• PGIM Divests Two Arizona Assets

    JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team completed the sale and financing of three assets across two separate deals. First, it announced that it sold The Watermark at Morrison Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona, and Acoya Mesa in Mesa, Arizona. Both communities were stabilized at the time of the deal. JLL marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller,... Read More »
  • Underperforming Asset Trades in California

    A seniors housing community in Vacaville, California, sold with the help of Nick Stahler and Chad Mundy of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. At the time of LOI, the asset was underperforming and financially strained. Built in 2004, it features more than 80 assisted living and memory care units and is licensed for over 90 beds on... Read More »
  • Communities Sell in California and Missouri

    Haven Senior Investments closed a deal right before year-end and announced a couple of others from the preceding months. First, an assisted living community was facing a hard closing deadline, with a 30-day escrow and commercial loan that would have been canceled if the transaction did not close by December 31. Rebecca Van Wieren and Scott Fuller... Read More »
  • Cambridge Provides HUD Construction Financing

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided $6.5 million in construction financing for a 20-bed memory care addition to The Pointe at Pontiac, an existing 60-bed supportive living facility in Pontiac, Illinois. The borrower is an Illinois limited liability company. The financing is insured by HUD under its Section 241(a) program and will be used to fund... Read More »
  • SNF Portfolio Receives Bridge Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $60 million in bridge financing to a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Illinois. The two-year loan was originated by Karina Davydov. The returning healthcare client, who operates over a dozen skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, will use the loan proceeds to acquire the portfolio,... Read More »
SLIB Closes Class-A Deal in Wisconsin

SLIB Closes Class-A Deal in Wisconsin

A Class-A seniors housing community in Wisconsin found a new owner thanks to Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in the last couple of years, the high-quality asset featured approximately 125 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was strong above 90%, and financial performance was solid. Its newer vintage attracted significant interest from national, regional and institutional investors, and SLIB procured multiple offers for the seller. A public REIT was disclosed as the selected buyer and will keep the current management company as the operator.  It seems like the deal could be a part of LTC Properties’... Read More »
LTC Properties Adds Five Communities to Its SHOP Portfolio

LTC Properties Adds Five Communities to Its SHOP Portfolio

Just days after LTC Properties added two Kentucky assets to its SHOP portfolio through an off-market transaction totaling $40 million, the REIT announced a larger SHOP acquisition involving five seniors housing properties in Wisconsin. The Class-A portfolio features a total of 520 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was stabilized, with an average property age of six years and an expected year-one yield of approximately 7%. Lifespark, a new LTC operating partner, has managed the communities since 2021 and will continue to do so. LTC Properties paid $195 million, or $375,000 per unit, financed through a line of credit, proceeds from previously disclosed property... Read More »
Forbright Bank Announces Several Financings

Forbright Bank Announces Several Financings

Forbright Bank had a busy end to the summer, announcing a series of closings for a mix of seniors housing and skilled nursing properties across the country. The largest individual transaction was a $50 million term loan that refinanced the existing debt on three skilled nursing facilities in Florida. Forbright underwrote the bridge-to-HUD loan for a near-term HUD takeout to be facilitated by its HUD team. The bank also provided a $3 million revolver to support the facilities’ working capital needs. Forbright also partnered with HJ Sims to provide a $38 million bridge loan to fund the acquisitions of three skilled nursing facilities in Chicagoland.  Forbright financed a few other... Read More »
Joint Venture Receives Acquisition Financing

Joint Venture Receives Acquisition Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced its role in providing acquisition financing to IRA Capital and Principal Asset Management for their purchase of an 89-unit seniors housing community in Gilbert, Arizona. American Care Concepts and Reichmann International Realty Advisors developed American Groves Senior Living in 2021 and have owned it since then. Each of the 89 units can transition between independent and assisted living in response to changing resident needs. Currently, occupancy is 100%, and we imagine the property operated at a healthy margin.  IRA Capital and Principal Asset Management announced that they paid $44.5 million, or $500,000 per unit, for the... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Takes on Distressed SNFs

Regional Owner/Operator Takes on Distressed SNFs

Blueprint was engaged to market Project Golden Gopher, which features two properties with 230 skilled nursing beds in Hopkins and Rochester, Minnesota. The assets were owned by a publicly traded REIT and marketed on a distressed basis. Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Will Roberts handled the transaction.  Though the facilities were challenged, they presented clear upside through census growth and operational enhancements. The properties are near acute care hospitals, enabling an incoming operator to establish strong referral relationships. Following a targeted marketing process, Blueprint generated significant investor interest and ultimately selected a... Read More »
LTC Properties on Track for Projected 2025 Pipeline

LTC Properties on Track for Projected 2025 Pipeline

LTC Properties added two Kentucky assets in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA, to its SHOP portfolio through an off-market transaction. Both assets opened in the first half of 2023 with 158 total assisted living/memory care units. More than 50% of those units were pre-leased, and they achieved full stabilization in an average of 20 months. Since then, they consistently performed well and were stabilized at the time of closing. It is expected that the communities will deliver a year-one yield of approximately 7%. One of the buildings appears to be Charter Senior Living of Hopkinsville, which has 56 assisted living and 23 memory care units. The private-pay units are in a single-story, 65,000... Read More »