• Investment Firm Acquires in Missouri

    Investment firm Lapis Advisers purchased a seniors housing asset out of state receivership in Kansas City, Missouri. The CCRC was distressed, having struggled with COVID-related challenges as well as a limited access to capital in recent years.  Kingswood Senior Living features 185 independent living (65 of which are large duplex cottages),... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Sells Community with Strong Momentum

    A global real estate investment firm sold an independent living community in Iowa, engaging Blueprint’s Kory Buzin, Dillon Rudy and Steve Thomes to get the deal done. Built in 2002, the four-story community features 121 units, mostly with two-bedroom options. It appears to be The Arbordale in Urbandale, which was acquired in 2020 by Omaha,... Read More »
  • Large Operator Adds Turnaround Campus to Portfolio

    A senior care campus in Ohio found a new owner with the help of Kiser Group. Set on 26 acres in a rural market east of Cleveland, the property features 76 skilled nursing beds, five assisted living units and three independent living units. It was originally built in 1950 but expanded through multiple additions between 1965 and 2001.  At the time... Read More »
  • Texas Skilled Nursing Portfolio Sells

    A portfolio of skilled nursing facilities traded hands in Texas before the end of the year. There are two assets in the Lubbock area and two in Central Texas that are located northwest of Austin. They comprise more than 430 beds, with between 100 to 120 beds at each of the four facilities. Three of the buildings were constructed in the 1970s, and... Read More »
  • CIBC Bank’s Recent Activity

    CIBC Bank USA closed an impressive array of transactions in the last several months, totaling more than $800 million in credit facilities across the country. The largest transaction was an $85 million (with earn-outs) debt package for a senior care portfolio in the Northeast. The debt included a senior term loan and a mezzanine loan to refinance... Read More »

Expanding in Houston

Not to be left behind by the ever expanding senior housing market in the Houston metro area, three existing retirement communities are planning significant additions which would expand both their size and continuum of care through a variety of services. The Buckingham, a 323-unit senior living community consisting of 204 independent living apartments, 43 assisted living units, 16 memory care suites and 60 private skilled nursing rooms, was built in 2005, but after reaching full capacity, they sought to fill a growing need for senior care in the area. The $56 million expansion, which will cost about $300,000 per unit, will add an additional 104 IL apartments, 33 AL suites, 18 memory care... Read More »

Two new senior facilities for Twin Falls, Idaho

Two developers—Grace Assisted Living and Peter Candy—have committed $8 million and $10 million, respectively, to build new senior facilities in Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls, about 100 miles southeast of Boise, is the state’s seventh-largest city (pop. 45,000) and the fastest-growing city in south-central Idaho. The combination of an aging population—about 20% of local workers are 55 or older—and a shortage of retirement facility options made Twin Falls attractive to the two developers. Grace Assisted Living, based in Boise, is investing $8 million in a 78,000 square-foot, 85-unit assisted living facility that is expected to open in spring 2015. Grace Assisted Living currently operates 16... Read More »

Bright Oaks Group investing big in Chicagoland and Florida

Bright Oaks Group plans to develop 20 assisted living communities in suburban Chicago and elsewhere in the Upper Midwest, along with 20 communities in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast. Four new developments already under construction in Illinois and an additional five in Florida represent about $200 million of the $500 million that Bright Oaks plans to invest in new assisted living projects over the next several years. The company’s first project, Bright Oaks of Aurora (IL), will offer 36 assisted living and 24 memory-care units when it opens in winter 2015. Bright Oaks, a privately held development company founded in 2013, is collaborating with Ecumen and Autumn Senior Living on... Read More »

Maplewood Senior Living launches new Connecticut project

A 27-acre plot in Southport, Connecticut, will be the site of Maplewood Senior Living’s next assisted living and memory-care community. Maplewood at Southport will be a traditional assisted living/memory-care residence and luxurious in every sense. The design of the 92,000-square-foot, 98-unit community will evoke the tradition of rambling Adirondack and coastal New England resorts of the early 20th century, iconic themes that should blend well in the upscale Mill Hill neighborhood in which the land is situated. The focal point of the Southport property, which is also adjacent to Mill Hill Elementary School, is nature—old-growth trees, flowering plants, and native wildlife such as deer and... Read More »

Rental CCRC coming to Raleigh, North Carolina

Site work is underway on what will be Raleigh’s first licensed, rental CCRC. The Cardinal at North Hills will be breaking ground soon. Once complete, the new community will offer month-to-month rental units—unlike most CCRCs, which require an entrance-fee contract. The Cardinal will have 165 independent living residences, plus 60 on-site private apartments licensed for assisted living, memory care, and nursing care. Residents will have direct access from their buildings to a secure, underground parking garage and to the 35,000 square foot clubhouse, which will have appropriate spaces for social, spiritual, and vocational activities, as well as multiple dining venues: the main dining room... Read More »

Three New MorningStar projects underway in Arizona, Colorado

Denver-based MorningStar Senior Living has broken ground on three new assisted living/memory care communities: one in Arizona and two in Colorado. 1. MorningStar at Arrowhead is an $18 million project on six acres in Glendale, Arizona. The new community will have 60 assisted living suites and 25 units devoted to memory care. The project is a joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar Senior Living and Real Capital Solutions, a Louisville, Colorado-based investment firm. OZ Architecture of Denver designed the project. 2. MorningStar of Fort Collins, also an $18 million project, will offer 55 suites for assisted living and 23 memory-care units. The project, designed by architectural... Read More »