• 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 »

CCRC in the Sooner State

A CCRC in Stillwater, Oklahoma is full steam ahead, having just received approximately $111 million in tax-exempt fixed-rate bond financing from Ziegler. The project has been 20 years in the making in the local community, which is home to Oklahoma State University and many of its retired faculty, staff and alumni. Located on 55 acres, the 380,000-square foot building will feature 114 independent living units, 23 IL villas, 48 assisted living units, 20 memory care units and 40 skilled nursing beds. Sponsored by Epworth Living, it broke ground in the summer of 2015, and was already 70% presold at the time of pricing the bond issuance. The Series 2016 bonds will be used to fund the... Read More »
A couple more closings for Cambridge

A couple more closings for Cambridge

A month after refinancing two skilled nursing facilities in the Chicago area owned and operated by Alden Management Services, Cambridge Realty Capital Companies did it again, but for two other facilities. The first, a 217-bed facility in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, received a $9.155 million HUD loan with a 29-3/4-year term. A 207-bed facility in Bloomingdale, Illinois was the second, and received an $8.35 million HUD loan with the same 29-3/4-year term. Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. underwrote both transactions. Read More »
MidCap acquires HUD lender Pineview

MidCap acquires HUD lender Pineview

With HUD transaction volume expected to rise in the senior care industry, following the recent debt-seasoning requirement (among other) changes, it’s no wonder MidCap Financial wants to establish a presence there in acquiring Pineview Capital Group, an experienced Denver-based HUD lender. With the benefit of its balance sheet, MidCap already boasts an array of services, including life sciences loans, first mortgage financing and mezzanine debt, ranging in size from $5 million to $100 million. This is also an opportunity to expand Pineview’s lending capabilities to a larger client base. The goal of the transaction is for both teams to become the single point of contact for borrowers through... Read More »
Green Court buys Arbour Square

Green Court buys Arbour Square

A fund sponsored by Green Courte Partners bought Arbour Square of Harleysville, a 276-unit independent living community located about 35 miles north of downtown Philadelphia. The first phase of the property was built in the affluent, high barrier-to-entry market in 2006 (with 151 units), while the remaining 125 units were added in 2014. The newest units were already coming out of lease-up by the time acquisition financing was originated for Green Courte. Through Freddie Mac’s seller servicer direct lending program, Aron Will of CBRE secured a $39.9 million fixed-rate loan with a 10-year term and 72 months of interest-only payments. Heritage Senior Living stayed on to operate the... Read More »
New bonds for North Carolina CCRCs

New bonds for North Carolina CCRCs

A not-for-profit owner of three CCRCs, totaling almost 1,000 units in North Carolina, recently refinanced all of its Series 2005 fixed rate bonds with the help of Ziegler. The United Methodist Retirement Homes (UMRH) has partnered with Life Care Services since 2000 to operate its three campuses, which include 622 independent living units, 108 assisted living units and 202 skilled nursing beds. To refinance the outstanding bonds, Ziegler closed a $34.485 million tax-exempt, fixed-rate bond issue, with an aggregate yield-to-maturity of 3.47%. That produces net present value savings of $8.91 million (or 22.47% of the principal amount of the refunded bonds). Davenport & Company served as a... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop & HUD

Walker & Dunlop & HUD

With the recent changes to HUD’s LEAN program, we wondered how long it would take to see a real impact on transaction volume with the agency. Well, Walker & Dunlop may not have closed an actual HUD transaction, but it did position itself well to do so in the future. For approximately $45 million, the company acquired the commercial mortgage servicing rights associated with a $3.8 billion servicing portfolio from Oppenheimer Multifamily Housing & Healthcare Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. The portfolio consists of over 480 multifamily and healthcare HUD loans, and makes Walker & Dunlop the largest HUD multifamily/healthcare servicer in the country. The... Read More »