• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »

Georgia Campus Funds Renovation Project

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, a national commercial and multifamily mortgage banking company, announced it has closed a $23.9 million loan to finance the renovation of Jewish Tower and Zaban Towers in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in the 1970s, the communities have 200 units and 60 units, respectively. The affordable independent living communities sit on 10.3 acres and are connected through a skilled nursing facility, William Breman Jewish Home. The borrower, The Jewish Home Tower Inc., will finance the renovations with a HUD 221(d)4 sub-rehab loan, originated by Jeff Mion of BWE’s Duluth, Georgia, office. The project includes updates and improvements to handicap accessibility, a... Read More »

Upscale Utah Community Refinances Through Freddie Mac

KeyBank Real Estate Capital announced that it has secured a $68.3 million permanent loan through Freddie Mac for a seniors housing property in Utah. The Woodbury Corporation, Colmena Group, and Western States Lodging are refinancing the newly constructed Legacy Village of Sugar House in Salt Lake City. Set within the master-planned Sugar House neighborhood, the 10-story luxury senior housing property features independent living, assisted living and memory care units. There is also retail and commercial parking space, and the community offers mountain views from every residential floor. Morgin Morris of KeyBank structured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with an initial five-year period of... Read More »

Helios Structures Sale of Well-Occupied Massachusetts SNF

Helios Healthcare Advisors announced the sale of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was a family-run skilled nursing and a 29-bed early education daycare center in operation for the past 60 years. However, the original family that founded Maples in 1963 decided to exit the industry. Some of the largest owner/operators and investors in New England looked at the facility, but Southborough, Massachusetts-based Alliance Health and Human Services was selected as the buyer. At the time of transaction Maple’s occupancy was at 95% with a quality mix above 40%. The transaction process involved three different licensure... Read More »

The Prestige Group Sells Philly-Area Community

The Prestige Group announced the sale of an assisted living community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1926, Parkside Manor features 51 units and sits on 1.4 acres. Joe Shallow and Richard Natow handled the transaction. Both the seller and buyer of the community were not disclosed. Last week, according to Levin Pro LTC, The Prestige Group also closed the sale of an assisted living community in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The 48-unit community sits on 8.2 acres just south of Myrtle Beach. In addition, Prestige recently closed the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Connecticut. Featuring 46 beds, the facility sits on 8.5 acres in Watertown. Read More »

Zeigler Secures Financing for California CCRC

Ziegler closed $36.0 million in financing for Northern California Congregational Retirement Homes, Inc, doing business as Carmel Valley Manor. The borrower was issued Series 2022 bonds, which will be used together with an equity contribution to fund various campus improvement projects, refinance existing bank debt, fund capitalized interest, fund a debt service reserve fund, and pay costs of issuance. The bonds were issued through the California Municipal Finance Authority and amortized over a 30-year period. They were also issued with a seven-year call at 103, declining to par in 2032. Carmel Valley Manor is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates a CCRC on 25... Read More »

Helios Closes Seven-SNF Texas Transaction

A skilled nursing portfolio sold in Texas with the help of Chicago-based Helios Healthcare advisors. The seller, a regional developer, engaged Helios to sell the real estate of seven facilities, which were subject to existing leases with two of the largest operators in the state. Comprising 852 beds, these facilities were on average 14 years old (relatively young for the sector), the portfolio’s leases were non-performing due to the pandemic. But demand for SNFs is high, and 12 offers were procured from various healthcare real estate investment groups that ranged from publicly traded entities to private family offices. In the end, an Arkansas-based real estate investment group paid $57.8... Read More »

SLIB Sells Two AL Communities in South Florida

A skilled nursing operator exited its last two assisted living assets, with Brad Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the transaction. Located in Lauderhill, Florida, Lenox on the Lake features 133 beds in 127 units, with a mix of assisted living and memory care. Majestic Memory Care in Hollywood, Florida, has 65 units and 115 beds of strictly memory care. Both assets were sold to a regional owner/operator based in South Florida with a growing regional presence. Read More »

Blueprint Closes High-Priced SNF Sale in Florida

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors made its mark at the NIC Fall Conference with three transaction announcements revealed while the industry descended on D.C. First, Blueprint closed the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Florida. Southern Oaks Care Center of Pensacola, Florida is a 210-bed facility that rebounded to pre-pandemic occupancy of 91% with over $4.0 million in annualized trailing EBITDAR, generating a 21.0% operating margin. Plus, Southern Oaks was slated to benefit from the upcoming Medicaid reimbursement rate increase, so there is still room for growth. A cash-flowing SNF is a hot commodity right now, and a competitive bidding process saw an out-of-state partnership... Read More »

Evans Senior Investments Sells in Indiana

Amid a spate of September transactions, Evans Senior Investments announced the sale of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Indiana. The team worked on behalf of the seller, a regional owner/operator, to market the facility and showcase the potential for additional revenue with the facility’s recently renegotiated UPL contract with a local hospital. At the time of marketing, the facility posted $10.2 million in total revenue with an above-average operating margin of over 30%, and it was 71% occupied. On the other hand, there was a significant Medicaid rate decrease from the July 2022 Medicaid rates released by the state of Indiana, so not all will be rosy going forward. But that operating... Read More »

VIUM Capital’s Active August

VIUM Capital announced a plethora of transactions in the month of August, totaling approximately $200 million across six financings. The firm first closed a bridge acquisition loan for a pair of skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas. The loan totaled $19.9 million. VIUM next closed a bridge refinance with an earn-out structure for a 50-bed assisted living community in the state of Florida. Arranged for 428 Healthcare, which wanted to take equity out of a well-performing asset that it had purchased in 2019, the loan totaled $7.7 million ($3.7 million of initial funding with $4 million in earn-outs). After a two-year seasoning process, the loan will be submitted to HUD. To close out the... Read More »

Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Oregon Transaction

Nick Stahler and Michael Mooney of The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus and Millichap sold a37-unit residential care facility in Oregon that specializes in traumatic brain injuries and other cognitive disorders. The property sold for $9.25 million or $250,000 per unit. It maintained strong occupancy and financial performance throughout the pandemic. Plus, the regional owner/operator buyer which has a presence in the state sees upside in revenues and margin, which we imagine helped the deal pencil out for them. The sellers developed and operated the facility over the past 20 years and were able to secure multiple offers on the property. Read More »