• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

    G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm... Read More »
Senior Care Campus Components Sell to Separate Buyers

Senior Care Campus Components Sell to Separate Buyers

Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated two separate transactions involving the assisted living and skilled nursing components of a senior care campus in Mansfield, Ohio. The seller, a local not-for-profit, faced significant operational and financial challenges, prompting an urgent need for a transition. Senwell was engaged to identify solutions that would preserve resident care and avoid closure. Despite limited financial and operational information available, partners were identified for both assets. The assisted living community was sold to a regional assisted living operator specializing in Medicaid Waiver programs that intends to reposition the entire campus to serve waiver... Read More »
Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided $338 million in financing to affiliates of Autumn Lake Healthcare for the acquisition of 12 Maryland skilled nursing facilities with over 1,500 beds. Based in Howell, New Jersey, Autumn Lake Healthcare’s portfolio includes 66 skilled nursing facilities totaling more than 8,200 beds in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin and West Virginia.  The Maryland Commission released a notice detailing the transfer of the real property and bed rights of the following 12 facilities:  LG-OHI Frederick LLC, d/b/a Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek LG-OHI Clinton, LLC d/b/a Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bradford Oaks... Read More »
Welltower Shatters Single-Day Dollar Volume Record

Welltower Shatters Single-Day Dollar Volume Record

October was already on its way to setting records for M&A activity in the seniors housing and care industry before Welltower announced the most transaction dollar volume we have ever seen in a single day when it released its third quarter earnings. A couple of the largest portfolio acquisitions took place across the pond, but the REIT also announced that it was under contract or has closed an additional $4 billion of seniors housing acquisitions spanning nearly 40 transactions across over 150 communities and over 12,000 units in the United States. Starting with the biggest transaction, Welltower is acquiring a real estate portfolio of Barchester-operated communities in the United... Read More »
South Carolina Portfolio Trades

South Carolina Portfolio Trades

Newmark has hit a rich vein of activity, announcing several closings in the last few days. First, the team sold three communities across the Greenville, South Carolina, area on behalf of Atlas Senior Living. The communities were built between 2014 and 2016 and totaled 306 units, including 108 independent living, 144 assisted living and 54 memory care units. Average occupancy was strong, above 95%, and the portfolio sold for more than $100 million, or above $327,000 per unit. Atlas Senior Living will continue its good work and manage the portfolio going forward. According to LevinPro LTC, Atlas Senior Living acquired these communities in 2019 for $48.4 million, or $244,400 per unit, from... Read More »
Blueprint Closes in Kentucky and Colorado

Blueprint Closes in Kentucky and Colorado

Blueprint has been adding to our record-breaking October M&A haul, announcing a couple of closings in the last week. First, Kyle Hallion handled another sale in his home state of Kentucky, this time on behalf of a local family owner/operator with deep ties to this asset’s local market. The senior care facility features 64 skilled nursing beds and 29 assisted living units in Lebanon, Kentucky, and it was the family’s final facility in the state. The Villages of Lebanon, located approximately 1.5 hours south of Louisville, benefited from favorable Medicaid reimbursement tailwinds. The facility realized strong per-diem rate increases following Kentucky’s July 1, 2024, rebasing, further... Read More »
Southern California Communities Get New Owner

Southern California Communities Get New Owner

Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two seniors housing communities in Southern California. The transaction included an 84-unit assisted living and memory care community in the San Diego suburbs and a 72-unit memory care community in the Los Angeles suburbs. These were older vintage properties with some Medicaid census but were very strong performers in the market, with an average occupancy rate of 90.5%. Managing Directors Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the sale on behalf of a Southern California-based private owner.  Managing Directors Ed Williams and Steve Muth of Berkadia Seniors Housing &... Read More »