• Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

    Another senior care REIT is eyeing the public markets after filing a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed offering of Class A common stock. National Healthcare Properties’ offering remains subject to market conditions and other customary conditions, and the number of shares and pricing range have not yet been determined. And if... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles High-Quality SNF Sale in Texas

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Built in 2010 and 2013, Crown Point Health Suites features 108 beds and is well maintained. It also performed strongly, with a 20% margin on nearly $14.5 million of revenues, and an 86% occupancy rate. Its independent... Read More »
  • Jaybird Senior Living Acquires Multi-State Portfolio

    An affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, Jaybird Capital, acquired five senior living communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jaybird assumed management of the communities in October and stabilized them before executing on the purchase. The company is currently targeting the addition of 15 more communities to its portfolio throughout the... Read More »
  • Newly Formed Investment Firm Enters Senior Care

    An 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, recently traded with the help of Continuum Advisors, which represented the institutional joint venture seller. Built in 2014, Beach House has 64 assisted living and 20 memory care units, with 100 licensed beds. It is situated on a barrier island near some of the most... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Geographic Outlier to Large Owner/Operator

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced that it sold a well-occupied seniors housing community in Oregon. The building is on an acre in Sheridan, and comprises 44,805 square feet. It was developed in 1996 and features 53 assisted living units. The community was 94% occupied at the time of closing.  Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake... Read More »
VIUM Capital Secures Second Securitization

VIUM Capital Secures Second Securitization

VIUM Capital and its joint venture partner Merchants Capital have closed on their second securitization of healthcare commercial real estate bridge loans. The $630 million securitization pool comprises loans that were originated by VIUM and underwritten and closed on the balance sheet of Merchant’s parent, Merchants Bank of Indiana, within the past 16 months.  The 21 loans are collateralized by 74 properties across 15 states, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities, and did not see interest rates or terms affected by the securitization. They also have a weighted average loan-to-value ratio of 69% and a weighted average debt yield above... Read More »
Two Texas SNFs Trade

Two Texas SNFs Trade

Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Texas. Located 10 miles from each other in Daingerfield and Hughes Springs, the facilities total 175 beds and were previously owned by a local independent owner/operator that is selling its only senior care assets. They were each more than 50 years old. Occupancy was around 60%, and the facilities were operating just under breakeven on approximately $8.35 million of revenues. Both facilities were also enrolled in QIPP which provides for additional revenue not already in the financials.  An owner/operator of several facilities in Texas emerged as the buyer, with plans to take... Read More »
Lument Hires Chris Cain

Lument Hires Chris Cain

Chris Cain has made the move from Berkadia to Lument, joining the firm as a managing director focused on origination efforts from seniors housing and healthcare clients throughout the United States. Based in Dallas, Texas, he will report to Aaron Becker, senior managing director and head of seniors housing and healthcare production at Lument. Since 2011, Cain has originated over $6 billion in construction, term, and permanent debt. Besides Berkadia, he previously held roles with Commerce Bank and BBVA. Keller Augusta arranged the placement. Read More »
Harrison Street Refinances Class-A Asset

Harrison Street Refinances Class-A Asset

CBRE secured the refinancing for a seniors housing community in the Austin, Texas MSA, on behalf of Harrison Street. Aron Will and Tim Root handled the transaction, securing a five-year loan from a life insurance company.  Built in 2018, The Village at the Triangle features 208 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Upon opening, the community leased up to 94% in just 23 months, averaging eight net move-ins per month. Occupancy in 2021 was 97% and grew in 2022 and 2023 to 100%. Occupancy as of September is 100% with a lengthy waitlist. The community is currently operated by The Aspenwood Company. Read More »
Ziegler Closes Multi-Part Financing

Ziegler Closes Multi-Part Financing

Ziegler closed a bond financing and taxable term loan to finance EveryAge’s acquisition of Providence Place, a rental CCRC in High Point, North Carolina. EveryAge, formerly United Church Homes and Services, is a not-for-profit corporation organized in 1961 that owns nearly 1,000 units. With the acquisition and an upcoming development project, its unit count will rise above 1,400. EveryAge also provides management and certain other administrative services to seven corporations operating 252 housing units for low-income seniors (HUD 202 communities) and two PACE programs. The organization is currently developing a 95-unit independent living community located in Hickory, North Carolina.... Read More »
Silver Wave Capital Announces First Acquisition

