60 Seconds with Swett: WSJ’s Private Equity Analysis in Health Care
Last week, The Wall Street Journal published an article examining private equity activity in the healthcare M&A market, specifically that its activity was down compared with 2023 because of increased regulatory scrutiny and higher interest rates. The article cited Pitchbook transaction data, and some of the numbers left our editors at our sister platform LevinPro HC, which exclusively covers the healthcare M&A market, scratching their heads. According to Pitchbook, as cited in the article, there were 180 PE add-on deals, or when a PE firm buys a company through a portfolio company, through May 28. Our numbers are higher, as LevinPro HC recorded 193 deals from a PE-backed company,... Read More »
Ventas Purchases AL/MC Portfolio
Walker & Dunlop announced the closing of the Magnolia Springs portfolio consisting of seven communities across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The seller appears to be a joint venture between LCS Real Estate and Nuveen Real Estate, which acquired the portfolio in 2018 and financed the deal with CBRE (before refinancing part of the portfolio in 2020). The average year built of the communities is 2014, and each had strong operating margins at the time of closing. The communities comprise more than 690 assisted living and memory care units, with average occupancy hovering in the low to mid-80s. Josh Jandris, Brett Gardner and Alex Vice handled the transaction. There were multiple offers... Read More »
Ventas Acquires AL/MC Community in Oregon
Newmark facilitated the divestment of a seniors housing community in Bend, Oregon. Built in 2013 and 2016, Mt. Bachelor Assisted Living and Memory Care comprises 156 assisted living and memory care units. Ventas revealed that it acquired this community for $55 million, or $352,600 per unit. This announcement comes shortly after Newmark facilitated the sale of a seniors housing portfolio featuring assets spread across three states. Dubbed Project Stone, the four-community portfolio includes Class-A communities at irreplaceable locations in strong Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri submarkets. Together, they comprise 460 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The... Read More »
Blueprint Finds Buyer/Operator for Vacant Seniors Housing Asset
Blueprint’s Behavioral Healthcare team advised a seniors housing investor to both obtain specialized zoning entitlements for a vacant seniors housing asset and to sell the asset as a potential behavioral healthcare conversion following the re-zoning. Andrew Sfreddo, Shane Harmon and Gunnar Raney handled the transaction. Upon the investor securing the specialized zoning entitlements for inpatient behavioral use, Blueprint took the asset to market and procured an offer from a behavioral healthcare owner/operator which originally planned to purchase the asset, deploy capital improvements and license the building as an inpatient substance abuse facility. However, during escrow, Blueprint was... Read More »
JLL Arranges Financing in New Mexico
JLL Capital Markets arranged refinancing for a seniors housing community in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. JLL secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company. Built in 1997 and renovated in 2019, Fairwinds Rio Rancho features 220 independent living and assisted living units. It is three stories and comprises 211,213 square feet. Alanna Ellis, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Alex Sheaffer handled the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Lytle Enterprises. Lytle’s portfolio consists of 18 independent living and assisted living communities that total 3,000 units, with an average property size of 157 units. Read More »
Affordable Housing Preservation Developer Purchases in California
Marcus & Millichap and Affordable Housing Advisors teamed up to facilitate the sale of an affordable seniors housing community in Campbell, California. After operating the community for over 30 years, the not-for-profit owner/operator chose to divest Corinthian House Apartments. Corinthian features 102 studio and one-bedroom units and contains 36 project-based Section-8 units. The buyer is a mission-driven affordable housing preservation developer. Rob Reis of M&M and Andy Daitch of AHA handled the transaction, which closed at the agreed-upon price. Read More »
Berkadia Secures Financing on Behalf of POAH
Berkadia announced the financing and preservation of Jesse Jackson Jr. Senior Housing, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing community in Harvey, Illinois. James Grande secured the $17.6 million low-income housing tax credit equity investment on behalf of the sponsor, Preservation of Affordable Housing. The community consists of two three-story, elevator-serviced buildings that were originally constructed in 2007 (phase II) and 2011 (phase III). The project will consist of 120 one-bedroom units serving seniors aged 62 and above, with 114 of the units set aside for persons whose income is at or below 50% of the area median income. The remaining six units will be set aside for persons... Read More »
High-Value Mississippi SNF Deal Closes
Senior Living Investment Brokerage was engaged by SunLink Health Systems in its divestment of a skilled nursing facility in Houston, Mississippi. Built in 1969, the facility, Trace Extended Care & Rehab, features 66 beds in 50 units. SunLink sold this facility and related real estate to redeploy capital and focus on its core business. The buyer was a Mississippi-based group looking to add to its existing presence in the state. According to SunLink, the facility was sold for approximately $7.1 million, or $107,600 per bed. SunLink noted that the sale is intended to further its strategy of positioning itself for a larger transaction, which might include a merger or consolidation with a... Read More »
All-Medicare SNF in Vegas Sells
Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a 45-bed post-acute rehab facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Understandably, with its newer vintage, all-Medicare census and higher and higher acuity patient base, the facility traded for a high per-bed price, at $8.5 million, or $188,900 per bed. The transaction was executed on behalf of a regional owner/operator. The facility, exclusively licensed to accept Medicare only, was built in 2015. At the time of marketing, it was 73% occupied and had struggled to maintain healthy occupancy levels in previous months. Despite that, the facility’s growth potential and the anticipated Medicare rate increase set to take effect this year presented a valuable... Read More »
Ziegler Handles Financing in Missouri
John Knox Village is a large not-for-profit single-site provider of senior living services headquartered in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. JKV owns/operates a life plan community which, as of December 31, 2023, consisted of 948 marketable independent living units ranging from single-family homes to apartments, assisted living communities consisting of 106 apartments and 76 memory care units, and a skilled nursing center operating 122 beds. Ziegler announced the closing of John Knox Village obligated group’s $42.3 million Series 2024 tax-exempt bonds. The $30.83 million of Series 2024A fixed rate bonds along with the $5.53 million Series 2024B-1 (TEMPS SM-85) and $7.5 million Series 2024B-2... Read More »Schedule a demo
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