Is Brookdale Senior Living On The Move?
Brookdale Senior Living has had its share of ups and downs since coming out of the pandemic bottom in March of 2021. Other than sequential occupancy, the first quarter was its best financial performance in a while. Same-community revenue was up year over year by 13.1% and sequentially by 8.4%, labor expense was down 1.2% year over year and down sequentially by 0.6%, and while sequential occupancy was down by 80 basis points in the notoriously bad first quarter for providers, it was up 310 basis points year over year. It could have been a lot worse. More importantly, same-community adjusted operating income was up 50.3% year over year and up 35.4% sequentially. And operating... Read More »
Evans Facilitates CareTrust REIT’s Georgia Acquisition
An older skilled nursing facility that recently underwent a major renovation sold to CareTrust REIT in a deal valued at $12 million, or $81,000 per bed. Located about 40 miles south of Atlanta, Georgia, in the town of Spalding, the 148-bed facility was originally built in 1968 and was recently put on the special focus facility list. A recent renovation modernized the amenities, which added to the facility’s appeal and helped boost occupancy. At the time of marketing, it was around 95% occupied, and according to CareTrust’s press release, the facility is expected to generate first-year annual cash rent of $1.17 million. A regional owner/operator hired Evans Senior Investments to... Read More »
Blueprint Sells South Florida AL Community
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold a 54-unit assisted living community located in between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brooks Blackmon and Lauren Nagle were engaged by a regional owner/operator to run a confidential marketing process of the property, which was positioned as an opportunity for an incoming investor with regional expertise to bolster their Florida footprint, implement a strong business plan, and capitalize on economies of scale. A local-owner operator emerged from two other offers to buy the community for an undisclosed price. Read More »
BWE Refinances Newly Built AL/MC Community
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital (BWE), a national mortgage banking company, closed the refinance of a newly-built assisted living/memory care community in Levittown, New York. Taylor Mokris and Ryan Stoll of BWE originated the $26.66 million loan through a regional bank on behalf of the borrower, a regional developer and owner of seniors and affordable housing. Opened in November 2020, Village Green features both assisted living and memory care options. It was around 80% occupied at the time of the transaction. With the time to refinance approaching, the BWE Seniors Housing and Care team ran a competitive process to source multiple bank quotes on behalf of their client.... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT’s First Quarter
The big news in Sabra Health Care REIT’s first quarter report was that effective May 1, they are completely out of the 49% joint venture with the Enlivant portfolio that encompasses 154 assisted living communities. The J/V had been in default on the portfolio’s debt, and since there was no recourse to Sabra, it was time to cut the cord. Sabra’s investment had been written down to zero a while ago, so there was no financial impact with the decision. The J/V agreement contained a provision that allowed either partner to walk after a certain period of time. While we understood the original rationale to make this investment to diversify from its skilled nursing portfolio, the price... Read More »
Ziegler’s Advanced Pricing Saved Millions
Not many borrowers are refinancing their debt in today’s high-interest rate environment, but if you made the decision to forward price in January of 2022, you were in a great position. That is what Ziegler did for Presbyterian Retirement Communities, which is part of Westminster Communities of Florida, the largest operator of CCRCs in Florida and the 11th largest not-for-profit in the country. Ziegler forward priced $142.6 million of tax-exempt bonds in January 2022 for delivery in May 2023. The bonds have a weighted average maturity of 17 years and an overall yield to maturity of 3.35%. It is doubtful they could achieve any rate close to that today. The total savings on the refinance will... Read More »
SLIB Handles Two REIT Divestments
A REIT divested a couple of assisted living/memory care communities in Iowa with the help of Ryan Saul, Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in the late-2000s, the communities combined for 96 units. They were located in Ottumwa and Fort Madison, both in southeastern Iowa. Their REIT owner wished to liquidate capital for other investments, so an Iowa-based owner/operator stepped in to buy the communities for an undisclosed amount. They plan to invest heavily in remodeling the community and improving overall performance. Punzel and Viverito were then joined by Brad Goodsell and Jake Anderson to work on behalf of another REIT to sell... Read More »
Welltower’s Seniors Housing Portfolio Improves
Welltower’s seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) continued on its road to recovery in the first quarter of 2023, a quarter that historically has always had a difficult time. Same-community SHOP net operating income surged an impressive 23.4% year over year, as well as by 6% sequentially. This was helped by COVID going into remission and a mild flu season. Same-community SHOP occupancy (746 communities) increased by 240 basis points year over year, and by 10 basis points sequentially, to 79.4%. The year-over-year increase was less than what we expected, and we have to believe that Welltower management is still concerned about the overall level of occupancy at this point in the... Read More »
The Volatile Insurance Market
As the M&A market declined in activity from the heights of early-2022, we kept hearing that every deal was much harder to close and experienced more delays than in recent memory. The capital markets had a major impact on that, understandably, but another wrench thrown in many buyers’ M&A plans was the volatile (and pricey) insurance market for both the property’s real estate and operating business. There are plenty of reasons to explain the increase in insurance costs in the last year. First, rates had been dropping for about 15 years until around 2018/19 due to providers wanting to build scale, even if it meant taking losses to get there. Then, as Chip Stuart of HUB... Read More »
Omega Healthcare Investors’ Shares Surge
The good news seems to keep on coming. Omega Healthcare Investors released its first quarter 2023 results, and while the past was still problematic, the future is looking brighter. The REIT is the largest owner of skilled nursing facilities in the country, and its customers were particularly hard hit in the pandemic. It appears, however, that most of the restructurings and asset sales are behind them, even though there are a few significant ones ongoing. The positive attitude and look to the future sent the share price surging by nearly 10%. The recently announced rent and interest deferrals, and changes, include LaVie, Maplewood Senior Living, Agemo (which has resumed its $6.4 million... Read More »Schedule a demo
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