• 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 »
Community Trades Hands and Secures Freddie Mac Financing

Community Trades Hands and Secures Freddie Mac Financing

Berkadia announced the sale and financing of Appletree Court, a 118-unit assisted living and memory care community in Richardson, Texas, in the Dallas MSA. The building was built in 1999 and underwent renovations in 2018 and 2023. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the sale on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Marquee Capital (a Milwaukee-based family office affiliate of Marcus Investments) and Winterpast Capital Partners (a Nashville-based real estate investment company). The community will continue to be operated by Vitality Senior Living, Winterpast’s operating partner. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth,... Read More »
Newmark’s Nearly $2 Billion Third Quarter

Newmark’s Nearly $2 Billion Third Quarter

Newmark is in the middle of a banner year for both investment sales and debt financings, and both its deal volume and activity appears to be accelerating as the year progresses. In the year to date, the team has closed nearly $3.6 billion in investment sales, and $1.9 billion in the third quarter alone. Excluding the Amica Senior Lifestyles portfolio that Newmark is selling in Canada for over $3 billion, the team has also secured enough deals under agreement to nearly double its year-to-date volume. There are some stabilized, Class-A deals at high per-unit prices, as well. One of those was the sale of Project Aurora, a three-property portfolio in New Jersey (2) and New York that was owned... Read More »
Clarion Partners Makes Its First Seniors Housing Purchase

Clarion Partners Makes Its First Seniors Housing Purchase

Clarion Partners made its first seniors housing acquisition, buying Sancerre at Atlee Station in Mechanicsville, Virginia (Richmond MSA). Built in 2023, the community features 103 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It experienced a rapid lease-up, reaching 90% occupancy by October 2024. Census is now in the mid-90s, and the operating margin is between 35% and 40%. The seller was NexCore Group and its in-house operating arm Experience Senior Living. NexCore has 19 seniors housing communities currently open or in the process of opening, and it has an active pipeline of development opportunities. Conversely, Clarion is looking for more acquisition opportunities in... Read More »
LTC Properties Continues to Reduce Skilled Nursing Exposure to Support SHOP Growth

LTC Properties Continues to Reduce Skilled Nursing Exposure to Support SHOP Growth

LTC Properties sold two skilled nursing facilities in Florida totaling 240 beds for $42 million, or $175,000 per bed, with expectations of a gain on the sale of approximately $26 million. These two facilities are part of a divestment effort that includes five additional SNFs. An undisclosed operator (one of LTC Properties’ top 10 operating partners) chose not to renew its master lease for the seven facilities, which matures January 2026, as it decided to downsize and exit some states.  The seven facilities are in Virginia (4), Florida (the two sold) and California. By divesting non-core, older SNFs at attractive cap rates, such as in this sale, LTC can redeploy capital in line with its... Read More »
Kentucky SNF Sells with Blueprint’s Help

Kentucky SNF Sells with Blueprint’s Help

Blueprint finished the third quarter with 48 deal closings valued at $840 million. Included in that impressive activity were four closings in Kentucky totaling more than $200 million in dollar volume. Big bucks in the Bluegrass State. In one of those closings, Blueprint represented a local family with its sale of a high performing skilled nursing facility in eastern Kentucky.  The established seller, which has longstanding market ties in the state, was divesting The Jordan Center in Louisa. The facility features 106 beds and boasts a four-star CMS rating. It benefited from Kentucky’s favorable Medicaid reimbursement tailwinds, with The Jordan Center currently achieving a robust... Read More »
Out-of-State Owner Nabs Nebraska Property

Out-of-State Owner Nabs Nebraska Property

Helios Healthcare Advisors sold an assisted living community in Central City, Nebraska, working with the seller and alongside the incoming operator to facilitate a smooth transition. During the transition process, Nebraska implemented an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural assisted living communities, which strengthened the financial foundation for the new operator.  Cottonwood Estates is known for its consistent operating performance and strong reputation. The community comprises 47 assisted living units and 50 beds. It was built in 2007 and totals 37,100 square feet. The buyer was out-of-state individual owner/operator Syed Khizer Husain, who is based in Texas and... Read More »