• Michigan Assisted Living Community Changes Hands

    Harborside Senior Living, a 20-unit/30-bed assisted living community in Luna Pier, Michigan, near the Ohio border and the Toledo MSA, sold to Lamont Jones, a healthcare entrepreneur who is building a seniors housing brand in Michigan. Built in 2023 by a pair of investors, Harborside Senior Living will now operate under the leadership of Luna... Read More »
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care Portfolio Secures Bond Financing

    D.A. Davidson closed $120.04 million in Senior Living Revenue bonds, Series 2026A-1, Series 2026A-2 and subordinated bonds forKingsPath Target Housing of Minnesota, LLC. The bonds financed the acquisition and refinancing of seven assisted living/memory care communities with 224 units in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, MSA. The acquired... Read More »
  • Another Record Year on the Horizon

    The bar keeps rising, and the industry continues to clear it, with a third consecutive annual record for publicly announced senior care M&A activity appearing well within reach. Through the first five months of the year, the industry has averaged 81 publicly announced deals per month. Annualized, that pace would result in just under 1,000... Read More »
  • Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »

Helios Structures Partnership Buyout

Helios Healthcare Advisors has structured a partnership buyout of an Indiana-based assisted living and memory care provider. The company, which included Hendricks County Hospital as an owning partner, operated Golden LivingCenter – Woodbridge, a 67-unit assisted living/memory care community in Evansville, Indiana. Acquired by the partnership in 2012, the community underwent a complete renovation in 2015 and reopened as the first standalone memory care community in Evansville, before an expansion added traditional assisted living units as well.In 2019, Helios helped secure construction financing for that project. Post-expansion and renovation, Helios then worked to recapitalize the... Read More »

Meridian Announces Slew of Senior Care Transactions

So far in 2022, Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team has closed $2.2 billion in transaction volume, following a record year in 2021 where they closed nearly $5.6 billion. The latest transactions were negotiated by Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, along with Vice Presidents, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, and Rafi Sod, and Senior Associates, David Gottlieb, Jacob Scott, and Yuval Hananya, as well as Associate, Dylan O’Connor. Starting with the sales, the team sold  two skilled nursing facilities in New York totaling 515 beds for $129.3 million, or $251,000 per bed, and arranged a $129.5 million loan, which... Read More »
More Good Occupancy News

More Good Occupancy News

Brookdale Senior Living just reported that its May weighted average occupancy increased by 70 basis points from April, to 74.6%. Even better, month-end occupancy in May increased by 90 basis points in May compared with the end of April, hitting 76.2% at the end of May. That’s 460 basis points higher than the end of May in 2021. And, they had more than 2,000 move-ins in May.   This is all counter to the usual performance in the second quarter for the industry, so all is good. Except (always an except), Brookdale’s overall census is still quite low at 76.2%, and needs a lot more of these 90-basis point increases. The third quarter is historically the strongest of the year for... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Finances Boston-Area Acquisition

Carnegie Capital Finances Boston-Area Acquisition

A partnership between a regional New England operator and a private fund based in Atlanta acquired a 120-bed skilled nursing facility located about 40 miles from downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Built in the 1980s, the facility was occupied in the 80s. Its new owners were able to consummate the deal with an acquisition loan arranged by JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital.  The financing included a $4 million bank loan and a $1.5 million working capital line of credit. Mr. Stettin arranged the bank loan to include an earn out upon achieving a 1.25x debt service coverage ratio, which represents 82% of the purchase price. It comes with a five-year term, fixed rate of 4.35% and two years of... Read More »
Eden Senior Care Acquires Cleveland Community

Eden Senior Care Acquires Cleveland Community

Skokie, Illinois-based Eden Senior Care added an undisclosed assisted living community located in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area to its portfolio, taking over operations from an East Coast based private equity firm. Eden Senior Care will hope to turn things around for the community, as occupancy was 47% and it was losing money on $2.1 million in revenue.   Built in 1999, the community features 90 units in seven cottages, with a combination of assisted living and memory care. It comprises roughly 50,000 square feet and is close proximity to a plethora of shops and restaurants. Recently, the community has also undergone multiple amenity renovations since the start of 2017. Evans Senior... Read More »
Standard Communities Acquires California Portfolio

Standard Communities Acquires California Portfolio

Standard Communities acquired three California seniors housing communities, comprising a total of 559 rental units in Anaheim, San Diego county, and the Bay area. They will be taking over operations from Denver-based property management group AIR Communities, with plans to upgrade the plumbing, HVAC electrical, fire safety and security, as well as make general repairs. Heritage Village Anaheim is a spacious and upscale community consisting of 196 units. According to property records the purchase price was $64 million or about $326,531 per unit. Heritage Park Livermore, located just outside of San Francisco, comprises 167 units with an array of amenities. With rents starting at $2,000 a... Read More »