• 60 Seconds with Swett: DOGE, The Budget and Healthcare Spending

    DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, has been making the biggest splash in Washington, D.C. these days in terms of attention-grabbing headlines, and it appears it will try to target waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid spending as part of its efforts. Such a move could have a major impact on thousands of facilities’ bottom... Read More »
  • Apollo Acquires Bridge Investment Group

    Apollo and Bridge Investment Group Holdings have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo to acquire Bridge in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. Bridge has $50 billion of AUM in complementary sectors aligned with Apollo’s long-term growth strategy. Bridge’s seniors housing portfolio totals 62... Read More »
  • Brightview Divests to Joint Venture in Maryland

    Solera Senior Living, through a joint venture with Focus Healthcare Partners, acquired a seniors housing community in Bethesda, Maryland, from Brightview Senior Living. Built in 2019, Brightview Bethesda Woodmont comprises 92 assisted living and 21 memory care units. Occupancy was around 86% at closing, and Solera will take over operations. It... Read More »
  • Six Active Adult Communities Secure Freddie Mac Financing

    Walker & Dunlop secured a $200 million Freddie Mac financing for six active adult communities. The communities comprise more than 1,100 units in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington D.C. Average occupancy across the communities was 95% at the time of the financing. The fixed-rate, full-term interest-only loan is... Read More »
  • Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
Guardian Healthcare Bankruptcy Sale Approved

Guardian Healthcare Bankruptcy Sale Approved

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has approved the sale of eight Guardian Healthcare-owned skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania (seven facilities) and Fairmont, West Virginia to GBK Eight LLC. The eight facilities total 587 beds. Additionally, the Court had previously agreed to the operational transfer of 11 leased facilities, two of which include personal care homes, to Oxford Valley Health. That transfer was completed on October 29. Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of the eight facilities, while Saul Ewing LLP served as restructuring counsel, and EisnerAmper LLP served as restructuring adviser to the debtors. Those eight... Read More »
JLL Closes Class-A Colorado Deal

JLL Closes Class-A Colorado Deal

Two Class-A communities in Colorado traded for a combined $30 million, or $214,300 per unit. The deal included The Lodge at Greeley and The Lodge at Grand Junction, two 100% private pay communities with a total of 140 units. The Greeley community was built in 2020 with two stories and offers 20 independent living, 48 assisted living and 24 memory care units. It was 100% occupied. Built in 2019, the Grand Junction community has 50 beds in 48 units, offering assisted living and memory care services. It is located across from a major regional hospital and near numerous medical, commercial and retail developments.  Bow River Capital engaged JLL Capital Markets to sell the properties, with... Read More »

Clarendale Portfolio Trades

One of the largest seniors housing portfolio deals of the year just closed, also for one of the highest per-unit prices we have seen for the sector. And among portfolios, it was the highest publicly reported per-unit price we have seen in a couple of years.  The deal comprised The Clarendale Portfolio, which features three seniors housing communities with 635 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The average age of the portfolio was five years, and the buildings were spread out in Arizona (Clarendale of Chandler), Missouri (Clarendale of St. Peters) and Tennessee (Clarendale at Indian Lake). Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, Ryan Companies and LCS previously... Read More »
CareTrust REIT Announces Big SNF Purchase

CareTrust REIT Announces Big SNF Purchase

Alongside its third quarter earnings report, CareTrust REIT and a joint venture partner announced a binding agreement to acquire a portfolio of 31 skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast for approximately $500 million, or $152,000 per bed. With 30 facilities in Tennessee and one in Alabama, the portfolio featured a total of 3,290 licensed beds. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions, and would be the largest skilled nursing deal (publicly disclosed) in two years. Evans Senior Investments is handling the transaction. Existing operating partners have agreed to take on management of most of the facilities, with PACS Group... Read More »
Multifamily Investor Buys IL Community

Multifamily Investor Buys IL Community

Working on behalf of an institutional seller, Blueprint facilitated the sale of Elison Independent Living of Niles, a 288-unit independent living community in Niles, Illinois. Current ownership had recently completed high-end renovations to the common areas, increasing the appeal of the property to investors (and to residents, we imagine).  Traditional seniors housing, active adult and multifamily acquirers were targeted before the seller chose to move forward with a historically multifamily buyer, Legacy Crossings, which wanted to enter the seniors housing market. Legacy Crossings has a presence in Florida and Illinois and plans to undertake an extensive capital improvement project to... Read More »
REIT Buys The Blake at Waco

REIT Buys The Blake at Waco

A publicly traded REIT acquired a Class-A and well performing seniors housing community in Waco, Texas. Built in 2021, The Blake at Waco offers 71 assisted living and 41 memory care units on a site adjacent to the Baylor Scott & White Hospital. It includes a host of amenities and boasted both strong occupancy and NOI at the time of the sale. The Class-A community could also be described as the premier offering in the submarket.  It was previously owned by Biloxi, Mississippi-based LifeCare Properties, which retained Blake Management as the operator. The REIT, wisely, will keep Blake on as the operator. Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders of Berkadia Seniors... Read More »