• Integrated Senior Foundation Secures Major Bond Financing

    JLL recently handled two separate financings in Arizona/California and Minnesota. First, JLL and HJ Sims arranged $239.68 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the Integrated Senior Foundation – Ativo Portfolio, a three-property seniors housing portfolio totaling 430 units in Arizona and California.  Due for completion... Read More »
  • Diversified Healthcare Trust Closes Financing

    Diversified Healthcare Trust closed a $140 million mortgage financing secured by 14 seniors housing communities in nine states with 1,375 units that are managed by Five Star Senior Living, an operating division of AlerisLife Inc. This non-recourse, three-year loan has an initial maturity date of March 31, 2028, and two one-year extension options,... Read More »
  • Brookdale Secures Acquisition Financing

    CBRE arranged two acquisition financings totaling $241 million across two seniors housing portfolios on behalf of Brookdale Senior Living. Aron Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged the two financings. CBRE originated $130 million in loans through its Freddie Mac Optigo loan origination program for Brookdale’s acquisition of five communities... Read More »
  • Blackstone Sells Wisconsin Asset

    Newmark followed up on its closing of Carlisle Palm Beach with the sale of Harbour Village, a well performing seniors housing community in the Milwaukee MSA. Located in Greendale, Wisconsin, the community features 142 independent living, 38 assisted living and 44 memory care units separated across three buildings. The majority (82%) of IL units... Read More »
  • Marcus & Millichap’s Recent Activity

    Michael Mooney and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold a seniors housing community in Bellingham, Washington. Built in 1978, the community comprises 66 assisted living units and 70 beds. It was not stabilized, although there was some positive cash flow and occupancy was in the mid-80s. The deal was initially... Read More »
Spotlight on Senior Care M&A

Spotlight on Senior Care M&A

The senior care industry has taken a lot of punches in the last couple of decades but is still poised to see enormous growth in the 2020s. How has M&A activity changed, how have property valuations shifted, and how have buyer and seller strategies changed as a result of several recent shocks to the industry? Check out the special report to see the latest proprietary M&A stats and market analysis Read More »
Brookdale Senior Living Does Not Renew Leases

Brookdale Senior Living Does Not Renew Leases

LTC Properties announced that Brookdale Senior Living finally decided not to renew leases on 35 assisted living communities with 1,471 units in eight states. Most, if not all, of these properties came to Brookdale as part of its 2005 acquisition of Alterra Healthcare Corporation. Eight years before, Alterra had merged with Sterling House, a company founded by Steven Vick in 1991, and we believe these are some of the original Sterling House communities, which tended to be on the small side. This group of properties is one of the largest in LTC Properties’ portfolio, representing about 8.4% of cash rent. Brookdale has been current on all lease payments, and the leases actually do not expire... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT Sees Occupancy Increases

Sabra Health Care REIT Sees Occupancy Increases

Sabra Health Care REIT is still working through some portfolio issues, like every other REIT, and it will take until at least next year to wind through them. But from an occupancy perspective, at least with its largest segments, things are looking up. And the transition of 20 additional skilled nursing facilities to The Ensign Group is now complete, bringing the total operated by Ensign to 31 buildings representing 8.5% of annualized NOI. This is important because not only is Ensign one of the strongest SNF operators in the country, but its EBITDARM coverage with Sabra is 1.69x. Also not too shabby from a financial perspective is Avamere Family of Companies, which now leases 29 SNFs from... Read More »
Spotlight on Senior Care M&A

Brookdale Fourth Quarter Delights Investors

We were hoping that maybe, just maybe, Brookdale Senior Living would post a “breakout” fourth quarter earnings report. They didn’t. But the alternative, a negative surprise, did not happen either. Phew. We have to hand it to CEO Cindy Baier, who always sounds so confident, positive, mission-directed and knowledgeable, whether on stage or on an earnings call. You almost want to hug her after she presents. Perhaps that is why the Board continues to support her. The problem is that shareholders have not bought into her and the company’s performance, which is demonstrated in the share price, which remains in the doldrums. However, shareholders may be beginning to buy into the message, or at... Read More »
Spotlight on Senior Care M&A

LTC Properties Reports

LTC Properties reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings, and other than the large new joint venture (previously announced), the big news was that tenant Anthem repaid $1.5 million of temporary rent reduction and paid $900,000 of monthly rent in the fourth quarter. As a result, Anthem has now paid the full rent for 2022, which is a bit of a relief. The REIT is still not out of the woods as other tenants are still recovering slowly, but at least they can see through to the clearing. However, coverage ratios still need to increase. Assisted living EBITDARM and EBITDAR coverage was 1.02x and 0.80x, respectively, in the third quarter (lease information lags by a quarter), but was... Read More »