• 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 »
CIBC & Locust Point Fund Illinois Portfolio Deal

CIBC & Locust Point Fund Illinois Portfolio Deal

CIBC Bank USA announced a couple of closings for both seniors housing and skilled nursing properties in the Midwest. First, along with Locust Point Capital, the bank provided $30 million in acquisition financing and a $2 million working capital revolving line of credit for a 244-unit, six property, seniors housing portfolio in southern Illinois. Historical performance trended positively over the last year, as the facilities improved census and operating leverage. Going forward, occupancy and operating margins are expected to further improve under the management of a growing senior living operator based in Chicago. Fritz Kieckhefer and Kyle Doran handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA... Read More »
Summit Divests SNF Portfolio to Current Operator

Summit Divests SNF Portfolio to Current Operator

After selling eight skilled nursing facilities in Connecticut earlier this year, California-based Summit Healthcare REIT further pared back its portfolio by divesting three SNFs in San Bernardino County, California. The portfolio comprises 191 beds and sold for $30 million, or $157,000 per bed. The buyers were affiliates of the current operator.  The sale of this portfolio yielded an internal rate of return of over 50% for Summit and closed without the aid of an outside brokerage firm. Summit’s portfolio now comprises interests in 36 senior living communities throughout 11 states. In May, Summit had sold eight skilled nursing facilities totaling 1,106 beds in Connecticut for $60... Read More »
CCRC in Bankruptcy Sells in PA

CCRC in Bankruptcy Sells in PA

The senior care business is a tough business, especially since the pandemic and inflation lowered census and raised expenses, respectively, and it has taken a toll on many not-for-profit organizations. And recently, another organization facing financial pressures defaulted on its bond debt, which triggered a Section 363 bankruptcy process. Evans Senior Investments was brought in by the seller to guide them through the process and ultimately also sell its CCRC in Somerset, Pennsylvania.  Originally built in the 1900s and renovated in 1990, The Patriot is a CCRC with 100 skilled nursing beds, 76 personal care beds in 47 units, and two independent living units. At the time of marketing, it... Read More »
Two Owner/Operators Acquire SNFs

Two Owner/Operators Acquire SNFs

Forest Healthcare Properties closed two separate transactions in Massachusetts and New York in September. Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff handled the transactions.  First, Vegh and Schiff facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing portfolio in the Boston, Massachusetts MSA, which has attractive new reimbursement rates. The portfolio comprises three assets with 283 beds and has an average age of 45 years. The facilities were performing well, with an average occupancy rate of 85%. There were multiple sellers, and the ultimate buyer is a new owner/operator entering the state for the first time through this acquisition. The buyer’s portfolio comprises additional facilities in Michigan. ... Read More »
Harrison Street and Brightview Expand Relationship

Harrison Street and Brightview Expand Relationship

Harrison Street has acquired five seniors housing communities in a joint venture with Brightview Senior Living, from Brightview itself, as part of the pair’s ongoing partnership. Brightview will continue to manage the communities. The purchase price was not disclosed, but we believe they commanded strong per-unit values.  These recently constructed communities (in the last 10 years, at least) comprise 743 independent living, assisted living and memory care units throughout Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, in affluent and smaller markets with high barriers to entry. They have an average occupancy rate of 94%, and Brightview has a history of building,... Read More »
Insignia Divests Its Last US Senior Living Asset

Insignia Divests Its Last US Senior Living Asset

Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed its third transaction for Insignia Senior Living this year, marking Insignia’s exit from its United States-based senior living operations. This exit allows insignia to focus on core geographic markets in Puerto Rico and Latin America.   Built in 1996 and expanded in 2016, Tapestry House Assisted Living is a 94-unit assisted living community in Alpharetta, Georgia, that was built in two phases. The first phase was a 32-unit building. A pipe burst in December 2022 which resulted in flooding that damaged the building. The second phase was a 62-unit addition featuring apartments, physical therapy spaces and admin offices.  The buyer is... Read More »