• 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 »
Sherman & Roylance Handles California Leasehold Transaction

Sherman & Roylance Handles California Leasehold Transaction

Sherman & Roylance arranged a successful leasehold transaction for a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Santa Cruz, California. The transaction allowed the landlord to diversify its portfolio and the new operator to expand its footprint in the California market. The facility, originally built between 1967 and 1970, currently operates at 70% occupancy. It attracted interest from several potential tenants before a new lessee emerged as a pair of an experienced skilled nursing operator and a businessman. They formed a new operating company to acquire the facility and are looking to grow along the West Coast.  The leasehold transaction was structured as a long-term, triple-net lease... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires and Secures Financing in Maryland

Joint Venture Acquires and Secures Financing in Maryland

Berkadia announced the sale and financing of an active adult community in Annapolis, Maryland. Built in 2002, Gardens of Annapolis features 106 units with 42-one bedroom/one-bathroom units, 23 two-bedroom/one-bathroom units and 41 two-bedroom/two-bathroom units. The property has been well-maintained over the last 20 years as a result of consistent capital investment, and has a history of high occupancy and steady performance.  The transaction closed October 11, with Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare facilitating both the investment sales and mortgage banking advisory. Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders and Mike Garbers closed the sale on behalf of the seller, Crow Holdings.... Read More »
Newmark Facilitates a Sale and Refinance

Newmark Facilitates a Sale and Refinance

Newmark’s Senior Housing Team handled the sale of a seniors housing community in South Carolina. Built in 2021, New Haven at Little River features 154 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Little River, South Carolina. Totaling 200,000 square feet, it has 89 IL, 44 AL and 19 MC units. No additional details were disclosed, QSL Management announced that it took over management on October 17 and renamed the community The Barclay at Little River. Newmark’s Seniors Housing Team also secured a $140 million cash-out refinance through Freddie Mac for a seniors housing community in Atlanta, Georgia, called Corso Atlanta. Taking out the original construction loan, the package... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: What Could Stop the M&A Momentum?

60 Seconds with Swett: What Could Stop the M&A Momentum?

Last week, we recorded our 560th deal of 2024, which breaks the annual record for M&A volume across seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions. And we have more than two months to go. So there can be no dispute that we will set an M&A record this year, and by a large margin. But could 2024 actually end with a whimper? We ask that because the 10-Year Treasury rate, which fell to 3.6% in September, the lowest level in more than a year and a half, is now above 4.2%, or the highest level since July. Much of the optimism at the NIC conference last month hinged on the Fed’s 50-basis point rate reduction in September and the 10-Year rate was at its low then too, but what about now?... Read More »
LTC M&A Sector Reaches New Transaction Volume Record

LTC M&A Sector Reaches New Transaction Volume Record

The most active dealmaking year was 2022, in which 559 transactions were announced, according to LevinPro LTC. As of Friday October 18, 2024, the senior care sector has hit a new record in terms of transaction volume. We are currently at 560 transactions, and still have some of October plus all of November and December to go.  Overall, the deals announced this year have been smaller and more distressed than in previous years, while many portfolios were broken up into numerous smaller deals because of the lack of financing available for big deals. But we also hear from dealmakers that the process for closing deals is still long and difficult, making the record-high volume even more... Read More »
National Owner Acquires Louisiana SNF

National Owner Acquires Louisiana SNF

After acquiring and turning around a skilled nursing facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, a mom & pop operator is selling the asset and entering into a well deserved retirement. Built in 1990 with a renovation in 2017, Regency House Alexandria features 60 skilled nursing beds and 10 assisted living beds. It only accepted Medicare and private pay residents and generated more than $1.5 million of EBITDAR at closing. There was also an assumable HUD loan on the property with an attractive interest rate, and even some upside with an increase to the facility’s Medicare census.  Blueprint procured multiple offers before a national owner/operator was ultimately selected by the seller. The... Read More »