• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »

Omega Invests in Saber Healthcare Joint Venture

Omega Healthcare Investors released its third quarter earnings and made some news when it disclosed the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in a joint venture with Saber Healthcare. The JV will own and lease 64 skilled nursing facilities that were previously wholly owned by affiliates of Saber, which will retain a 51% equity interest in the JV and is responsible for day-to-day operations. Omega issued approximately 5.5 million Omega OP Units with a fair value of $222.4 million in exchange for a 49% equity interest in the JV. Plus, Saber will need Omega’s approval for any investments, dispositions, financings and major capital expenditures. The 64 facilities held by the JV are subject to... Read More »
Health Systems as Sellers in Three Transactions

Health Systems as Sellers in Three Transactions

Cain Brothers advised on a trio of senior care transactions involving health systems as sellers, which could be a growing trend, particularly among any resource-constrained systems. Conversely, other systems may see the need to own skilled nursing beds in the future in order to control the transfer of their post-acute patients to SNFs and free up acute care beds. The first deal involved Bristol Health, a small health system in central Connecticut, selling Ingraham Manor, a skilled nursing facility in Bristol, near Hartford. Cain Brothers served as sell-side advisor on the deal, which closed on October 21. Built in 1987, Ingraham Manor has 128 beds. Bristol Health had noted there were... Read More »
Large Ohio Operator Takes on Vacant SNF Beds

Large Ohio Operator Takes on Vacant SNF Beds

Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the sale of 26 skilled nursing beds from a facility in Ohio and coordinated the repurposing of the real estate for future behavioral health services. The owners made the decision to close the facility after determining that the small size of the building prevented it from achieving the operational efficiencies and economies of scale necessary for long-term success in the long-term care industry. Patients were transitioned to the seller’s nearby facility, maintaining continuity of care. Senwell capitalized on Ohio’s limited four-year cycle for transferring beds from overbedded to underbedded counties, securing the sale of the beds to a large... Read More »
Ventas Posts Healthy Q3 With Robust Acquisition Activity

Ventas Posts Healthy Q3 With Robust Acquisition Activity

Among the earnings results trickling out this month, it will be impossible to overshadow Welltower’s announcement with $14 billion in new investment activity and another great quarter of seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) performance improvements. But Ventas reported healthy results, too, and some significant acquisition volume.  Ventas reported attributable net income per share of $0.14, up from $0.05 a year earlier for a gain of 180%. Normalized FFO per share also jumped 10% to $0.88, compared with $0.80 in Q3:24. On the operational front, the SHOP turned in a good performance, with same-store cash NOI rising 16% year-over-year to $232.4 million, led by the U.S. portfolio with a... Read More »
Large Ohio Operator Takes on Vacant SNF Beds

Senior Care Campus Components Sell to Separate Buyers

Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated two separate transactions involving the assisted living and skilled nursing components of a senior care campus in Mansfield, Ohio. The seller, a local not-for-profit, faced significant operational and financial challenges, prompting an urgent need for a transition. Senwell was engaged to identify solutions that would preserve resident care and avoid closure. Despite limited financial and operational information available, partners were identified for both assets. The assisted living community was sold to a regional assisted living operator specializing in Medicaid Waiver programs that intends to reposition the entire campus to serve waiver... Read More »
Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided $338 million in financing to affiliates of Autumn Lake Healthcare for the acquisition of 12 Maryland skilled nursing facilities with over 1,500 beds. Based in Howell, New Jersey, Autumn Lake Healthcare’s portfolio includes 66 skilled nursing facilities totaling more than 8,200 beds in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin and West Virginia.  The Maryland Commission released a notice detailing the transfer of the real property and bed rights of the following 12 facilities:  LG-OHI Frederick LLC, d/b/a Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek LG-OHI Clinton, LLC d/b/a Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bradford Oaks... Read More »