Brookdale Closes Two Portfolio Acquisitions
Brookdale Senior Living announced the closing of two portfolio acquisitions, completing the three-portfolio, 41-property acquisition plan initially announced in September 2024. Through ownership of these communities, including the 11-property portfolio acquisition completed in December 2024, Brookdale is coming closer to its year-end goal of owning more than 75% of its consolidated unit count. In one deal, Brookdale acquired five communities (686 units) previously leased from Welltower for $175 million, or $255,100 per unit. Averaging around 25 years in age, the communities are primarily located in affluent or very affluent markets and together comprise 270 independent living units, 170... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Closes Colorado Deal
Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion, Tony Cassie and Sam Thompson recently facilitated the sale of a struggling, Class-A, 134-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Denver metro area. The community first opened in 2016, financed via Series 2017A and 2017B tax-exempt state bonds, and it is still among the newest senior living assets in its market. The seller, a regional not-for-profit CCRC owner/operator, took over management in late 2023 on an interim basis as part of a not-for-profit merger. They, along with the bondholders, exclusively engaged Walker & Dunlop for the deal team’s bond-financed and non-profit asset disposition experience, to execute the transaction for all... Read More »
Ensign Grows Again
The Ensign Group announced two separate transactions that closed on the same day involving several assets. First, Ensign acquired the real estate and operations of Citrus Heights Respiratory and Rehabilitation, a 204-bed skilled nursing facility, and Springdale Village Post Acute, a 122-bed skilled nursing facility, both in Mesa, Arizona. The real estate was acquired by a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc. Ensign next acquired the real estate and operations of Polaris Extended Care and Polaris Transitional Care, a skilled nursing facility with 146 beds in Anchorage, Alaska; Horizon House, a 90-unit seniors housing community in Anchorage, Alaska; Mt. Angel Health and... Read More »
Oxford Finance Closes Major Credit Facility
Oxford Finance closed a $256.85 million senior credit facility for a client in California. Proceeds were primarily used to refinance four skilled nursing facilities featuring 356 total beds and acquire thirteen skilled nursing facilities with 1,451 total beds across the state. The acquired portfolio featured facilities built from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, with occupancy in the low- to mid-90s. They were previously owned by a third-party real estate owner and an owner/operator that was retiring. A regional owner/operator was the buyer and had a strong existing relationship with Oxford. The transaction closed just 20 days after term sheets were signed. Read More »
