Blueprint Sells in the Old Dominion
A public REIT selected Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to sell The Laurels of Willow Creek, a 120-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in the Richmond, Virginia, suburb of Midlothian. Michael Segal and Ben Firestone handled the deal. Built in 1991, with an addition completed in 2018, the facility features 36 private and 42 semi-private units. It had been well maintained and demonstrated consistent performance with stable census and cash flow. Virginia’s Medicaid rate enhancement made the facility even more attractive to buyers, and another REIT ultimately bought the asset. Blueprint successfully closed the transaction in approximately 60... Read More »
Phorcys Capital Partners Grows Georgia Holdings
Ziegler served as exclusive financial advisor to raise $20.5 million in financing on behalf of Phorcys Capital Partners to acquire The Glen at Lake Oconee Village, a senior housing community in Greensboro, Georgia. PCP was previously the supermajority creditor on the municipal bonds issued to finance the construction of the project. The company purchased the community for $26.45 million, or $232,000 per unit. The community was built in 2017 with 28 independent living, 68 assisted living and 18 memory care units. It is situated on Lake Oconee, between Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia. The facility will continue to be operated by SRI Management. The community was in receivership, but... Read More »
Grandbridge Secures Large Agency Refinance
Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Diversified Healthcare Finance Group arranged $426.8 million in agency financing for a large seniors housing portfolio owned by a publicly traded, healthcare REIT. In its latest earnings report, Ventas also disclosed that it entered into a $427 million 10-year mortgage loan, which (after Ventas completes its contemplated purchase of a 7.5% tranche of the original principal balance of the loan) will result in a $395 million net mortgage loan at an all-in expected weighted average cash rate of 5.5%. The portfolio was secured by 19 seniors housing properties located across 10 states and was financed by an agency lender. The... Read More »
Evergreen Healthcare Group Acquires EmpRes Healthcare
In one of the largest transactions of the year, Tony Cassie, Gideon Orion, and Mark Myers of Walker & Dunlop facilitated the sale of 46 senior care facilities across six Western states for EmpRes Healthcare. The company recently announced on its website that Evergreen Healthcare Group acquired its entire skilled nursing and senior living business line, including the rights to use the name “EmpRes”. The 4,100-bed portfolio spanned across Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota with four seniors housing properties, and the remainder skilled nursing facilities. The complex deal structure took an investment banking form involving the sale of the business line, its... Read More »
CareTrust REIT & JV Partner Acquire SNF
CareTrust REIT, Inc. completed a joint venture investment to acquire La Fuente Post Acute, a 187-bed skilled nursing facility located in Vista, California. Once regulatory approval is obtained, the facility will be operated by Bayshire Senior Communities, a current tenant of CareTrust’s, pursuant to a new 15-year lease with the joint venture landlord. CareTrust and a third-party regional healthcare real estate investor entered into a joint venture to acquire the facility, with CareTrust’s combined common equity and preferred equity investments in the joint venture totaling $25.5 million. CareTrust’s initial contractual yield on its combined preferred and common equity investments in the... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Provides Memory Care Refinancing
Kevin Giusti and Daniel Barone of Walker & Dunlop arranged a $15.2 million loan for the refinancing of a memory care community in Beaverton, Oregon. The community was Waterhouse Ridge Memory Care, which comprises 68 memory care beds in 52 units and over 36,000 square feet. The community specializes in caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients and is currently 88% occupied. Loan proceeds were utilized to refinance existing debt and provide cash to the borrower, Onelift Senior Living, which developed, owns and operates the community. After two years, the loan will be refinanced under the HUD’s 232 Program. Read More »
Two Florida Not-for-Profits Affiliate
Florida Presbyterian Homes has agreed to affiliate with Westminster Communities of Florida, the largest not-for-profit senior care provider in the Sunshine State. The arrangement adds the 11th CCRC to Westminster’s portfolio while improving the financial stability of the standalone CCRC Florida Presbyterian Homes (FPH). State approval is still needed for the affiliation. Once the affiliation is complete, Westminster Communities of Florida will operate the FPH community in Lakeland and will be responsible for governance of the organization, its assets and liabilities going forward. FPH has nearly 700 residents across independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing units. Its... Read More »
In-Place Operator Buys Virginia Senior Care Portfolio
Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors facilitated the sale of a five-facility senior care portfolio, representing a public REIT in the process. These skilled nursing facilities and seniors housing communities were built in the early 1990s and are located throughout central and western Virginia. They have between 57 to 89 licensed beds each, totaling 326 beds. Most of the facilities/communities were four- and five-star rated with relatively stable census and cash flow. The buyer was the in-place operator. Blueprint emphasized Virginia’s Medicaid reimbursement increases in its marketing process to showcase the underlying performance trends and... Read More »
Meridian Ends Summer with $465 Million in Volume
Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed $465 million in transaction volume in August to round out the summer of 2023. The largest deal saw the team arrange acquisition financing from a REIT and finance company for 28 facilities comprising 2,629 skilled nursing beds and 88 assisted living units in Nevada, Washington, Wyoming, Oregon, Montana, and South Dakota. They also closed several additional acquisition loans, including $30 million in financing from a commercial bank for five facilities consisting of 470 skilled nursing beds and 92 assisted living units in Indiana; $6.2 million in financing from a commercial... Read More »
1031 Exchange Buyer Acquires in Florida
Gold Choice Palm Coast, an assisted living/memory care community on six and a half acres in Palm Coast, Florida, found a new owner in a 1031 exchange. The 50-unit community was purchased by a 1031 fund looking for newer assets with strong in-place yield. The seller was a Florida-based owner/operator that recently developed the community. Bradley Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled this transaction, which saw regional and national buyers make purchase offers. This deal plus the pair’s recent sale of The Canopy at Harper Lake total more than $20 million. Read More »Schedule a demo
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