Plains Commercial Closes Texarkana Transaction
Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial announced the sale of a memory care community in Texarkana, Texas, allowing the seller to exit the memory care business in the process. Built in 2010, the community is licensed for 40 beds and has a high-quality physical plant. However, there was opportunity for upside (occupancy was just above 50%) through management changes and further lease-up. So, the seller chose a regional assisted living/memory care operator as the buyer. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Bonds and Bank Debt for Wisconsin Provider
Ziegler closed tax-exempt bond financing for Wisconsin Illinois Senior Housing, Inc. (WISH) to refinance its prior debt. The financing is comprised of approximately $22.46 million of bonds directly purchased by BMO Harris Bank, along with a $1.531 million taxable term loan. Proceeds of the bonds and the bank debt will be used to refinance WISH’s outstanding Series 2018B (taxable), 2018C, 2018D, 2019A (taxable), and 2019B bonds in an aggregate amount of approximately $23.5 million. In addition, WISH can cover an associated prepayment penalty, and pay costs of issuance. The Series 2022 bonds were issued through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority. WISH is... Read More »
Occupancy On the Rebound
In the top 31 markets in the U.S., seniors housing occupancy has posted its third consecutive quarterly increase, according to NIC MAP data. Combining assisted and independent living, the first quarter of 2022 posted a 20-basis point increase from the previous quarter to 80.6%, and up 250 basis points from the first quarter of 2021. While smaller than we would like to see, we will take it. The pandemic low was 78.0% in the second quarter of 2021, according to the data. Assisted living posted the largest increase in census among the three major categories, increasing by 50 basis points from the fourth quarter to 77.9%. This is up 370 basis points from the pandemic low of 74.2% in Q2... Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Private Equity Exit
Chicago-based private equity firm, HAN Capital, engaged Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to sell Valleyview of Owatonna, an 86-unit, non-purpose-built assisted living community in Owatonna, Minnesota, about 40 miles west of Rochester. The community was a low-cost provider in the area, mainly accepting residents on Minnesota’s Elderly Waiver and CADI waiver programs that allow for sustainable state reimbursement for income-qualified residents. The community’s occupancy peaked in 2020, when it generated approximately $2.7 million and $640,000 in total revenue and EBITDAR, respectively, on a limited private pay census. Armed with real-time market knowledge of the local... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures Bank Loan for Assisted Living Project
A construction project that was set to break ground in early 2020 is finally getting off the ground thanks to a bank loan arranged by JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. Set in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, the cottage-style community will feature 48 assisted living and 16 memory care units. It is the second ground-up construction project for the undisclosed sponsor. To finance the development, Mr. Stettin arranged a $9 million loan from a North Texas regional bank with a five-year term and two years of interest only. That comes to 65% loan-to-cost and under 50% loan-to-value, putting the construction cost at $215,000 per unit, which was fixed with the general contractor. Seven banks and... Read More »
CIBC Bank USA Arranges Acquisition Loan
CIBC Bank USA closed on a $50 million acquisition loan for five skilled nursing facilities in Mississippi totaling 511 beds. Despite being purchased out of a distressed situation, the portfolio’s historical operating performance was relatively strong. Following their acquisition, the properties were leased to a large regional operator familiar with the state who intends to utilize their economies of scale and familiarity with the local market to reduce expenses and drive census. Read More »
NHI and Welltower Enter Settlement Agreement
Well, it’s finally done. Welltower and National Health Investors entered into a settlement agreement over the unpaid rent from 17 legacy Holiday Retirement properties that Welltower had not made contractual rental payments on since its August 2021 takeover of the portfolio. It is still baffling why the issue ever arose, especially since Welltower had contractual obligations to the landlord, NHI. But we are glad they can put this matter behind them, although we will see how much the two parties will work with each other going forward. Regardless, NHI held firm, was in the right, and won. The settlement agreement included a payment of $6.9 million, which is expected to be recognized in the... Read More »
Invesque Sells Portfolio to LTC Properties
Invesque Inc. announced three separate sales transactions totaling approximately $75 million that occurred in late March and early April. First, Invesque sold a vacant community in Port Royal, South Carolina. The standalone memory care community was previously managed by Phoenix Senior Living but will be repurposed for an alternate use by its new owner. It sold for $3.5 million, generating proceeds which were used entirely to pay down debt. Next, Invesque sold two seniors housing communities with 99 units in New York. Premier Senior Living formerly operated them under an absolute triple-net master lease, which was terminated in October 2021. Hearth Management operated the communities... Read More »
Houston-Area Memory Care Portfolio Sells
Cushman & Wakefield’s National Senior Housing Capital Markets team arranged the sale of a 152-unit portfolio containing four stand-alone memory care communities located in the greater Houston metro area. Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Jim Dooley and Chris Remeika represented the seller, Healthcare Trust, Inc., in the transaction. McFarlin Group, a Dallas-based private equity firm, acquired the portfolio and closed all cash, although the purchase price was not disclosed. The portfolio included Addington Place of The Woodlands, Addington Place of Cy-Fair, Addington Place of Meyerland and Addington Place of Clear Lake, all of which opened between 2010 and... Read More »
The Ensign Group Adds Three Operations
The Ensign Group, Inc. acquired the operations of the following assisted living facilities in California and Washington. The deal included Sea Cliff Assisted Living, an 84-unit assisted living community located in Huntington Beach, California, The Grove Assisted Living, a 90-unit assisted living community in Riverside, California, and Redmond Heights Senior Living, a 97-unit AL community in Redmond, Washington. These acquisitions were effective April 1, 2022. The real estate at Sea Cliff Assisted Living is already owned by an Ensign affiliate, but The Grove Assisted Living and Redmond Heights Senior Living will each be subject to a long-term, triple net lease. Sea Cliff Assisted Living... Read More »Schedule a demo
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