• 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 »

JLL Refinances Seattle-Area Community

JLL Capital Markets worked on behalf of the borrower, Mirror Lake Village LLC, to secure a $29.5 million refinancing for Mirror Lake Village, a 114-unit, 138-bed senior living community in Federal Way, Washington. The community comprises 30 assisted living units, 66 memory care units and 18 independent living cottages. The combination of balance sheet financing from a regional bank together with retroactive C-Pace provided for full leverage on the reset budget and blended all in rate of 5.21% including 10 years of interest only and 45% of the financing as fixed rate non-recourse. Alanna Ellis of JLL Capital Markets handled the transaction. Read More »

Blueprint Hits a Double in Indiana

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has successfully completed its second Indiana-based transaction in July alone. The deal involved a late 1990s-built assisted living community located in South Bend that saw its operations decline during the pandemic. Its national owner/operator wished to focus on other assets and slotted the struggling community for sale. The winning bidder was a new relationship between a well-capitalized private owner and a new operator seeking to establish a market presence with its first deal. They plan to reposition the asset as an affordable option in the South Bend MSA by utilizing the Indiana Assisted Living Waiver Program. Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Amy... Read More »

Ziegler Finances Virginia CCRC Expansion

Ziegler has successfully closed financing for Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury, (SVWC) a large CCRC in Winchester, Virginia. The financing consists of $71 million Series 2022A and 2022B bonds, for the Virginia-based not-for-profit. Founded in 1982, SVWC serves nearly 400 residents on its 87-acre campus with 218 independent living units (164 apartments and 54 cottages), 48 assisted living units, 12 memory care units and 51 skilled nursing beds.Plans for an independent living expansion project are in place, which will include 48 new units. To fund the expansion, SVWC issued two tranches of draw down bank loans that were purchased by Atlantic Union Bank and Pinnacle Financial Partners... Read More »

Upstate New York Community Seeks HUD Take-Out

One year on from acquiring an assisted living/memory care community in Wellsville, New York, ownership is refinancing its acquisition debt with intent of going to HUD within the next year. Built in 1989 with 89 units and 137 beds, this community was the only licensed seniors housing community in Alleghany County. Occupancy was around 80% before COVID-19 struck the community and caused census to fall to 70%. The seller, a private individual looking to retire and divest his last asset, engaged Senior Living Investment Brokerage to sell the property but was not able to move any new admissions in until March 2021 because of the state-mandated admission freeze. COVID caused trailing-12-month... Read More »

Scribner Capital Works on Two Southeast Transactions

Scribner Capital and William James Group (WJG) have joint ventured to acquire two assisted living/memory care communities in Georgia from a local owner/operator looking to exit the industry. Scribner provided co-sponsor equity and leveraged its network of high-net-worth investors to provide the limited partner equity. WJG provided co-sponsor equity as well and will operate the communities on behalf of the venture. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the communities sold for a cap rate in the mid-8s, slightly higher than the sector’s average in the last few years. Daniel Geraghty and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Built in 2007, Sunny... Read More »

SLIB Closes Land Sale

Senior Living Investment Brokerage has closed the land sale of an 8.9-acre parcel entitled for 98 seniors housing units, in Woodburn, Oregon. The land sold for $1.7 million, just south of Portland. The buyer was an Oregon-based development group. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Read More »

Cushman & Wakefield Refinances Stamford, Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield announced the refinancing of a newly developed assisted living/memory care community in Stamford, Connecticut on behalf of Virtus and LCB Senior Living, LLC. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Joseph Carbone represented the borrower in the transaction, which allowed them to repay the original construction loan and provided four years of interest only during the stabilization period. The loan was provided by VIUM Capital and its affiliate Merchants Bank of Indiana. In addition, the financing repaid the original $23.268 million construction loan from M&T Bank (originally arranged by Cushman & Wakefield as well) and provided a four-year interest-only... Read More »

Meridian Capital Group Refinances Simi Valley Community

Meridian Capital Group arranged $40 million in financing for an assisted living and memory care community in Simi Valley, California. Griffin Living, a large privately held real estate developer, obtained the loan, which was provided by a finance company. Proceeds of the loan repaid an existing construction loan and provided a return of capital to the owners while the community was still in lease-up.  Meridian’s Ari Adlerstein, Josh Simpson and Jesse Rauch negotiated the transaction. The refinanced community is Varenita of Simi Valley, comprising 75 assisted living and 27 memory care units and equipped with resort-like amenities. Such amenities include multiple dining options, a fitness... Read More »

CA Ventures Partners on Oregon Construction Project

A joint venture between CA Ventures and an institutional equity partner is building a 206-unit senior living community in Beaverton, Oregon (Portland MSA) with construction financing arranged by CBRE National Senior Housing. Anthology of Beaverton will consist of 206 independent living, assisted living and memory care units near the Tanasbourne shopping district, which includes a Whole Foods, Starbucks, REI, and several other shopping and dining locations. Anthology Senior Living, CA Venture’s senior living platform, will operate it upon completion. The transaction also marked the beginning of Anthology’s strategic alliance with Formation Development Group, having contributed to the... Read More »

Ararat Home buys Seniors Housing

Los Angeles-based Ararat Home is expanding its presence in Glendale, California with the acquisition of Windsor. The community comprises 73 independent living units in addition to accommodating 38 residents in its assisted living and 28 residents in its skilled nursing sections. Sitting on two acres and occupying a full city block, the community has easy access to Glendale’s services and shopping. With rent prices starting at $3,000 a month the community is equipped with amenities such as a fitness center, live theater, a pharmacy, 24-hour security and more.The seller of the property is the not-for-profit HumanGood. The Duarte, California-based organization currently holds a portfolio of... Read More »

Sunrise Senior Living Second Staten Island Development

Sunrise Senior Living has officially opened its second senior living community on Staten Island. The 120-unit Sunrise of New Drop has 85,000 square feet across four stories and sits on four acres. Providing assisted living and memory care service, it sits adjacent to New Drop High School, with which it plans on creating intergenerational programming to bring high schoolers into the community for volunteering and potential employment. In addition, a celebrity chef will design the menu and manage the dining experience. KBE Building Corporation and PWC Companies built the community, which sits about two miles south of Sunrise’s other community in the borough, Sunrise of Staten... Read More »