• 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 »
All Hands On Deck For CBRE’s Latest Sale

All Hands On Deck For CBRE’s Latest Sale

CBRE had their hands full in a large Dallas-area CCRC sale, representing one of the selling entities and the buyer in the transaction, in addition to arranging a two-part acquisition financing totaling over $120 million. Totaling 1,104 rental units, which is separated out into 37% skilled nursing, 28% independent living, 24% assisted living and 11% memory care units, this portfolio was owned by Fortress Investment Group and Life Care Services, which held a lease-hold interest and operated (and will continue to operate) the communities. Properties ranged from 153 units to 267 units and were approximately 35 years old, all located in the Dallas MSA. Aspect Investment Partners, a global... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes Almost $200 Million In Three Financings

Meridian Capital Group Closes Almost $200 Million In Three Financings

Meridian Capital Group made news this month, closing nearly $200 million in financings in three separate transactions. The largest, by far, was a $136 million acquisition loan that financed the purchase of 10 skilled nursing facilities located throughout Ohio. A balance sheet lender provided the loan, which came with a five-year term, 25-year amortization schedule and six months of interest only. And the team of Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson and Corey Schwartz of Meridian worked with multiple lenders to close the deal within 52 days, and before the end-of-year deadline. The same team also secured a $42 million bridge-to-HUD loan, with a 36-month term, on behalf of a company... Read More »
CIT Funds CommuniCare Acquisition

CIT Funds CommuniCare Acquisition

CIT’s Healthcare Finance business closed on a $136.9 million senior secured credit facility on behalf of CommuniCare Health Services. An active skilled nursing facility acquirer in recent years, with large portfolio purchases in Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia, CommuniCare currently operates 73 facilities in seven states. It’s looking to expand further, however, and acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities in Ohio, with the help of the $121.9 million term loan secured by CIT. Making up the rest of the credit facility was a $15 million revolving asset-based line of credit, which provides CommuniCare ongoing working capital financing. CIT served as the administrative agent on the... Read More »
MidCap Financial Finances Georgia Portfolio Acquisition

MidCap Financial Finances Georgia Portfolio Acquisition

Lawrence “Lory” Brin of MidCap Financial recently helped facilitate Artemis Real Estate Partners and Allegro Senior Living’s acquisition of three Atlanta-area assisted living communities by arranging an $18.25 million loan. The floating rate first mortgage will also enable the buyers to reposition the communities and invest $7 million of capital improvements to renovate the exteriors, common areas and unit interiors. Built from 1998 to 2000, the communities are located in Buckhead (46 assisted living and 22 memory care units), Alpharetta (48 AL and 24 MC units) and Marietta (28 AL and 27 MC units). The deal marks Allegro Senior Living’s entry into the state, and the company will also... Read More »
Greystone Refinances Upstate New York Skilled Nursing Facility

Greystone Refinances Upstate New York Skilled Nursing Facility

A 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Niskayuna, New York (near Schenectady) will have the funds to upgrade its services and amenities thanks to a $27.05 million HUD refinance arranged by Fred Levine of Greystone. Current amenities already include an on-site salon, private dining space and a newly renovated dining area, and the facility provides sub-acute rehab, ventilator therapy, respiratory care, traumatic brain injury treatment and pediatric rehab and respite services. However, Sentosa Care, the owner, has plans to invest significant capital in upgrading the facility’s existing spaces and amenities, in addition to building a new ventilator unit and upgrading the pediatric unit. The... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Two More Bond Financings

Ziegler Closes Two More Bond Financings

Ever prolific, Ziegler closed over $115 million in bond financings on behalf of two CCRC clients. The larger of the closings totaled $75 million and was arranged for a 483-unit CCRC in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1961, the community is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ and features 378 independent living, 80 assisted living and 25 memory care units, with more than 540 residents. With the bond proceeds, the community was able to refund all of the $45.4 million of outstanding Series 2014A Bonds, refund all of the $11.1 million outstanding Series 2014B bonds, pay fees related to the termination of certain interest rate hedge agreements and... Read More »