• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
Newmark Closes a Cap Rate Deal in Texas

Newmark Closes a Cap Rate Deal in Texas

There was a cap rate deal in Texas at the start of August, a relative rarity in today’s market. Newmark closed the sale of Heartis San Antonio, a 109-unit assisted living/memory care community in San Antonio, Texas, to an undisclosed buyer. The community was developed by Caddis Partners, the seller, in 2016 and had been a strong performer ever since opening, even through the pandemic. It was nearly full at the time of the sale, with a healthy operating margin.  With so few performing properties available for sale these days, interest from buyers was strong, and we understood pricing reached the mid-$30 million range. The community also sold at a cap rate in the high-6s, a very good... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Evans Senior Investments Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Wisconsin. Located in Madson, the community comprises 120 units and was experiencing financial difficulties due to its high usage of Medicaid waivers when the operator was brought in by National Health Investors in 2019. However, over the past three years, the operator was able to increase the private pay census to 82% and raise the community’s overall occupancy rate to 69%, while decreasing the reliance on Medicaid. Emerging as the buyer of the community was Eden Senior Care. This marks the second transaction Evans Senior Investments has closed with Eden Senior Care in the last year and this... Read More »

Affordable Housing Investment Brokerage Sell Three Affordable Communities in Vermont

Affordable Housing Investment Brokerage Inc. announced it has arranged the sale of a three-property affordable seniors housing portfolio in the greater Burlington area of Vermont. Built in 1999, Eagle Crest comprises 60 units and is located across the street from the second community, Falcon Manor. Built in 2001, Falcon Manor comprises 65 units and sits on 1.5 acres also just east of Burlington. The third community is Hawk’s Nest of St. Albans, which comprises 66 units and is located 30 miles north of Burlington. Occupancy was consistently high across the portfolio, with each building maintaining a wait list, with the longest wait list at Hawk’s Nest, which has 44 units on a HAP contract.... Read More »
Meridian Closes $250 Million in Two-Month Transaction Volume

Meridian Closes $250 Million in Two-Month Transaction Volume

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team closed more than $250 million in transaction volume in the last two months, on top of a productive 2022 that saw the team close more than $6 billion in transactions. The latest deals were negotiated by Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson. Included in the haul was a $60 million loan from a commercial bank in addition to a $3.75 million A/R line to refinance two skilled nursing facilities totaling 366 beds in Virginia, a $51.5 million loan along with a $2.5 million A/R line from a commercial bank and mezzanine lender to refinance four skilled nursing facilities comprised of 482... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Pennsylvania Portfolio

Evans Senior Investments Pennsylvania Portfolio

Evans Senior Investments announced the sale of a skilled nursing and seniors housing portfolio in the state of Pennsylvania, representing an in-state owner/operator in their exit from the industry. The portfolio consisted of three properties comprising a total of 395 beds of skilled nursing and 32 units of seniors housing. The purchase price of the portfolio was $39 million, or $91,000 per bed. At the time of marketing, occupancy averaged around 64%, with total portfolio revenue of $27.2 million and an operating loss of -$1.5 million. The portfolio struggled with regulatory deficiencies and staffing shortages, which dropped occupancy to 57% during the transaction process. Evans secured a... Read More »

Cushman & Wakefield Refinances IL/AL Portfolio

Cushman & Wakefield announced it has arranged a $51 million refinance of an independent living and assisted living portfolio on behalf of Kisco Senior Living. The three-property portfolio comprises 477 units and spans across the states of California, Texas and North Carolina. The communities within the portfolio are Cypress Court in Escondido, California, Villa de San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, and Heritage Woods in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The new loan, which was provided by a national bank, is retiring existing debt. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Sam Dylag represented the borrower in the transaction. Read More »