REIT Divests Alabama Assisted Living Community
Brooks Blackmon and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented a publicly traded REIT in its disposition of a struggling seniors housing community in Alabama. Featuring both assisted living and memory care (specialty care assisted living facility) units, the property was operating just below breakeven at the time of the sale and was occupied in the mid-70s. It was built in the late-1990s. An Alabama-based owner/operator saw an opportunity to turn the property around, and they bought it for an undisclosed price. The Blueprint team closed the deal just two months from the time they were engaged. Read More »
Merrill Gardens Buys Big
Merrill Gardens, known more developing seniors housing communities than acquiring them, has acquired Blue Harbor, a Portland, Oregon-based company that currently manages 21 communities in 13 states. The seller was Fortress Investment Group. For Merrill Gardens, it is somewhat of a two-fer, as Blue Harbor’s CEO, Tana Gall, is joining Merrill Gardens as its CEO, replacing David Eskenazy who announced his retirement last month. What’s more, Gall was president of Merrill Gardens from 2013 to 2015 before leaving to start her own consulting company, but was then recruited by Blue Harbor. She also worked at Leisure Care for 19 years, rising to be president there. Not a bad resume. Merrill Gardens... Read More »
Twin Light Capital Makes Debut Investment
Newly formed Twin Light Capital completed the acquisition of 11 seniors housing communities and two development sites in Minnesota. The existing properties have 291 units with 398 licensed beds, and the two development sites have a total of 22.7 acres in Duluth and Fergus Falls. The acquired portfolio includes the Keystone Bluffs assisted living community in Duluth plus 10 Diamond Willow assisted living and memory care communities located throughout the state. The markets these communities are located in have a higher percentage of the elderly than the state as a whole. Full Circle Senior Living will continue to operate the portfolio for Twin Light. Sam Dendrinos and Kloie McCann of CIBC... Read More »
Kansas SNF On the Road to Recovery
The first skilled nursing facility in a Kansas senior care portfolio that has recently been placed in receivership found a new owner, and hopefully a brighter future. Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage was hired to sell all three properties that were owned by a Nebraska-based owner, which included both skilled nursing and seniors housing units. Originally built in 1966, the first facility to sell features 41 skilled nursing beds as well as 11 assisted living and 18 residential care units that were recently renovated and converted from skilled nursing. However, those new units were never able to open. Occupancy, based on the skilled nursing beds, was around 90%, but the... Read More »
The Ensign Group Acquires Again
The Ensign Group has been one of the most prolific acquirers in the senior care sector, and they have no intention of stopping. The company just announced a series of acquisitions in Texas for a total of six skilled nursing facilities with 794 beds. In one group, the facilities included a 110-bed SNF in Harlingen, a 146-bed facility in Keller, and a 162-bed nursing facility in New Braunfels. Both the operations and the real estate were purchased. The acquisitions were all effective November 1. In separate transactions on the same day, Ensign bought the real estate and operations of three skilled nursing facilities in San Antonio with a total of 376 beds. These also closed effective... Read More »Schedule a demo
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