• Investment Firm Acquires in Missouri

    Investment firm Lapis Advisers purchased a seniors housing asset out of state receivership in Kansas City, Missouri. The CCRC was distressed, having struggled with COVID-related challenges as well as a limited access to capital in recent years.  Kingswood Senior Living features 185 independent living (65 of which are large duplex cottages),... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Sells Community with Strong Momentum

    A global real estate investment firm sold an independent living community in Iowa, engaging Blueprint’s Kory Buzin, Dillon Rudy and Steve Thomes to get the deal done. Built in 2002, the four-story community features 121 units, mostly with two-bedroom options. It appears to be The Arbordale in Urbandale, which was acquired in 2020 by Omaha,... Read More »
  • Large Operator Adds Turnaround Campus to Portfolio

    A senior care campus in Ohio found a new owner with the help of Kiser Group. Set on 26 acres in a rural market east of Cleveland, the property features 76 skilled nursing beds, five assisted living units and three independent living units. It was originally built in 1950 but expanded through multiple additions between 1965 and 2001.  At the time... Read More »
  • Texas Skilled Nursing Portfolio Sells

    A portfolio of skilled nursing facilities traded hands in Texas before the end of the year. There are two assets in the Lubbock area and two in Central Texas that are located northwest of Austin. They comprise more than 430 beds, with between 100 to 120 beds at each of the four facilities. Three of the buildings were constructed in the 1970s, and... Read More »
  • CIBC Bank’s Recent Activity

    CIBC Bank USA closed an impressive array of transactions in the last several months, totaling more than $800 million in credit facilities across the country. The largest transaction was an $85 million (with earn-outs) debt package for a senior care portfolio in the Northeast. The debt included a senior term loan and a mezzanine loan to refinance... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in Central California

Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in Central California

Blueprint was engaged by a Northern California owner/operator in its divestment of a seniors housing community in Central California. The community features 50 units of assisted living and memory care in Tracy. It was positioned as a value-add opportunity predicated on an incoming operator obtaining the Assisted Living Waiver Program certification. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Scott Frazier handled the transaction, which included a highly targeted marketing process with significant interest. Under Blueprint’s advice, the seller selected a regional owner/operator that is well-versed in the California ALW Program as the buyer. Read More »
Strawberry Fields Purchases 15th Tennessee Facility

Strawberry Fields Purchases 15th Tennessee Facility

Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. acquired a senior care facility in Gainesboro, Tennessee, marking its 15th facility in the state. The facility comprises 83 skilled nursing beds and 28 assisted living units. It was added to an existing Infinity of Tennessee Master Lease. Strawberry Fields paid $6.7 million, or $60,000 per bed/unit. The acquisition will increase the REIT’s annual rents by $670,000 and is subject to 3% annual increases. Read More »
Focus Healthcare Expands Footprint (again)

Focus Healthcare Expands Footprint (again)

Focus Healthcare Partners acquired two seniors housing communities in the Kansas City, Missouri MSA in an off-market transaction. Going forward, Evolve Senior Living will manage the communities.  Built in 2020, Novel Place Blue Springs comprises 134 independent living units across three stories in Blue Springs, Missouri. Similarly, built in 2020, Novel Place Overland Park also features 134 IL units across three stories but is in Overland Park, Kansas. Both were 95% occupied at the time of closing. Read More »
LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

LCB Senior Living announced that CEO Michael A. Stoller will be stepping down effective October 1 and that current CIO Danielle Breton and COO Timothy DuRoss have been named as co-CEOs moving forward. Stoller will remain active in the company as chairman of its board. The move comes after LCB acquired five new management contracts over the past year, while completing construction and opening its newest community, The Residence at Bedford. LCB currently owns and/or operates 41 seniors housing communities across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Read More »
Owner/Operator Assumes HUD Debt in Washington Acquisition

Owner/Operator Assumes HUD Debt in Washington Acquisition

Blueprint was engaged by a local owner/developer in the divestment of its seniors housing community in the Seattle, Washington MSA. Built in 1997, Stafford Suites Kent features 63 assisted living units in the town of Kent. In the wake of operational challenges stemming from the pandemic, the third-party manager focused its recovery efforts on occupancy and rate growth. So, its improving resident rental rates, strong historical performance, and low-rate assumable HUD debt already in place made the asset an attractive buying opportunity. Michael Segal, Daniel Waldhorn and Dan Mahoney handled the transaction, targeting owners and investors with an existing footprint in Washington and the... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Refinance for Arizona Portfolio

