Dealmaking in South Dakota
A small assisted living community in South Dakota sold thanks to the team at Evans Senior Investments. An institutional owner/operator engaged Evans to facilitate the sale in order to redeploy capital into new opportunities. The community was built in the last decade with 33 units of private pay assisted living, with a functional bed capacity of 40. It was a strong operator and often had a waitlist, so we imagine it ran at a healthy margin. A provider with experience operating similar communities in comparable markets was selected as the buyer, making its first entry into South Dakota with the deal. They paid $4.3 million, or $130,300 per unit. Read More »
Behavioral Buyer Acquires AL Asset
As investors and developers look ahead to the potential supply-and-demand imbalance in seniors housing in the coming years, we must consider the effect of conversion projects on future supply of assisted living units. With higher expenses and higher capital costs, not every assisted living community (particularly those that are small and/or older) will operate profitably as an assisted living business in the future, depending on the local market, of course. So sellers will increasingly look to alternative use buyers to get either an acceptable price or just any buyer. We have seen more and more behavioral health buyers look to struggling seniors housing properties for just such... Read More »
KeyBank Finances New Ohio Project
A new affordable seniors housing community is going up in Columbus with construction financing now in hand. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment arranged the $93 million in construction financing, which consisted of a $43.3 million construction loan, $23.8 million in low-income housing tax credit financing, and a $25.9 million Forward Fannie mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as collateral for a tax-exempt bonds permanent loan. Known as The Caravel, the community will consist of 234 units for residents aged 55 and older who earn at or below 50%, 60% and 70% of the area median income (AMI). Kittle Property Group is developing the property in partnership with Homeport, a... Read More »
Blackstone Divests in Kentucky
A large seniors housing community in Lexington, Kentucky, sold with the help of the team at Newmark. Built in 1986 and renovated in both 2015 and 2022 (a significant $6 million renovation in 2022), Richmond Place features 257 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. There are 183 IL, 60 AL and 14 MC units. We understand the property improved its operations in the last couple years, now exceeding prepandemic occupancy and nearing 95%. With a healthy rate increase pushed through in 2023, we imagine its operating margin has improved as well. It has most recently been operated by LCS but was previously managed by Brookdale Senior Living for many years. American... Read More »
Sonida Senior Living Keeps Pushing Census
We have been impressed by Sonida Senior Living management’s ability to get out of its census, cash flow and balance sheet difficulties over the past year. After some acquisitions this year, the company now operates 93 senior living communities, most of them owned. In the third quarter, same-community occupancy for 61 communities increased by 210 basis points year over year to 87.0%. That is well ahead of many other operators, as well as higher than the NIC MAP census averages. They are well on their way to hitting the elusive goal of 90% occupancy. Speaking of 90% occupancy, management believes that when they reach it for their same-community portfolio, the NOI margin for these... Read More »
Invesque Divests to Logos Living Capital
Logos Living Capital acquired a seven-property seniors housing portfolio from Invesque. The communities were previously managed by Commonwealth Senior Living, and going forward they will be managed by Viva Senior Living, which exclusively manages Logos’ seniors housing assets. The portfolio includes three communities in Maryland (Viva at Bel Air, Viva at Cockeysville and Viva at Hagerstown), three in Virginia (Viva at Stafford, Viva at Fredericksburg and Viva at Berryville) and one in Tennessee (Viva at Oak Ridge). Logos is a long-term believer in the assets, with the goal being to own them for as long as possible and to look at different financing sources over time. The portfolio... Read More »
1019 Senior Living Grows in Indiana
1019 Senior Living, an owner/operator that was founded in 2021 by James and Heather Kesler, acquired two seniors housing communities in Indiana. Both were properties previously operated by Bickford Senior Living. Of course there are always hurdles that come with closing a deal, however this transaction, which Blueprint handled, was very smooth. 1019 Belle’s Place of Crawfordsville is a standalone memory care community with 28 units in Crawfordsville. 1019 Belle’s Place of Wabash also comprises 28 assisted living/memory care units, and is in Wabash. Both were built in 2008. The purchase price was not disclosed, however, it was noted that it was a “very good deal.” One of the... Read More »
Ciena Healthcare Divests to Euson Lindsay Health
Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a senior care community in Goshen, Indiana. The seller, Ciena Healthcare, recognized the need for strategic repositioning, engaging Blueprint in the divestment. Built in 2018 and constructed under the Green House Project, an organization that focuses on non-institutional eldercare environments, The Laurels of Goshen features four homes with 12 residents per home (48 seniors housing beds) and 28 dually licensed Medicare and Medicaid skilled nursing beds. Blueprint approached one group with interest, Euson Lindsay Health, and they were ultimately selected as the buyer, rebranding the community as The Restoracy Goshen.... Read More »
Owner/Operator Purchases in South Carolina
Jack Osteen of Sherman & Roylance facilitated the sale of two skilled nursing facilities comprising 252 total beds in South Carolina. The facilities were previously marketed by a different brokerage firm in 2021. Built around 1980 and renovated in 1998, one of the facilities is in Florence and comprises 132 beds with an occupancy rate of over 75%. Built in 2008, the second facility is in Cheraw and features 120 beds with an occupancy rate of over 90%. The seller was a mom & pop with a 50-year history in South Carolina’s nursing care sector. The buyer is a leading operator with a growing presence in the Western United States. The deal was financed through private international... Read More »
CA Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing
Northwest Visalia Senior Housing LLC obtained a $29.5 million loan for the refinancing of Quail Park at Shannon Ranch, which comprises 120 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in Visalia, California. Northmarq secured the 10-year loan, with the first five years being interest-only, through Poppy Bank of California. The funds were utilized to pay off a bridge loan that Northmarq also arranged back in 2021. The principal of Living Care Lifestyles, the Kaweah Health System of Visalia and multiple local investors comprise the ownership group of Quail Park. Living Care also manages the community. Managing Director Stuart Oswald led Northmarq’s Seattle Debt and... Read More »Schedule a demo
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