Solvere Living Adds Three More Communities
After 10 years in business, Solvere Living continues to expand its portfolio of managed senior living communities, recently adding three more in Texas and Florida to bring its total to 15 properties across eight states. The Texas community is located in Plano near three major medical centers. It features 44 assisted living and 21 memory care units on a four-acre campus. Then, Solvere added two Florida facilities. One, with 83 assisted living and 38 memory care units, is located in Jensen Beach (Port St. Lucie area) and features amenities including a pool, salon, spa, putting green and an outdoor entertainment center, among others. There is also an in-house rehabilitation clinic for... Read More »
Flashback Friday: The Seniors Housing Development Boom Begins
Seven years ago, this month, the first signs of life in the seniors housing development market showed themselves after a barren few years following the depths of the Great Recession. We’re sure none of you want to get back in the recession mindset, but the myriad economic issues facing the industry meant that a construction comeback was by no means a sure thing that soon into the recovery. We detailed some of those issues too in the May issue of The SeniorCare Investor: “After all, what lender would want to take on the risk of the unknown in an uncertain economy with a still weak housing market? In addition, feasibility studies may have been able to pinpoint market demand six years... Read More »
The Transitional Care Take-Over?
We’ve written about the bifurcation in the skilled nursing market between the traditional SNFs, which tend to be older, feature smaller, semi-private rooms and heavily rely on Medicaid revenues, and the new transitional care facilities, which cater almost exclusively to the Medicare and private pay patients. These feature large private rooms and come with many of the bells and whistles of modern senior living communities. Not surprisingly, these newer properties are developed and sold at much higher values than the traditional SNFs. Indeed, according to our recently-published Skilled Nursing Acquisition & Investment Report, facilities built in the last 20 years (which would include... Read More »
CREATIVCAP Closes First Loan
Scott Kavel of Greystone fame has set up his own lending shop at CREATIVCAP, and less than two months since forming the business, he has already closed his first transaction. On behalf of Vista Pointe, an Oregon-based senior living operator, Mr. Kavel arranged $8 million in financing from a life company that featured a seven-year term and an all-in fixed interest rate under 5%. With the financing, Vista Pointe will be able to enter the Washington State market with a to-be-built, 56-unit senior living community, expected to open in early 2020. CREATIVCAP’s correspondent, GG Finance, also made a small equity investment in the project, adding to its portfolio of equity and mezzanine... Read More »
