• Senex Foundation Divests SNFs to Owner/Operator

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by Senex Foundation, a Denver, Colorado-based owner/operator, to help with the disposition of a four-property portfolio and recently closed the second tranche involving two skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. The deal included the... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The REITs’ Acquisition Appetite

    With most of the Q1 earnings results in, we’ve been sifting through a lot of good news on occupancy growth, resident rate increases, expanding NOI margins and the phenomenal long-term outlooks. But our main takeaway had to be the major M&A plans that almost every publicly traded company has completed so far this year and plans to close... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

    Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Secures Refinance

    At the end of 2021, Alta Senior Living acquired Tequesta Terrace Senior Living (at that time, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace), a 106-unit assisted living/memory care community in Palm Beach County, Florida. After executing its value-add capex, operational turnaround and lease-up plan, Alta engaged Blueprint to run a full debt process. A... Read More »
  • All-Cash Skilled Nursing Deal Closes

    An undisclosed buyer acquired a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio through an all-cash transaction after the seller’s senior lender pushed for an exit. Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate handled the deal. An initial buyer walked away from the deal after a conversion from a lease-only structure was declined by the lender. Another... Read More »
Long Bankruptcy Process Ends with CCRC Sale in Tampa

Long Bankruptcy Process Ends with CCRC Sale in Tampa

A years-long bankruptcy process for a large CCRC in Tampa, Florida has finally concluded with a new not-for-profit owner stepping in, BRP Senior Housing Management (an affiliate of Big Rock Partners) now operating it and Ziegler closing a nearly $70 million bond financing to fund the deal. Unfortunately, the property has a long and complicated history under its previous ownership. Complicated, to say the least.  Originally built in 1985 with 445 independent living units, 72 assisted living units and 240 skilled nursing beds, University Village was acquired in 2000 by Westport Holdings Tampa, LP for $64.1 million, or around $85,000 per unit/bed. In... Read More »
Two Texas SNFs Acquired

Two Texas SNFs Acquired

Senior Living Properties, through its affiliate SLP Operations LLC, acquired two skilled nursing facilities in Texas, bringing its total portfolio in the Lone Star State to 41 facilities. The acquisition included a 111-bed facility in West Orange (on the border with Louisiana) and a 107-bed facility in Texas City, about 40 miles southeast of Houston on Galveston Bay. Both facilities offer skilled nursing, physical therapy, post-acute care, long-term care, rehabilitation services, respite care and memory care.  Just last month, SLP Operations acquired two other Texas facilities In Mineola and Johnson City. Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 7, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 7, 2020

Check out our recent senior care M&A acquisitions! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice The Ensign GroupTempe Post Acute & Desert Marigold Senior Living of Tempe N/A Tampa Life Plan Village, Inc.University VillageApprox. $51 million California-based owner/operatorRegency Place Senior LivingN/A Not disclosedEgida Hogar San Antonio... Read More »
Blueprint Sells in Sacramento

Blueprint Sells in Sacramento

Humair Sabir and Jacob Gehl of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors worked on behalf of a private ownership group in its sale of a senior living community in Sacramento, California. Originally built in 1997, the community features a mix of 72 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in three integrated buildings. It also has the advantage of being in a desirable area of Sacramento.  The seller, Solstar Investments, bought the community from a local investor group in 2015 for $6.85 million, or $95,100 per unit, at a roughly 6.1% cap rate. At the time, occupancy had dropped to just 80% (not that bad these days), and the operating margin could have been improved... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Close Nine-Property SNF Sale

Cushman & Wakefield Close Nine-Property SNF Sale

Cushman & Wakefield handled the sale of a nine-property skilled nursing portfolio in Ohio, working on behalf of the private owner who was looking to shrink their presence in the business. Featuring a total of 884 beds, the portfolio was apparently operating around stabilized levels.   The buyer was undisclosed but was described as a regional operator with a significant presence in the state.  Terms of the deal were also not disclosed but involved both cash and the assumption of debt. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Dan Baker of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.  Read More »
The Ensign Group Acquires Arizona Senior Care Campus

The Ensign Group Acquires Arizona Senior Care Campus

The Ensign Group acquired a senior care campus with a variety of post-acute services, including physical, occupational and speech therapies and other rehabilitative and healthcare services in addition to assisted living. Located in Tempe, Arizona, the campus includes a 62-bed skilled nursing facility and a senior living community with 72 assisted living and 90 independent living units.  This was the first acquisition for usually active Ensign since the onset of COVID-19. Plus, the provider acquired both the real estate and operations at the property, furthering its strategy to own more of the real estate across its portfolio of 226 healthcare facilities. Right now, Ensign owns the real... Read More »