• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »
  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
Welltower Continues To Divest

Welltower Continues To Divest

For news on Welltower’s leadership change, please watch “60 Seconds with Steve” above. The REIT did this week finally disclosed (what we broke last week) its $702 million sale of 11 senior living properties in California, Washington and Nevada to a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens, which has been operating the portfolio for Welltower.  We reported that the cap rate of pre-COVID cash flow was about 5% based on trailing-12 months ended March 31, 2020. But with the occupancy decline in the past six months, August’s cash flow annualized had dropped to about $25.3 million, producing a cap rate based on that annualized number of 3.6%. The... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Brokers Bankruptcy Sale

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Brokers Bankruptcy Sale

The Senior Living Investment Brokerage team of Ryan Saul, Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert put in the hours to work through a bankruptcy sale of a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Bristol, Tennessee. Originally built in 1986 and 1990, this facility was owned by a regional skilled nursing operator. Over the last couple of years, it faced challenges with occupancy and cash flow, and as a result, both the OpCo and PropCo were placed into bankruptcy for liquidation. In came the SLIB team, which ran an extensive marketing campaign during the height of the pandemic, and despite a few extended deadlines, they found a buyer in a Mid-Atlantic-based regional skilled nursing owner with operating... Read More »
Turnaround Texas Senior Living Portfolio Sells

Turnaround Texas Senior Living Portfolio Sells

There is plenty of potential to add value in a portfolio of three seniors housing properties in Texas that recently sold. That is mainly because two of the communities are currently vacant. Located in eastern Texas within a two-hour drive of each other, the portfolio comprises 132 total units of assisted living. The one property that is operational was performing well, with positive cash flow and 90% occupancy at closing. But a new owner will have the chance to acquire the vacant communities below replacement cost, while also adding a stabilized property to its portfolio.   That buyer ended up being Dallas area-based WindRiver Companies, a seniors housing developer, owner and... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Adds Florida Community

Chicago Pacific Founders Adds Florida Community

We’ve written about how private equity firms are likely the buyers best equipped to acquire senior care assets in this current environment, given their deep pockets and penchant for value-add deals. One of those firms, Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, has already shown its interest by closing several deals, including the $500 million acquisition of seven senior living properties from Welltower in June and the $97 million purchase of two brand-new senior living communities in the St. Louis, Missouri area announced just last week. AEW Capital Management is another that threw its muscle around with its $700+ million acquisition of another Welltower seniors housing operating portfolio made... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending October 2, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending October 2, 2020

The third quarter ended with just 57 publicly announced deals, but the start of October was a little more active than usual. Check out our recent senior care M&A deal chart. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Kayne Anderson Real Estate AdvisorsThe Boulevard Senior Living at St. Charles & The Boulevard Senior Living at Wentzville$97 million National Health InvestorsThe Courtyard at Bellevue$12.3 million Chicago Pacific FoundersHeritage Oaks of EnglewoodN/A WindRiver Companies3 senior living... Read More »
PGIM Real Estate Funds AEW/Merrill Gardens Portfolio Purchase

PGIM Real Estate Funds AEW/Merrill Gardens Portfolio Purchase

Earlier this week, we reported on the Welltower sale of 10 seniors housing communities to AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens Senior Living, and now we have learned that PGIM Real Estate provided the acquisition debt. The partnership buyer obtained a $460 million loan with a seven-year term. There is also a combination of fixed-rate and floating-rate terms.   The debt funded both the acquisition and the recapitalization of the 10-property portfolio, which includes a total of 1,507 units of independent living, assisted living, memory care and even some multifamily units. There are also approximately 29,000 square feet of... Read More »