• Blueprint Closes Three Two-Property Deals

    Blueprint has been active, announcing three separate deals involving six separate assets over the last few days. First, Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy facilitated the sale of two seniors housing communities in densely populated, urban submarkets on Chicago’s North and South Side. The seller was a nationally recognized institutional private equity... Read More »
  • Dwight Mortgage Trust Finances Bridge Loan

    Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of Dwight Capital, financed an $80 million bridge loan to facilitate the acquisition of a five-property skilled nursing portfolio located throughout central Florida. These facilities comprise a total of 518 beds and were 88% occupied. In conjunction with the 30-month bridge loan (which has a six-month... Read More »
  • Heritage Pointe Acquires Ohio CCRC

    A long-term family owner/operator of a CCRC in Maumee, Ohio, decided to sell their only asset, but only to the right buyer. Ben Bohland and Collin Hempfling of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors handled the process (which also involved multiple advisors, attorneys and banking partners), which saw an active bidding environment and eight total... Read More »
  • Institutional Buyer Acquires in the Tampa MSA

    The Knapp-Stahler Group of Institutional Property Advisors sold a seniors housing asset on behalf of an institutional investor. Located in the Tampa, Florida MSA, the community has 132 units of assisted living and memory care and demonstrated strong operational performance. It appears to be American House Zephyrhills, which was built around... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Enters Montana

    Stellar Senior Living, a senior care owner/operator in the western United States, acquired the operations of two seniors housing communities in Montana. This marks Stellar’s entry into the Montana market. Built in 1997, Helena Pointe is in Helena with 116 independent living units, and Missoula Valley in Missoula comprises 101 assisted living and... Read More »

Live Oak Bank/Berkadia Close Utah Loan

Live Oak Bank closed a $16.3 million A/B unitranche loan for an owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities in Utah. Berkadia Commercial Mortgage’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group assisted in the process, too. The financing provided bridge-to-HUD debt for a 38-bed transitional care/skilled nursing facility that opened in 2019 and provides short-term rehabilitation services. The loan announcement comes after Live Oak Bank closed a $13 million loan to refinance a 94-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lawrenceville, Georgia. That property also opened in 2019 and was leasing up when the pandemic began. So, the loan allows for additional time to fill the community before a... Read More »
Lument Refinances Two Oklahoma SNFs

Lument Refinances Two Oklahoma SNFs

Lument closed $16.9 million in HUD financing for two skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma. The two skilled nursing facilities combine for a total of 266 beds. One was built in 2006, with an addition completed in 2010, while the larger facility was built in 1953 and renovated in 1967, 1985 and 2018. Bill Wilson, managing director at Lument, arranged the loans, which were issued with 35-year amortizations and fixed interest rates. They replaced existing variable-rate, personally guaranteed commercial bank debt and also reimbursed nearly $2 million of the borrower’s previous capital expenditures. Read More »
LTC Properties Makes Large North Carolina Acquisition

LTC Properties Makes Large North Carolina Acquisition

LTC Properties announced an approximate $128 million investment in 12 assisted living/memory care communities with a combined 937 licensed beds in 568 units. Spread out in North Carolina, the communities are currently owned and operated by an existing LTC partner.  The majority of LTC’s investment is structured as a joint venture to acquire 11 of the properties, and a minor portion totaling $11 million is structured as a senior mortgage loan secured by one property with a two-year term and interest-only rate of 7.25%, at an IRR of 9.0%. LTC has a 97% ownership in the $121 million joint venture with the current operator for the purchase of the 11 properties. The communities will be... Read More »
Newmark Sells Project Freedom Portfolio

Newmark Sells Project Freedom Portfolio

In the waning days of 2022, the Newmark Seniors Housing Team sold a large assisted living portfolio in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Dubbed “Project Freedom,” the portfolio consists of eight communities and 744 private pay units, featuring a mix of assisted living and memory care. These communities are located in smaller submarkets and have an average age of approximately 20 years, which leaves room for some capital improvement projects for the new owner. Persimmon Ventures, LLC began acquiring the communities in 2016 after having built and sold a 10-facility skilled nursing portfolio over the previous eight years. Persimmon and its joint venture partner on the portfolio, Big Bay Ventures,... Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Group Sells Lone Star State SNF

