• 2nd Quarter Investor Call: The Great Debates of Senior Care

    On Thursday, July 17, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett hosted SCI’s latest webinar, dubbed The Great Debates of Senior Care, with panelists ​​Dan Revie of Ziegler, Scott Hougham of Sage, and Michael Feinstein of Focus Healthcare Partners. Issues such as the chances of having a unit shortfall, whether cap rates are too low, the... Read More »
  • Ventas Acquires in Washington State

    Ventas expanded its portfolio through a recent acquisition of a seniors housing community in Washington State. Built in 2003, MorningStar at Silver Lake is in Everett, Washington, with 113 independent living and 35 assisted living units. The in-place operator will continue to manage the community going forward. MorningStar Senior Living has been... Read More »
  • Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Class-A Communities

    Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two Class-A independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities: Grand Living at Citrus Hills and Grand Living at Bridgewater. The pair of seniors housing communities have a combined total of 337 units, and are located in Hernando, Florida, and Coralville, Iowa, respectively. Managing... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes Lease-to-Purchase Transaction

    A large New York-based seniors housing owner engaged Blueprint to explore the sale of an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Ownership acquired the asset several years prior while in distress and brought on Viva Senior Living as manager to execute a... Read More »
  • BHI Provides Bridge Loan

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim B.M., provided $49 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in the suburbs of Detroit. The portfolio consists of Hampton Manor of Dundee, Hampton Manor of Trenton and Hampton Manor of Hamburg. Together, the communities total 221 units, with 171 assisted living... Read More »

Inspired Healthcare Capital Makes Fourth Acquisition of 2022

Inspired Healthcare Capital (IHC) recently acquired Homestead at Hamilton, a 195-unit independent living, assisted living & memory care community located in Hamilton, New Jersey. The purchase price of the community was $97,500,000. IHC is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based private real estate investment firm that focuses on the seniors housing sector. This was IHC’s 4th acquisition in 2022, after closing on nine senior housing transactions in 2021. Homestead at Hamilton was built in 2017 for a cost of approximately $60 million, or $308,000 per unit. The Class-A building has 96 independent living (opened in November 2017), 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units (licensed in April 2018). A... Read More »

SLIB Handles Texas IL Deal

An independent living community in Houston, Texas deemed to be non-core by its owner/operator found a new buyer in a California-based real estate investor. Matthew Alley, Vince Viverito, Brad Goodsell and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage led the transaction process, which yielded multiple offers and closed within three months of LOI.  Built in 1974, the community features 300 units and 206,000 total square feet on around 7.6 acres. It was operated just under breakeven on about $5.25 million of 2021 revenues. Occupancy stood at 78%, but the property shares services with a healthcare center within the same campus, which should boost the community’s appeal. The real estate... Read More »

Convivial Life Acquires Jacaranda Trace

Sarasota, Florida-based not-for-profit Convivial Life has acquired Jacaranda Trace, an independent and assisted living community in Venice, Florida. Built in phases from 1999 to 2015, the community comprises 295 units on 33 acres with a plethora of amenities and activities in close proximity. Convivial plans to take the underdeveloped lots and extra space and utilize that land for additional venues, amenities and activities. As part of the acquisition, Convivial also purchased an 85,000+ square foot clubhouse featuring a fitness center, heated outdoor pool and jacuzzi, an on-site doctor’s clinic, multiple dining venues, billiards and activity rooms, woodworking shop, and a library.... Read More »

Livingston Buys Active Adult Community Outside Philadelphia

Livingston Street Capital has acquired a 231-unit active adult community in the greater Philadelphia area. Canvas Valley Forge is considered to be a Class-A community in the town of King of Prussia, with 147 one-bedroom and 84 two-bedroom unit options. The amenity list features an infinity pool with sundeck, hot tub, outdoor courtyard with grills and seating areas, chef’s kitchen for private events, dog park with pet washing station, community garden, bocce court, bike storage and maintenance shop, garage and general storage, a fitness center, on-site salon and spa, craft room, game room, library/media room, resident lounge with club room, package room, and full-time resident concierge.... Read More »

Active Adult Market: Will it be the major growth sector in seniors housing? Will it solve the middle market problem?

About the webinar: The active adult market has attracted attention from investors inside and out of traditional seniors housing. and rightly so given the sector’s performance during the pandemic, the demographic opportunity and the opportunity to establish a major presence in an emerging sector. But, because the market has not matured yet, property values and cap rates could still be up for debate, as well as active adult’s risk level when compared with multifamily investments. Also, as construction has slowed across seniors housing due to inflation, interest rates and increased risk, groundbreakings for active adult projects seem to be accelerating. Panelists:Ben Swett, Editor, The... Read More »

Capital Funding Group Arranges California Construction Loan

Capital Funding Group has closed a $33 million construction loan for the ground-up development of Varenita of Temecula, a 108-unit assisted living and memory care community in Temecula, California. CFG has recently created a new division, the Seniors Housing Lending Platform, who ultimately handled this loan. The loan features a Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) structure that allows building owners to borrow money for energy efficiency, renewable energy, or other projects and make repayments via an assessment on their property tax bill.  The financing was executed on behalf of real estate development firm and nationally recognized borrower, Griffin Living. Brightwater... Read More »

60 Seconds with Swett: Home Health Care Vs. Senior Care

I’m here in Chicago at the Home Care Innovation and Investment Conference and it’s been quite illuminating so far, a lot of talk about SNF at home or even hospital at home. So home health care providers are trying to demonstrate that they can indeed care for higher acuity patients and hopefully get paid for it. So it will be interesting to see how SNFs react to that. Also, home health providers are going through a lot of the same difficulties as skilled nursing providers and seniors housing providers, especially in the labor fund in terms of finding labor and paying for it. But also CMS just came out on Friday with a 4.2% cut to home health reimbursement rates. So SNFs... Read More »

Historic Hamilton Heights Sells in West Hartford

Real estate investment firm Lloyd Jones just announced its fourth seniors housing acquisition of the year, so far, with the purchase of a Hamilton Heights in West Hartford, Connecticut. Built as a Roman Catholic boarding school for girls in 1905, the property was adapted into an independent living, assisted living, and memory care community in 1997. The property features a Georgian revival facade with four and five stories that stretch over ten acres, comprising 113 total units. It was also recently renovated and shows well. The property has sold several times over the years, falling into the hands of Ventas and Atria Senior Living for a number of years until December 2021, when they... Read More »

Two Assisted Living Communities Trade Near Seattle

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors closed the sale of two assisted living communities in the greater Seattle, Washington area on behalf of a national operator client. The first community, located in Renton, was built in 1983 and comprises 80 assisted living units. It had a strong operation, maintaining occupancy rates above 95% for the last three years running. Both private pay and Medicaid residents made up the census, and with intention to stay affordable, rents start at $2,800 a month. An internet search combined with our own outreach to the community confirmed that Brookdale Senior Living was the previous owner and operator of the property, which will be renamed Green Lake... Read More »

Avamere Exits New Mexico Market

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Avamere Family of Companies has exited the state of New Mexico with the sale of its 85-bed transitional care facility in Albuquerque. The short-term rehab facility was a popular referral destination for the area’s largest hospitals, and it was experiencing rapid census growth following an operator transition in 2019. Financial performance was improving too, with total revenues exceeding $8.5 million. Following the marketing process, five competitive offers were submitted, with a regional owner/operator looking to expand their footprint in the state, ultimately succeeding.  Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors Amy Sitzman, Jacob Gehl, Humair Sabir and... Read More »

$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 »