservatively call it 440 deals publicly announced in the U.S., would be a very healthy number,... Read More »
Newmark Handles Half-Billion-Dollar Portfolio Sale
The seniors housing and care market has largely been missing out on large portfolio deals in 2023, because few sellers want to take a substantive portfolio to market when buyers are constrained by the capital markets on the prices they can afford to pay. However, the team at Newmark including Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, Sarah Anderson, Mills Poynor, Ben McElroy and Brittany Robinson successfully sold a portfolio of 12 seniors housing communities for approximately $500 million, or $277,000 per unit. Located in seven states (Virginia, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas), the portfolio consists of 1,809 total units, with independent living,... Read More »
SLIB Sells Two Seniors Housing Assets
Senior Living Investment Brokerage was brought on by two different sellers in the sale of two seniors housing assets. First, SLIB was enlisted by a group of local real estate owners looking to retire from the industry in their sale of a CBRF community in Footville, Wisconsin. The community was developed in 2009 and comprises 80 beds in 73 units. The buyer ended up being an experienced local operator that partnered with an out of state equity group. This is the ninth community added to the buyer’s growing Wisconsin portfolio. Jason Punzel, Ryan Saul, Brad Clousing and Jake Anderson handled the transaction. Next, SLIB was engaged by a multifamily owner/developer looking to focus on... Read More »
Bloom Acquires in Indiana
Blueprint was brought on to market two late 1990s-built assisted living communities in Indianapolis, Indiana. Three competing offers from regional owner/operators were received and the selected buyer was Bloom Senior Living. Bloom plans to reposition the assets as more affordable options in Indianapolis by utilizing the Indiana Assisted Living Waiver Program. Ryan Kelly, Connor Doherty, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso handled the transaction, which successfully closed upon receipt of licensure and change of ownership approval. Read More »
