• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Helios Refinances Struggling SNF

Helios Refinances Struggling SNF

Unfortunately, we have seen this situation all-too often when a skilled nursing facility faces too much turnover among its senior administrative staff combined with increasing pressures from ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations), leading to operational underperformance. In those ACOs, even though they are often the low-cost care provider for post-acute patients, SNFs often feel the most reimbursement pressure, and they feel it in their operating margins. One regional operator with a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in San Bernardino County was facing these challenges plus the looming maturity of its first mortgage. So, they turned to Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Capital... Read More »
Greystone Gets Freddie Mac Funding for To-Be-Built Community

Greystone Gets Freddie Mac Funding for To-Be-Built Community

A new seniors housing community for low-income residents is being developed in Covington, Georgia, thanks to Freddie Mac financing arranged by PJ McDevitt of Greystone. Dominium Holdings, one of the largest affordable housing development/management companies in the country, is building the community, which will feature 198 total units with one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The properties will be located near the Newton County Senior Center, considered to be one of the most active senior centers in the state. That can only help both the fill-up and also the residents’ experience. Completion is expected sometime in 2021. To fund the project, Dominium obtained a $15.8 million Freddie Mac... Read More »
Berkadia Brings on the Financings

Berkadia Brings on the Financings

Berkadia announced an impressive array of financings it closed in the past three months, ranging from HUD mortgages, to Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac deals and a couple of bridge loans, all totaling nearly $160 million in volume. The largest deal was a $107.6 million Fannie Mae master credit facility closed for a portfolio of eight senior living communities in South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. Ed Williams and Rafael Nobo (serenaded with Happy Birthday last July on a flight from Chattanooga) secured the 10-year, fixed rate financing, with an interest-only period, on behalf of the portfolio’s Louisiana-based developer, owner and operator to refinance the properties, consolidate debt into... Read More »
ALP Community Obtains Financing from Monticello

ALP Community Obtains Financing from Monticello

Monticello Asset Management, a specialized private real estate and asset-based lender, asset manager and servicer, just provided $40 million in 10-year, first lien debt for an assisted living community in the Bronx, New York. The 256-bed community participates in the Assisted Living Program, which was introduced in the state around 30 years ago. In short, the ALP program provides a higher level of care (close to skilled nursing) in an assisted living setting for Medicaid residents. It’s a win for the state, which can reimburse nearly skilled nursing level care at a lower rate, and for the providers, which can take in Medicaid residents at a significantly higher rate. Even with the higher... Read More »
Capital Funding Secures Bridge Financing for Illinois Portfolio Acquisition

Capital Funding Secures Bridge Financing for Illinois Portfolio Acquisition

A portfolio of six skilled nursing facilities located throughout Illinois sold with the help of bridge financing secured by Capital Funding, LLC. Totaling 594 beds, these facilities are operated by Crown Healthcare, a family-owned company that owns and operates skilled nursing and senior living properties across five states, with its primary focus in the Ohio market. The bridge loan, originated by Craig Casagrande, funds 100% of the acquisition costs. In addition, Capital Funding financed the operations of a seventh skilled nursing facility and also provided about $5.5 million in working capital. Ultimately, they expect to refinance the debt through HUD. This deal follows Capital Funding’s... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Refinances Southwest Florida CCRC

Cushman & Wakefield Refinances Southwest Florida CCRC

Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets, in collaboration with Bridge Structured Finance, successfully refinanced a large CCRC in Venice, Florida (near Sarasota) on behalf of its owners, joint venture partners Bridge Investment Group and Freedom Management. Over four years ago, C&W originally arranged a $52 million secured term loan and a revolving line of credit from Capital One to both recapitalize the property and provide for future renovations. Built in phases from 1999 to 2015, the property currently features 436 independent living, 19 assisted living and 36 memory care units across four main buildings, in addition to 47 separate villas. Residents have both... Read More »