• 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 »

California-Based Summit Healthcare REIT Heads Northeast

Summit Healthcare REIT just expanded its holdings in the Northeast, adding nine skilled nursing facilities with 1,285 licensed beds. Along with joint venture partner Fantasia Investment III LLC, a U.S.-based affiliate of Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Ltd., Summit acquired an interest in these facilities out of receivership. They were previously owned by a Colorado-based private investment group, but the existing operator will stay on to manage the portfolio. Quality of care is high, with each facility reporting at least a four-star rating from CMS. The joint venture ended up paying $60 million, or $46,700 per bed. Steve Thomes, Chris Hyldahl, and Gideon Orion of Blueprint Healthcare Real... Read More »
One Memory Care Community’s Evolution In Rye, New Hampshire

One Memory Care Community’s Evolution In Rye, New Hampshire

A 40-unit (56-bed) memory care community on the coast of New Hampshire that recently went through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring just sold to Port Development, a private investor group, for $11 million, or $275,000 per unit. Sanctuary Care had developed the Rye community in 2013 for approximately $13 million, or $325,000 per unit. But, operations, care quality and staffing had significantly fallen off, with occupancy currently standing at 48% based on beds and cash flow around breakeven. EvoLve Senior Living, founded by Ben Pearce and Ed LaFrance, will operate the community, which will be renamed EvoLve at Rye. National Health Investors provided a $10 million first mortgage with an... Read More »
Two More Sales From Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors

Two More Sales From Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors

Plugging along this summer with a healthy number of transactions closed so far has been the team at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. After announcing five deals since the start of June, the firm closed two more this August in the Midwest. First, to Ohio, where the team of Connor Doherty and Brian Payant represented an Ohio-based owner/operator in its sale of two skilled nursing facilities for $16.75 million, or $66,500 per bed. Both assets were cash flow-neutral and could obviously improve their operations. That will be the job of the buyer, another Ohio-based owner/operator. Blueprint continued their work over the border in Michigan, with Ben Firestone and Michael Segal selling... Read More »

Chevalier Shines In Seniors Housing Market

Amid rumors that a moratorium has been placed on large Chinese companies making significant purchases in the U.S. senior care market (like Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co Ltd.’s proposed acquisition of Brookdale Senior Living), Hong Kong-based Chevalier International Holdings Ltd. continues to invest, recently adding two more senior living communities and 299 units in the Detroit, Michigan area to its growing portfolio. Getting its start in the market in 2011 with the purchase of three assisted living/memory care communities and 336 beds in Oregon, the company stepped it up in late 2012, when it bought 18 assisted living communities (and 1,322 licensed beds) in North Carolina from a joint... Read More »
KeyBank Arranges Acquisition Financing For New Tulsa Community

KeyBank Arranges Acquisition Financing For New Tulsa Community

Three years after it opened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an 86-unit assisted living/memory care community sold to an undisclosed buyer. To fund the purchase, Monique Bimler of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged a $13 million, or $149,400 per unit, Freddie Mac loan, with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Legend Senior Living had developed the community (its third in the Tulsa MSA) in 2014 with 68 AL and 18 MC units. The total development cost was about $13 million, so assuming the refinance was valued at around 70% loan-to-cost, Legend certainly added value to the community, most likely to over $200,000 per unit. Amenities like a theater, private dining room, massage/therapy room... Read More »