CareTrust Completes Second HCR ManorCare Acquisition
CareTrust REIT headed to Fargo, North Dakota for its latest acquisition, adding a 110-bed skilled nursing facility to its portfolio for a purchase price of approximately $4.75 million, or $43,200 per bed, inclusive of transaction costs. There is also an estimated cap rate of about 13.25%. The facility was previously operated by HCR ManorCare and represents the second HCR facility CareTrust has picked up this year, having previously purchased a 99-bed facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Like the Aberdeen property, the North Dakota facility was added to an existing master lease with Eduro Healthcare at an annual rate of $425,000, with a remaining term of 12 years, two five-year renewal... Read More »
Adding Value In Arkansas
A couple of value-add skilled nursing facilities sold in Arkansas with the help of Ben Firestone, Michael Segal and Brooks Blackmon of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Previously owned by a publicly-traded REIT, the facilities are located on opposite sides of the state and had almost no geographic synergies. Totaling 234 beds, they reported in-place cash flow but were not stabilized during the sales process. So, positioning them as a value-add opportunity (if some capital improvements are made), Blueprint found a Louisiana-based healthcare real estate investor to purchase the facilities, which are their first-ever SNFs. To help ease their entry into the market, the buyer kept the... Read More »
All In, In Alabaster, Alabama
A tenant bankruptcy brought in a new operator and ultimately a new owner at a 198-bed skilled nursing facility in Alabaster, Alabama. Originally built in 1972, this SNF was historically above 90% occupancy with cash flow exceeding $1.5 million. However, licensure issues led to a drop in both census and operating margin (and combined with other reasons, bankruptcy) for the previous tenant, a regional operator. The owners of the real estate, two private families, were also in bankruptcy but had court-approval to sell the asset. When the tenant decided to vacate the property, the eventual buyer, a private investor from New York, stepped in to operate for six months before closing on the sale... Read More »
