
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 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 »
60 Seconds With Swett: Not-For-Profits Could Have a Tough 2023
The pandemic adversely affected all senior care companies in the last three years, but not-for-profits seem to have been hit the hardest. First seeing their occupancies decline, they were then hit by inflation and soaring wages, which, when you generally have expense management issues in good times, is a devastating combination. The generosity to support several years of losses at these organizations is noble, but their boards can’t sustain those struggling businesses forever, especially when their mission could be better served in other capacities. We recently saw the debacle at the not-for-profit ProMedica where Welltower let the health system off the hook with its underwater leases for... Read More »