Marcus & Millichap San Francisco Sale
A senior living community in the San Francisco Bay area is heading in a different direction under new ownership, after Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap arranged the property’s sale. Family-owned and -operated for over 40 years, the 158-unit community featured independent living, assisted living and memory care services, with a total of 194 beds. Built in phases from 1961 to 1980, it was producing substantial cash flow and operated efficiently, but the building was in need of substantial renovations. Set in the city of Hayward, the community was about to face some new high-quality competition from local developments by MorningStar Senior Living and SRM Development. Occupancy was also low... Read More »60 Seconds With Swett: SNF Values Have Hit Their Peak
We have hit a valuation peak for skilled nursing facilities, and we do not feel like we are going out on a limb in saying it. That is because soaring interest rates have made acquiring facilities at extremely high prices much more expensive. The realities of a difficult operating environment concerning labor and inflation must also be top of mind for lenders, which are probing deals very deliberately, as they should. Regulatory issues have also made deals tougher, and longer, to close, and delays can be especially costly as the Fed keeps increasing rates. That being said, we have also heard of more than several cases of renegotiations, final bids coming in lower than the initial bids, and... Read More »Houston-Area Assisted Living Communities Sell
Oklahoma-based Plains Commercial announced the sale of a vacant assisted living portfolio in Copperfield and Pearland, Texas (Houston MSA). The Glen Hope Portfolio comprises two communities built in 2005 and 2009, respectively. Both communities offered well maintained physical plants with little need of immediate capital expenditure. Plains Commercial represented the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy auction of a defaulted bond portfolio. The buyer is a local owner/operator with a growing footprint in the state of Texas which also has a strong operational track record with struggling communities. It plans to implement its operational model immediately and begin lease-up. Daniel Morris... Read More »Hamister Group Acquires Connecticut Community
Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale of an assisted living community in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Buckingham Heights is a 46-unit, 52-bed memory care community that sits just southeast of Hartford. The property opened in late 2001 and historically operated at 100% occupancy. Longview Senior Housing, an affiliate of Blackstone, the seller, completed renovations in 2021, which included remodeled common areas, expanded dining areas, replacing the roof and sprinkler system, and upgrading furniture, fixtures, equipment, lighting, paint, carpet and flooring throughout the property. The strong cash flow and good location attracted Hamister Group, a seniors housing investor and operator, to... Read More »Health Needs of Seniors in Seniors Housing Communities
At the recent Fall NIC Conference, NORC at the University of Chicago presented the findings of a recent study of seniors housing residents. We are sure Medicare Advantage plans have combed through the data, as much of it was an eye-opener, even for us. The study cohort included more than 250,000 seniors housing residents and more than 325,000 in nursing homes enrolled in fee-for-service. In seniors housing, the residents were pretty evenly split among majority IL (32.5%), majority AL (31.6%) and CCRC/LPC (30.0%). The most shocking discovery was that CCRC/LPC residents have an average of 12.2 chronic medical conditions. In theory, these are among the healthiest of residents in senior living... Read More »