• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Bond Financing

Ziegler Arranges Bond Financing

A CCRC in Southern Pines, North Carolina, near the world-famous Pinehurst Golf Course, is embarking on an independent living expansion project with the help of bond financing arranged by Ziegler. Currently comprising 150 IL units, 42 assisted living units and 32 skilled nursing beds, Penick Village will add 44 IL units (with underbuilding parking), a new 5,000 square-foot wellness center and renovations to the healthcare center. Since beginning pre-sales in June 2024, the expansion has successfully pre-sold 39 of the 44 (88.6%) new units with a 10% deposit. Two tranches of bonds will finance the project, totaling $73.295 million. The Series A long-term bonds totaled $54.87 million and came... Read More »
Four SNFs Receive Refinancing

Four SNFs Receive Refinancing

MONTICELLOAM closed $87.0 million in total bridge and working capital financing for a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities totaling 450 beds in Florida. The $80 million bridge loan carries a two-year term, with two six-month extensions, and will be used to refinance the existing debt on the four assets. The $7.0 million working capital revolver will be used to manage day-to-day operational expenses across the portfolio.  Proceeds from the $80,000,000 bridge loan were used to refinance the existing debt on four skilled nursing facilities. The loan carries a 24-month term with two six-month extensions for the borrower. Read More »
Brookdale Q3 Results Disappoint

Brookdale Q3 Results Disappoint

Historically, and we are going back more than 12 years, the third quarter has been the best quarter of the year for occupancy increases, and usually cash flow increases based on those census jumps. This was certainly the case for Welltower and Ventas this year, the two largest owners of seniors housing communities. Unfortunately, Brookdale Senior Living, which continues to underperform the market and lags these two REITs, leaves investors disappointed and wondering what is wrong. And dare we say disillusioned with management’s forecasts, which have not panned out at all this year. Don’t get us wrong. Occupancy has increased, but not in the way investors expected, and “little” things like... Read More »
SHOP at National Health Investors Outperforms

SHOP at National Health Investors Outperforms

At National Health Investors, it seems to be all about SHOP, SHOP, SHOP. Although it is a small portfolio at just 15 properties, it is becoming mighty. September’s occupancy was 89.1%, compared with 81.2% a year ago, representing a 790-basis point increase. From July 2023, the increase was 1190 basis points. It is now the highest occupancy portfolio of the major property groups for NHI. The sequential increase from August was 60 basis points.  The SHOP NOI increased 30.4% year over year and represents the highest quarterly result since the portfolio’s formation in April 2022. As we have written previously, SHOP portfolios are performing well, and REITs are expanding them. All is not... Read More »
Third Luther Manor Home Campus Sold

Third Luther Manor Home Campus Sold

A Senior Living Investment Brokerage team comprising Jeff Binder, Jason Punzel, Nick Cacciabando and Jake Anderson handled the receivership sale of a senior care campus in Dubuque, Iowa. Affiliated with the two Grand Meadows campuses in Asbury, Iowa, that SLIB had facilitated the sale of in October, Luther Manor – Hillcrest Campus was previously owned by the not-for-profit Luther Manor Home, before it fell into receivership. It opened in 1969 and went through several additions through 2012 to now include 32 independent living units and 86 skilled nursing beds. The IL portion was just 59% occupied, while the skilled nursing portion was nearly full, at 98%. And the campus operated at a... Read More »
Kadima Healthcare Acquires SNF Portfolio from Comprehensive Healthcare

Kadima Healthcare Acquires SNF Portfolio from Comprehensive Healthcare

Blueprint was engaged by the Chief Restructuring Officer for Comprehensive Healthcare Management Solutions and was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to handle the divestiture of nine skilled nursing facilities. The facilities were part of two separate subgroupings: Maybrook (7) and Consulate (2).  The facilities are within 70 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and comprise 920 skilled nursing beds, 19 personal care beds and 15 independent living units. In the wake of operational challenges stemming from but not limited to the pandemic, citing declining census, staffing shortages and prior litigation, Comprehensive filed for Chapter... Read More »
Taylor Community Expands in New Hampshire

Taylor Community Expands in New Hampshire

Continuum Advisors facilitated the sale of a CCRC in Meredith, New Hampshire, near the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. Financially strained for several years, the community was sold through a court-directed process with OnePoint Partners serving as the Rehabilitation Trustee and Continuum was retained to market the CCRC for sale. Built in 2008, Meredith Bay Colony Club comprises 85 units (41 independent living, 20 assisted living and 24 memory care units) on over 11 acres with an additional 18+ acres of undeveloped land for future expansion.  David Kliewer and Jay Jordan led the sale to close on November 1. The purchase price was $11 million, or $129,400 per unit. Additionally, the... Read More »
In-Place Tenant Acquires New Jersey Community

In-Place Tenant Acquires New Jersey Community

Blueprint’s Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes and Kory Buzin were engaged by a New Jersey-based investor/developer in its divestment of a seniors housing community. The ultimate buyer was the in-place tenant, Springpoint Senior Living. Built in 2022, the community comprises 60 units of assisted living and memory care in Manalapan, New Jersey. It experienced a drawn-out lease up through its first two years in operation, falling short of the census necessary to normalize staffing, marketing and other operational expenses, ultimately impacting its ability to stabilize from an NOI perspective. Blueprint approached a targeted list of qualified investors. Through a multi-round marketing effort,... Read More »
California Community Secures Refinancing

California Community Secures Refinancing

CBRE secured a Fannie Mae refinance for a seniors housing community in San Leandro, California, on behalf of the borrower, Carlton Senior Living. Built in 1997, the community features 147 units of assisted living and memory care in a high-barrier-to-entry market in the Bay Area. It was 95% occupied at the time of closing, and since owning the community, Carlton has renovated it over the years to keep it competitive in the local market.  In order to reconstitute its original joint venture ownership into a closely held Tenant-in-Common (TIC) ownership structure, Carlton refinanced the property with a cash-neutral, $22.9 million loan through CBRE’s Fannie Mae DUS Lending Platform. The... Read More »
SLIB Handles Illinois MC Deal

SLIB Handles Illinois MC Deal

A small, rural memory care community traded in Illinois, and for a market cap rate. Built in 2012, the community features just 46 units in the town of Taylorsville in central Illinois. It was 87% occupied, and was operating at a 14% margin on more than $2.9 million of revenues. That maybe could be improved, but it is a rural market and a small facility, as well. The private equity seller was divesting to redeploy capital into other projects. They sold the building for $4.5 million, or $97,800 per unit, at a 9.2% cap rate. The buyer was looking to continue growing their portfolio in the state. Vince Viverito, Ryan Saul and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the... Read More »
Texas AA Community Trades

Texas AA Community Trades

Active adult deals have been relatively rare this year, as interest rates rose above AA’s typical cap rates, but we’ve seen a smattering of older assets trade in recent weeks. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, announced the sale of Encore at Buckingham, a 242-unit active adult community in Richardson, Texas. Built in 2001, the asset has four stories in a garden style, with a swimming pool, heated spa, movie theater, elevator and library. The average unit size is 806 square feet.  Occupancy was strong in the past year, averaging 98% occupancy. And it was operating at a healthy margin, with some room to improve. The asset sold for $36.2 million, or... Read More »