• 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 »
Lancaster Pollard Closes Bridge Loan Trifecta

Lancaster Pollard Closes Bridge Loan Trifecta

Lancaster Pollard’s bridge lending program got a good workout in the new year with three new closings. The team of Scott Blount, Chris Mauger, Brian Cafarella and Eric Sengpiel closed the largest transaction, which totaled $12 million, on behalf of Advanced Healthcare Management to acquire a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Southaven, Mississippi. A local hospital looking to exit the SNF business was the seller. That same team from Lancaster Pollard also closed a $6.7 million bridge loan for a 107-bed skilled nursing facility in Welsh, Louisiana. The transaction refinanced existing debt and capital improvement costs, and also provided some equity cash out. Finally, Mr. Mauger and Kyle... Read More »
Capital One Secures Refinance of Illinois Assisted Living Community

Capital One Secures Refinance of Illinois Assisted Living Community

Five years after acquiring a 154-bed assisted living community in Park Ridge, Illinois, Cascade Capital Group (with Legacy Healthcare as its operating partner) is refinancing with the help of Capital One. Joshua Rosen originated the HUD loan, which totaled $15.1 million, came with a 35-year term and replaced conventional bank debt. In the years since acquiring the facility, Cascade had extensively renovated the community, which now has a five-star rating from CMS. The transaction recoups capital expenditures and partner debt, and frees up cash for Cascade to pursue other projects. Read More »
Berkadia’s Big End-of-Year Closing

Berkadia’s Big End-of-Year Closing

Berkadia headed out of 2018 with a bang, closing a credit facility that totaled more than $200 million. Secured by 19 senior living communities owned by Capital Senior Living Corporation, the facility came with both fixed and variable interest rates, a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule financed through Fannie Mae. Approximately $150.8 million of the debt had the fixed rate and over $50.2 million featured the variable rate. Berkadia’s Lisa Lautner originated the transaction, closing right before Christmas. Read More »
CBRE Secures HUD Construction Financing in Illinois

CBRE Secures HUD Construction Financing in Illinois

Illinois’ Lake County is getting a new post-acute/transitional care facility, helped by a $25.92 million HUD construction loan arranged by Aron Will and Mark Tran of CBRE. Innovative Health obtained the 40-year loan, which featured an 18-month construction period and was provided through CBRE’s HUD 232 direct lending program. Innovative’s new 185-bed facility will replace the previous county-owned skilled nursing facility, at a development cost of approximately $30 million, or $162,200 per bed. The new location (expected to open in mid-2020) sits within five miles of Advocate Condell Medical Center, a 215-bed medical campus that was named a “Best Hospital” by U.S. News & World... Read More »

Cambridge Replaces Bridge Loan at Illinois Skilled Nursing Facility

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies returned to Glenview, Illinois to retire the original bridge loan it provided for a 144-bed skilled nursing facility with a HUD refinance. The previous financing, consisting of a $20 million bridge loan and a $1 million asset-based loan, was provided in November 2017 to an Illinois LLC to acquire the facility, which provides skilled nursing, wound, colorectal and respite care, along with a Progressive Supranuclear Palsy support group. Now, just 13 months later, Cambridge is refinancing the facility with a $21.2 million HUD loan, with a 35-year term. Read More »
MidCap Making Moves

MidCap Making Moves

More than a year after opening a 167-unit senior living community in Lexington, Kentucky, Atlas Senior Living executed on a purchase option for the property thanks to a $35 million floating-rate loan provided by MidCap Financial. David Sharp, working out of MidCap’s Chicago office, arranged the short-term loan and expects to take it to agency after a seasoning period. The purpose-built community is already near stabilization after opening in August 2017. Atlas had leased it from the developer/owner, DMK Development, which built the community for approximately $26 million, or $155,700 per unit. With the financing, Atlas received working capital for the continued stabilization and will be... Read More »