• 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 »
Oxford Finance Funds Sterling Senior Care Acquisition

Oxford Finance Funds Sterling Senior Care Acquisition

Maryland-based operator of senior care facilities across the Mid-Atlantic, Sterling Senior Care, acquired another Maryland skilled nursing facility, following its 2018 acquisition of a 129-bed Boonsboro facility for $15.55 million. The most recent transaction featured a 129-bed facility in Belkamp, located in northeast Maryland. To fund the deal, Sterling turned to Oxford Finance, which closed a term loan and a revolving line of credit for the company. With that financial flexibility going forward, we expect to hear of more acquisitions from Sterling Senior Care. Read More »
Dwight Capital Provides Two Bridge Loans

Dwight Capital Provides Two Bridge Loans

Dwight Capital closed a couple of bridge loans for skilled nursing clients in the Midwest. First up, the firm arranged a $3.77 million loan for a senior care facility in Beloit, Kansas. Built in multiple stages from 1971 to 2004, the campus includes 110 units and 116 beds of assisted living and skilled nursing. Then, in Gary, Indiana, Dwight Capital secured a $4.02 million bridge loan for a 100-bed SNF to pay off existing bank and partnership debt. It was originally built in 1969 and renovated in between 1973 and 1980. Perhaps another renovation is in store? Read More »
HJ Sims In It for the Long Haul

HJ Sims In It for the Long Haul

When a CCRC in Norfolk, Virginia wanted to launch a major $200 million expansion of its campus, it turned to its long-time partner HJ Sims to finance the project. The two go way back (to the early 2000s), with Sims structuring, placing or underwriting the initial seed capital transaction, the first phase of development financing, a refinancing in 2014 and finally, the current development financing. This transaction saw Sims arrange a $100 million draw-down bank loan, coordinating with SunTrust Bank and TD Bank. SunTrust served as administrative agent and provided $65 million of the financing. Then, Sims underwrote $101.1 million of fixed-rate bonds, resulting in over $500,000 in savings on... Read More »
Brunet and Lautner Move to Newmark Knight

Brunet and Lautner Move to Newmark Knight

Just a few months after announcing the hiring of the HFF seniors housing team to its ranks, Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) just announced that it snagged industry veterans Heidi Brunet and Lisa Lautner from Berkadia. They will join NKF as executive managing directors and will work with Sarah Anderson on the firm’s seniors housing debt and structured finance team. The duo has a combined 40 years of experience and has originated more than $8 billion in seniors housing related financings in the past seven years through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD and balance sheet lenders. With the combination of the top brokerage team last year, in terms of dollar value of sales transactions, the NKF platform... Read More »
KeyBank Refinances Western New York Properties

KeyBank Refinances Western New York Properties

A couple of seniors housing communities in western New York received Freddie Mac financing courtesy of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. Carolyn Nazdin of the firm’s Healthcare Group arranged two fixed-rate loans with 15-year terms and five-year interest-only periods. The first, at $45.8 million, was secured by a 162-unit community in Orchard Park. Built in 1992 and renovated in 2016, it consists of 114 assisted living, 32 independent living and 16 memory care units. The other $20.1 million loan went to a 96-unit assisted living/memory care community in Pittsford that was built 20 years ago. Both loans refinanced existing debt on the properties. Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Keeps the HUD Closings Coming

Lancaster Pollard Keeps the HUD Closings Coming

Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company just closed its 16th HUD financing since the government shutdown ended in January. They clearly did their leg work during the shutdown, as in the first three weeks following it, 16 of the 25 FHA 232 commitments issued by HUD went to Lancaster Pollard, for a total of $224 million in closings. The latest transaction featured a $17.3 million loan closed on behalf of Tryko Partners for its 171-bed skilled nursing facility in Brick, New Jersey. Over four years ago, Tryko had acquired the facility from Florida-based New Vision for $10 million, or under $60,000 per bed. At the time, it featured 148 skilled nursing beds and 23 assisted living units and operated... Read More »