• Zett Group Closes Full-Circle Transaction

    We do not see deals like this often. In a full circle transaction, Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a large seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon, to a Salem, Oregon-based group in partnership with a new operator through a pre-established JV structure. Bozett represented his grandparents, Ron and Joyce Knutson, a pioneering... Read More »
  • Brookdale Misses Revenue Targets, Again

    Brookdale Senior Living continues to slap investors and analysts around, missing consensus revenue targets for the fourth quarter in a row. We know, never rely on “consensus” anything, but the company seems to always disappoint, even now when everything should be rallying. Investors did not like what they heard and sent shares tumbling by 10% in... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Divests to Private Fund in Florida

    Bradley Clousing, Daniel Geraghty and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by a Southeast owner/operator in its divestment of two seniors housing communities that sit a few blocks apart in Wilton Manors, Florida. The buildings total 159 independent living and assisted living units, and were cash flow negative when the... Read More »
  • GEM Realty Capital Expands Its Active Adult Portfolio

    The CBRE Capital Markets Houston Multifamily Group and CBRE National Senior Housing handled the sale of an active adult community in Houston, Texas. Built in two phases in 2006 and 2012, Elate Royal Oaks, previously known as Camden Royal Oaks, consists of 340 units (236 were built in Phase 1, and 104 were built in Phase II). Clint Duncan, Matt... Read More »
  • New Venture Secures Acquisition Financing and Purchases Active Adult Community

    Newmark arranged the sale and financing for a seniors housing community in Huntington Beach, California. The seller, Bascom Group, was represented by Newmark Vice Chairman Dean Zander, who worked on the deal with Voit Real Estate Services’ Joe Leon and Nick Ingle. Huntington Breeze is a 114-unit, 103,000-square-foot active adult community that... Read More »
VIUM Capital Closes $2.1 Billion in 2022 Transaction Volume

VIUM Capital Closes $2.1 Billion in 2022 Transaction Volume

VIUM Capital closed out its 2022 with $2.1 billion in transaction volume across 70 deals, setting another annual record for the company that launched in early 2020. The transactions comprised bridge loans and permanent debt secured for 186 separate properties in 22 states. Helping to propel the firm’s productive year was its joint venture with Merchants Capital to launch a healthcare debt fund and its acquisition of Armstrong Mortgage Company to become a stand-alone HUD/GNMA approved lender/servicer.  Some of the recent activity included three loans closed for senior care facilities in three states. There was an $18.1 million bridge-to-HUD loan to support the acquisition of a skilled... Read More »
SLIB Sells Three Assisted Living Communities

SLIB Sells Three Assisted Living Communities

Senior Living Investment Brokerage has announced the sale of three assisted living communities with memory care across three separate states. The first transaction occurred with the sale of Parsons House Frisco, in Frisco, Texas. Built in 2001 and renovated in 2007, this assisted living community comprises 64 units and sits on four acres just north of Dallas. The seller is a regional Texas owner/operator that wanted to sell a non-core asset, while the buyer is a family office located in the Western US. Ridgeline Management Company will act as the operator. Matthew Alley and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Next for Mr. Punzel, Vince Viverito, and... Read More »
Recover-Care Acquires Two More Kansas SNFs

Recover-Care Acquires Two More Kansas SNFs

Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in the state of Kansas, representing a group of local investors in the transaction. In fact, this was SLIB’s fifth and final sale for one of the investors, who is retiring from the business.  Blue Valley Senior Living of Blue Rapids and Cambridge Place Senior Care of Marysville comprise a total of 115 beds and sold for a combined purchase price of $4.1 million or $31,700 per bed. The 78-bed Cambridge Place, which was built in the early 1990s, also offered assisted living services in 24 beds. Blue Valley was built in stages in 1972 and 1988 and features 37 dually... Read More »
Winterpast Capital Partners Acquires Assisted Living Community in Texas

Winterpast Capital Partners Acquires Assisted Living Community in Texas

Cushman & Wakefield sold an assisted living community in Richardson, Texas (Dallas MSA). Built in 1999 and renovated in 2018, Appletree Court comprises 112 assisted living units and sits on two acres just 15 miles north of Dallas. The seller was Franklin Park Senior Living, which owns five communities around San Antonio. At the time of sale occupancy was at 90% and believed to be fully recovered from the pandemic.  Appletree Court was acquired by Winterpast Capital Partners, a seniors housing investor with a captive operator platform called Vitality Senior Living. Marcus Investments also partnered with Winterpast Capital Partners on the investment. Winterpast plans to convert a portion... Read More »
SLIB Handles Missouri Independent Living Deal

