• 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 »
Ziegler Closes Big HUD Deal

Ziegler Closes Big HUD Deal

Most people think of the HUD 232 program as a financing tool used by for-profit entities. But not-for-profits can take advantage of the low rates as well. A case in point was the recent $94.3 million HUD loan arranged by Bill Mulligan and Ashley Wilkens of Ziegler for a senior living campus in North Central Florida. With more than 639 units, the loan came in around $147,500 per unit and had an interest rate just under 3.5%. The large campus has 511 unlicensed independent living/board and care units, plus 128 units licensed for assisted living and memory care. The Ziegler team was able to convince HUD that the large IL portion met the HUD parameters because although they were “independent... Read More »
Top Senior Care Facility Is Sold

Top Senior Care Facility Is Sold

Mark Davis of Healthcare Transactions Group sold a 128-bed/unit senior care facility in Maryland that is widely recognized as a preeminent facility of choice in the Washington, D.C. metro area. It has maintained a five-star rating ever since the rating system was started. The skilled nursing portion was originally built in 1958 with additions or renovations in 1965, 1986 and 2000, and currently has 66 beds. The overall occupancy averages 96% with a 48% private pay census, with 24% Medicare and 28% Medicaid. The 62-unit assisted living portion was built in 2000, and average occupancy is 90% and it is all private pay. There are two interconnected and distinct buildings, one for skilled... Read More »
HFF Closes $115 Million Financing For Seattle Senior Living High-Rise

HFF Closes $115 Million Financing For Seattle Senior Living High-Rise

Columbia Pacific Advisors just received about $115 million in financing for its to-be-built senior living high-rise in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. David Fasano, Sarah Anderson, Casey Davison, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) represented CPA in the transaction, with HCP, Inc. providing the loan. Location is key for this development, as the community is located within five blocks of three major hospitals and less than a mile away from downtown Seattle. The 24-story building will consist of 194 independent living, 21 assisted living and 28 memory care units, along with an auditorium, full-service restaurant, bistro/café, two bars, a top-level clubroom,... Read More »
Fast HUD Financing From Lancaster Pollard

Fast HUD Financing From Lancaster Pollard

Aaron Becker of Lancaster Pollard led the way in arranging an $11.9 million HUD refinance of a 54-bed skilled nursing facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Owned and operated by long-standing Pittsfield-area not-for-profit organization, Berkshire Retirement Home, Inc., the facility was built in 2014 to replace Berkshire’s original SNF. Conventional bank financing, with a floating interest rate, funded the construction, but ownership decided to refinance through HUD. Lancaster Pollard worked to obtain a firm commitment from HUD less than two weeks after formal submission, allowing the borrower to lock in the interest rate in December, before rates increased. We’re sure more than a few late... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Is On A Roll

Meridian Capital Group Is On A Roll

Following up on a nearly-$200 million month in January, Meridian Capital Group backed that up with another $80 million in closings in February, showing off their national reach too. The team of Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin arranged all four financings, starting in Clovis, New Mexico, where the pair arranged an $11 million 35-year HUD loan to refinance an independent living/assisted living community. Located in rural New Mexico near the Texas border, the community also offers memory care and respite stay services. Then, Messrs. Adlerstein and Dobkin arranged nearly $10 million in financing for a 224-bed senior living community in Bedford, Ohio (Cleveland MSA). The $9.75 million... Read More »
KeyBank Arranges Fannie Mae Refinance in North Carolina

KeyBank Arranges Fannie Mae Refinance in North Carolina

A high-end assisted living community located halfway between Greensboro and Durham, North Carolina just refinanced with the help of Charlie Shoop of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. Built in 2014, the one-story community features 65 units of assisted living and memory care on a roughly eight-acre plot in the town of Mebane, and was well occupied. It is operated by Ridge Care, which has a portfolio that includes 11 other communities in North Carolina and one in West Virginia. To refinance existing debt, Ridge Care received a $15.5 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan, with a 10-year term subsequent to a two-year interest-only period. Read More »