• 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 »
ESI Represents Consulate in Bankruptcy Disposition

ESI Represents Consulate in Bankruptcy Disposition

​Evans Senior Investments (ESI) represented the bankruptcy disposition of two skilled nursing facilities in Florida. The bankruptcy stemmed from a medical whistleblower whose case resulted in a civil fraud judgment of $256 million. Both nursing communities operated under the brand of Consulate Health Care and filed for bankruptcy when the skilled nursing operating entities could not afford to pay the False Claims Act judgment against them. At the time of writing, Consulate is the sixth-largest nursing home chain in the country with 138 facilities from the Mid-Atlantic to the Gulf Coast. ESI was hired to represent the debtors in the sale of their assets, in obtaining debtor-in-possession... Read More »
Five Facility Portfolio Finds New Operator in Northern California

Five Facility Portfolio Finds New Operator in Northern California

A portfolio of five skilled nursing facilities in northern California found a new operating tenant thanks to Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap. Located around the Sacramento area, the facilities feature more than 300 beds and are owned by a private family office. They were originally leased to a regional skilled nursing operator, but that operator was primarily focused on the Southern California market. Operations actually improved slightly during the pandemic due to a higher Medicare census and the three-day stay waiver. But occupancy and expenses did worsen over the last two years. At close, occupancy was 82% with a 28% quality mix. A new regional operator... Read More »
Berkadia Adds Steve Muth to Team

Berkadia Adds Steve Muth to Team

M&A and lending activity is on the up as investors look to re-enter or expand their presence in the market, and Berkadia is growing their team to handle what they expect will be a busy year. The company has added Managing Director Steve Muth to Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, serving on the mortgage banking platform. Mr. Muth will report to SVP, Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed more than $600 million in combined investment sales and financing in 2021 and ended the year as the top-ranking Freddie Mac Lender for Seniors Housing. The team’s 42 transactions encompassed a range of property types across the... Read More »
Lone Star Funds Acquires Minnesota Portfolio

Lone Star Funds Acquires Minnesota Portfolio

Lone Star Funds picked up a portfolio of five seniors housing communities in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, representing the largest-ever seniors housing portfolio deal in the state, according to our database. Developed and owned by Minnetonka-based Roers Companies, a multifamily-focused real estate company, the “A” quality communities total 567 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. There are plenty of amenities, including golf simulators, indoor parking (a must in Minnesota) and fitness centers.   They were all completed between September 2019 and April 2021, and occupancy was generally strong at the more established locations. The pandemic affected occupancy at... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales arranged the sale of a class-A active adult community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The W&D Seniors Housing team including Jordyn Berger and Joshua Jandris, as well as the W&D Atlanta Multifamily Team including Kris Mikkelsen, Pat Jones and Chris Goldsmith, collaborated on the transaction. Just built in 2020, Everleigh Halcyon Village features 160 units on 1.9 acres. It includes one-bedroom units with 848 square feet and two-bedroom units with 1,195 square feet.   The community is integrated within the mixed-use village, Halcyon, which has over 535,000 square feet of office and retail space and over 100 single-family homes selling at between... Read More »
MBK Adds Value-Add Community to Portfolio

MBK Adds Value-Add Community to Portfolio

Last week, MBK Senior Living acquired the second property of a two-site portfolio in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, and The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap handled the deals on behalf of the seller, Texas-based McFarlin Group. Built in 2017 as the first Surpass Senior Living (McFarlin’s operating platform) in Arizona, the 83-unit assisted living community will be renamed from Mariposa Point of Gilbert to Sky Ridge. Located adjacent to an active adult community called The Aspens at Mariposa Point, it was developed at a cost of $18 million, or $217,000 per unit, with financing provided in part by Piper Jaffray & Co. The project was part of a four-property development plan for... Read More »
LTC Properties Announces Another Mezzanine Loan

LTC Properties Announces Another Mezzanine Loan

LTC Properties revealed in its fourth quarter earnings call that it originated a $25 million mezzanine loan for the recapitalization of five seniors housing properties in Oregon and Montana. The transaction is a continuation of LTC’s strategy focused on higher yield structured finance investments.   Coming with a term of five years and two months, with two one-year extension options, the loan bears an 8% interest rate and an IRR of 11%. The properties, which include independent living, assisted living and memory care, total 621 units and will be managed by The Springs Living, a new operator for LTC.   LTC revealed a few other investments and dispositions in its earnings. So far in... Read More »
Inland Real Estate Group Buys in Minnesota

Inland Real Estate Group Buys in Minnesota

Cushman & Wakefield represented a joint venture of The Waters Senior Living, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and North Rock Real Estate in arranging the sale of The Waters on Mayowood, a 175-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, Minnesota. The property was sold earlier in February for a total of $67.3 million, or just under $385,000 per unit.   Inland Real Estate Group, one of the nation’s largest real estate and finance groups, is acquiring Mayowood and will retain The Waters to manage the community. The property was originally constructed in 2015 and has performed well since opening, averaging over 96% occupancy since January 2018.... Read More »
MBK Buys Former Surpass Senior Living Community

MBK Buys Former Surpass Senior Living Community

We learned that in November, MBK Senior Living acquired an 83-unit assisted living community in Gilbert, Arizona: Mariposa Point of Gilbert, which will now operate as Sky Ridge. The close of this sale doubles the company’s footprint in the Phoenix MSA in less than a year, where MBK owns and operates six communities.  The seller, Texas-based McFarlin Group, opened the community in 2017 as its first Surpass Senior Living property in the state of Arizona. Comprising 65,000 square feet, the Mariposa Point cost around $18 million to develop, with financing provided in part by Piper Jaffrey & Co. This property was part of a series of four Surpass communities which were constructed by... Read More »
Solera and Wheelock Joint Venture in Virginia

Solera and Wheelock Joint Venture in Virginia

A Williamsburg, Virginia senior living community was acquired by a joint venture between Solera Senior Living and Wheelock Street Capital with the help of financing arranged by CBRE National Senior Housing. Built in 2017, the community features 62 assisted living and 21 memory care units with a host of amenities. It was previously owned by Virginia-based developer Robertson Liebler, which was represented by the Berkadia team of Brooks Minford and Tim Cobb in the late-2021 sale. CBRE’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root secured a $16.95 million through Freddie Mac’s Optigo lending platform. The loan came with a seven-year term, four years of interest only and a floating... Read More »
MidCap Refinances Georgia Community

MidCap Refinances Georgia Community

MidCap Financial took out construction debt on a recently completed senior living community in Gainesville, Georgia with a new floating-rate mortgage. Owned by Manor Lake Development LLC, the community opened in 2019 with 88 assisted living and memory care units. It features studio, one-bedroom and companion suites ranging from 421 to 558 square feet. Residents can also receive rehabilitation services, instructor-led daily exercise, concierge services and more. The property leased up quickly under management by Manor Lake.  JLL Capital Markets’ Joel Mendes and Trent Niederberger worked on behalf of the borrower to secure the $18.5 million loan from MidCap, which came with a floating... Read More »