Joint Venture Secures Refinance for Arizona Portfolio

JLL Capital Markets arranged a $96.5 million refinancing for a seniors housing portfolio in Arizona. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Douglaston Development and The Hampton Group Inc., to secure the bank financing. The JLL Debt Advisory team representing the borrower was led by Alanna Ellis, Brad Miner and Ace Sudah.  Built between 2021 and 2024, the portfolio comprises five properties with 510 independent living, 339 assisted living and 122 memory care units in the Phoenix, Mesa, Sedona and Chandler MSA’s. The communities are in strong seniors housing submarkets, where the 75+ population represents almost 20% of the population in the surrounding areas, and include Canyon Winds... Read More »
Eskaton Receives Bond Financing

Eskaton Receives Bond Financing

Ziegler closed the Eskaton Obligated Group’s $82.9 million Series 2024 bonds through the California Municipal Finance Authority. Eskaton and its related subsidiaries own or manage 25 senior living communities with skilled nursing beds and independent living, assisted living, memory care and affordable units. Eskaton comprises three members consisting of five communities: Eskaton Properties, Inc. (consisting of Eskaton Village Carmichael, Eskaton Land Park and Eskaton Gold River), Eskaton Village- Grass Valley and Eskaton Village-Roseville. The Series 2024 bonds have a first-time rating of “BBB” by Fitch. They consist of long-term tax-exempt fixed interest rate bonds achieving level debt... Read More »
Cascade Capital Group Acquires 29 SNFs

Cascade Capital Group Acquires 29 SNFs

Justin Knapp and Andrew Van Zee of the Knapp-Stahler Team of Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of a 29-property skilled nursing portfolio in Iowa on behalf of ABCM, which was exiting the senior care market. Comprising 2,346 total beds, it is the largest SNF portfolio to sell in the state, and by some margin.  Also featuring 326 assisted living units, the portfolio featured mostly four- and five-star rated facilities, with just two exceptions. Favorable Medicaid rate increases also helped improve operations across the board, but the margin could also get better. Some agency staffing was in the process of phasing out, as well. So, how do you sell a SNF, let alone 29 of them, in the... Read More »
Operator Purchases California Senior Care Facility

Operator Purchases California Senior Care Facility

A small senior care facility in Sacramento County, California, avoided foreclosure and was able to stay open after Sherman & Roylance found a buyer for it and closed the sale. Built in 1966, the single-story facility has served various purposes throughout its history, including a nursing home, a home for at-risk teens, and most recently, transitional housing. Its new owner is an experienced operator of senior care facilities in the region. Keeping the facility open, they will redesign the space specifically for senior care. The purchase price was not disclosed.  Read More »
Eskaton Receives Bond Financing

Build Senior Living Secures C-PACE Financing

Bayview Pace provided $4.3 million in C-PACE financing for a seniors housing community in the Detroit, Michigan MSA. Hampton Manor-Taylor comprises 65 assisted living and 16 memory care units with 102 total beds. There is extra capacity for shared rooms and/or additional companion units. The community is on six acres in Taylor, Michigan. The project sponsor is Build Senior Living, which is based in Cape Coral, Florida, and has completed 21 communities totaling 1,634 units. The C-PACE funds are part of a refinancing on the already-completely Taylor community, which is substantially leased. Read More »
Focus and Arbor Expand Footprints

Focus and Arbor Expand Footprints

JLL Capital Markets announced its role in completing the sale and financing of Mariposa, a 313-unit seniors housing community in Lake Worth, Florida. We wrote on Wednesday that Focus Healthcare Partners acquired the campus and was bringing on Arbor Senior Living to operate it. Sitting on 22.5 acres, the community was built in 2018 with a three-story IL/AL building consisting of 259 units and an adjacent one-story memory care building featuring 54 units. It was more than 95% occupied, and has been at 90% and above since September 2020. That is fantastic, and credit to Discovery Senior Living, which was the previous operator. Arbor Senior Living will hopefully hit the ground running as the... Read More »