• 60 Seconds with Swett: Welltower Is on a Roll

    Welltower came out with its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, and surprise, surprise, it was yet another great quarter, and its share price jumped 3.5% immediately upon the news. It was the tenth consecutive quarter in which same store SHOP NOI growth exceeded 20%, at 21.7% in the first quarter. Guidance for same store NOI growth also rose by... Read More »
  • DHC Closes Freddie Mac Financing

    Diversified Healthcare Trust closed a nine-figure Freddie Mac financing secured by seven seniors housing communities in five states. Totaling 1,184 units, the assets are managed by Five Star Senior Living, the operating division of AlerisLife Inc.  The $109 million loan comes with a 10-year term and a 6.22% fixed interest rate, with interest... Read More »
  • CFG Provides Interim Financing

    Last month, Capital Funding Group closed a $53.4 million bridge-to-HUD loan, providing interim financing to facilitate the refinancing of a maturing loan supporting two skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Victorville, California. CFG intends to refinance the loan into permanent, long-term debt through HUD. Patrick... Read More »
  • Greystone Provides Bridge Financing to Oxford Capital Group

    Greystone provided $41 million in bridge financing to Oxford Capital Group for the acquisition of six assisted living communities totaling 372 beds in Minnesota. The financing was originated by Christopher Clare with assistance from David Young, Ryan Harkins, Ben Rubin, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher. Greystone’s $41 million interest-only,... Read More »
  • Multifamily Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty facilitated the sale of a RCAC in Northeast Wisconsin on behalf of a long-term operator. The RCAC had been family owned/operated since inception, and the seller decided to pass the torch and enter retirement. Purpose built in 2014 and expanded in 2017, this well-maintained community features 19 individual... Read More »
Bain Capital and CSH Sell Seniors Housing Portfolio

Bain Capital and CSH Sell Seniors Housing Portfolio

Bain Capital Real Estate and Capitol Seniors Housing have sold a portfolio of seven seniors housing communities located across four states to an undisclosed buyer. We’ll have more details to follow in the November issue of The SeniorCare Investor, but what we know right now is that there are 598 total units of assisted living and memory care. They were relatively new, Class-A communities, so we imagine they sold for a high (albeit undisclosed) amount. Bain and CSH had started growing the portfolio in 2015 through an initial acquisition and subsequent new developments.   Read More »

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe & Ben Swett: See Y’all in Houston

A lot has changed since we were last elbow bumping with people at the San Diego NIC conference in March 2020. There have been some other in-person conferences in the last few months, but next week’s NIC will be really the first time that the senior care industry is reunited since the pandemic. And we are looking forward to seeing everyone once again. When we’re in Houston, we’d love to hear about your experiences, the difficulties and your successes in the last year and a half whether as an operator, investor, lender or broker. And of course, about any deals you are currently working on. But we are also going to be asking for your predictions in 2022. Be forewarned. We also have our own... Read More »
Ziegler Refinances Two AL Communities

Ziegler Refinances Two AL Communities

Columbia Pacific Advisors refinanced two of its seniors housing communities, enlisting Ziegler as its exclusive financial advisor to close the transactions. The communities in question are The Landing at Lake Worth in Lake Worth, Florida, and The Linden at Stonehaven Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Each 134-unit community offers assisted living and memory care services. Chicago Pacific Advisors developed the Florida property in late 2018 and the Oklahoma property in late 2017 as part of its strategy to expand into the southern United States. To refinance existing the construction loans, Ziegler’s Senior Housing & Care Finance Practice closed two bridge debt placements totaling $37.75... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two More Deals

Blueprint Closes Two More Deals

What a week it was for Blake Bozett of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. In the same week that he closed an assisted living community sale in Nampa, Idaho, he and his wife welcomed their first child! We know the latter announcement is probably more important to him, but we’ll focus on the former here. Mr. Bozett facilitated the sale of Streamside Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 79-unit assisted living and memory care community located outside of Boise. Built in 2006, Streamside saw a healthy operating margin around 30% and stable occupancy in the 80s, even during the pandemic. The local sellers have been in the industry for over 20 years but are selling in order to focus on... Read More »
Welltower & Kisco Senior Living Break Ground in Maryland

