• 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 »
Capital One Refinances Newly Expanded Assisted Living Community

Capital One Refinances Newly Expanded Assisted Living Community

After acquiring and expanding a 59-unit assisted living/memory care community in Nacogdoches, Texas, the time had come for its owners to refinance, with the help of Capital One. Originally built with 36 assisted living units in 1996, the community was previously owned by RWS Healthcare, a portfolio company of private equity firm Windward Health Partners. But in May 2015, Prevarian Senior Living stepped in to buy the property for an estimated $130,000 per unit, and hired Civitas Senior Living to operate it. The community was about 93% occupied at the time but there was additional land for expansion, which Prevarian took advantage of to build 23 more units, including an 11-unit/16-bed memory... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Big Bond Financing For To-Be-Built CCRC

Ziegler Closes Big Bond Financing For To-Be-Built CCRC

A large CCRC is being built in Durham, New Hampshire thanks to a $110.48 million bond financing closed by Ziegler. There is clear interest in the development (and the marketing team must have done its job well), as once the community began accepting pre-sale deposits on January 15, 2018, it took just over a month to sell out with a 67-person wait list. Not too shabby. The community will feature 150 independent living units, 24 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 24 skilled nursing beds on an 11-acre campus. Ziegler was engaged as placement agent for $52.98 million in Series A permanent bonds and $45.4 million in Series B temporary bonds issued through the New Hampshire Health... Read More »
KeyBank Closes Two Fannie and Freddie Financings

KeyBank Closes Two Fannie and Freddie Financings

Charlie Shoop of KeyBank Real Estate Capital has been hard at work arranging two financings from two different agencies. First, through Freddie Mac, Mr. Shoop originated a $26 million loan to facilitate the acquisition of a 175-unit independent living community in Dallas, Texas. The floating-rate loan came with a seven-year term, four-year interest only period and 30-year amortization schedule. Its recipient was Chicago Pacific Founders, which purchased the nine-year old community from Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) for an undisclosed price. CSH had originally bought the property in 2016 when it was around 95% occupied and operating well. At the time, CSH had plans to invest in some capital... Read More »
CBRE Finances Change of Ownership at California Community

CBRE Finances Change of Ownership at California Community

Just over a year after opening, a 130-unit senior living community in Folsom, California (Sacramento MSA) has already stabilized, leaving one of its partners to look for an exit. A joint venture between developer Tenfold (formerly Shamrock Holdings), operator Artēgan and a global investment manager originally opened the community in February 2017 and oversaw an impressive lease-up, topping 90% occupancy. Featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care services, the community offered a continuum of care approach unique to its local market, which surely helped fill units. But the global investment manager partner sought an exit, and AEW Capital Management took its place. Aron... Read More »
Grandbridge Goes Green, Again

Grandbridge Goes Green, Again

Utilizing Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards financing product, Richard Thomas and Meredith Davis of Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group arranged a $25.5 million acquisition loan to fund the purchase of a 93-unit assisted living/memory care community in Alpharetta, Georgia. Focus Healthcare Partners’ dedicated senior housing fund was the borrower and will retain The Arbor Company as the community’s operator. This type of transaction seems to have become a recent specialty of Grandbridge’s, as the firm so far in 2018 has closed nearly $300 million in financings through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program, across 13 properties, which is the most among Fannie Mae DUS lenders... Read More »
Capital One’s Tucson Transaction

Capital One’s Tucson Transaction

A large healthcare campus in Tucson, Arizona recently refinanced through HUD, with the help of Joshua Rosen at Capital One. After originally opening in 1964, the campus has since expanded in 1977 and 1990 to currently feature 24 independent living, 19 assisted living and 270 skilled nursing beds (across 132 units). Its experienced owner/operator had also invested in a newly redesigned therapy center and is currently installing LED lighting to reduce energy consumption. Wanting to replace their bank debt, recoup their capital expenditures and retire partner debt, the owners received a $20.8 million HUD loan, provided by Capital One. Read More »