• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
DHC Announces A New President

DHC Announces A New President

Diversified Healthcare Trust announced that with its failed merger with Office Properties Income Trust (both companies are managed by The RMR Group) it would be making changes to its board and executive leadership team. Well, President and CEO Jennifer Francis is retiring at the end of the year, to be replaced by Christopher Bilotto, an executive vice president of The RMR Group and current president and COO of Office Properties Income Trust. If the aforementioned merger had been completed, Bilotto was set to lead the combined companies. Francis had been a part of Diversified Healthcare Trust’s (DHC) senior management team since 2018 and was a managing trustee since 2021. She will continue... Read More »
New Seniors Housing Community Coming to Virginia

New Seniors Housing Community Coming to Virginia

Hoffman & Associates and Experience Senior Living are teaming up to develop a seniors housing community in Northern Virginia, with opening expected sometime during fourth quarter 2026. The Reserve at Falls Church is set to be 15 stories with over 200 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The community will have numerous amenities such as a spa with a saltwater pool, a sky bar and electric vehicle transportation services. It will be located within the 10-acre West Falls mixed-use development that’s currently underway. West Falls will feature apartments, condominiums, shops, restaurants, service retailers, a hotel and a medical office building, plus a central... Read More »
Strawberry Fields REIT Reports Q3 Earnings

Strawberry Fields REIT Reports Q3 Earnings

Strawberry Fields REIT released its third quarter results, and it featured some good and could-be-better news. First, to the positive news, the REIT collected 100% of its contractual rents during quarter three, something other REITs have not been so lucky to experience. Revenues did increase, however, NOI decreased year over year from $9.3 million to $4.7 million for several reasons on the expense side.  First, general and administrative expenses increased by 113.7%, mostly due to non-capitalized expenses related to the acquisition of Indiana senior care campuses. Next, interest expense increased by 14.6%, primarily because of additional debt service related to Series D Bonds and an... Read More »
From AL/MC to Behavioral Health

From AL/MC to Behavioral Health

Blueprint’s Behavioral Healthcare and Seniors Housing teams were brought on by a regional seniors housing owner looking to lease its vacant assisted living/memory care community in Tennessee.  Because the community was empty, Blueprint could effectively market the asset as both seniors housing and behavioral healthcare conversion candidates. Blueprint recommended the owner deploy a behavioral healthcare marketing strategy given strong demand within Brentwood. Lease rate, term, credit and certainty of execution were all considered for the incoming tenant. The owner received three strong offers before selecting a regional behavioral healthcare provider. The owner and incoming tenant... Read More »
60 Seconds with Monroe: Are We Getting Too Big Again?

60 Seconds with Monroe: Are We Getting Too Big Again?

One of the consequences of the pandemic, one of many, is that the differentiation between the best operators and the not so good has been increasingly exposed. And of course, investors will seek out the best to manage their properties. But as this happens, the operators who are doing a good or even great job today will start to be spread too thin. Managing 20 communities is a lot different than 50, 100 or more. You can have the procedures and policies in place for 100 properties, but you do start to lose that personal touch, especially if the CEO is very hands on. With REITs and other investors doubling down on either their best operators, or finding others that they perceive to be top... Read More »
Strawberry Fields REIT Reports Q3 Earnings

Are Cap Rates Set To Rise in 2024?

In a recent survey conducted by Cushman & Wakefield, 68% of respondents anticipate a sustained increase in capitalization rates over the next year, expressing concern over debt market liquidity, which is the primary worry for 51% of participants. The majority of respondents, 49%, are pursuing core-plus investment strategies, while 34% focus on opportunistic or distressed investments, expecting around $18 billion in sector-specific loan maturities within the next 24 months. Notably, 33% of participants are targeting need-driven segments, particularly assisted living. There’s a notable compression in basis point spreads between the going-in capitalization rate and terminal capitalization... Read More »