• South Denver SNF Finds New Owner

    A non-performing skilled nursing facility in South Denver, Colorado, found a new owner thanks to Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1965, Aspen Siesta features just 34 licensed beds. It was 64% occupied and generated more than $2.8 million of revenues from private pay, VA and other payor... Read More »
  • Minnesota AL Community Trades Hands

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage was engaged by a Minneapolis-based, repeat client in the disposition of its last assisted living community that is in “very good condition.” The seller is divesting to focus on its remaining active adult and multifamily portfolio. Built in 2013, the community is in St. Anthony, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul... Read More »
  • LaVie Completes Bankruptcy Proceedings

    A year ago, LaVie Care Centers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time since 2021. The company cited a financial restructuring designed to improve its capital structure and position it for long-term success as the reason for filing. At the time, the operator’s portfolio comprised 43 skilled nursing facilities across five states. It... Read More »
  • Invesque Completes Commonwealth Portfolio Divestment

    Invesque announced that it completed the previously announced sale of 20 seniors housing communities managed by Commonwealth Senior Living, together with its majority ownership stake in Commonwealth. Proceeds from the transaction were used to repay all property-level debt associated with the assets, extinguish all unpaid and accrued preferred... Read More »
  • Medicare-Only Facility Sells to Midwest-Based Skilled Nursing Investor

    A Texas-based regional developer of skilled nursing facilities throughout the central and southern U.S. engaged Blueprint to advise and oversee the confidential sale of Accel at Longmont, a Medicare-only skilled nursing facility located just north of Boulder, Colorado. Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn handled the transaction. Built in 2017,... Read More »

Meridian Capital Group Closes Slew of Transactions

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare team closed $580 million in transaction volume over the course of the summer, bringing their year-to-date total to nearly $3 billion in 2022. These transactions were negotiated by Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson. The recent transactions include a $115.2 million acquisition loan from a commercial bank in addition to a $15 million A/R line for 10 SNFs with 1,112 beds in California, a $69 million loan from a commercial bank in addition to a $2 million A/R line for the acquisition of one facility and the refinance of two facilities totaling 468 skilled nursing beds in New Jersey,... Read More »

Cushman & Wakefield Recapitalizes Walnut Creek Community

Cushman & Wakefield announced that they have arranged the recapitalization of Byron Park in Walnut Creek, California on behalf of a joint venture between Kisco Senior Living and an institutional investor. The senior living community comprises 187 units of independent and assisted living and sits on three acres in the greater San Francisco area. It will continue to be managed by Kisco Senior Living, who will maintain operations under the new ownership by an institutional real estate owner. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Bailey Nygard handled the transaction. Earlier this month, Kisco Senior Living, in a joint venture with Welltower,... Read More »

JLL Refinances ChampionsGate Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged financing for The Glades at ChampionsGate on behalf of Fortress Investment Group. The senior living community comprises 233 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in the greater Orlando, Florida area. Fortress obtained a four-year, floating-rate non-recourse loan through MidCap Financial Services. Alanna Ellis, Allison Holland, Billy Lichtenstein and Zach Brantley of JLL Capital Markets worked on behalf of the borrower to close the transaction.   The property consists of one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 627 to 1,060 square feet. Community amenities include outdoor courtyards and patios, a swimming pool, movie theater, activity room,... Read More »

Inspirit Senior Living and Venue Capital Add Another Knoxville Community

Inspirit Senior Living and Venue Capital expanded their joint venture together, adding a third community in the Knoxville, Tennessee area in just a matter of months. According to Levin Pro LTC, earlier this summer in June, Inspirit and Venue acquired two assisted living communities in Knoxville and Powell: a 62-unit assisted living community renamed Rain Forest Landings and a 40-unit assisted living community renamed Emory Ridge, respectively. The joint venture’s most recent Knoxville acquisition is the assisted living community Windsor Ridge. Built in 2000, it comprises 62 units and 70 beds on 3.7 acres with units ranging from 330 to 427 square feet. The community is located near another... Read More »

