• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Bidding War Boosts AL/MC Sale

Bidding War Boosts AL/MC Sale

Kyle Hallion, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint drove competitive pricing after being engaged by a national lender and special servicer to handle the sale of a lender-owned property following foreclosure. The highly-occupied, 75-unit assisted living and memory care community in Raleigh, North Carolina, delivered strong in-place occupancy and solid cash flow. Blueprint’s marketing effort generated engagement from regional operators, private equity groups and national owners. There was competitive tension throughout the process, culminating in a final round that boosted the value for the seller. Read More »
Verdot Capital Divests Minnesota Full-Continuum Community

Verdot Capital Divests Minnesota Full-Continuum Community

JLL Capital Markets completed the sale of Hayden Grove Bloomington, a 166-unit seniors housing community in Bloomington, Minnesota. The seller was Verdot Capital, and the buyer was undisclosed. The operator, Great Lakes Management, will stay in place to manage the community. Opened in 2021, Hayden Grove Bloomington is a four-story building offering independent living, assisted living and memory care. It is close to nearby healthcare services such as M Health Fairview and Hennepin Healthcare facilities. Residents have access to a variety of activities and events on-site in addition to amenities, including underground parking, a private dining room, bistro, coffee lounge, game room, party... Read More »
Berkadia Closes in Ohio and Texas

Berkadia Closes in Ohio and Texas

Berkadia handled the sale of a 65-unit seniors housing community in Akron, Ohio. Featuring both assisted living and memory care services, the community appears to be Brookdale Bath, which was built in 1998. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled the transaction. Garbers, Tremper, Fasano and Sanders also facilitated the sale of Clayton Oaks Living, a 98-unit assisted living and memory community in Richmond, Texas, located in the southwest suburbs of Houston. The seller was Bridgewood Property Company, a Houston-based developer, owner and operator. Built in 2015, the community was over 90% occupied at closing. The community was purchased by a joint venture between... Read More »
Sabra Trims Forecast, Tempering a Solid Quarter

Sabra Trims Forecast, Tempering a Solid Quarter

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. announced several acquisitions in its third quarter results. The REIT acquired six managed seniors housing properties for $217.5 million with an estimated initial cash yield of 7.8%, three of which were acquired through a consolidated joint venture in which Sabra has a 95% equity interest. The company also purchased the operations of four managed seniors housing properties during the quarter. The assets were previously leased to a tenant under triple-net operating leases for $19.7 million.  Subsequent to quarter end, Sabra closed on three additional managed seniors housing properties for $124.0 million with an estimated initial cash yield of 7.0%, bringing... Read More »
WOW! Sonida Senior Living Goes BIG

WOW! Sonida Senior Living Goes BIG

Sonida Senior Living just announced what can only be described as a transformational acquisition. Since new management came in, CEO Brandon Ribar and CFO Kevin Detz, Sonida has been on an upward path of improved operations and a balance sheet that has grown stronger. Occupancy has been increasing (87.7% in Q3) and NOI and EBITDA are rising. Spot occupancy on October 31 was 89.0%. The company was still relatively small despite a series of acquisitions in the past 12 months, but none of them were transformational. Now, the company has agreed to purchase CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL), a public non-traded REIT, in a cash and stock transaction valued at $1.8 billion. CNL owns 69 seniors... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: October Smashes M&A Record

60 Seconds with Swett: October Smashes M&A Record

We were predicting a record-breaking end to the year in terms of M&A activity, but we are not sure we expected a 100+ deal month, with 110 transactions and counting. Just to put that in perspective, the previous record for any month was 77 deals in October of last year, and only four months had previously broken the 70-deal barrier. So this October beat the previous record by 43%, and it’s still just a preliminary total. That is out of this world. There were nearly 100 separate buyers, according to the individual deal data available in LevinPro LTC, the most prolific being, unsurprisingly, Welltower. But Welltower’s activity is actually understated in the figures, as a significant... Read More »