• 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 »
60 Seconds with Ben Swett: Occupancy Growth Slows in Q4

60 Seconds with Ben Swett: Occupancy Growth Slows in Q4

We are starting to get glimpses of seniors housing occupancy growth in the fourth quarter of 2021, and the only good news so far is that there at least haven’t been losses in average census. First, NIC announced that seniors housing occupancy rose to 81.0% in Q4, a 100-basis point increase from Q3’s average and 230 basis points higher than the pandemic low from Q2. Not great, considering the low basis the sector is coming from. Then, Welltower came out with its business update and its US SHOP portfolio gained 80 basis points in occupancy in Q4, but there was no gain in December. From its pandemic low in February 2021, Welltower has been able to improve US SHOP occupancy by 670 basis... Read More »
New Seniors Housing Brokerage Firm Announces First Closing

New Seniors Housing Brokerage Firm Announces First Closing

A new senior living brokerage firm posted its first closing at the end of December, with several more on the way in the next couple of quarters. Andrew Montgomery is Co-Founder & Vice President of Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG), part of a group of businesses run by the Montgomery family that include Americare Senior Living, Montgomery Bank and Montgomery Development, LP. With expertise in the Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast, particularly in the Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi markets, Andrew and MIG know about operations and investing in the industry. And now, they have their first closing under their belt.  The target was a 55-unit seniors housing... Read More »
Blueprint Advises SNF Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Blueprint Advises SNF Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly and Christopher Hyldahl represented the seller of a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio. Located in northwest Ohio with one facility located southeast of Columbus, the facilities were constructed throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The private equity seller chose to strategically exit the facilities after purchasing them as part of a larger portfolio transaction in 2017. Their operating partner will also be exiting the portfolio. The facilities have struggled with occupancy recently but were ultimately purchased by an Ohio-based regional owner/operator looking to capitalize on the previously announced Ohio Medicaid rate... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Recap in Arizona

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Recap in Arizona

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the recapitalization of Acoya Mesa, a seniors housing community in the Mesa suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Developed in 2019 by Ryan Companies and Cadence Living, ACOYA Mesa is a 170-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community. Despite divesting the community, Ryan and Cadence Living will continue operating it.  The property, which was sold by EverWest Real Estate Investors, was acquired by a global real estate investment manager for $46.25 million, or $272,100 per unit. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Jack Griffin represented the seller and procured the buyer. The team also... Read More »
H2C Advises Joint Venture in Illinois

H2C Advises Joint Venture in Illinois

At the end of 2021, H2C represented the joint venture of Randall Residence and CREC to sell a 107-unit senior living community in Decatur, Illinois. Built in 1999 and 2001, the community consists of two buildings, a two-story, 50-unit independent living building and a single-story, 57-unit assisted living/memory care community, that were 98% occupied at the time of sale. The existing operator, Randall Residence, acquired the community for $15.5 million, or $144,900 per unit, at a 6.25% cap rate.  The community last sold in March 2017 for $11.155 million, or $101,400 per unit, at a 7.5% cap rate. At the time, occupancy was 72%, so, it looks like operations have been improved in the... Read More »
Tryko Grows Garden State Portfolio

Tryko Grows Garden State Portfolio

Tryko Partners added to its New Jersey portfolio with the acquisition of one skilled nursing facility and one assisted living/memory care community in Little Egg Harbor on the Jersey Shore. Owned and operated by a husband-and-wife team for more than 30 years, the properties will receive immediate capital improvements under the new ownership. Built in 1985, Seacrest Village is a 171-bed, three-story skilled nursing facility that carries a five-star designation with CMS. It will be renamed The Terraces at Seacrest Village. The Terraces, built in 2013, is a two-story assisted living/memory care community with 88 units. Tryko’s affiliate Marquis Health Consulting Services will take over... Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates AL Sale in Florida

Blueprint Facilitates AL Sale in Florida

Ben Firestone, Lauren Nagel and Michael Segal at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently facilitated the sale of a Jupiter, Florida-based senior living community. Built in 2001, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace is a 100-unit assisted living/memory care community. It was previously owned by a New England-based owner/operator with a single community in Florida. They chose to strategically exit the state in order to focus on its New England operations. Over the next nine months, Alta Senior Living, the acquirer of the property, will invest another $2.5 million in capex to enhance the community. No purchase price was disclosed.  Read More »
H2C Advises Joint Venture in Illinois

CIBC Arranges Financings for Several SNF Purchases

One side to the surge in M&A activity in the last couple of weeks is the financing side of it, and CIBC Bank USA announced a couple of acquisition loans for skilled nursing purchases. CIBC’s Adam Panos first closed a $91 million loan with a three-year term for Summit Healthcare REIT’s acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities totaling 826 beds. The purchase price came to $130 million, or $157,000 per bed, and brings the private REIT’s total 2021 investment in skilled nursing M&A to $150 million. Summit is leasing the facilities back to a local operator on a triple-net basis. CIBC served as the sole senior lender, and Oxford Finance also worked on financing the deal.   Next,... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Advises Recap of Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield Advises Recap of Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the recapitalization of two independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in the Hartford, Connecticut MSA. The 225-unit portfolio will be acquired by a joint venture between White Oak Healthcare REIT and Everbrook Senior Living. The communities apparently appeal to a more middle-market customer. Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag and Chris Remeika of Cushman & Wakefield represented Everbrook Senior Living in the transaction. No further details on the sale were disclosed.  Read More »
Summit Healthcare REIT Makes Large Portfolio Acquisition

Summit Healthcare REIT Makes Large Portfolio Acquisition

Summit Healthcare REIT is entering Georgia with the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities across the state. Purchased for $130 million, or $157,000 per bed, the portfolio comprises 826 licensed beds. That per-bed value is certainly high for SNFs, but these days with so many buyers on the hunt for few facilities, we’ve seen bids creep up and up. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit is purchasing the portfolio, which will be leased back to the existing operator on a triple net basis. The undisclosed operator has a strong existing presence in the Peach State. CIBC U.S. and Oxford Finance funded the debt on the transaction. With this deal and another acquisition closed in 2021, Summit... Read More »
New Seniors Housing Brokerage Firm Announces First Closing

Meridian Closes Slew of Transactions to End 2021

It was a banner year for Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team, which closed more than $5.5 billion in transaction volume in 2021, including $918 million in transactions for 56 seniors housing and healthcare facilities in 16 states over the last month to end the year.   These transactions were negotiated by Senior Managing Directors and Co-Heads of Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team, Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin; Managing Director, Josh Simpson; Vice Presidents, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, and Rafi Sod; and Senior Associates, Yuval Hananya, David Gottlieb and Jacob Scott.  The team’s December transactions include several refinances, including a $130... Read More »