• NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

    In a move to concentrate its portfolio on private pay seniors housing, National Health Investors divested a large skilled nursing portfolio for $560 million, before estimated transaction costs between $6 million and $8 million. The buyer was the current lessee, National HealthCare Corporation, whose legacy master lease was established in 1991 and... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

    Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

    Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

    Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the... Read More »
  • Public Company Divests in Arizona

    A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking... Read More »
Two Midwest Seniors Housing Sales from SLIB

Two Midwest Seniors Housing Sales from SLIB

The team at Senior Living Investment Brokerage kicked off the third quarter with the sale of two seniors housing communities in the Midwest. Ryan Saul first sold a 73-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chillicothe, Illinois, for $8.2 million, or $112,300 per unit. The asset was part of a larger portfolio of skilled nursing facilities that was for sale, but the Illinois-based buyer of the portfolio elected to sell this community because they did not specialize in assisted living.  Built in 2015, the community was 81% occupied and operated at a 17% margin on approximately $3.68 million of revenues. The buyer was a Midwest-based owner that had actually built the campus in 2015... Read More »
The Vitality Living Nashville Portfolio Sells

The Vitality Living Nashville Portfolio Sells

CBRE arranged acquisition financing for The Vitality Living Nashville Portfolio, featuring two assisted living communities in Tennessee. The buyer was a joint venture between Winterpast Capital Partners, Scribner Capital and its institutional partner, and Broadview Real Estate Partners. Aron Will, Tim Root and Michael Cregan of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the financing. Vitality Living, Winterpast’s wholly-owned operating platform, will operate the communities under a third-party management agreement. Located within two high-growth suburbs of Nashville, Vitality Living Franklin and Vitality Living Hendersonville offer a combined 256 assisted living and memory care units. CBRE... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Announces June Financing Activity

Meridian Capital Group Announces June Financing Activity

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare team closed more than $245 million in transaction volume in June for a combination of 15 facilities in six states. These transactions were negotiated by Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson. The team’s recent closings include a $105 million loan from a commercial bank to refinance 11 facilities comprised of 1,003 skilled nursing beds and 185 assisted living units in California, Colorado, and Iowa, and a $33.9 million loan from a commercial bank along with a $2.5 million A/R line to refinance two skilled nursing facilities totaling 280 beds in North Carolina. The latter transaction... Read More »
CFG Arranges Acquisition Mezzanine Financing

CFG Arranges Acquisition Mezzanine Financing

Capital Funding Group closed $8.8 million in mezzanine financing for the acquisition of a 240-bed skilled nursing facility in Brooklyn, New York. The mezzanine debt was provided by CFG in a total financing package of $60.8 million. The other funds were secured through a syndication effort with a bank that CFG has partnered with in the past. Capital Funding Group Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Craig Casagrande and Vice President Andrew Jones originated the transaction for the company. Read More »
Berkadia Finances Idaho Assisted Living Acquisition

Berkadia Finances Idaho Assisted Living Acquisition

Berkadia arranged acquisition financing for two assisted living/memory care communities in Idaho. Managing Director Jay Healy and Associate Director Andrew Lanzaro secured the $7.8 million bridge-to-HUD loan with an interest-only term of 18 months and a six-month extension option. The communities were built between 1996 and 1999 and contain an average Medicaid census of 75%. Combined occupancy had declined slightly in 2021 but rebounded to the mid-90% range by the end of 2022. The communities also benefited from a change to Idaho Medicaid reimbursements on July 1, 2022, resulting in a revenue boost of about $40,000 per building per month. The California-based buyer owns 18 seniors housing... Read More »
Quality Senior Living Adding Another Blake Community

Quality Senior Living Adding Another Blake Community

A new, high-end seniors housing community is under construction in St. Johns, Florida, by Quality Senior Living, a major Southeast owner, operator and developer. The Blake at St. Johns will feature 70 assisted living and 48 memory care units, with an array of amenities. Construction began in March 2022, and pre-leasing is already underway before its scheduled opening in early 2024. QSL Management will operate the community, which is expected to cost $35 million, or just under $300,000 per unit.  Designed by Arrive Architecture Group, the two-story, 115,000 square foot building is set around two landscaped interior courtyards and will include restaurant-style dining, a piano bar and lounge,... Read More »