• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Institutional Investor Acquires Oklahoma SNF at Record Price

Institutional Investor Acquires Oklahoma SNF at Record Price

A private investor looking to exit the skilled nursing business to focus on other ventures recently sold its Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, asset. The building is one of the newest skilled nursing facilities in the state.  The facility had a strong census at the time of sale, but there was some upside with a shift in the operating model. Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate handled the deal, highlighting the potential for a new buyer to add value to a skilled nursing facility with a high-quality physical plant in a prime location. An institutional investor ultimately secured the opportunity, engaging an operator with a focus on short-term stay skilled nursing and with which it has... Read More »
PE Firm Sells Community in Texas

PE Firm Sells Community in Texas

A seniors housing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA recently traded with the help of Nick Stahler, Austin Diamond and Hap Knowles of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The large community, which features more than 200 units and 230,000 square feet, includes 163 independent living, 42 assisted living 15 and memory care units. Built in 1982, it had recently benefitted from physical improvements, and while occupancy was improving and recently surpassed 50%, there is still work to do to stabilize the asset. It was sold by a mid-sized private equity firm that had operated the community through a third party management platform.  Hap Knowles served as the referring... Read More »
DST Investor Buys Idaho MC Community

DST Investor Buys Idaho MC Community

A leading DST investor recently acquired a memory care community in northern Idaho. Set in the town of Rathdrum, about 25 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington, Generations Memory Care features 48 private units and is managed by Senior Services of America, an experienced regional operator with 15 properties in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. It was built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013. It had previously sold in 2017 for $8 million, or $166,700 per unit, to an investment group based in northern California. 1031 CF Properties acquired the community for an undisclosed amount and plans to invest in operational enhancements and capital improvements intended to optimize occupancy,... Read More »
Thrive Adds Three Assets in Georgia

Thrive Adds Three Assets in Georgia

Thrive Senior Living grew its presence in its home state of Georgia, with the addition of three seniors housing communities. Developed by the Sawyer family between 2019 and 2022, the communities operated under the At Home Senior Living brand and are located in Cochran, Thomson and Jesup. Beginning in 2024, Thrive partnered with the Sawyer family to operate the communities, with the idea of eventually bringing the communities into the Thrive portfolio. All three communities were strong performers, with occupancy around 94%. Prior to Thrive’s operational partnership, Shanna Dupree led operations for At Home Senior Living, and was a principal and owner in the communities. Dupree has now... Read More »
West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid $12.5 million, or $181,200 per bed. Next, Orion sold a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Northern California, in another value-add transaction. He represented an owner/operator, which sold the facility for $11.4 million, or $115,200 per bed. Also, in California, Orion arranged a land sale featuring 2.2 acres in Reseda to Meta Housing for $9.35... Read More »
Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living units.  Tuscan Gardens of Palm Coast, LLC was placed in receivership as of June 2023 after its owner, Tuscan Gardens Senior Living Communities, Inc. (run by CEO Larry Pino, Esq.), failed to establish an approximately $1.55 million reserve fund, as formally requested by the master trustee (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association) in February... Read More »