• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Cash-Flowing Communities

Joint Venture Acquires Cash-Flowing Communities

A trio of well-run seniors housing communities in the Southeast sold to a partnership that included a national owner and a regional operator. Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage represented another regional owner/operator in the sale. The deal includes two adjacent seniors housing communities in Cumming, Georgia, and one standalone assisted living/memory care community in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Villas at Canterfield in Cumming featured 182 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care across 10 buildings on two parcels, and Caterfield of Oak Ridge consisted of 91 AL/MC units. There was strong cash flow across all acuity levels. The... Read More »
Owner/Operator Enters New State

Owner/Operator Enters New State

Vince Viverito and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a distressed skilled nursing facility in rural Colorado. Built as a therapy building in 1912 and converted to a skilled nursing facility in 1964, Lamar Estates features 60 beds on 1.34 acres with 19,394 square feet in the town of Lamar. The non-performing facility was making around $200,000 of EBITDAR on $2.84 million in revenues, and at the time of sale it was 74% occupied. The seller was a private REIT based in California, and the buyer was a Florida-based owner/operator making its first acquisition in the state. No purchase price was disclosed. Read More »
Newly Built, Stabilized Seniors Communities Trade Hands

Newly Built, Stabilized Seniors Communities Trade Hands

Two newly built and stabilized assisted living/memory care communities in Georgia sold to a Florida-based, full service commercial real estate platform. The marketing campaign generated multiple initial round offers from a range of different buyer profiles, and the ultimate buyer was selected after a final round process. They brought on their Florida-based operating partner to manage the communities moving forward.  Brooks Blackmon, Lauren Nagle and Ben Firestone of Blueprint handled the sale on behalf of a regional developer. Built in 2020 and 2021 respectively, The Canopy at Boynton Ridge and The Canopy at Warner Robbins were purpose built and comprise 64 units of assisted living... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Record M&A Year, Again

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Record M&A Year, Again

You may start to get tired of hearing us talk about all the records being set, but we will never tire of it. As of November 11, we have passed last year’s record of total acquisitions in the seniors housing and care sector, now standing at over 720 deals, according to LevinPro LTC. And we thought last year was an amazing year! The good news is that pricing has been relatively reasonable so far, mostly because of still-high interest rates and lenders not getting too aggressive. What we don’t know is how long this will last. “Stupid” money that has appeared in previous rising markets has not yet reared its ugly head, but that will probably change. Everyone is looking for a growing market,... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in North Carolina

Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in North Carolina

A skilled nursing facility with 130 beds recently sold in North Carolina. It was 53% occupied and not stabilized at the time of sale. According to LevinPro LTC, the purchase price was one of the highest per-bed prices we have seen in the state, at $21 million, or $161,500 per bed. The seller, a North Carolina-based owner/developer that had owned the facility since its construction in 1991, was divesting to exit the business and retire. The company that was managing the facility at the time of the sale was a multi-generational, one-state operator with multiple facilities in its portfolio.  Despite volatility in the Medicaid rate, and capex needs, Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate... Read More »
Tennessee Community Trades in Receivership Sale

Tennessee Community Trades in Receivership Sale

Blueprint recently announced a few closings involving a prominent lender and special services seller. The first was in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was handled by Kyle Hallion, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes. Buzin and Thomes facilitated the second deal, selling Knollwood Point in Mobile, Alabama. The pair also sold The Pointe at Kirby Gate in Memphis, Tennessee.  The Pointe at Kirby Gate is a 1996-vintage, 52-unit, distressed assisted living and memory care community that was struggling to rebound from pandemic-era lows. Blueprint highlighted its location and proximity to three major short term acute hospitals, targeting buyers with a presence and/or interest in Memphis. The marketing... Read More »