• 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 »
Blueprint Sells Four Assisted Living Sites in California

Blueprint Sells Four Assisted Living Sites in California

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors proved they don’t need a building to sell a piece of property. When EB-5 investor PDC Capital’s assets were placed into an SEC receivership in January 2017, per the order of a federal judge, included in the frozen assets were four assisted living development sites in California. Thomas Seaman and Associates, the receiver, hired Blueprint to locate a stalking horse bidder for the sites. Carefield Senior Living emerged as that bidder and purchased three of the sites for $6 million. The existing first mortgagee, Lincoln MCC US, LLC, a division of MCC China, ended up surpassing Carefield’s bid for one of the sites, and paid $8.7 million for it. Jacob... Read More »
Ensign’s Idaho Acquisition

Ensign’s Idaho Acquisition

The Ensign Group picked up a struggling skilled nursing facility in Idaho, taking over both the operations and real estate. The 40-bed skilled nursing facility is located in the resort town of McCall (situated on Payette Lake) in western Idaho. Previously operated by Tanabell Health Services, it was just 70% occupied at the time of acquisition. The Ensign Group brought in its Pacific Northwest-based subsidiary, Pennant Healthcare, to take over operations. No purchase price was disclosed. Read More »
Despite Hurricane Hit, Central Florida Assisted Living Communities Sell

Despite Hurricane Hit, Central Florida Assisted Living Communities Sell

After taking a hit, operationally, from Hurricane Irma, five Florida assisted living communities sold to a Texas-based not-for-profit making its first acquisition in the Sunshine State. Built from 1999 to 2013, the portfolio is mostly located in central Florida, with one property on the Panhandle in the town of Niceville, and features 340 total units, ranging in size from 46 to 114 units. Expenses rose across the portfolio due to evacuations and staffing increases from Hurricane Irma, causing the operating margin to fall to 26% on just under $17.9 million of revenues. Occupancy was also just around 79%. However, ownership had reversed the trend, and the community was budgeted to operate at... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Portfolios Sell in the Northeast

Skilled Nursing Portfolios Sell in the Northeast

Halfway through 2018, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has so far announced 34 closings, making the prospect of breaking their 2017 record of 53 deals even closer. The firm closed June out with two more transactions featuring skilled nursing divestments in the Northeast. First, in New Jersey, Ben Firestone, Chris Hyldahl, Michael Segal and Gideon Orion sold four skilled nursing facilities totaling 654 beds for an undisclosed price. Located in high-barrier-to-entry markets near New York City and along the Jersey Shore, the facilities have undergone several extensive renovations, including adding new memory care units, ventilator units and outpatient therapy space. The buyer is an... Read More »
Ryders Health Management Secures Financing For Connecticut Acquisition

Ryders Health Management Secures Financing For Connecticut Acquisition

Ryders Health Management acquired a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in eastern Connecticut, thanks to financing provided by both Contemporary Healthcare Capital and CoastalStates Bank of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Located in the town of Windham, the facility was previously owned by Affinity Healthcare but went into receivership following Affinity’s bankruptcy filing in 2016, its second in just six years. Now, the facility will complement Ryders’ six other SNFs located throughout Connecticut. To acquire the property and invest $1.55 million in capital improvements, Ryders obtained a $1.454 million mezzanine loan from Contemporary and a $4.725 million senior loan from CoastalStates... Read More »
Greystone Deals in North Dallas

Greystone Deals in North Dallas

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors represented a publicly traded REIT in its disposition of a 256-unit independent living community in North Dallas, Texas. The property is well located near several medical centers and boasted high occupancy as well. No purchase price was disclosed, but 12 Oaks Senior Living will take over the operations on behalf of the Dallas-based real estate company buyer. Read More »