Knapp-Stahler Group Sells Lone Star State SNF

Nick Stahler and Austin Diamond of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold a skilled nursing facility in Tyler, Texas for $7.5 million, or $62,500 per bed. The 120-bed facility was built in 1982 and is situated on 3.75 acres. It had historically experienced difficulty with occupancy, but the pandemic worsened the situation, bringing occupancy down to the mid-50s at the time of the transaction.  Despite those challenges, the seller, a regional Texas owner/operator, managed to maintain a strong patient mix and positive cash flow. In the last year, SNFs with solid operations generated healthy interest from investors, and the Knapp-Stahler Group produced multiple offers for... Read More »
SLIB Handles Utah Deal

SLIB Handles Utah Deal

Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a stand-alone memory care community in Clinton, Utah (Ogden–Clearfield area). Built in 2016, the community has 66 beds in 45 units. A national owner/operator seeking to sell non-core assets was the seller. The buyer was a family office located in the Western U.S., which will be using Ridgeline Management Company to operate the community.  The same SLIB trio also sold Pheasant Run in South Jordan, Utah. Built in 2015, the memory care community also comprises 66 beds and 45 units and sits on three acres just south of Salt Lake City. Read More »
Midcap Financial Closes Loan on a Seniors Housing Portfolio

Midcap Financial Closes Loan on a Seniors Housing Portfolio

MidCap Financial announced the closing of a transaction with a joint venture between NexCore Group and an affiliate of Heitman LLC. The floating-rate first mortgage loan facilitated the recapitalization of six seniors housing communities totaling 821 independent living, assisted living and memory care units across the southeast. All of the communities are located in Florida.  The operator of the communities will be NexCore’s seniors housing development and management division, Experience Senior Living. MidCap Financial’s loan is structured to both facilitate the recapitalization of the communities and provide future funding to complete construction of one of the... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Ohio Refinancing

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Ohio Refinancing

Walker & Dunlop arranged a $10.9 million HUD 232/223(f) refinance of a skilled nursing facility in Marysville, Ohio (Columbus MSA). Built in 1967, Monarch Skilled Nursing & Rehab comprises 75 units and recently underwent a rehabilitation of the existing units in addition to adding assisted living units to the facility. The refinancing was arranged on behalf of Janet Harris and Holland Management. Frank Cassidy of Walker & Dunlop handled this transaction. Read More »
White Oak Healthcare Partners Closes Two Transactions

White Oak Healthcare Partners Closes Two Transactions

White Oak Healthcare Partners, a subsidiary of White Oak Healthcare Finance, secured a $32.8 million financing for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in Southern California. A private investment firm acquired the facility, which is triple-net leased to an operator with experience in the state of California. The three-year, variable-rate loan came with two one-year extension options and was sized to HUD guidelines. Ross Holland and Joe Munhall originated the transaction. White Oak Healthcare Partners also executed a financing of just over $19 million for the acquisition of another skilled nursing facility in California for an owner/operator with significant experience in the... Read More »
SLIB Closes Jacksonville SNF Sale

SLIB Closes Jacksonville SNF Sale

Bradley Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. They represented the long-time not-for-profit owner/operator that had run into operational difficulty after the pandemic. As is typical of a not-for-profit operation, some expenses could be trimmed, but occupancy could also improve. The 1970s-era building was in decent shape after numerous physical plant improvements over the years, with only private and semiprivate rooms. A national owner emerged as the buyer and brought on a Florida operator to oversee the facility’s turnaround. No price was disclosed. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Mr. Clousing... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Closes Refinance in Oklahoma City

Live Oak Bank Closes Refinance in Oklahoma City

Live Oak Bank announced it has closed a $13 million refinance loan for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Mansions Senior Living. The financing supported the refinance of existing debt for a 94-unit assisted living and memory care community in Lawrenceville, Georgia, which originally opened in 2019. The property was still in lease-up when the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the subject loan will allow additional time for the property to complete that lease-up. Live Oak Bank’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Real Estate lending platform provided the financing for this transaction. Read More »