• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Great Debates of Senior Care

    Next week for our Second Quarter Investor Call, sponsored by Ziegler, we’ll be trying something different that is sure to be both entertaining and useful for our audience of operators, investors, brokers, lenders and everyone else. We’ll be tackling The Great Debates of Senior Care, covering some of the most important issues facing the industry.... Read More »
  • Thank You Ortelius?

    Brookdale Senior Living just reported June occupancy, and the increases were much better than we expected for a second quarter, which historically has been a mixed bag for the industry. Let’s just say, we were impressed. June’s same-community weighted average occupancy was 81.1%, up 220 basis points year over year and up 50 basis points... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

    Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage got a skilled nursing sale in New Jersey over the finish line after survey issues caused a buyer switch-up. Built in 1980, Medford Care Center is located in the town of Medford (about an hour east of Philadelphia) and features 180 beds on an 11-acre campus. Operations were not strong, and the... Read More »
  • Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

    Carnegie Capital, the national seniors housing debt brokerage founded and run by JD Stettin and David Farhadian, celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a $124 million, or $117,100 per bed, portfolio acquisition transaction. Carnegie provided a combination of advisory work and debt placement for the nine-skilled nursing facility portfolio with... Read More »
  • 12 Oaks Senior Living Appoints New CFO

    12 Oaks Senior Living appointed Elliott Westerman as CFO, effective immediately. Westerman has more than two decades of leadership experience across senior living, healthcare, and real estate sectors. As CFO, Westerman will oversee all aspects of financial management, including financial planning and analysis, capital structure strategy,... 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 »

60 Seconds with Swett: Home Health Care Vs. Senior Care

I’m here in Chicago at the Home Care Innovation and Investment Conference and it’s been quite illuminating so far, a lot of talk about SNF at home or even hospital at home. So home health care providers are trying to demonstrate that they can indeed care for higher acuity patients and hopefully get paid for it. So it will be interesting to see how SNFs react to that. Also, home health providers are going through a lot of the same difficulties as skilled nursing providers and seniors housing providers, especially in the labor fund in terms of finding labor and paying for it. But also CMS just came out on Friday with a 4.2% cut to home health reimbursement rates. So SNFs... Read More »