60 Seconds With Steve Monroe: In Memoriam: Bill Sheriff

We learned two days ago that our friend Bill Sheriff passed away over the weekend. We lost a true gentleman and a true leader in the seniors housing industry. Not many people knew Bill well, as he was a quiet, but thoughtful, man. Known to be a man of few words, I had the honor of sitting down with him, one-on-one, for a four-hour interview for ASHA’s Entrepreneurial Spirit of Seniors Housing series. And yes, it did last four hours, and yes, he did most of the talking. I had known Bill for a few decades, but mostly short conversations at conferences or on the phone. But when you spend four hours with someone, starting with when they were born all the way to the present day, with many... Read More »

CORRECTION: Two Nebraska Senior Care Facilities Sell

On August 29, we wrote that two senior care properties were sold in Lexington, Nebraska, including a skilled nursing facility named Plum Creek Care Center owned by Lantis Enterprises. However, Plum Creek Care Center has not sold. Rather, the City of Lexington bought Avamere at Lexington, an assisted living community. We apologize for the error. Read More »

Gantry Arranges Active Adult Refinancing

Gantry arranged $72 million in financing for the refinancing of a four-property active adult community portfolio in Washington State. Transamerica Life Insurance Co. provided the fixed-rate loans in this transaction. The 15-year, fixed-rate loans feature a 30-year amortization period. Built between 2020 and 2022, Norpoint Communities’ portfolio comprises a total of 440 units. There was the 184-unit The Highlands at South Hill in Puyallup, refinanced with a $26 million loan, a 104-unit community in Silverdale refinanced for $25.3 million, the 88-unit Cooper Point Village in Olympia receiving $10 million in financing, and the 64-unit StoneRidge at the Park in Tacoma which got a $10 million... Read More »

Capital Real Estate Group Handles Michigan Closing

Capital Real Estate Group’s U.S. Healthcare Investment Sales practice announced the sale of a two-property senior housing portfolio consisting of 139 total units in central Michigan. Both communities were built in 2016, and the portfolio’s apartment mix consists of 88 assisted living, 33 independent living and 18 memory care units. The two communities are located adjacent to one another and sit on a total of 13.5 acres. In the last few years, the communities have held a steady occupancy rate of over 80%, making them an attractive opportunity to the ultimate buyer, a publicly-traded REIT for a purchase price of $32.5 million, or $233,800 per unit. Andrew Larwood and Allen Inman of Capital... Read More »

Big Rock Partners Embarks on $250 Million Development

Green Cay Life Plan Village announced plans for a $250 million development in Boynton Beach, Florida. The 15-acre site at Jog Road and Flavor Pict Road will be developed by BRP Senior Housing Management LLC (an affiliate of Big Rock Partners) and Greenbrier Development LLC. The resort-like CCRC will comprise around 170 independent living, 16 assisted living and 16 memory care units in a three-story, 340,000-square-foot building. That puts the development cost at more than $1.2 million per unit. Amenities will include multiple dining options, a bar and bistro, fitness and wellness centers, yoga studio, salon, movie theater, multi-purpose spaces, a pool, patios and outdoor areas, as well as... Read More »

Newpoint Adds Fannie/Freddie Platforms

NewPoint Real Estate Capital launched a new offering for its seniors housing clients to obtain agency. The commercial real estate finance company was approved as both a Fannie Mae seniors housing lender and Freddie Mac Optigo seniors housing lender, adding to its existing and robust HUD and bridge lending platforms. The platform will be overseen by Sean Huntsman, Managing Director, Seniors Housing Originations and Katherine Stewart, Managing Director and Platform Lead at NewPoint. Eligible properties include independent living, assisted living and memory care facilities, as well as facilities with a limited amount (maximum 20% of NOI) of skilled nursing. Loans can be fixed- or... Read More »

Assisted living Community Sells in Minnesota

Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty closed the sale of a small assisted living community in northern Minnesota. A local provider that manages other facilities in the area had operated the property since before the pandemic and finally exercised its lease option for a price of $925,000, or $46,250 per unit. Built in 2005, the 20-unit community cares for a combination of private pay and managed care residents. RWR Realty LLC was the broker of record, and the community was marketed by Senior Care Realty. Read More »