• Omega Invests in Saber Healthcare Joint Venture

    Omega Healthcare Investors released its third quarter earnings and made some news when it disclosed the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in a joint venture with Saber Healthcare. The JV will own and lease 64 skilled nursing facilities that were previously wholly owned by affiliates of Saber, which will retain a 51% equity interest in the JV... Read More »
  • Health Systems as Sellers in Three Transactions

    Cain Brothers advised on a trio of senior care transactions involving health systems as sellers, which could be a growing trend, particularly among any resource-constrained systems. Conversely, other systems may see the need to own skilled nursing beds in the future in order to control the transfer of their post-acute patients to SNFs and free up... Read More »
  • Large Ohio Operator Takes on Vacant SNF Beds

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the sale of 26 skilled nursing beds from a facility in Ohio and coordinated the repurposing of the real estate for future behavioral health services. The owners made the decision to close the facility after determining that the small size of the building prevented it from achieving the operational... Read More »
  • Not-For-Profits Secure Bond Financings

    Ziegler announced the successful pricing of $34.0 million Series 2025 bonds for The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement Center, Inc. d/b/a Carol Woods. Carol Woods is a North Carolina not-for-profit organization incorporated in July 1972 by a group of local citizens to develop, own and operate a CCRC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Currently,... Read More »
  • Ventas Posts Healthy Q3 With Robust Acquisition Activity

    Among the earnings results trickling out this month, it will be impossible to overshadow Welltower’s announcement with $14 billion in new investment activity and another great quarter of seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) performance improvements. But Ventas reported healthy results, too, and some significant acquisition volume.  Ventas... Read More »
LTC Properties Acquires Class-A California Community

LTC Properties Acquires Class-A California Community

JLL Capital Markets completed the sale of Loma Clara, an 89-licensed-bed, Class-A seniors housing community in Morgan Hill, California. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Steadfast Senior Living, and procured the buyer, LTC Properties. The REIT acquired the community within its SHOP segment with an estimated year-one yield of 7%, and will retain Discovery Management (an affiliate of Discovery Senior Living) as the operator, establishing a new relationship.  Completed in 2018, Loma Clara is a two-story building offering 42 assisted living units and 25 memory care units with 41 beds. The property is 92% occupied and is a full private-pay... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Divests Texas Standalone MC Community to Family-Owned Company

Not-for-Profit Divests Texas Standalone MC Community to Family-Owned Company

Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced another Lone Star State deal, selling a 20-unit memory care community in Sugar Land, Texas. Built in 1998, the community was the only seniors housing asset of a not-for-profit organization, which decided to divest. It was 80% occupied but losing around $30,000 a year on $1.26 million of revenues. A local family-owned company will look to take advantage of its market presence to bolster census and improve the operating margin. They paid $1.6 million, or $80,000 per unit. Read More »
Owner/Operator Purchases Vacant Community for Reopening

Owner/Operator Purchases Vacant Community for Reopening

Blueprint was engaged to market a 100-unit vacant assisted living community located 10 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio, that had been taken offline following operational challenges. The community sustained profitability during prior operations. Blueprint generated four competitive offers from sophisticated owner/operators with proven capabilities in executing value-add strategies. The selected buyer, known for opportunistic acquisitions, intends to reopen the community and fill it through the state’s Medicaid waiver program. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction. Read More »
Local Operator Acquires Vacant Seniors Housing Community

Local Operator Acquires Vacant Seniors Housing Community

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a recently renovated, vacant seniors housing community in Sandy, Oregon. Built in 1962 and renovated in 2022, Mount Hood Senior Living features 44 assisted living and memory care units with 50 beds. It is situated on a 2.35-acre campus with 26,000 square feet.  This was the seller’s only seniors community, and they are exiting the industry. The buyer is a local operator and will reopen the community. They paid $6.3 million, or $143,200 per unit, for the asset. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham handled the transaction. Read More »
Ohio IL Community Trades for Value-Add AL Conversion

Ohio IL Community Trades for Value-Add AL Conversion

Blueprint was engaged in the sale of a 110-unit seniors housing community in Perrysburg, Ohio. It operated as an independent living community, but was positioned for conversion to assisted living, with a focus on serving waiver-eligible residents. Ben Firestone, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction. A buyer with a proven track record in executing value-add conversions and an existing Ohio footprint was ultimately selected. Read More »
Acquisition Financing Arranged for Regional Owner/Operator

Acquisition Financing Arranged for Regional Owner/Operator

Ziegler announced its role as the capital structure advisor and hedge advisor in the placement of a $52.5 million acquisition loan on behalf of a regional owner/operator. The acquisition financing was used to acquire five enhanced independent living communities in Michigan. The portfolio surrounds the Detroit, Michigan MSA, and has a total of 631 units with 695 beds. Christopher Utz advised and negotiated the transaction for the borrower and placed the loan with Oxford Finance. Ziegler’s Structured Products practice placed an interest rate cap through a competitive bid process, ultimately executing the cap with Goldman Sachs. Read More »