Welltower & Kisco Senior Living Break Ground in Maryland

Welltower and Kisco Senior Living announced the groundbreaking of their large senior living community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Set to open in Spring 2024, The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center will feature 450,000 square feet and 302 total units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It will sit on 8.5 acres next to RIO Lakefront at Washingtonian Center, a waterfront shopping center with restaurants, amenities and water activities in downtown Gaithersburg. At the community, floorplan options will range in size from one bedroom, one bath (837 square feet) to two bedrooms, two baths with a den (1,487 square feet) and a club level living option that includes concierge and... Read More »
Monarch Alternative Capital & American House Joint Venture

Monarch Alternative Capital & American House Joint Venture

Investment firm Monarch Alternative Capital and national operator American House Senior Living Communities are joint venturing to pursue the acquisition, development and management of seniors housing communities across the United States. The two entities kicked off the venture with the recapitalization of seven properties that were partially owned by American House, with one of the properties acquired through a third party. The seven communities total 1,047 units throughout Florida, Michigan and Ohio, comprising 525 independent living, 356 assisted living and 166 memory care units. They average about five years in age and feature a number of updated residential amenities. With their... Read More »
Monarch Alternative Capital & American House Joint Venture

Shareholders Approve Capital Senior Living Restructuring

Last Friday, Capital Senior Living announced that shareholders approved the amended agreement with Conversant Capital to provide needed funds to stabilize the company while it continues to work on increasing census, as well as funds for future growth. This involves plans to raise up to $154.8 million in various financings. This was based on preliminary vote estimates taken after the shareholder vote on Friday.  The news of the presumed approval, without giving the breakdown of the voting, sent the shares up by 2.38% to close at $29.68. That is a far cry from where they traded last July. The day before they hit a low of $25.85 during the day, which was the lowest price since August 13. Keep... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two More Deals

SLIB Facilitates Sale of Texas SNF Portfolio

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Matthew Alley facilitated the sale of three skilled nursing facilities in Henrietta, Olney and Nocona, Texas. The combined facilities, totaling 250 beds, sold for $7.75 million, or $31,000 per bed.  The properties, which have an average occupancy of 50%, are within 90 miles of each other northwest of Fort Worth. The seller is an independent owner/operator who is exiting the industry, and the buyer is an out-of-state owner/operator that is purchasing its first nursing home. The facilities earned revenues totaling $9.87 million and EBITDA over $500,000 in 2020. These communities are also enrolled in QIPP, which provides additional revenues not... Read More »
Toll Brothers Proposes Active Adult Development in New York

Toll Brothers Proposes Active Adult Development in New York

Homebuilder giant Toll Brothers has proposed the development of a 136-unit active adult community in Yorktown, New York.  The development would be built on two properties sitting on approximately 50 acres. It would contain three- and four-unit buildings, a community clubhouse and a pool. The townhouses would include a master bedroom suite, an entertaining space and two-car garages. The community would have a homeowners association and would be sold at market rate. Toll Brothers is currently focusing on speaking with the Yorktown Town Board before committing to the project, as the community would sit on the former property of Field Home Holy Comforter, an assisted living... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Arranges Acquisition Loan For Texas SNF

Carnegie Capital Arranges Acquisition Loan For Texas SNF

Carnegie Capital’s joint venture with Evans Senior Investments has produced an acquisition financing for a 258-bed skilled nursing portfolio in north-central Texas.  Each facility is between 50 and 55 years old, under 25,000 square feet and averages an occupancy rate of 51%. The entire portfolio is enrolled in the QIPP program.  Carnegie secured $6.55 million for three facilities, which had a $7.7 million price tag, or $30,000 per bed. The financing has a two-and-a-half-year term with an interest-only rate in the 7s. Evans Senior Investments did not broker the sale but did have the relationship with the sponsor. Read More »
BMO Harris Provides Loan For 15 MOBs

BMO Harris Provides Loan For 15 MOBs

BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has closed a $123 million loan to an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. The loan provided recapitalization financing for 15 medical office buildings, totaling more than 419,000 square feet across six states.  Read More »