• 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 »
Contemporary Healthcare Capital Closes Two Mezzanine Loans

Contemporary Healthcare Capital Closes Two Mezzanine Loans

Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) announced two small mezzanine loan closings for clients in the Southeastern United States. First, in Anniston, Alabama, the firm closed an $830,000 loan to fund the acquisition of a 56-unit assisted living/memory care community. Then, to Palm Coast, Florida, where CHC arranged a $2.985 million mezzanine loan, with the help of Peninsula Alternative Real Estate, for a to-be-built 64-unit memory care community. CHC’s lending partner, United Community Bank, provided both loans. Read More »
KeyBank Real Estate Capital Refinances Two Pennsylvania Properties

KeyBank Real Estate Capital Refinances Two Pennsylvania Properties

A large regional owner/operator in the Northeast refinanced two of its senior care facilities through HUD, with the help of John Randolph of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. Located in Pennsylvania, the properties include a 180-bed skilled nursing facility and a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, the latter of which also features a 73-bed independent/assisted living wing. Mr. Randolph arranged $57.7 million in HUD financing to pay down a portion of an existing bridge loan, originally secured by KeyBank’s Henry Alonso and Brandon Taseff, that was used to fund the initial acquisition, and subsequent recapitalization, of a portfolio of healthcare facilities located in the Northeast. Read More »
Greystone Closes HUD Refinance For Large New York SNF

Greystone Closes HUD Refinance For Large New York SNF

After working to close a $16.5 million HUD refinance for a 216-bed skilled nursing facility in Dunkirk, New York (Buffalo MSA) last month, Greystone’s Fred Levine closed another HUD loan for another large New York SNF. Located in Suffern, on the border with New Jersey, the facility consists of 203 beds and is the largest subacute care facility in Rockland County. Situated on six acres, it offers orthopedic rehab, cardiopulmonary rehab, wound care, concierge services and veterans programs, all under the management of CareRite Centers. To help fund renovations, and provide meaningful debt service savings, Mr. Levine arranged a $23.52 million HUD loan, with a fully amortizing 33-year... Read More »
The Ensign Group Receives $112 Million In HUD Financing

The Ensign Group Receives $112 Million In HUD Financing

Lancaster Pollard recently assisted The Ensign Group in a large $112 million portfolio financing arranged through HUD. The 30- and 35-year term loans were secured by mortgages on seventeen Ensign-owned properties and came with low, fixed interest rates. Ensign will use the loan proceeds to pay down previously drawn amounts on its revolving credit line, and the financing provides the company liquidity on a portion of its owned real estate. The proceeds will also fund future acquisitions and renovations, as well as other working capital needs. The company’s acquisition appetite seemed to wane slightly towards the end of 2017 (five deals announced in the first six months, versus two in the... Read More »
Berkadia Closes In On $2 Billion Year

Berkadia Closes In On $2 Billion Year

Heidi Brunet and Chris Fenton of Berkadia wrapped up their holiday season with a couple of financings for assisted living providers, bringing Berkadia Commercial Mortgage’s 2017 total to nearly $2 billion in loan production. First up, Ms. Brunet arranged a $25.6 million Fannie Mae loan, with a 10-year term and fixed interest rate, for a new borrower. The loan financed a portfolio of four assisted living/memory care communities all built in the early 2000s and totaling 288 units. Second, Chris Fenton worked on behalf of a joint venture (which included a New England-based operator) to finance their acquisition of a 54-unit assisted living/memory care community in New Hampshire. The $25.2... Read More »
Greystone Gets It Done

Greystone Gets It Done

Aspens Senior Living partnered with Greystone to obtain construction financing for two of its latest seniors housing projects located in North Carolina and Arizona. First, to the Tar Heel state, where Aspens and joint venture partner Pennybacker Capital are currently building a 182-unit independent living community in Raleigh. A regional bank provided a $24.2 million loan to fund the construction. Then, in Gilbert, Arizona, Aspens, Pennybacker Capital and McFarlin Group are developing a 204-unit independent living community, with the help of a $25.8 million loan provided by a publicly traded bank and also arranged by Greystone. Greystone also snuck in a $16.5 million HUD loan arranged by... Read More »