


New Venture Secures Acquisition Financing and Purchases Active Adult Community
Newmark arranged the sale and financing for a seniors housing community in Huntington Beach, California. The seller, Bascom Group, was represented by Newmark Vice Chairman Dean Zander, who worked on the deal with Voit Real Estate Services’ Joe Leon and Nick Ingle. Huntington Breeze is a 114-unit, 103,000-square-foot active adult community that was built in 1987 and renovated in 2017. Newmark Executive Managing Directors Vincent Punzi and Lowell Takahashi facilitated acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, WSW Property Ventures, a new venture headed by Steve Wasserman, Pamela Scott and George Wu. WSW plans to unlock additional value through strategic initiatives, including the... Read More »
SLIB’s Strong Start to August
There is certainly no summer slump for Senior Living Investment Brokerage, which started off August well with three closings. That activity included a portfolio of three well-performing seniors housing communities in Montana and Oregon selling to a West Coast not-for-profit. The properties are located in Sweet Home and Cottage Grove, Oregon, and Great Falls, Montana. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito and Jake Anderson represented the regional operator seller, which developed and recently remodeled the communities. Two were built in the late-1990s, and one opened in 2001. There are 190 assisted living, 77 memory care and 23 independent living units, with 332 total beds. The three... Read More »
Ensign Adds to Its Footprint
The Ensign Group announced three transactions, growing in Wisconsin, Iowa and California. First, through two separate transactions on the same day, Ensign acquired the real estate and operations of Pine Crest Health and Memory Care, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Merrill, Wisconsin (with 70% occupancy and a 19.5% quality mix), and Crystal Heights Care Center, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Subsidiaries of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Ensign’s captive real estate company, acquired the real estate for both facilities, which are operated by Ensign-affiliated tenants. The Giannini Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the Merrill sale. Also on the same... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Class-A Community
Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A, cash-flowing seniors housing community in Glendale, Arizona. Built in 2015, the 85-unit assisted living and memory care community reflects institutional-quality construction and design, and has benefited from consistently strong occupancy. There was a competitive bidding environment, with nine offers secured. The seller was an institutional joint venture. The asset was ultimately acquired by a well-established regional owner/operator with a portfolio of nearby, directly competing properties. Their local presence and market familiarity are expected to unlock synergies and performance upside. Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso handled the... Read More »