• 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 »
Heavenrich & Company Announces Oklahoma Sale

Heavenrich & Company Announces Oklahoma Sale

Brian Clark of Heavenrich & Company sold a pair of Oklahoma senior living communities for a price of $12.25 million, or just over $90,000 per unit. Located in Oklahoma City and Mustang, the communities were previously owned by Bridge Investment Group and total 135 units, including 113 assisted living, 16 memory care and six independent living units. Both were built in the late-1990s and combined for 79% occupancy (all private pay) at the time of the sale. One of the communities also accepted VA residents. An undisclosed private equity firm emerged as the buyer and will look to improve operations and add value to the properties. Read More »
CBRE Sells The Village Portfolio (And Finances It Too)

CBRE Sells The Village Portfolio (And Finances It Too)

CBRE pulled doubly duty for a pair of assisted living/memory care communities in Houston, Texas, arranging both the sale on behalf of the seller and acquisition financing for the buyer. Dubbed “The Village Portfolio,” these communities total 224 units and are located within a 10-mile radius of the largest medical center in the world, the Texas Medical Center. Although a new institutional investor will replace the previous institutional owner, Bridge Property Company, through its wholly owned management affiliate Retirement Center Management, will continue in its role as operator. Lisa Widmier represented the seller in the transaction, while Aron Will and Austin Sacco helped arrange two... Read More »
REIT Sheds Two Rhode Island Communities

REIT Sheds Two Rhode Island Communities

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors represented a publicly-traded REIT in the sale of two of its assisted living communities in Rhode Island. Built between 1989 and 1999, both locations were formerly operated by Brookdale Senior Living. They feature not only assisted living and memory care units but also a significant number of skilled nursing beds, all combining for 272 units. Taking over operations will be Meridian Senior Living, which is acquiring the properties in partnership with GMF Capital, a New York-based private equity firm. Read More »
Second-Generation Owner Exits Skilled Nursing Business

Second-Generation Owner Exits Skilled Nursing Business

Bradley Clousing, Daniel Geraghty and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped a second-generation owner of a skilled nursing facility in Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa MSA) exit their only asset and the industry altogether with the facility’s sale. Built in stages from 1973 to 2008, the facility earned a good reputation in the local market and was 90% occupied with a 46% quality mix. It also has a well-maintained physical plant and a high percentage of private units across the 182 total beds. The operating margin, however, can be significantly improved from the current 2%. That onus will be on a private group based in New York who is looking to expand in growing markets... Read More »
Griffin-American IV Closes Fourth Quarter Acquisition in Michigan

Griffin-American IV Closes Fourth Quarter Acquisition in Michigan

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV announced a number of transactions that they closed in the fourth quarter of 2018. Most of them involved medical office building portfolios, but one saw the acquisition of five assisted living communities in Michigan for an undisclosed price. Totaling 302 units with locations in Grand Rapids, Holland, Howell, Lansing and Wyoming, the communities were previously owned and operated by Vista Springs Assisted Living, which promptly leased them back to continue as operator through 2033 under an absolute net lease structure. This is the first tranche closed of a larger Michigan assisted living portfolio, so we await Part-II. Read More »