• 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
  • Two Seniors Housing Sales Close

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage is continuing on its hot streak this month, closing two additional deals in Alabama and Florida. In the Alabama transaction, Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing represented a large national owner/operator that was resizing its portfolio to concentrate on its core market. So, the company divested an assisted... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Exits Georgia

    Selectis Health, Inc. has completed its exit from Georgia with the help of Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint. In the beginning of the year, Selectis Health divested Providence of Sparta Health and Rehab and Warrenton Health and Rehab to Journey, also with the help of Segal and Waldhorn (more on that deal can be found here). The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Divests Third Class-A Asset

    Caddis Partners and Singerman Real Estate have divested another seniors housing community, Heartis Fayetteville. This comes shortly after the joint venture’s sale of Heartis Venice and Heartis Longview. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare represented the seller in all three... Read More »
  • Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

    Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s... Read More »
Trust In Arbor Realty Trust

Trust In Arbor Realty Trust

It was revealed that Arbor Realty Trust funded the recent acquisition of a 440-bed skilled nursing facility in Syracuse, New York. Alexander Kaushansky of Arbor worked on behalf of the borrower, VestraCare, to arrange a $41.6 million bridge loan, with Evan Goldenberg of EBEX Holdings and Ari Dobkin of Meridian Capital Group also assisting in the financing. The facility had a history of operational challenges, but since being acquired in 2015 by a partnership between a New-Jersey based skilled nursing operator and an Illinois lawyer, occupancy had improved from 64% to 89% in just a year. Now, VestraCare, which is controlled by Long Island-based Edward Farbenblum, is taking over at a cost of... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Southern Illinois Portfolio

Evans Senior Investments Sells Southern Illinois Portfolio

Evans Senior Investments is on a tear in 2018, having just closed a portfolio sale in southern Illinois on behalf of the independent owner/operator seller after already closing three other deals earlier this month. The “Legacy Place” portfolio consists of four assisted living/memory care communities and 200 total units (149 AL and 51 MC) spread out across southern Illinois. Each community was purpose-built in the last eight years and operated well, with a combined 95% occupancy, 100% private pay census and 34.3% EBITDAR margin on approximately $7.72 million of trailing revenues, portfolio-wide. A regional owner/operator stepped in as the buyer, paying $32.63 million, or about $163,000 per... Read More »
Partnership Purchases Signature HealthCARE-Operated Skilled Nursing Facility

Partnership Purchases Signature HealthCARE-Operated Skilled Nursing Facility

A Signature HealthCARE-operated property was divested by a publicly traded REIT owner, amid rumors that Signature has recently had issues making payments to its REIT landlords. Located outside of Tampa, Florida, the 120-bed skilled nursing facility was built in 1983, renovated in 2009 and was well maintained. It was ideally located, a few blocks from a major hospital, but census issues and escalating liability insurance costs affected operations. Trent Gherardini, Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented the seller and led a bidding process that yielded 13 qualified offers. A partnership between a high-net-worth investor and an experienced... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap’s Latest Team Effort

Marcus & Millichap’s Latest Team Effort

A 60-unit assisted living community traded in Pensacola, Florida, with Marcus & Millichap involved on both sides of the transaction. Brooks Mindord (out of the Miami office) and Rob Reis (based in San Francisco) represented the limited liability company seller, while Rod Llanos (in the Houston office) secured and represented the buyer, a private investment group from Texas. The target, which is licensed for 85 beds, was over 90% occupied as of January 2018 and operated at a 28% margin on approximately $1.8 million of revenues. It sold for $7.0 million, or about $117,000 per unit, with a cap rate of 7.1%. Read More »
Invesque Invests In Dallas-Area Memory Care Communities

Invesque Invests In Dallas-Area Memory Care Communities

Invesque Inc. (formerly Mainstreet Health Investments) followed up on the completion of its acquisition of Care Investment Trust earlier this month by closing on three memory care communities in the Dallas, Texas area for $21.5 million, or about $188,600 per unit. All three communities total 114 units and are fully stabilized, with all private pay residents. Invesque added the properties to a new absolute net master lease agreement with Constant Care Management Company, featuring an initial 15-year term and two five-year extension options. The relationship doesn’t stop there, with Invesque also receiving a first right to fund and acquire the next three seniors housing projects developed... Read More »
HFF Posts Another Texas Post-Acute Facility Sale

HFF Posts Another Texas Post-Acute Facility Sale

Having just handled the sale of a 140-bed post-acute care facility in the Austin, Texas area, HFF’s David Fasano, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender represented a different owner in the sale of its 144-bed skilled nursing facility near San Antonio’s Medical Center district. Built in 2008, the facility was owned by Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors and leased to Senior Care Centers. There are more than 4,300 licensed hospital beds within a three-mile radius of the facility, making it a prime target. HFF procured an affiliate of O&M Investments, LLC as the buyer, which was coming off of a strong 2017 when it announced three skilled nursing acquisitions in Ohio (2) and Tennessee after... Read More »