• 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 »
Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator opted to maintain its independent living status to avoid the regulatory hurdles that come with licensure conversion.  The buyer aligned with the seller’s vision for the community, and intends to focus on operational efficiencies and incremental improvements. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint represented the undisclosed... Read More »
National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay seniors housing. NHI also announced that it sold a few assets during the quarter and acquired two separate portfolios. In January, National Health Investors sold a 42-unit senior living campus in Michigan for $6.7 million, and in February, the company acquired nine assisted living communities in Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. Berkadia handled... Read More »
Large SNF Portfolio Trades in Alabama

Large SNF Portfolio Trades in Alabama

A large skilled nursing portfolio traded hands in Alabama with the help of Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Advisors. A Florida-based group divested the 11 facilities, which comprise 1,205 beds. At the time of sale, the portfolio was cash flowing and operating at a healthy occupancy, but still offered upside potential. The buyer was an East Coast healthcare company with an existing skilled nursing and assisted living footprint.  Read More »
Not-for-Profit Sells Class-A Campus to Not-for-Profit

Not-for-Profit Sells Class-A Campus to Not-for-Profit

Crest View Senior Communities divested Crest View Senior Community at Blaine, a 164-unit full-continuum campus in a northern suburb of the Twin Cities that was built in 2015. Catholic Eldercare, a not-for-profit senior living organization based in the state, was selected as the buyer, as it aligned with Crest View’s goal of keeping the community with a faith-based provider. This is the eighth community in Catholic Eldercare’s owned/managed northeast Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs portfolio. Catholic Eldercare also plans to take over management of Columbia Village, a HUD 202 apartment building in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, also owned by Crest View. Ziegler represented Crest View, and... Read More »
High-Performing Assisted Living Community Sells

High-Performing Assisted Living Community Sells

A regional owner/operator with an established presence in the Southeast acquired a high-performing assisted living community in North Carolina. Built in 1988, Autumnfield of Belhaven encompasses 32 units with 64 beds and was operating at strong occupancy at the time of sale. The seller had made meaningful capital improvements to the physical plant prior to going to market, and the asset sits in a supply-constrained market largely due to North Carolina’s Certificate of Need framework.  There is significant upside potential for the buyer, who aligned with the seller’s timeline and long-term vision for the community. Evans Senior Investments represented the seller, an independent... Read More »
Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin.  The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing units, with the portfolio totaling 55 independent living and 68 assisted living units, and 32 memory care beds. There are a large number of high-quality properties that were newer included in the portfolio. The company already had a strong presence in Texas, so there will be opportunity for synergies. The real estate was acquired by subsidiaries of... Read More »