• National Real Estate Investment Group Acquires 24-Property Portfolio

    Ikaria Capital Group announced the successful funding of a $270 million term loan and $30 million preferred equity investment for a national private healthcare real estate investment group to support the acquisition of a 24-property skilled nursing and seniors housing portfolio located in the Pacific Northwest. First Citizens Bank led the bank... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Sells Idaho Portfolio

    A trio of small, well-performing assisted living communities in rural Idaho sold with the help of Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group. The pair represented a mom & pop who were looking to retire after nearly 25 years of operating. Terri and Carl Pendleton built the first 16-unit assisted living community in Gooding, Idaho, and added... Read More »
  • JV Buyer Acquires Two Communities From Separate Sellers

    Helios Healthcare Advisors structured the sale and arranged joint venture equity for the acquisition of two assisted living/memory care communities in Alabama on behalf of separate sellers. Helios was initially engaged by the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to identify a buyer that would preserve the legacy of Murray House Assisted... Read More »
  • Detroit Redevelopment Sees Senior Apartment Conversion

    KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided $43.6 million in construction loans and arranged $7.6 million in permanent loans for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Lee Plaza in Detroit, Michigan. The 15-story, Art Deco historical landmark will be converted to affordable senior apartments. The building will include a total of... Read More »
  • Montana Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

    Ziegler announced the closing of Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill’s $50.88 million Series 2025ABC bonds through the City of Kalispell, Montana. The Montana not-for-profit operates a senior care community in Kalispell, Montana, that is located on a 13-acre campus with 171 independent and assisted living units as well as 155 licensed skilled nursing... Read More »
Louisiana SNF Portfolio Finds New Owner

Louisiana SNF Portfolio Finds New Owner

A Louisiana-based owner/operator looking to exit the long-term care industry has sold a portfolio of five skilled nursing facilities with the help of Evans Senior Investments. The portfolio, which ranges in age from 10 to 25 years old (with the exception of one property), was sold across three separate transactions. First, a 130-bed SNF sold in Rayne, Louisiana for $14 million, or $108,000 per functional bed. While the facility is licensed for 130 beds, it has an additional 54 banked beds that could be used for an expansion in the future. The property generated revenues of $8.5 million and NOI of $1.1 million at the time of marketing, and had a 71% occupancy. A regional owner/operator... Read More »
SLIB Sells Pennsylvania SNF

SLIB Sells Pennsylvania SNF

Toby Siefert and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed out 2021 with the sale of a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in a tertiary market of northeastern Pennsylvania. Built in 1976 and renovated in 2012 and 2015, Athens Health and Rehabilitation was initially purchased by a private owner as a vacant, unlicensed asset and went through the process of relicensing, restaffing and lease-up. It sits on two acres across 23,924 square feet. The facility was on an upward trajectory of lease-up until the pandemic and staffing shortages made it difficult to attain occupancy above 70%. At the time of sale, the facility had 62% occupancy, $6.06 million of revenue and negative... Read More »
Colliers Handles Two AL Sales in Pennsylvania

Colliers Handles Two AL Sales in Pennsylvania

Two assisted living communities in Allentown, Pennsylvania just sold with the help of Bob Gaines at Colliers International. The first community, called Victoria’s Place, includes 80 one-bedroom & studio assisted living apartments. Victoria’s Place was recently constructed and features 59,500 square feet but currently sits vacant. Amenities include common areas, a dining room, bistro, private family dining room, courtyards for assisted living and memory care, an entertainment area, multiple seating areas, movie theater, physical therapy and a salon. Built in 1991, Mountain View is operational and features 115 licensed beds, although occupancy was not disclosed. Across 54,693 square... Read More »
Owner Divests Eight-Property Ohio Portfolio

Owner Divests Eight-Property Ohio Portfolio

The team at Evans Senior Investments ended their 2021 with a bang, closing the sale of an eight-property senior care portfolio in Ohio for $70 million, or about $90,000 per functional bed/unit. Across the eight properties, there were 623 licensed skilled nursing beds, of which 614 were functional, 176 licensed assisted living beds (140 functional) and 22 independent living units. Located in tertiary markets, they were determined to be non-core by the Ohio-based owner/operator seller, which decided to strategically divest the entire portfolio. While under contract, however, the portfolio received a large Medicaid rate increase of almost $30 per patient day, which was projected to add an... Read More »

