• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »

Investor Group Acquires Georgia Communities

A group of individual investors acquired two assisted living/memory care communities in Georgia from a local owner/operator looking to exit the industry. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the communities sold for a cap rate in the mid-8s, slightly higher than the sector’s average in the last few years. Daniel Geraghty and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Built in 2007, Sunny Grove Assisted Living in Barnesville features 34 units and was around 97% occupied. River Place Assisted Living in Forsyth was built more recently in 2017 and features 35 units with 93% occupancy. There is an expansion opportunity at the Barnesville location, which... Read More »

RAM Properties Acquires Florida Portfolio

A private institutional group sold three seniors housing communities in Florida to RAM Properties, a boutique private equity firm backed by a family office. RAM paid $70.85 million, or $158,000 per unit, for the portfolio and brought in its Florida-based operating partner Concordis Senior Living to take over management.  The properties included 253 independent/assisted living units (all licensed for assisted living) and 193 memory care units, averaging more than 20 years in age but with multiple renovations over the years. When the portfolio went under LOI, occupancy was in the 80s, but that improved throughout the process into the 90s at closing. In addition, previous resident rent... Read More »

Struggling Florida SNF Sells

Evans Senior Investments has handled the sale of a large 200+ bed skilled nursing facility in Volusia County, Florida. Built in the 1960s, the facility features semiprivate rooms and three-bed wards. Occupancy rates averaged 73% before the pandemic. However, at the time of the sale, the facility was losing money while occupancy dipped to 41%. The seller was a regional owner/operator who was looking to get rid of the struggling geographic outlier from its portfolio. An East Coast owner/operator, adding to their skilled nursing facility portfolio, ended up as the buyer.  Read More »

Carnegie Capital Secures Construction Loan for Texas Community

A single-asset owner in Texas refinanced the construction debt on its assisted living/memory care community with the help of JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. Built five years ago, the 90-unit community in Houston went through operator changes before the pandemic, and then dealt with occupancy troubles during the pandemic. So, it was at last on the tail end of lease-up with census reaching 80% when ownership decided to refinance its existing construction loan before maturity.  A $10.5 million refinance enabled the borrower to also replenish its interest reserves and pay off over $500,000 of tax liens. The loan came with a seven-year term, fixed interest rate at 4.75% and one year of interest... Read More »

CareTrust REIT Planning a Behavioral Health Conversion

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has successfully advised its publicly traded REIT client, CareTrust REIT, on the sale of a 120-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Built in 1999, the community had struggled from an operational standpoint.  The team of Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso, Kory Buzin, and Steve Thomes was originally hired to run a sales process in the community but later advised CareTrust REIT to structure a new lease with a multistate behavioral health operator. Then, that multistate behavioral health operator will convert the community into an addiction recovery center.  This acquisition marks the publicly traded REIT’s first... Read More »

JLL Handles SNF Texas Transaction

JLL Capital Markets has closed the sale of Methodist Transitional Care, a 100-bed/ 66-unit skilled nursing facility in Desoto, Texas. Equipped with advanced technology, the facility has the ability to offer intravenous therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, wound care, pulmonary care and many other treatments and services. Madison Marquette sold this asset with 13 years remaining on the lease. Based on first-year rent, the cap rate is 6.8%. This deal also includes two five-year renewal options.  The buyer of the amenity-filled facility is real estate development firm Location Finders International. Such amenities include a large state-of-the-art therapy gym,... Read More »