Alternative Use Investor Acquires in Virginia
An alternative use investor bought a small memory care community in Williamsburg, Virginia. For some communities, the original layout is simply not conducive to strong operations, whether it be too many studio units, jack-and-jill bathrooms or an inefficient design. Originally built in 2017, this community features three separate cottages with 16 private units in each. That pod model created operational challenges due to staffing regulations from the state, and despite renovating each building in 2022 and 2023, the previous owner, after just three years of ownership, decided to sell. That seller, English Meadows, had acquired the community in 2021 for reportedly more than $5.5 million, or... Read More »
Public REIT Divests to National Owner/Operator
Blueprint was engaged by a public REIT in the sale of a 159-bed skilled nursing facility near downtown Huntsville, Alabama, less than two miles from two prominent hospitals. Recent physical plant upgrades have enhanced the facility’s amenities. The REIT is divesting due to the facility being the only remaining asset its tenant operated in the state. While the facility once boasted a healthy NOI with strong margin, it struggled to recover to historical levels. However, its strong past performance and the growth of the Huntsville MSA helped garner attention from national and local owner/operators, public REITs and private equity buyers across the country. Blueprint procured seven competitive... Read More »
Ensign Acquires in Wisconsin
Blueprint represented a not-for-profit client in the divestment of its seniors housing community in Wausau, Wisconsin. Founded in 1980 by the Diocese of La Crosse and acquired by Benedictine in 2012, Benedictine Living Community – Wausau comprises 82 skilled nursing and long-term care beds. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint handled the transaction, positioning the value-add offering with distinct and material paths to upside. Blueprint marketed the offering to not-for-profit and for-profit providers, procuring five competitive offers from for-profit investors, owner/operators and REITs. The Ensign Group was ultimately selected as the buyer and rebranded the community as... Read More »
New Buyer for Struggling Long Island CCRC
After New York State torpedoed the sale of a long-struggling CCRC in Port Washington, New York, to LCS in October, citing “a lack of required financial transparency” among other objections, the property has a new buyer. The Harborside, formerly Amsterdam of Harborside, opened in 2010 as a 329-unit, not-for-profit community and filed for bankruptcy in 2014 and again in 2021. It was roughly half occupied and owed millions of entrance fee refunds to the families of deceased residents. Under the terms of LCS’s bid, the company would pay $63 million to the bondholders and an unknown amount of entrance fee refunds. Another $40.8 million in refund payments would also come from the planned... Read More »