Carlyle Exits High-Quality Portfolio

The Carlyle Group is finishing the year by exiting seven properties that it held with several joint venture partners for proceeds totaling nearly $474 million, or more than $385,000 per unit. Carlyle also grew its active adult holdings, acquiring three newly-built properties under the Solea brand for more than $103 million, or $222,000 per unit. Newmark helped arrange the transactions. Starting with the Carlyle sales, the seven properties are located in Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, Florida and Virginia. They were jointly owned by a number of separate partners, including Bozzuto, Alliance Residential, Greystar, United Group and EPOCH Residential. Several investors emerged as buyers of... Read More »

2021 Ends With Another Owner Exit From Senior Care

Whether it is increased complexity, falling margins, staffing problems or just fatigue from dealing with the last two years, senior care owners hit the exits in droves in 2021. Plenty had already planned to get out before the pandemic ever struck, and this was just the last straw, but there are still many waiting to leave until values rise again, or federal and state aid ends. So, we can expect smaller owners and mom & pops to continue seeking exits in 2022. Ending their 2021, Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage have spent the last 12 months helping a Portland, Oregon-based group exit the seniors housing industry, wrapping up the... Read More »

Two CCRCs Sell in Great Lakes Region

Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap reported a strong second half of 2021, with a couple more deals to report on. First, he sold a 110-bed CCRC in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Called Ladysmith Care Community, the property was built in stages from the 1950s and 60s to 1991 and most recently in 2012. It features 62 skilled nursing beds and 20 residential care (assisted living) units with 48 beds. Occupancy was good at closing, helped in part by the community’s proximity to Marshfield Clinic, part of the regional Marshfield Clinic Health System. The original owner sold the community for $6 million, or $54,500 per bed. Then before New Years Eve, Mr. Giannini sold a CCRC in Gaylord, Minnesota... Read More »
Ten-Property Portfolio Sells in the Southeast

Ten-Property Portfolio Sells in the Southeast

As the year comes to an end, many companies are announcing big portfolio deals, including Evans Senior Investments representing a regional owner/operator in their sale of a ten-property seniors housing portfolio located in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The communities, which were built between 1972 and 2016 with a median year-built of 2007, comprise 590 seniors housing units (117 independent living, 293 assisted living and 180 memory care) and 666 functional beds. All of the communities have undergone significant renovations and capital improvements over recent years. The portfolio had an average bed occupancy of 91% in 2019 and produced a net operating income margin of 34%.... Read More »
Newmark Closes Active Adult Portfolio Deal in Texas

Newmark Closes Active Adult Portfolio Deal in Texas

As the active adult market has grown considerably in the last couple of years, so has Newmark’s involvement in the sector, having closed a number of transactions in 2021, including one recent three-property portfolio deal. The three Texas communities are on the higher end and were sold by a joint venture between two developers –  Sparrow Partners and Entrepreneurial Properties Corporation. The Carlyle Group purchased the entire portfolio.  Built in 2017, Solea Copperfield is a 129-unit active adult community in Houston. It sold for $25.25 million, or $195,700 per unit. Solea Cinco Ranch, also located in Houston, was sold for $38 million, or $251,700 per unit. It was built in 2018... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

Senior Living Investment Brokerage recently facilitated the sale of a successful independent living community in Chubbuck, Idaho. Comprising 82 units and one single-family home, the community was built in 1987 and has 117,828 square feet on five acres. The community, named Cottonwood Cove, was purchased for $3.75 million, or $45,000 per unit, at an 8.75% cap rate. It earned annualized revenues of $1 million and an EBITDA of $328,000. Cottonwood Cove has a 99% occupancy and also has a surplus of land, allowing the new owners to capitalize on their success and expand into this extra space. In fact, the property has consistently performed over the years, even through the pandemic, with an... Read More »
Portfolio of 15 AL Communities in Wisconsin Sells

Portfolio of 15 AL Communities in Wisconsin Sells

Senior Care Realty is finishing the year strong with the sale of 15 assisted living communities in Wisconsin for $13.35 million, or about $60,000 per unit and $54,700 per licensed bed. Most of the communities are located in rural, northern Wisconsin towns and were built from the mid-1990s to the early-2000s, with a few newer communities in the mix too. Occupancy was in the low-80s before the pandemic but dropped to around 70%, with a roughly 85% Medicaid census. Nevertheless, the portfolio produced a healthy amount of cash flow, or nearly $1.27 million on $7.4 million of revenues, for a 17% margin. That results in a 9.5% cap rate. The seller owns a number of other communities in the state... Read More »