• 60 Seconds with Swett: Dr. Oz to Lead CMS?

    Here is a sentence we never expected to say. Dr. Mehmet Oz will in all likelihood be the next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He was tapped by President-elect Trump, who said in a statement that Oz would “cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency” and would see that “we get the best... Read More »
  • Walker & Dunlop’s Transaction Trifecta

    The Walker & Dunlop Seniors Housing team is off to a strong start for Q4, having closed three transactions, so far. The deals were across the swing states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The first closed in October, and the following two closed in November.  First, Alex Vice, Joshua Jandris and Brett Gardner handled the sale of a... Read More »
  • Kiawah Life and Bishop Gadsden Affiliate

    Ziegler facilitated the affiliation of Kiawah Life Plan Village, Inc. with Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Communities. After exploring over 20 qualified organizations, KLPV selected Bishop based upon its reputation in the Charleston, South Carolina market, financial strength and shared values. KLPV is a not-for-profit that was formed in 2020 to own and... Read More »
  • Four SNFs Receive Refinancing in Virginia

    Capital Funding Group closed a $132.24 million bridge loan on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The deal supported the refinancing of four skilled nursing facilities comprising 731 beds in Virginia. Craig Cassagrande and Catherine Mansel handled the transaction, which closed 47 days from receipt of the signed term sheet.  This... Read More »
  • Dealmaking in South Dakota

    A small assisted living community in South Dakota sold thanks to the team at Evans Senior Investments. An institutional owner/operator engaged Evans to facilitate the sale in order to redeploy capital into new opportunities.  The community was built in the last decade with 33 units of private pay assisted living, with a functional bed... Read More »
Ciena Healthcare Divests to Euson Lindsay Health

Ciena Healthcare Divests to Euson Lindsay Health

Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a senior care community in Goshen, Indiana. The seller, Ciena Healthcare, recognized the need for strategic repositioning, engaging Blueprint in the divestment.  Built in 2018 and constructed under the Green House Project, an organization that focuses on non-institutional eldercare environments, The Laurels of Goshen features four homes with 12 residents per home (48 seniors housing beds) and 28 dually licensed Medicare and Medicaid skilled nursing beds. Blueprint approached one group with interest, Euson Lindsay Health, and they were ultimately selected as the buyer, rebranding the community as The Restoracy Goshen.... Read More »
Owner/Operator Purchases in South Carolina

Owner/Operator Purchases in South Carolina

Jack Osteen of Sherman & Roylance facilitated the sale of two skilled nursing facilities comprising 252 total beds in South Carolina. The facilities were previously marketed by a different brokerage firm in 2021.  Built around 1980 and renovated in 1998, one of the facilities is in Florence and comprises 132 beds with an occupancy rate of over 75%. Built in 2008, the second facility is in Cheraw and features 120 beds with an occupancy rate of over 90%. The seller was a mom & pop with a 50-year history in South Carolina’s nursing care sector. The buyer is a leading operator with a growing presence in the Western United States. The deal was financed through private international... Read More »
CA Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing

CA Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing

Northwest Visalia Senior Housing LLC obtained a $29.5 million loan for the refinancing of Quail Park at Shannon Ranch, which comprises 120 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in Visalia, California. Northmarq secured the 10-year loan, with the first five years being interest-only, through Poppy Bank of California. The funds were utilized to pay off a bridge loan that Northmarq also arranged back in 2021.  The principal of Living Care Lifestyles, the Kaweah Health System of Visalia and multiple local investors comprise the ownership group of Quail Park. Living Care also manages the community. Managing Director Stuart Oswald led Northmarq’s Seattle Debt and... Read More »
Behavioral Health Buyer Takes Over Georgia Community

Behavioral Health Buyer Takes Over Georgia Community

Bull Realty, a commercial regional real estate company, was engaged by Gryphon Senior Living in its divestment of a seniors housing community in Dacula, Georgia. Built in 2011, Hope Memory Care Community features 64 memory care units across 37,432 square feet on 3.44 acres. Gryphon originally bought the community a few years back for around $9.5 million, or $148,000 per unit.  The community struggled with occupancy, despite good demographics. After Bull Realty was brought on to market the property, the bank sold the note. A potential CON sale was explored but did not pan out. When the note holder had control of the property, a separate potential buyer was brought in. The noteholder... Read More »
Joint Venture Divests to Private Owner/Operator

