A Fearsome Threesome: Welltower, Quality Care Properties and ProMedica Health Deal
We would be lying if we said we were not surprised by the announcement that Welltower will be buying Quality Care Properties for about $2 billion plus assumed debt, that ProMedica Health Systems would be buying the operating assets of HCR ManorCare, and that Welltower and ProMedica would be joint venturing. Strange bedfellows, for sure. While we are sure there was some time pressure to get the news out, we are also sure there were some unhappy analysts who were asleep at 11.58 pm on April 25 when Welltower announced to deaf ears that it moved up its second quarter earnings call to……8 hours later at the bright and early time of 8:00 am the following morning. Looks like management pulled a... Read More »
Monticello Gets A “W” In New York
One of Monticello Asset Management’s investment vehicles provided $31.21 million in first lien debt for The W Group to fund the acquisition of a 200-bed assisted living community in Staten Island, New York. Built on a 0.81-acre property in 1974, with an additional fifth floor built in 1999, the community consists of 116 beds licensed for the New York State Assisted Living Program and 84 beds managed by an affiliated home health care agency. Its new owner’s principals have over 20 years of combined experience in the health care industry and plan to take out the financing through HUD in the future. Read More »
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint
There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry. Real estate investment manager Waypoint Residential, predominantly focused on conventional multifamily and student housing, just made its first acquisition of a senior living community in the town of Starkville, Mississippi (home of Mississippi State University), for $22.7 million, or about $276,800 per unit. Developed in January 2016 by CR Properties, LLC and Blake Management Group, this community has 14 independent living, 43 assisted living and 25 memory care units. After already bringing occupancy to 100%, Blake Management Group will continue to manage the community. Josh Randolph of Colliers International represented the seller in... Read More »
Blueprint’s Two Lone Star State Sales
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors continues to impress in 2018, having just closed two more transactions to bring its yearly total to 21 deals announced, so far. Gideon Orion and Chris Hyldahl of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors served up a South Texas sale in the town of Robstown, just outside of Corpus Christi. The buyer will have their hands full with this facility. Built in 1969, with a small renovation in 2010, its age did not help operations. As such, occupancy stood at 75%, and the facility operated at a 5.9% EBITDAR margin at the time of the sale. In came Messrs. Orion and Hyldahl, who represented the New York-based owner (with more than 150 skilled nursing... Read More »
