$200 million CCRC Development in the Works Near Cincinnati
Just outside of Cincinnati, in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, plans have been initiated to build a 262-unit entrance fee CCRC. In charge of the development is Greenbrier Development, a Dallas-based seniors housing consulting group and developer. They are partnering with Brandicorp and St. Elizabeth Healthcare, which intend on investing between $20 million and $25 million into the development. The first phase of the development is expected to cost upwards of $200 million, or $760,000 per unit. This will be Greenbrier’s first ground-up development in the region. The structure of the community will comprise 196 independent living units, 18 assisted living units, 24 memory support units and 24... Read More »Helios Structures Partnership Buyout
Helios Healthcare Advisors has structured a partnership buyout of an Indiana-based assisted living and memory care provider. The company, which included Hendricks County Hospital as an owning partner, operated Golden LivingCenter – Woodbridge, a 67-unit assisted living/memory care community in Evansville, Indiana. Acquired by the partnership in 2012, the community underwent a complete renovation in 2015 and reopened as the first standalone memory care community in Evansville, before an expansion added traditional assisted living units as well.In 2019, Helios helped secure construction financing for that project. Post-expansion and renovation, Helios then worked to recapitalize the... Read More »Meridian Announces Slew of Senior Care Transactions
So far in 2022, Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team has closed $2.2 billion in transaction volume, following a record year in 2021 where they closed nearly $5.6 billion. The latest transactions were negotiated by Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, along with Vice Presidents, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, and Rafi Sod, and Senior Associates, David Gottlieb, Jacob Scott, and Yuval Hananya, as well as Associate, Dylan O’Connor. Starting with the sales, the team sold two skilled nursing facilities in New York totaling 515 beds for $129.3 million, or $251,000 per bed, and arranged a $129.5 million loan, which... Read More »Optalis Healthcare Moves Into Ohio
An Ohio-based senior care operator was looking to exit the skilled nursing business and sold a portfolio of five facilities while subleasing another two SNFs in the Columbus, Ohio market. The five facilities sold for a total of $81 million, or roughly $130,000 per bed/unit. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the transaction. Since the start of operations in 1984, the seven facilities have consisted of roughly 750 dually certified skilled nursing beds and 200 senior housing units. And they historically operated near stabilized levels with consistent $70+ million of annual revenue, but performance drastically declined during the pandemic. Amid... Read More »Creativcap Secures Two Construction Financings
With interest rates rising and inflation not slowing down, the seniors housing construction market is definitely becoming a riskier venture. However, Scott Kavel of Creativcap successfully arranged two construction financings for a couple of clients where the lenders decided to hold the entire exposure on their balance sheets, despite participation interest. These must be high-quality projects in strong markets with “best-in-class” operating partners to justify that confidence level. First, Mr. Kavel arranged a $70 million construction/permanent loan for a to-be-built 157-unit independent/assisted living community in California. Building the community in an opportunity zone, the buyer... Read More »CarePartners Acquires Bremerton, Washington Property
An established Seattle-based owner/operator of memory care communities emerged to acquire a 50-unit MC community in Bremerton, Washington whose national owner/operator seller had deemed it to be a strategic outlier. Previously operating as a skilled nursing facility, the building was completely gutted and renovated in 2016 to reopen as essentially a brand-new memory care community in 2017 with 62 beds in 50 units. Each unit has a private bathroom, and the building as a whole is in very good condition with Pacific Northwest design elements. However, it operated as a private pay community and consistently did not draw a high census, averaging around 66% in the last couple of years,... Read More »Helios Closes Two Assisted Living Transactions
Helios Healthcare Advisors has been hard at work arranging a sale, securing acquisition financing and finding a new operator for a couple of clients. First, the team structured the sale of Harvest View of Herscher, a 42-unit assisted living community on an 8-acre site in Herscher, Illinois. Family-owned and developed in 2008, the community was supposed to expand in order to include market-rate multifamily apartments. The seller engaged Helios to run a process to find an acquirer who could see value in continuing the original mission of the venture, ultimately moving forward with Peoria, Illinois-based Petersen Healthcare. Helios next arranged both an operating partner and... Read More »
Northmarq Arranges Large Refinance for South Carolina Community
Northmarq’s Seattle office arranged a $39 million refinance of Merrill Gardens at Carolina Park, a 158-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community located in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. The high-quality community sits on 14.8 acres with monthly rent starting at $4,200 a month. Built in three phases from 2018 to 2021, the main building was completed in 2018 with 130 units, 28 cottages were delivered in 2019, and in 2021, a swimming pool and fitness center addition were completed. Built in 2021, the community is only 16 miles north of Charleston providing quick access to the city’s attractions and restaurants. The loan entails a 5-year fixed rate and 18 months of... Read More »
The Rise of Active Adult
We’ve talked about the new active adult sector a lot lately because a lot of people are talking about it. First, several years ago, our inboxes began filling with announcements of groundbreakings for this new product type, and as those accelerated in the last couple of years, we started to see more acquisitions of the communities, which had in many cases reached 100% occupancy in a matter of months. More seniors housing and multifamily investors took notice, and as construction slowed throughout the pandemic and as operators dealt first with COVID then with lower occupancy and labor costs, the sector was seen as a supremely safe investment. And we had to agree. But as the sector begins to... Read More »