• 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 »
Connecticut CCRC Plans Independent Living Expansion

Connecticut CCRC Plans Independent Living Expansion

A large not-for-profit CCRC located outside of Hartford, Connecticut is expanding its independent living offering with a $68 million project. Set on a 125-acre campus in the town of Simsbury, the community, owned by McLean Affiliates, currently consists of 88 independent living units split between 48 apartments, 13 villas and 27 cottages. There are also 74 assisted living/memory care units and 89 skilled nursing beds, bringing the total to 251 units/beds across the property.   However, the expansion will add 55 new IL apartments while also taking away 12 cottages. The new units will average around 1,242 square feet in size, with monthly fees coming in at about $4,184 on... Read More »
Engel Burman Opens 15th Long Island Community

Engel Burman Opens 15th Long Island Community

The Bristal Assisted Living just opened its 20th seniors housing community, and 15th on Long Island alone. The property is located in Mount Sinai, adjacent to Port Jefferson, and features 76 assisted living units and 44 memory care units within the “Reflections” neighborhood.   Engel Burman, the developer/owner, will also include a movie theater, card room and a fitness center. Programming will also include creative arts, physical fitness classes and educational seminars, among others. Residents will be able to choose from studio to two-bedroom options, with rents ranging from $5,200 a month to $8,400 per month. Plus, there will be a memory care component in... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Construction Financing for Michigan CCRC

Ziegler Secures Construction Financing for Michigan CCRC

A not-for-profit CCRC in Michigan is embarking on an independent living expansion and worked with the team at Ziegler to secure a bank bond financing to fund it. Located in the affluent suburb of East Grand Rapids, the CCRC was originally built in 1960 on a 20-acre campus. It currently consists of 170 entrance-fee independent living units, 20 rental IL units, 46 assisted living units, 35 memory care units and 29 skilled nursing beds. Recently, ownership purchased a medical office building on the northeast corner of the campus but has plans to demolish it and build 26 new independent living units with underground parking, communal areas on each floor and an outdoor patio/entertaining space.... Read More »
KeyBank Secures Financing For To-Be-Built Community

KeyBank Secures Financing For To-Be-Built Community

KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged construction financing for an affordable seniors housing community in Austin, Texas, which is expected to open in 2022. Being developed by Dallas-based Generation Housing Development and Hill Tide Partners, the project will comprise two four-story buildings and 174 total units, split between 102 one-bedroom and 72 two-bedroom apartments. Each unit will have a bathroom and range in size from 614 to 1,131 square feet. There will also be a community garden, swimming pool, community center, theater room, business center and fitness center.   Ownership will reserve 17 units for residents earning 40% of the area median income, 148 units for those earning 60%... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Two Development Sites

Joint Venture Acquires Two Development Sites

With an eye to the future, ZOM Senior Living and Watermark Retirement Communities bought two parcels of land in southeast Florida to develop a couple of seniors housing communities. Development has certainly slowed for a variety of reasons, like state and local orders, lack of financing or an abundance of caution from investors. After all, who can be sure how much lease-up projections may change in the next several years. Some developers willing to break ground today may benefit from the lack of new supply, but it will vary from market to market.   The ZOM/Watermark joint venture will first break ground later this summer on a 196-unit community in Coral Gables... Read More »
Watercrest Breaks Ground On South Carolina Senior Living Community

Watercrest Breaks Ground On South Carolina Senior Living Community

Watercrest Senior Living Group broke ground on another senior living community just a couple of months after starting work on a 98-unit senior living community in Macon, Georgia. This most recent project is located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and also comprises 76 units of assisted living and 22 units of memory care. There will be amenities like a salon and spa, plus outdoor features like verandas, fireplaces and other social gathering spaces. Residents can also benefit from the local golf courses, medical centers and entertainment of Myrtle Beach.  Just like the Georgia development, Watercrest is developing the community with equity partners Peninsula U.S. Real Estate, a private... Read More »