Record Sale Price
Brookdale Senior Living has agreed to sell its trophy community in New York City at a record price to Ventas, but will keep the management. Anyone who heard former Brookdale Senior Living CEO Mark Schulte address the ASHA annual meeting in the aftermath of 9/11 will never forget it. He talked about their newest project in lower Manhattan. There was nary a dry eye in the room. The community, called The Hallmark at Battery Park at the time, was still in fill-up, covered in inches of dust and debris, and had to be evacuated. The industry at other communities pulled together, took in as many Brookdale residents as possible, not knowing how long they would stay, not knowing how they would get... Read More »
Going Out On Top
We’ve been saying this since 2014, but it seems to be a good time to sell a seniors housing property. Prices are still near record highs in the assisted living market, at $221,250 per unit in 2017, according to the 23rd Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report. The M&A market, even during the normally quiet summer months, is as frothy as ever, with 52 deals announced in the third quarter, so far. But even these reasons aside, a local partnership in Wisconsin is truly exiting the market on top, with its 60-unit assisted living community fully occupied (with a 100% private pay census) and operating at a 31% margin. Built in stages in 2007, 2009 and 2014 in the affluent Green Bay... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Sells CCRC Portfolio
It is amazing what patience, capital, expertise and desire can do to change things around for a few bankrupt entrance-fee CCRCs. We are referring to Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire, Illinois and Monarch Landing in Naperville, Illinois that fell into bankruptcy in 2010 and were sold in an auction process for a combined total of about $39.25 million. They had been built by the former Erickson Retirement Communities, which itself filed for bankruptcy protection after problems with too much debt and too many new units to fill during the Great Recession, although these two CCRCs were outside the corporate bankruptcy. Monarch Landing was supposed to be built with 1,498 IL units, 84 AL units and 132... Read More »
In-Place Operator Steps In As Buyer
A successful bidding process for a portfolio of four assisted living/memory care communities ultimately yielded a familiar buyer: the portfolio’s existing operator. Located in Oregon and Washington, the 152-unit portfolio was owned by a partnership among four seniors housing industry veterans, who were looking to retire from the business. Averaging over 20 years old, the properties included two well-performing locations and two that would be considered value-add. They actually are part of a larger portfolio disposition by the partner owners, as a 65-unit AL/IL community in Wenatchee, Washington already sold earlier this year. Two others are in escrow and are scheduled to close in the... Read More »
California Retirement Community Sells
The acquisition market is alive and well, at least it is in California, where demand for properties remains quite strong. The 158-unit, 96,700 square foot community has about 15 memory care units with all the remaining units licensed for both assisted living and independent living. Located just south of San Francisco, the community was built in 1986 and has not received the capex that it should have over the years. Occupancy suffered, at about 55%, despite having below market monthly rates. It was self-managed by a group of multifamily investors, so one could consider it to be somewhat of an orphan property. Because of the low occupancy, it was operating close to break even on estimated... Read More »Schedule a demo
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