• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
Ensign Expands in North Texas

Ensign Expands in North Texas

The Ensign Group grew its skilled nursing portfolio by five facilities in two separate transactions, bringing its total holdings to 213 skilled nursing properties in 13 states. The larger transaction consisted of the operations of four facilities in North Texas that will be subject to long-term, triple-net leases and purchase options following year-five of the lease. Included in the purchase was a facility in Wills Point with 112 skilled nursing and 72 assisted living beds, a 190-bed SNF in Rockwall, a 150-bed facility in Rowlett and a 126-bed facility in Waxahachie. The properties will complement Ensign’s other operations in the Dallas market. Keystone Care LLC, Ensign’s Texas-based... Read More »
Reis Helps California Assisted Living Owner Exit the Business

Reis Helps California Assisted Living Owner Exit the Business

Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap recently sold a 45-unit assisted living community in Modesto, California, representing the single-asset owner/operator who was looking to exit the business. The seller developed the property in the 1980s, and has operated it ever since. Occupancy was 84%, and it was bringing in nearly $385,000 in NOI on approximately $1.5 million of revenues, for a 25% margin. Not bad for an older building, but it could still be improved. The buyer was Senior Living West, a growing investor/asset manager in seniors housing, which purchased the community utilizing a regional management organization, Cimino Care. They clearly didn’t want to waste any time starting, as the... Read More »
Dwight Capital Refinances Large New Jersey SNF

Dwight Capital Refinances Large New Jersey SNF

A skilled nursing facility in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Philadelphia MSA) with a wide variety of service offerings, just refinanced through HUD with the help of Dwight Capital. Built in phases from 1986 to 2002, it now totals 246 beds with five distinct units, including a 40-unit behavioral management unit, a 20-bed ventilator care unit, a substance abuse facility and a dialysis unit, in addition to providing short- and long-term rehabilitation and nursing care. Its clinical specialties also comprise physical, occupational, speech and IV therapies, wound care, pain management, tracheostomy care, dementia care, cardiac care, a pulmonary specialty and hospice care. In addition, there are... Read More »
Distressed CCRC Sells Near Philadelphia

Distressed CCRC Sells Near Philadelphia

A distressed rental CCRC in a Philadelphia suburb just (hopefully) secured a brighter future, changing hands to a new regional owner. Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Dan Mahoney of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale on behalf of a court-appointed receiver. Sitting on a 12-acre campus in an affluent area, the community features 180 units. But that ideal location did not prevent the community from struggling operationally. However, once the receiver took full control, things started to improve. The buyer, which has both a local and regional presence, also has a strong capex plan currently being implemented that should help with the turnaround. We imagine that even... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Handles Dallas Sale

Cushman & Wakefield Handles Dallas Sale

Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Chris Remeika of Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets led the sale of two senior living communities in Irving and Plano, Texas (Dallas MSA), to a real estate investment company. No purchase price was disclosed. Totaling 265 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, these communities feature plenty of amenities, include restaurant-style dining, bistros, covered patios, indoor pools, fitness centers, libraries, media rooms and game rooms. The Irving community was recently opened, but the Plano property, which offers just AL and MC, has been stabilized for the last 10 years. Going forward, subsidiaries of Senior... Read More »