Family-Owned PruittHealth Expands in Georgia
PruittHealth expanded its footprint after making a seniors housing acquisition in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1998, Brighton Gardens of Buckhead is an assisted living/memory care community with 75 units and 112 beds. It will be rebranded as PruittPlace – Buckhead, and the buyer intends on conducting renovations on the asset in the future. With the addition of this community, PruittHealth now operates 108 senior living communities and health care centers in five states. This transaction comes only several months after PruittHealth was selected as the buyer for Piedmont Healthcare Inc.’s skilled nursing portfolio that included Laurel Park, Piedmont Augusta Extended Care Kentwood... Read More »
TJM Acquires Two Florida AL/MC Communities
TJM Properties acquired two assisted living/memory care communities in Bradenton and Venice, Florida, from a private REIT that purchased the assets as part of a large portfolio. These were TJM’s sixth and seventh assets acquired in the past 12 months. The buyer intends to invest in cosmetic updates for both communities. The Brandenton community was built in 1989 and comprises 74,786 square feet across 7.62 acres. The Venice community was constructed in 1998 with 74,445 square feet on 4.06 acres. Together, the assets total 211 units. Bradley Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. No purchase price was disclosed. Read More »
Sonida Senior Living Readies for Next Phase
Don’t you love it when a plan finally comes together? Sonida Senior Living has been working diligently to streamline its capital structure, not to mention improving its census and margins. Yesterday they announced two major developments which should set the stage for future growth. First, they purchased $77.4 million of outstanding debt held by Protective Life for $40.2 million, or a 52% discount, across seven communities. We are not sure we have seen that large of a discount in the market, and perhaps news of this will light a fire under some other creditors. Part of the purchase price was funded by a $24.8 million expansion of Sonida’s existing term loan with Ally Bank. An additional $44... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: January M&A Activity Hits a Recent High
If many are hoping for a fundamental shift in the M&A market in 2024, either for more activity, larger deals or Class-A, stabilized properties hitting the market, then January may have offered a glimmer of hope. We recorded 61 publicly announced transactions across the seniors housing and care sectors, according to LevinPro LTC. That is the highest monthly tally since January 2022 when 64 deals were made public. Back then, for some perspective, the 10-year Treasury rate averaged 1.76% that month, as opposed to around 4.0% last month. And liquidity was vastly different, too. There are also always December closings in the January total, which goes by announcement date, but that is true... Read More »
The Ensign Group Rocks It Again
It is all about culture, and handing down responsibility, accountability, and providing financial incentives that makes The Ensign Group tick, and rock every quarter. It is also something some seniors housing providers can learn from. Some companies are doing it, but many founders and CEOs are still not ready to hand over the tools to succeed. The nursing home industry is difficult, but Ensign continues to outperform. Same-facility occupancy was up 240 basis points year over year, and it was up 40 basis points sequentially. The skilled mix increased by 110 basis points sequentially. Other nursing home operators only dream of this. In addition, Ensign’s 2024 earnings guidance is now 13%... Read More »
Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance over Sale
We have written numerous times of property owners not being tempted into the M&A market lately, due to values being below their expectations for their properties. One of those owners, a local operator in Michigan, decided to refinance its 150-unit independent living community after sale offers came in lower than they desired. Built by the same operator 15 years ago about 15 miles outside of Ann Arbor, the three-story community had experienced a census drop of over 20% since the start of the pandemic. That probably did not help its sale prospects. So, JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital arranged a refinance totaling $9 million from a syndicate of local credit unions. The loan came with a... Read More »
Highmark Assumes Management of Iowa Portfolio
Highmark Senior Living, a Hubbell Realty Co. affiliate that manages six communities with over 290 residents, has taken over management of a portfolio of Edencrest senior living communities spread throughout Iowa. The communities include Edencrest at Beaverdale (built in 2017), Edencrest at Green Meadows (2016), Edencrest at The Legacy (2018), Edencrest at Riverwoods (2014), Edencrest at Siena Hills (2017), Edencrest at Timberline (2023) and Edencrest at Tuscany (2021). Read More »
United Properties Expands in Minnesota
United Properties acquired a senior living community in Champlin, Minnesota, as its third senior community in the immediate area. United now owns/operates seven Amira Choice communities in the Twin Cities and two in Florida. It also owns three Amira active adult communities in the Twin Cities and intends to expand its portfolio in the coming years. Built in 2002, Champlin Shores comprises independent living, assisted living and memory care units. United intends to update the community in the next three years and rebrand it as Amira Choice Champlin. The selected operator is Ebenezer Senior Living. Blackstone and Brookdale Senior Living purchased the asset in 2017 from Healthpeak... Read More »
Some Providers Still Stuck In Pandemic Swamp
Diversified Healthcare Trust reported on the December performance of its seniors housing operators, and let’s just say it seems that little progress has been made. In the seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) operated by Aleris/Five Star, with 117 communities and 16,951 units, in 2023 census increased by only 240 basis points to 80.4% in December. But that is not the major problem. The average monthly rate has held fairly stable, ending the year at $4,429 compared with $4,278 in January last year. The problem has been expenses, which increased by 11% over the year, jumping by 5% from November to December alone. That resulted in a plunge in NOI in December to $4.0 million,... Read More »
Stabilized Seniors Housing Sale in Midwest
An independent owner sold their only senior care asset in a deal arranged by Evans Senior Investments. Country Meadow Place is a 56-unit assisted living/memory care community located in Mason City, Iowa. It was originally built in 1985 as a 36-unit memory care community before it was acquired in 2013 and expanded five years later with 20 additional assisted living units. At the time of marketing, the community was 100% occupied (which has been maintained for the previous 13 months) with a 95% private pay census. NOI also exceeded $1.4 million, or $25,000 per unit. Evans targeted a select group of potential buyers before the existing operator emerged as the winning bidder for $13 million,... Read More »Schedule a demo
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