• 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 »
Ray’s Evansville Sale

Ray’s Evansville Sale

Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap has sold a health care campus in Evansville, Wisconsin, the only property of its sort in town. The campus includes a 71-bed skilled nursing facility (built in 1971) that is 69% occupied with a 42% quality mix, and a 25-unit assisted living community (built in 2009) that is fully occupied with mostly private pay residents. Mr. Giannini sold the property for $5.1 million, or about $53,100 per bed/unit, with an 11.9% cap rate on annualized 2017 figures. The buyer was not disclosed. Read More »
More Publicly-Traded REIT SNF Sales

More Publicly-Traded REIT SNF Sales

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced a slew of skilled nursing transactions at the beginning of December, closing five for clients (mainly publicly traded REITs) across the country. Ben Firestone and Mike Segal represented a publicly traded REIT owner in its disposition of a 119-bed SNF in Nashville, Tennessee for $16 million, or $134,500 per bed, which according to our database is the highest-valued SNF deal in Tennessee ever, on a per-bed basis. The recently upgraded facility was previously purchased in a portfolio, but it piqued the interest of a regional operator, which emerged as the buyer. The same public REIT seller decided to wind down its relationship with a... Read More »
Greystone Arranges Tulsa Transaction

Greystone Arranges Tulsa Transaction

National Health Investors announced a one-off acquisition of a 200-unit independent/assisted living community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, paying $34.6 million, or $173,000 per unit. Originally built in 1987 by a local real estate developer, the community was previously owned and operated by Triad Senior Living, which manages over 1,000 senior living units across Oklahoma, Illinois and Florida. Occupancy was strong, at 95%, but moving forward, Discovery Senior Living will take over operations under a lease with NHI for a term of 15 years, with renewal options, at an initial lease rate of 7.0% plus annual fixed escalators. NHI has also set aside $500,000 for capital improvements and funded the deal... Read More »
All In The Family

All In The Family

The phrase “it’s not personal, it’s just business,” doesn’t always apply. Sometimes it’s both. That was the case with Ben Firestone’s (of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors) latest sale, which was sourced by his 90-year old grandfather. Still involved in the real estate business and showing up to work every day at 90 years old, Ben’s grandfather knew of a friend who owns a paper company in Houston, Texas but also recently decided to build a 98-unit assisted living/memory care community in the area, hiring a third-party manager at the same time. The lead paid off, as Mr. Firestone was able to sell the community (still in lease-up and 70% occupied at closing) to a private equity firm... Read More »
Nice Sale In Bluewater Bay, Florida

Nice Sale In Bluewater Bay, Florida

American House Senior Living Communities continued its growth in Florida with the acquisition of a 94-unit independent living community, its seventh senior living property in the Sunshine State. There are plenty of things going for this property. It is located in the mixed-use residential/resort community of Bluewater Bay, adjacent to Elgin Airforce Base. So, in addition to enjoying the local amenities, the property also draws some of its census from affluent retired military officers. There is also a large fifth floor bar and lounge, a movie theater, heated pool, full-service concierge and valet parking. It was developed in 2015 by a partnership between Bluewater Commercial Developers,... Read More »