Active Adult Community Sells In Spokane
Washington-based SVN Cornerstone sold an active adult community in the state of Washington. Built in 2016, Whispering Pines Apartments comprises 31 units of age-restricted apartments in the city of Spokane. The community offers two- and three-bedroom units with two-car garages and individual backyards. Purchasing the community for a price of $10.1 million, or $325,800 per unit, was a company affiliated with Seven Lakes Development dba Speed Limit 55+ LLC. Nate Gant and Guy Byrd of SVN Cornerstone handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, Whispering Pine LLC. Levi Sterley of Lee & Associates represented the buyer. Read More »
CBRE Refinances California Independent Living Community
CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced it refinanced an independent living community in California. Built in 2021, The Plaza at Lantern Crest comprises 113 units and sits on 3.8 acres in the town Santee (San Diego MSA). The four-story community features a plethora of amenities including an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, physical therapy office, outdoor theater, a restaurant and 1950’s diner, a bowling alley, a full-service bar, and a tea room. Bill Chiles, Matt Kuronen and Michael Cregan of CBRE arranged a $38.3 million, 10-year loan with five years of interest only through its Freddie Mac Optigo lending platform on behalf of the borrower, The Grant Companies. Founded in... Read More »
Brookdale Fourth Quarter Delights Investors
We were hoping that maybe, just maybe, Brookdale Senior Living would post a “breakout” fourth quarter earnings report. They didn’t. But the alternative, a negative surprise, did not happen either. Phew. We have to hand it to CEO Cindy Baier, who always sounds so confident, positive, mission-directed and knowledgeable, whether on stage or on an earnings call. You almost want to hug her after she presents. Perhaps that is why the Board continues to support her. The problem is that shareholders have not bought into her and the company’s performance, which is demonstrated in the share price, which remains in the doldrums. However, shareholders may be beginning to buy into the message, or at... Read More »
60 Seconds With Swett: Soaring Skilled Nursing Values
We are starting to stand back and assess the 2022 M&A market for our soon-to-be-published Senior Care Acquisition Report, and joining us today, February 22 at 1pm ET for our webinar will give you a preview of those statistics and analysis on the seniors housing and skilled nursing markets, but we want to kick things off with a look at the average price per bed paid for SNFs last year. Last year was arguably the strongest market for SNFs in history, with well capitalized buyers, among them private real estate investment firms, family offices and regional owner/operators, creating incredibly active bidding environments for facilities of all qualities and profitability. And that was... Read More »
The New Team at Tremper Capital Group
The former Greystone, and now Tremper Capital Group (TCG), team placed a couple of bank loans to refinance Merrill Gardens communities in California and South Carolina. The larger loan totaled $30 million and came with a five-year term, 30-year amortization and a floating interest rate. There are also three years of interest-only payments and a mid-200 bps loan spread. A regional bank provided the loan to AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens to refinance their West Covina community, which has 111 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Tyler Armstrong of TCG represented AEW and Merrill Gardens in the transaction. Mr. Armstrong also placed a $27.05 million... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Facilitates Chicago Pacific Founders Acquisition
Cushman & Wakefield announced the sale of a seniors housing portfolio just north of Atlanta in the state of Georgia. Built from 2018 to 2020, Celebration Village Acworth comprises 226 units, which consist of 144 independent living, 55 assisted living and 31 memory care units. The other community was Celebration Village Forsyth. Built in 2017 to 2019, the community comprises a total of 248 units, which comprise 162 independent living, 55 assisted living and 31 memory care units. Selling the two assets was a joint venture between AgeWell Living, The ASC Group and a large investment fund. Cushman & Wakefield also collaborated with Christopher Clare of its joint venture partner... Read More »
LTC Properties Reports
LTC Properties reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings, and other than the large new joint venture (previously announced), the big news was that tenant Anthem repaid $1.5 million of temporary rent reduction and paid $900,000 of monthly rent in the fourth quarter. As a result, Anthem has now paid the full rent for 2022, which is a bit of a relief. The REIT is still not out of the woods as other tenants are still recovering slowly, but at least they can see through to the clearing. However, coverage ratios still need to increase. Assisted living EBITDARM and EBITDAR coverage was 1.02x and 0.80x, respectively, in the third quarter (lease information lags by a quarter), but was... Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates Texas Transaction
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced the sale of an assisted living community in the state of Texas. Built in 1990, The Inn at Los Patios comprises 166 units of both assisted living and independent living. At the time of the transaction, the community was 80% occupied and generating approximately $1 million in cash flow. After a competitive marketing process which resulted in eight total offers, the ultimate buyer was a New York-based private equity group and their Texas-based operating partner. The Inn at Los Patios sold for $21 million, or $126,500 per unit, in an all-cash deal. Dallas-based 12 Oaks Senior Living will manage the community. According to Levin Pro LTC, this... Read More »
Welltower’s SHOP Communities Perform
Following fourth quarter earnings from Ventas, Welltower also posted solid gains in its SHOP portfolio, both sequentially and year over year. On a same-community basis, Welltower’s 654 communities posted a 20-basis point sequential increase in occupancy and a 200-basis point increase year-over-year to 79.1%. Now, while we are sure management would like to see the final year-end numbers higher, and getting over 80% (if not 85%) is crucial, the slowdown in the fourth quarter does not bode well for the first quarter this year. At least this year’s flu season has not been as bad as previously forecast by the media. The same-community net operating income increased 6.3% sequentially, but at a... Read More »
