• 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 »

Recap and refinance

Teaming up with two banks, Lancaster Pollard recently closed a $72 million recapitalization for a portfolio of six skilled nursing facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. The owner of the facilities is a regional provider based in Texas, which will be able to refinance its existing indebtedness, complete the buy-out of a partner and fund future growth initiatives with this transaction. Kyle Hemminger, Chris Mauger and Patrick Hackett led the way for Lancaster Pollard on the financing. Read More »

The Art of Funding the Deal

Eli Kutner of Harborview Capital Partners has been busy of late, closing five acquisition loans that ranged from $3.19 million up to $34.89 million. That largest deal funded the purchase of two skilled nursing facilities (totaling 496 beds) in the towns of Gallatin and Lebanon, Tennessee (Nashville MSA). The loan featured an interest rate of LIBOR+2.85, a 25-year amortization and a three-year term. Staying in the Southeast, the smallest transaction, a $3.19 million loan with an interest rate of LIBOR+3.25, 20-year amortization and three-year term, financed the acquisition of a 135-bed skilled nursing facility in Tampa, Florida. Harborview stayed in the Northeast for the three remaining... Read More »
Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

Ziegler is helping a not-for-profit CCRC that has been operating for about 25 years in Waterford, Michigan (about 40 miles from Detroit) both refund existing debt and fund an extensive repositioning project. Already with 255 rental units, including 75 independent living units, 40 assisted living units and 140 skilled nursing beds, the community is owned by Canterbury Heath Care, Inc. and operated by LCS, which has been managing it since 1995. Times have changed though, and ownership is partnering with Greenbrier Development to build a new 32-bed memory care building (connected by a to-be-built two-story structure) and renovate the existing skilled nursing building to convert 24... Read More »
No community left behind

No community left behind

Capital One went back to a former client to close a HUD loan modification, taking advantage of the low-interest rate environment while they can (looking at you Mr. President-elect). A few years ago, the team at Capital One refinanced a portfolio of properties owned by Terrace Communities, which included a 15-year old, 71-unit assisted living/memory care community in Tequesta, Florida. However, because of a timing difference, that property closed with a higher interest rate than the rest of the portfolio. So Carolyn Whatley of Capital One went through HUD’s loan modification program to reduce the community’s interest rate. The non-recourse fixed-rate loan has over 32 years remaining on the... Read More »

Will and The Waters

Going through a life insurance company, Aron Will of CBRE arranged acquisition financing on behalf of a joint venture looking to acquire a 139-unit assisted living/memory care community in Edina, Minnesota. In the affluent suburb of Minnesota, the community was built in 2013 with 97 AL and 42 MC units near a local hospital. Mr. Will worked with a joint venture between an institutional client and The Waters Senior Living in securing a $33.15 million seven-year acquisition loan, with a fixed rate and 18 months of interest-only. Read More »
Harborview hits a triple

Harborview hits a triple

In three separate transactions, Harborview Capital Partners closed over $40 million in financing and showed off its variety of services in turn. Ephraim Kutner and Jonathan Kutner of the commercial real estate finance, equity and advisory firm first arranged a $10.6 million HUD loan with a 30-year term on behalf of a Chicago-based borrower to refinance a 115-bed assisted living community in St. Paul Minnesota. Harborview also closed two bank loans. One, led by Jonathan Kutner and David Chiger, involved a $16 million refinance of an Illinois skilled nursing facility. The five-year loan will pay off existing debt and provide cash-out proceeds to the Chicago-based borrower. And then Jonathan... Read More »