• 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 »
American House Strikes North

American House Strikes North

American House Senior Living Communities is continuing its expansion outside of its home states of Michigan and Florida, following up on its first acquisition in Ohio (from September) with its first in New England. The target was built in 2009 with 109 units of independent living and assisted living in Keene, New Hampshire with a variety of one- and two-bedroom floorplans. With Senior Management Group, LLC (a subsidiary of Kaplan Development Group, LLC) managing it, the community was occupied in the high-90s and sold at a roughly 7% cap rate on trailing figures. American House will rebrand the community to the aptly-named American House Keene. IPA Seniors Housing handled the... Read More »
Naples Memory Care Community Gets Fresh Start

Naples Memory Care Community Gets Fresh Start

Wrapping up his work before the holidays, Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a 72-unit memory care community in Naples, Florida. He found a Florida-based private equity firm to buy the community for $6 million, or $83,300 per unit. That buyer and the new operator, Concordis Senior Living, plan on making a few changes to ramp up operations and take advantage of the highly desirable submarket. Originally built in 1995 and designed for both assisted living and memory care, this community had been well-maintained but operated as strictly memory care under previous ownership. Occupancy was low (just 44%), and it was losing over $40,000 a year on nearly $2.3 million of... Read More »
Private Equity Firms Trade New Jersey Assisted Living Community

Private Equity Firms Trade New Jersey Assisted Living Community

Ownership of a luxury senior living community in Marlboro, New Jersey flipped from one private equity firm to another. Developed by Capitol Seniors Housing and joint venture partners Formation Development Group and Shelbourne Capital several years ago, the 79-unit community features both assisted living and memory care services under the operation of Chelsea Senior Living. Already located in an affluent area of the county, the community is also near shopping and a number of amenities. Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors stepped in as its buyer, retaining Chelsea Senior Living as the operator as well. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Sam Dylag of Cushman & Wakefield handled the... Read More »
Blueprint and Birchwood

Blueprint and Birchwood

Birchwood Healthcare Partners is making a successful exit from their skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Huntington, West Virginia, more than doubling the facility’s value after just three years of ownership. When Birchwood originally purchased the 55-bed/unit facility from an individual owner in 2015 for $3.2 million, the facility was losing money. Originally built in 1928, the facility was totally renovated in 2009 making it one of the more modern facilities in the area. It also featured an assisted living component. Although it was 90% occupied, its operator tenant stopped paying rent and filed for bankruptcy, prompting the owner to sell. So, Birchwood brought in Providence... Read More »
A Sign To Come?

A Sign To Come?

Here’s something we may be hearing more of next year. Increased competition, lowered census and staffing issues prompted one owner of an assisted living/personal care community in Southwest Pennsylvania to retire early from the business. Built in 1965 and renovated in 1997, the 58-unit community had a history of strong profits and high occupancy until 2015 when the aforementioned trifecta of issues hit the business. Working on behalf of the seller, Joe and Jim Knapp of Marcus & Millichap’s Knapp Group and Robert Villeneuve of M&M’s Washington, D.C. office found a buyer with experience in value-add projects in western Pennsylvania. They paid $3.6 million, or $62,000 per unit, in... Read More »