• Live Oak and Berkadia Team Up on Bridge Loan

    Live Oak Bank recently closed a $34.3 million bridge loan in partnership with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for a two-property portfolio owned and operated by BrightSpace Senior Living. The communities are located in the Nashville, Tennessee, and Boise, Idaho MSAs. The loan was structured in an A/B arrangement, with Berkadia funding the... Read More »
  • California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

    Lument closed two HUD loans totaling $20.7 million to refinance two memory care communities in northern California. Doug Harper, managing director at Lument, co-originated the loan with Grant Goodman of G Capital. The two communities are Crescent Oaks Memory Care, which features 22 units and 36 beds in Sunnyvale, and Silver Oaks Memory Care,... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

    Berkadia closed the sale of two separate assets in Florida and Georgia. First, Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in the sale of a CCRC in South Florida. The property appears to be Abbey Delray, a 505-unit community originally built in 1979 in Delray Beach that features 327 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 30... Read More »
  • Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

    Fortress Investment Group just purchased one of the largest rental seniors housing communities in the country, adding The Village at Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida, to its portfolio. Regionally anchored by the University of Florida and the innovative UF Health network, and located directly across from SantaFe College, the 100+ acre campus... Read More »
  • Interview with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services to talk about the findings from BBG’s annual investor survey. DeBee shares his thoughts on what was surprising about the results and highlights the points he agrees with. You can view the survey results here. Read More »
Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Oklahoma

Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Oklahoma

Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community in Tusla, Oklahoma. Originally built in 2016 as an active adult community by Avenida Partners and Carlyle Group, Cedarhurst of Woodland Hills is an independent living community with 140 units. The community has been rebranded as The Cedars at Woodland Hills, with 12 Oaks brought in to manage it. Occupancy was in the low-90s. It is in excellent condition. According to the Tulsa County Assessor’s office, it was last purchased in 2017 by an affiliate of Harbert Management Corporation for $25.872 million. The current purchase price was not disclosed, but Tremper Capital Group secured acquisition debt from a regional bank. Cody... Read More »
Prestige Group Sells West Virginia AL Asset

Prestige Group Sells West Virginia AL Asset

A small assisted living community in rural West Virginia traded hands from one local operator to another in a deal handled by Joe Shallow and Richard Natow of The Prestige Group. Originally purpose-built by a husband and wife in 2004, the community is located in Peterstown, near the Virginia border. It features 42 beds in 28 units and operates at 100% occupancy. There were some Medicaid residents, but the majority was private pay. The community was also kept in good condition over the years and operated profitably.  The owners wished to retire and engaged Prestige to sell the property. The buyer was a physical therapist that previously lived in the Northeast but had purchased another... Read More »
Private Equity Investor Acquires Stand-alone IL Community

Private Equity Investor Acquires Stand-alone IL Community

Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap closed a seniors housing deal in Standpoint, Idaho. Alpine Vista Senior Apartments comprises 55 independent living units and is the only full-service, stand-alone independent living option in Bonner and Boundary counties. The property has room for expansion, which can help meet the area’s increasing demand. The buyer was an equity investor entering the seniors space through this transaction. Read More »
Vacant Harrisburg Property Trades

Vacant Harrisburg Property Trades

Bob Gaines of Colliers facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Built in 1950 and completely remodeled within the previous eight years, Butler Street Senior Living comprises 78 assisted living beds and was vacant at the time of sale. Butler Street Senior Living LLC, affiliated with Kaplan Development Group, was the seller, and the community features 57 assisted living and 11 memory care units. A not-for-profit, LHM Hospice and Social Services, was the buyer and paid $4.8 million, or $71,000 per unit, for the community. Not a bad price for a vacant building. Read More »
NHI Acquires in New Jersey

NHI Acquires in New Jersey

National Health Investors invested $46.3 million, or $386,000 per unit, inclusive of transaction costs, for the acquisition of a seniors housing community in Bergen County, New Jersey. Juniper Village at Paramus comprises 98 assisted living and 22 memory care units. The community has been operated by Juniper Communities since February 2021. The lease has a 15-year maturity with two five-year renewal options at an initial yield of 7.95% plus annual fixed escalators.  Read More »
Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group announced a couple of transactions in Illinois and Mississippi. First was for a skilled nursing/supportive living facility in a small, rural Illinois market. The facility features over 130 SNF beds and SLF units and sold to a large owner group that invested alongside a growing owner/operator in Illinois. The skilled nursing component originally opened in 2005, and the supportive living facility was added in 2007. Many owners have cited difficulties in operating senior care facilities in rural markets as their reason to divest, which may have been the case here. But we understand the buyer has committed to maintaining continuity of resident... Read More »