• 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 »
Meridian Capital Group On Track for Another Big Year

Meridian Capital Group On Track for Another Big Year

The seniors housing and healthcare team at Meridian Capital Group has already had quite the year, reaching $1.3 billion in closed transactions so far. That total is spread across 41 deals in 22 states. Well done to Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson. Some of the recent highlights include an $80 million acquisition financing and a $7.5 million AR line closed for five skilled nursing facilities totaling 740 beds in Pennsylvania. The acquisition loans didn’t stop there, with the team also arranging $38.5 million in financing for a borrower acquiring three SNFs and refinancing five additional facilities totaling 840 beds in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Then, in Massachusetts, the buyer of... Read More »
Newmark Knight Frank Closes Refi

Newmark Knight Frank Closes Refi

The Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) Seniors Housing team, led by David Fasano & Sarah Anderson, recently closed on a refinance for a 145-unit IL/AL/MC community located in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. A large private equity firm with significant experience in the senior living business, along with their operating partner, New Perspective Senior Living, secured financing from a large regional lender. The relationship marked the first transaction between NPSL and the lender, and this was one of the first debt transactions that the NKF team has completed start to finish since joining NKF. Read More »
Hunt Real Estate Capital Refinances Recently-Expanded Property

Hunt Real Estate Capital Refinances Recently-Expanded Property

After a recent expansion, a small assisted living community in Tremonton, Utah, is refinancing through Fannie Mae with the help of Brady Johnson, Andy Kitts and Heath Coryell of Hunt Real Estate Capital. Originally built in 1995, the 28-unit community was Utah-based SAL Management’s first acquisition, back in 2006. The company’s portfolio has now expanded beyond Utah to Arizona and Colorado, as well. At the Tremonton location, they recently opened 12 new units after completing an extensive renovation and expansion, which included updates to all areas of the building. With the project done, and the community stabilized, SAL obtained a $3.74 million refinance. Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Arranges Fannie Mae Financing

Lancaster Pollard Arranges Fannie Mae Financing

Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company, a division of ORIX Real Estate Capital, worked on behalf of a long-time client of theirs to refinance two senior living properties in Michigan. The borrower, The Brook Retirement Communities, obtained a $16 million loan through Fannie Mae’s Seniors Housing program, which provided a 12-year term, a low fixed interest rate and cash-out proceeds. Both of the communities being refinanced feature 62 units of independent living and assisted living. Brad Competty, Brendan Healy and Doug Harper led the transactions for Lancaster Pollard. Read More »
KeyBank Closes Texas Refinance

KeyBank Closes Texas Refinance

KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged a trio of HUD loans for skilled nursing properties located across Texas. The Corpus Christi facility, built in 2015 with 60 semi-private units and a 112-space parking lot, received a $16 million loan. Opened in 2009 and renovated in 2019, again with 60 semi-private rooms, the Bastrop facility obtained a $14.5 million loan. Finally, KeyBank arranged a $14 million loan for a 138-bed (69-unit) facility in San Antonio that was built in 1975 and renovated in 2013. Grant Saunders, Peter Trazzera and John Randolph made up the KeyBank team that closed the transactions. Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

A 195-unit senior living community still in lease-up just refinanced its construction debt with the help of its advisors: Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of the Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets team. A partnership between Pike Senior Housing Partners and operator Solvere Senior Living developed the community in Hamilton, New Jersey, about 11 miles from Princeton, at a cost of $59.1 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. They opened the independent living units first, in November 2017, and followed that up with the licensed assisted living and memory care units in April 2018. Rents begin at $2,800 for IL, $3,950 for AL and $5,600 for MC. Occupancy is... Read More »