Joint Venture Divests to Private Owner/Operator

Blueprint was engaged by a joint venture between two national investors in the divestment of its seniors housing community in Pickerington, Ohio, that was acquired as part of a larger transaction. The buyer, which intends to reposition the asset as affordable seniors housing, was a well-capitalized private owner/operator seeking to expand and increase operational leverage in the Midwest.  Built in 2009, the community comprises 86 assisted living and memory care units in a growing, but supply-constrained, suburb of Columbus. The community’s occupancy challenges post-COVID, in combination with its outlier geography and care mix, made it a non-core component of the broader transaction... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: The Election And Senior Care

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: The Election And Senior Care

So, the 2024 election results are in, and many people were surprised, many shocked, some cried and some cheered, and many who did not vote wished they had. But wherever you are on the political spectrum, if you invest in seniors housing and care, the outlook for you may be better with the election outcome. I say that because Mr. Trump is more pro-business and pro-real estate than Ms. Harris, and the Biden/Harris administration was set to make some changes in staffing and PE investing which our sector was not too happy about. The proposed nursing home staffing mandate will most likely go out the window, and pressure on private equity investing in seniors housing may be put on the backburner... Read More »
Minnesota AL/MC Community Changes Hands

Minnesota AL/MC Community Changes Hands

An assisted living/memory care community in rural southern Minnesota found a new owner with the help of Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Built in 2017, Bridgwater at Janesville features 24 units. It featured a 90% waiver census and was fully occupied at the time of closing, generating strong cash flow, as well. The undisclosed buyer paid $4.2 million, or $175,000 per unit, for the asset.  Read More »
Texas SNF Secures Financing

Texas SNF Secures Financing

Berkadia arranged financing for a 104-bed skilled nursing facility in Eagles Pass, Texas. A Fort Worth, Texas-based owner/operator had successfully operated the property since 2019 and financed its purchase of the leased fee interest of the property with the loan. Berkadia’s Jay Healy closed a $13 million bridge-to-HUD loan with an 18-month, interest-only term that covered 100% of the purchase price. It is anticipated that Berkadia will close the subsequent HUD refinance in the first half of 2025. Read More »
SNF Operator Makes First Purchase in MA

SNF Operator Makes First Purchase in MA

An institutional owner decided to divest its skilled nursing facility in East Boston, Massachusetts, in order to recycle capital and shift its investment focus. Evans Senior Investments marketed the facility to a group of regional and national buyers before an experienced regional operator stepped in to make its first purchase of a facility, for an undisclosed price. Evans helped the new owner by facilitating a regional capital partner for the deal. Built more than 50 years ago, the facility featured 165 beds, including a number of three-bed wards. It was 83% occupied but held a two-star CMS rating with an abuse icon from CMS. Other operational challenges included high agency staffing... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in Arizona

Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in Arizona

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Phoenix, Arizona. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso, Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy handled the transaction, which closed 112 days from LOI signing. Developed in phases between 2015 and 2017, the community encompasses nine residential homes arranged in a neighborhood setting in Litchfield Park. There are 89 total assisted living/memory care units. The community accepts private pay and ALTC (Arizona Medicaid) residents and was approaching stabilized occupancy at the time of marketing. It is projected to experience favorable year-over-year rate growth given the lack of new or planned competing developments within the local market.... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Bond Financing

Ziegler Arranges Bond Financing

A CCRC in Southern Pines, North Carolina, near the world-famous Pinehurst Golf Course, is embarking on an independent living expansion project with the help of bond financing arranged by Ziegler. Currently comprising 150 IL units, 42 assisted living units and 32 skilled nursing beds, Penick Village will add 44 IL units (with underbuilding parking), a new 5,000 square-foot wellness center and renovations to the healthcare center. Since beginning pre-sales in June 2024, the expansion has successfully pre-sold 39 of the 44 (88.6%) new units with a 10% deposit. Two tranches of bonds will finance the project, totaling $73.295 million. The Series A long-term bonds totaled $54.87 million and came... Read More »