• Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Colorado

    The Walker & Dunlop Seniors Housing team started the year off strong, with two closings in January. W&D first represented a major Georgia-based not-for-profit health system in the divestment of three skilled nursing facilities totaling 448 beds. Despite their rural locations, operational challenges and capital expenditure needs, W&D... Read More »
  • East Coast Owner/Operator Acquires First NJ Community

    Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of The Heritage Assisted Living, an assisted living and memory care community in Hammonton, New Jersey. ESI was engaged by the independent owner and lender of the property and procured six competitive offers from institutional capital and regional owner/operators. The ultimate buyer was an East Coast... Read More »
  • California-Based Owner/Operator Acquires Note

    An international bank engaged Blueprint to oversee the sale of its interest in a 180-bed skilled nursing facility in the Santa Rosa area of Northern California. The mortgage on the facility was in default despite the facility’s strong historical operating performance and occupancy. It demonstrated extremely high top-line revenue,... Read More »
  • Welltower to Acquire NorthStar Healthcare

    Welltower and NorthStar Healthcare Income announced that NorthStar Healthcare has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Welltower, in an all cash transaction with an approximate enterprise value of $900 million, or around $185,000 per unit. Under the term of the merger agreement, NorthStar Healthcare’s... Read More »
  • PE Firm Divests in Oregon to Local Owner/Operator

    A nationally recognized institutional private equity firm engaged Blueprint to oversee the sale of two high-performing seniors housing communities totaling 344 units in Oregon. The communities are Evergreen Senior Living, which is in Eugene, and Timber Pointe/Woodside Senior Living, which sit on the same campus in Springfield. Built between 1996... Read More »

Inspired Healthcare Capital Makes Fourth Acquisition of 2022

Inspired Healthcare Capital (IHC) recently acquired Homestead at Hamilton, a 195-unit independent living, assisted living & memory care community located in Hamilton, New Jersey. The purchase price of the community was $97,500,000. IHC is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based private real estate investment firm that focuses on the seniors housing sector. This was IHC’s 4th acquisition in 2022, after closing on nine senior housing transactions in 2021. Homestead at Hamilton was built in 2017 for a cost of approximately $60 million, or $308,000 per unit. The Class-A building has 96 independent living (opened in November 2017), 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units (licensed in April 2018). A... Read More »

SLIB Handles Texas IL Deal

An independent living community in Houston, Texas deemed to be non-core by its owner/operator found a new buyer in a California-based real estate investor. Matthew Alley, Vince Viverito, Brad Goodsell and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage led the transaction process, which yielded multiple offers and closed within three months of LOI.  Built in 1974, the community features 300 units and 206,000 total square feet on around 7.6 acres. It was operated just under breakeven on about $5.25 million of 2021 revenues. Occupancy stood at 78%, but the property shares services with a healthcare center within the same campus, which should boost the community’s appeal. The real estate... Read More »

Convivial Life Acquires Jacaranda Trace

Sarasota, Florida-based not-for-profit Convivial Life has acquired Jacaranda Trace, an independent and assisted living community in Venice, Florida. Built in phases from 1999 to 2015, the community comprises 295 units on 33 acres with a plethora of amenities and activities in close proximity. Convivial plans to take the underdeveloped lots and extra space and utilize that land for additional venues, amenities and activities. As part of the acquisition, Convivial also purchased an 85,000+ square foot clubhouse featuring a fitness center, heated outdoor pool and jacuzzi, an on-site doctor’s clinic, multiple dining venues, billiards and activity rooms, woodworking shop, and a library.... Read More »

Livingston Buys Active Adult Community Outside Philadelphia

Livingston Street Capital has acquired a 231-unit active adult community in the greater Philadelphia area. Canvas Valley Forge is considered to be a Class-A community in the town of King of Prussia, with 147 one-bedroom and 84 two-bedroom unit options. The amenity list features an infinity pool with sundeck, hot tub, outdoor courtyard with grills and seating areas, chef’s kitchen for private events, dog park with pet washing station, community garden, bocce court, bike storage and maintenance shop, garage and general storage, a fitness center, on-site salon and spa, craft room, game room, library/media room, resident lounge with club room, package room, and full-time resident concierge.... Read More »

Active Adult Market: Will it be the major growth sector in seniors housing? Will it solve the middle market problem?

About the webinar: The active adult market has attracted attention from investors inside and out of traditional seniors housing. and rightly so given the sector’s performance during the pandemic, the demographic opportunity and the opportunity to establish a major presence in an emerging sector. But, because the market has not matured yet, property values and cap rates could still be up for debate, as well as active adult’s risk level when compared with multifamily investments. Also, as construction has slowed across seniors housing due to inflation, interest rates and increased risk, groundbreakings for active adult projects seem to be accelerating. Panelists:Ben Swett, Editor, The... Read More »

Capital Funding Group Arranges California Construction Loan

Capital Funding Group has closed a $33 million construction loan for the ground-up development of Varenita of Temecula, a 108-unit assisted living and memory care community in Temecula, California. CFG has recently created a new division, the Seniors Housing Lending Platform, who ultimately handled this loan. The loan features a Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) structure that allows building owners to borrow money for energy efficiency, renewable energy, or other projects and make repayments via an assessment on their property tax bill.  The financing was executed on behalf of real estate development firm and nationally recognized borrower, Griffin Living. Brightwater... Read More »