Silver Wave Capital Announces First Acquisition

Silver Wave Capital, a newly formed private investment firm set to take advantage of value-add opportunities in the seniors housing M&A market, has announced its first closed acquisition. The deal included a 116-unit assisted living/memory care community in Naples, Florida. We understand the property was around 20 years old and was not stabilized. It was also being sold by a REIT owner. Blueprint’s Brooks Blackmon, Kyle Hallion and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Cory Wake and Elan Ruggill of Silver Wave Capital made the acquisition through a joint venture with its co-GP partner Persimmon Ventures, an established seniors housing investment firm that is run by Stephen Bellone. The... Read More »
Protea Refinances Class-A Asset

Protea Refinances Class-A Asset

JLL Capital Markets arranged a $35 million construction-takeout refinancing for a seniors housing community in California. Built in 2019 and expanded in 2021, Ocean Hills Senior Living comprises 216 units in Oceanside. Working on behalf of Protea Capital Partners, JLL placed the five-year, fixed-rate loan with a regional bank.  Ocean Hills offers a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. The AL/MC phase of the property was delivered in 2019, with the IL portion opening in 2021. Initially hampered by the pandemic, occupancy rates have steadily increased. The campus reached initial stabilization in Q4:23.  There was... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires in Florida

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires in Florida

Chicago Pacific Founders and its subsidiaries, CPF Living Communities and Grace Management, Inc., announced the acquisition of a seniors housing community between Pensacola and Pensacola Beach in coastal Florida. Built in 2018, The Arbors of Gulf Breeze features 132 units with 51 independent living, 58 assisted living and 23 memory care units. Grace Management will operate the community on a go-forward basis. The community, which was described as a stabilized, quality asset, was previously owned by a local partnership that had reached the end of their investment horizon. Based on the age, performance and quality of the community, we would guess it traded around a market cap rate for... Read More »
Sonida to Acquire in Georgia

Sonida to Acquire in Georgia

Sonida Senior Living, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire two seniors housing communities that comprise 178 units in Atlanta, Georgia, for $29 million, or $163,000 per unit. The acquisition is expected to be funded through cash on hand and proceeds from Sonida’s senior secured revolving credit facility. Next, Sonida completed the acquisition of eight senior living campuses in the Southeast for $103 million. These transactions have increased the company’s year-to-date acquired properties to 17 and expanded its operating portfolio to 91 communities.  Also, Sonida closed an additional $75 million commitment on its senior secured revolving credit facility, bringing the total capacity to... Read More »
Update on Retirement Unlimited Inc.

Update on Retirement Unlimited Inc.

Many of you read in our online posts that the President of Retirement Unlimited Inc. (RUI), Doris-Ellie Sullivan, is out and that a lot of other changes have transpired there. But perhaps the biggest story is how Welltower and its RUI relationship went off course. Brandywine Living and Welltower sold the Brandywine management business to RUI in a transaction that closed late in 2023. Welltower owned the assets so was in the driver’s seat on what would happen in the future. Welltower had a previous relationship with the owner of RUI, Bill Fralen, who had owned a lot of SNFs but was growing his seniors housing business through RUI. It seemed like a good financial fit. But something went... Read More »
CareTrust Grows with Mid-Atlantic SNF Portfolio Acquisition

CareTrust Grows with Mid-Atlantic SNF Portfolio Acquisition

CareTrust REIT, Inc. acquired a skilled nursing portfolio in the Mid-Atlantic consisting of four facilities and 396 beds/units. One of the four facilities is a skilled nursing and assisted living campus, which includes 47 assisted living units. The purchase price, inclusive of transaction costs, was approximately $74.7 million, or $188,600 per bed/unit.  In connection with the acquisition, CareTrust entered into a triple-net master lease with a new operator relationship. The operator is experienced in skilled nursing and has managed facilities across multiple states. The new master lease has an initial term of 15 years with two, five-year extension options and provides for a year one... Read More »