Monarch Advisors Finances Two Texas Transactions
Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors helped finance a couple of Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s latest deals in Texas, which we highlighted last week. Cascades Healthcare, a Provo, Utah-based owner/operator, announced two separate acquisitions for four total skilled nursing facilities in Texas for a combined 26.545 million, or 41,400 per bed. Mr. Blanc secured a $21 million acquisition loan from a national commercial finance company to support the deal. There is also a $3.5 million earn-out feature that brings the loan-to-cost to around 92%. We’re not seeing leverage like that very often these days. The loan comes with a three-year term and interest only payments for the first two years.... Read More »
National Health Investors Expands Navion Relationship
National Health Investors expanded its relationship with Navion Senior Solutions, announcing an acquisition, funding of a community expansion project and funding of a corporate loan for the operator to put towards future development costs. The investments total approximately $13.2 million. First, NHI acquired a 48-unit assisted living/memory care community in Manchester, Tennessee, adding it to an existing master lease with Navion which has a 12-year maturity, 2.5% annual escalators, and two five-year extensions. The community was purchased for $6.5 million, or $135,400 per unit, excluding about $100,000 of closing costs. That results in an initial yield of 7.5%. NHI also provided... Read More »
Welltower Announces Investments, Credit Facilities & a New Hire
Welltower came out with a flurry of announcements yesterday, all significant and all seemingly good news. To start, John Burkart was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and will start on July 19. Already ensconced in the REIT world, Mr. Burkart comes from the multifamily sector, having spent 25 years at Essex Property Trust where he rose to Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. At Welltower, he will assume responsibilities for platform-wide operations, asset and portfolio management, data analytics, research and joint venture partnerships, utilizing a data-driven approach to drive platform efficiencies, capital allocation decisions and... Read More »
CIBC Bank USA Refinances California Portfolio
CIBC Bank USA recently closed a $76 million transaction for a California-based operator to refinance acquisition debt on three formerly distressed properties in the Golden State. Those properties include two skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community. The deal included a $60 million term loan and a $16 million working capital facility. The term loan will also help support the company’s overall balance sheet, while the working capital will be used across the 13 properties and more than 1,000 beds in the operator’s portfolio. Read More »