• Stride Bank’s Recent Activity

    We learned of a number of recent financings provided by Stride Bank for senior care facilities across the country. First, the bank refinanced multiple assets in New Mexico and West Texas. The relationship with this particular borrower began in June 2023 (through Clint Miller of Ziegler) when it was looking to execute a bridge-to-HUD strategy and... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires AL/MC Portfolio in Ohio

    A northeastern Ohio portfolio of assisted living/memory care communities sold out of receivership, with the help of Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Dubbed “The Lantern Group Portfolio,” the three communities feature a combined 220 units, split between 135 assisted living and 85 memory care units. Built in 1960, Lantern of Madison... Read More »
  • Spyglass Healthcare Secures Financing

    A growing skilled nursing owner/operator is priming itself for further growth with a new revolving credit facility structured by Grant Goodman of G Capital. Bay Area-based Spyglass Healthcare currently has six facilities in its Northern California portfolio, and it obtained the financing to fund working capital, future acquisitions and general... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

    Harrison Street and Dial Retirement Communities secured a refinance for their seniors housing property in Batavia, Illinois (Chicagoland). The Landings, which opened in Spring 2021, features 142 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was very well occupied, at 96% with a waitlist. The borrowers wished to refinance the... Read More »
  • Change Coming To Life Care Centers of America

    What is happening at Life Care Centers of America is a great example of how not to establish a succession plan, especially when it involves one of the largest privately owned senior care companies in the country. The company was founded by Forest Preston nearly 75 years ago, and he remains the CEO and sole shareholder of a company that is... Read More »
CCRC Switches From Not-For-Profit to Private Hands

CCRC Switches From Not-For-Profit to Private Hands

Ziegler facilitated the sale of a not-for-profit, Episocopal Church-based, rental CCRC in Waterford Township, Michigan. Built in 1994, Canterbury on the Lake is a 273-bed/unit senior living campus with seniors housing and skilled nursing services. Nick Glaisner handled the transaction, which closed on October 31. The campus encountered obstacles with the physical plant over the past year, compounded by a difficult economic climate. Ziegler identified a group of qualified buyers capable of managing the campus and absorbing interim operational losses until the transaction was completed. The acquiring party, a private owner/operator based in Lakewood, New Jersey, took over as interim manager... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Buys Richmond Communities

Not-for-Profit Buys Richmond Communities

Blueprint’s Brooks Blackmon, Kory Buzin and Lauren Nagle handled the sale of two assisted living/memory care communities in Richmond, Virginia. A national owner/operator decided to divest the properties, which could improve their occupancies. Average revenue per occupied room did remain near $8,000. Opened in 2004 and 2015, respectively, Spring Arbor of Richmond offers 70 units of assisted living and memory care while Spring Arbor Cottage of Richmond offers 48 units of memory care. The ultimate buyer emerged from a healthy bidder pool spanning private equity, local and regional operators, and there were five offers before a regional not-for-profit owner/operator was selected in an all-cash... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: October Broke the Monthly M&A Record

60 Seconds with Swett: October Broke the Monthly M&A Record

For those of us who track the seniors housing and care M&A market, October was like drinking from a firehose from the start of the month to the finish. And an active earnings week kicked things into another gear. We have to start with the 73 deals made public throughout October, which is still a preliminary number that we expect to rise, but also a record for any month, ever. That is just the sixth month ever that has surpassed 60 transactions, and only the second to surpass 70. Annualized, it also equates to 876 deals. We don’t expect that to continue, especially with earnings skewing October’s numbers slightly, but we could be entering a new era of transaction activity. The previous... Read More »
JLL Capital Markets Handles CPF Divestment

JLL Capital Markets Handles CPF Divestment

On Thursday, Ventas had announced its acquisition of 20 seniors housing communities from Chicago Pacific Founders, one of the largest deals of the year so far, at $725 million, or $244,000 per unit in cash. Now, JLL Capital Markets has revealed that it represented CPF in the transaction.  JLL’s Jay Wagner had this to say on the deal: “As one of the largest seniors housing transactions closed year to date, it is a meaningful indicator that appetite for scaled seniors housing portfolios is back.” With other nine-figure deals like CareTrust REIT’s acquisition of 31 skilled nursing facilities for $500 million, The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies’ acquisition of the Clarendale Portfolio... Read More »
Ventas Continues To Roll & Announces Major Acquisition

Ventas Continues To Roll & Announces Major Acquisition

Ventas (VTR) posted one of its best quarters in a while for the third quarter, especially on the occupancy front. Year-over-year third quarter same-community occupancy increased by 350 basis points to 87.0% for its 488 communities that were owned in both quarters. Year to date for the first three quarters same-community occupancy increased by 310 basis points. Both numbers far exceed the general market, as disclosed by NIC MAP. This will be important as the operators in the Ventas portfolio begin to enter the winter months. The good news is that they are not seeing any decrease in census so far in the fourth quarter, a typically slow quarter for census increases. Cash net operating income... Read More »
Guardian Healthcare Bankruptcy Sale Approved

Guardian Healthcare Bankruptcy Sale Approved

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has approved the sale of eight Guardian Healthcare-owned skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania (seven facilities) and Fairmont, West Virginia to GBK Eight LLC. The eight facilities total 587 beds. Additionally, the Court had previously agreed to the operational transfer of 11 leased facilities, two of which include personal care homes, to Oxford Valley Health. That transfer was completed on October 29. Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of the eight facilities, while Saul Ewing LLP served as restructuring counsel, and EisnerAmper LLP served as restructuring adviser to the debtors. Those eight... Read More »