SLIB Handles Missouri Independent Living Deal

Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a small entrance-fee independent living community in the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves, Missouri. He represented a long-time seniors housing developer based in the area who was looking to retire. Featuring just 33 units, Pacific Place Senior Living was built in stages in 1987, 1996 and 1998 within restaurants and shops in downtown Webster Groves. All but five of the units had an entrance fee, with those five being rentals, and the community was fully occupied. It also boasted a 45% operating margin, even when not including the additional revenue derived from turning a unit over with a new, substantially higher entrance fee. A... Read More »
Greystone Secures Fannie Mae Loan for LCS Community

Greystone Secures Fannie Mae Loan for LCS Community

On the same day that Tyler Armstrong of Greystone arranged a bank loan for LCS to refinance a 169-unit senior living community in Waco, Texas, he also secured a $40.387 Fannie Mae refinance for another LCS-owned community in League City, Texas (Houston MSA). Built in 2018 by LCS Development, The Delaney at South Shore features 204 units and nearly 205,000 square feet of independent living, assisted living and memory care.  Mr. Armstrong structured a fixed-rate, non-recourse loan with a 10-year term, 30-year amortization and five years of interest only. Read More »
Passco Companies and Trustwell Living Add Tennessee Community

Passco Companies and Trustwell Living Add Tennessee Community

Passco Companies, a California-based commercial real estate company, acquired a newly built independent living community in Knoxville, Tennessee, and will bring in Trustwell Living to operate it going forward. Opened in 2020 with 145 units, the community is already 98% leased with a waitlist. That means someone did their homework on local demand. The three-story community features one- and two-bedroom units, with a fitness center, game room, theater, activities area, greenhouse, dog park, putting green, pickleball court, library and indoor pool. It was formerly known as Prime West Knoxville but will be rebranded as Trustwell Living of West Knoxville. Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior... Read More »
Welltower Provides ProMedica Transition Update

Welltower Provides ProMedica Transition Update

Welltower released an update to its transition of the ProMedica portfolio to Integra Health, with Welltower absolving ProMedica from its lease obligations on all 147 facilities as of December 22, 2022. Integra has entered into a master lease for the entire portfolio and will bear financial responsibility for all the assets. Approximately 15 regional operators will be brought on to take over management of the ProMedica assets under subleases, with Integra acting as master tenant.  Then, on December 23, 2022, Welltower sold a 15% interest in the real estate of 54 ProMedica SNFs to Integra for approximately $73 million. This represents the initial tranche of the previously disclosed 85/15... Read More »
SoCal Investor Enters Seniors Housing Market in SLIB Deal

SoCal Investor Enters Seniors Housing Market in SLIB Deal

A southern California-based investment group made its first seniors housing acquisition, buying Merrill Gardens Oceanside in Oceanside, California (San Diego MSA). An East Coast-based private equity firm hired Brad Goodsell, Jason Punzel and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to sell the property.  Built in 1999, the community features 148 beds and 144 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was around 75% occupied but was losing money at the time of marketing. No purchase price was disclosed. Read More »
SLIB Handles Missouri Independent Living Deal

Inspired Healthcare Capital Announces 12th Acquisition of 2022

Scottsdale, Arizona-based real estate investment fund and DST sponsor Inspired Healthcare Capital capped its active acquisition year with a December deal. The firm acquired Dancing River, an 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Grapevine, Texas. Evans Senior Investments announced its involvement in the deal earlier in the month, representing the institutional private equity seller.  Built in 2010, Dancing River saw its occupancy drop from 93% to 70% during the pandemic. However, census rebounded to pre-pandemic levels just before marketing began, and the community boasted a 35% margin in early 2022. There is also upside in rent increases, meaning that the operating margin could... Read More »
VIUM Capital Closes $2.1 Billion in 2022 Transaction Volume

Walker & Dunlop Refinances Nebraska Communities

Walker & Dunlop provided HUD refinancings for two assisted living communities in Nebraska: Fallbrook Assisted Living and Memory Care in Lincoln and Oxbow Living Center in Ashland. Kevin Giusti and Mikko Erkamaa led the W&D teams in both deals on behalf of the borrower, MJ Senior Housing. Both transactions refinanced floating-rate debt and provided cash proceeds. Opened in 2019 with 71 units of assisted living and memory care, Fallbrook received a $13.3 million loan. Oxbow, which was built more than 16 years ago with 79 AL and MC units in three stories, received a $7.6 million loan. Read More »