• Stand-Alone MC Community Trades in Arizona

    Blueprint represented an institutional seller in the sale of its stand-alone memory care community in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona MSA. Built in 2009, the asset features 48 units with 60 beds and received approximately $2 million in recent capital improvements. There is opportunity for occupancy growth and rental rate optimization. ... Read More »
  • Clarion Partners Continues Its Acquisition Streak

    Clarion Partners continued on its acquisition streak, adding two communities in California to its growing portfolio. The latest deal featured The Commons on Thornton and The Commons at Union Ranch, two seniors housing communities totaling 198 units in California’s Central Valley. They were previously owned and operated by MBK Senior Living, which... Read More »
  • Multiple Senior Care Acquisition Financings Close

    M&A transactions are getting done at a near-historic pace, and CIBC Bank USA recently financed three deals. The largest was $43.3 million in acquisition financing for two senior care assets in the Nashville area of Tennessee. The properties include a combined 310 independent living units, 273 skilled nursing beds and 93 assisted living/memory... Read More »
  • Olympus Retirement Living Expands

    The Zett Group closed the sale of a 63-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Boise, Idaho market. Set in the town of Emmett, Meadow View Senior Living was trending positively in its operations, but there was still some work to be done. An owner/operator engaged Blake Bozett and Spud Batt to sell the community to an undisclosed buyer.... Read More »
  • Large Senior Care Portfolio Trades Hands

    A portfolio comprising senior care assets across Washington State recently sold with the help of JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage. At first, only one of the assets was brought to market, but an offer emerged for the entire nine-facility portfolio. The price for the skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living campuses ranged... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing Opens Community In Chicagoland

Capitol Seniors Housing Opens Community In Chicagoland

Capitol Seniors Housing opened a brand-new assisted living/memory care community in Chicago’s Highland Park neighborhood to be operated by Atria Senior Living. What’s the name for the new community? Appropriately, it’s Atria Highland Park.  This property was designed by Richmond, Virginia-based Mosely Architects and Austin, Texas-based Studio Six 5, and features 72,000 total square feet in three stories. There are 86 units, 22 of which are in a separate memory care neighborhood that also features a salon. Other amenities across the community include a theater, art studio, fitness center and a wellness center offering health checkups and monitoring. That probably reduces the stress of not... Read More »
Greystar Develops New Florida Community

Greystar Develops New Florida Community

Greystar Real Estate Partners announced the development of a new 55+ active adult community in Winter Garden, Florida. Situated near numerous shopping, dining and entertainment options, the community will feature 180 units, divided between 110 one-bedroom and 70 two-bedroom units.   There are also more than 9,000 square feet of amenities, including a clubhouse with a private wine room, a covered patio, swimming pool, dog park and golf cart trails. Finally, food options will include a communal food hall and brewery concept, along with multiple restaurant options, a rooftop bar and significant outdoor seating along Lake Hancock.   It will be called Overture Hamlin, joining two... Read More »
Gardner Capital Invests In Midwest Seniors Housing Properties

Gardner Capital Invests In Midwest Seniors Housing Properties

Family-owned private equity firm Gardner Capital made a couple of investments in the senior apartment market, both in the Midwest. First, the company and partner Housing Authority of Elgin developed a brand-new community in West Dundee, Illinois, with 61 units set aside for low-income seniors. And according to Gardner Capital, this is just the first of several projects planned for the Chicago area.  The community features one-bedroom units with 735 square feet and two-bedroom units with 892 square feet. Omaha, Nebraska-based Seldin Company will operate it, adding the property to its large presence in the central United States, including in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,... Read More »
Watercrest Opens Senior Living Community In South Carolina

Watercrest Opens Senior Living Community In South Carolina

Watercrest Senior Living Group is opening another seniors housing community in the Southeast just a couple of months after announcing the grand opening of its 107-unit community in Winter Park, Florida, and the groundbreaking of another 98-unit community in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. To open a new community these days must be a difficult task, let alone two, so we hope lease-up is going smooth and steady.  The most recent project is located in Lancaster, South Carolina, on the outskirts of Charlotte, NC. It features 107 units, split between 75 assisted living and 32 memory care, and most of the amenities you would find at a Watercrest community: pool, spa, multiple dining... Read More »
Inter-Generational Development Going Up In Milwaukee

Inter-Generational Development Going Up In Milwaukee

Funding was just secured for a multi-generational living complex going up next to Mount Mary University, a women’s Catholic college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Senior Housing Partners, an affiliate of the not-for-profit Presbyterian Homes & Services, is developing the $45 million project in partnership with the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), Milwaukee Catholic Home and the University. Work on the site is expected to begin in September, with opening tentatively planned for Fall 2021. What plans aren’t tentative these days?  The campus will include 52 private assisted living units for the sisters of SSND, 24 dormitory units for single mothers... Read More »
HJ Sims Funds CCRC Expansion Project in North Carolina

HJ Sims Funds CCRC Expansion Project in North Carolina

HJ Sims has a long history with the SearStone Retirement Community, a CCRC in Cary, North Carolina, and recently closed another financing for the property. Sponsored by Samaritan Housing, Inc., the community currently consists of 131 independent living units, 38 IL estate homes, 14 assisted living units and 25 skilled nursing beds.   HJ Sims originally financed the first phase of the CCRC with a $117 million non-rated fixed rate bond issue in 2012. Then, the investment bank funded an expansion in 2016 with an $8 million issue. HJ Sims also provided the original seed capital, and the funds to advance refund the 2012 issue, and provided a portion of the pre-development capital for a Phase II... Read More »