• 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 »
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 »
Private Equity Buyers Snap Up Southeast Portfolio

Private Equity Buyers Snap Up Southeast Portfolio

JLL Capital Markets’ Mike Garbers and Cody Temper recently arranged the sale of nine seniors housing communities on behalf of the seller, a large public REIT. The portfolio consists of one North Carolina and eight South Carolina properties, encompassing 558 assisted living and memory care units.  The first sale, in North Carolina, involves a 52-unit assisted living and memory care community that was sold to a private equity group. The property has been closed and vacant since April due to a fire, but extensive remodeling and repairs are foreseeable so the community can undergo rebranding upon reopening. The second transaction, in South Carolina, consists of 506 units across eight... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Arranges Sale in Indiana

Evans Senior Investments Arranges Sale in Indiana

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a non-performing assisted living community in Indiana on behalf of the publicly traded REIT seller. The buyer, a regional owner/operator with an existing footprint in Indiana, bought the property below replacement costs, but the exact purchase price was not disclosed. The community was previously stabilized, with occupancy levels in 2018 hovering around 95%. However at the time of the sale, occupancy dropped to 60%, and it was operating with negative cash flow margins due to new competition in the surrounding area. Read More »

Webinar | Labor: Finding it, Retention & Coping with Higher Wages | October 21, 2021

About the Webinar Going into the pandemic, the seniors housing and care sector was already struggling with the supply and cost of labor. When unemployment skyrocketed, some believed that would begin to alleviate the supply problem. But early on, it did not seem to have the expected effect, as many potential employees were scared off by the risk of working in senior care where so many residents and staff had contracted the virus, not to mention that the supplemental unemployment benefits were a disincentive to taking on a new job. Under the Biden administration, there will be a push for a $15 federal minimum wage, if not higher over time, a level that will cause financial harm for some... Read More »
SLIB and Monarch Advisors Collaborate on Kentucky Closing

SLIB and Monarch Advisors Collaborate on Kentucky Closing

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors announced an acquisition financing for a couple of assisted living communities in Kentucky. Located in Bardstown and Elizabethtown, just under 30 miles from each other, the communities combine for 84 units. Occupancy was around 80% in 2020. They were previously owned by a California-based owner/operator, but the buyer/borrower, WalkLight Senior Living, was looking to make its first-ever acquisition, although the owners are experienced in operations. They also saw an opportunity to potentially raise rates at the locations to improve operations. Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale.  Monarch secured a... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates SNF Transaction in Missouri

SLIB Facilitates SNF Transaction in Missouri

A Midwest-based private equity firm sold a skilled nursing facility in Farmington, Missouri to a regional owner/operator based an hour away in St. Louis. Built in stages from 1982 to 2008, the facility has 97 beds, with a combination of private and semiprivate rooms. It also provides outpatient therapy in addition to in-house rehab and skilled nursing services. It was around 83% occupied in 2020, with a healthy 12% operating margin on over $6 million of Q4:2020 annualized revenues. The previous owner decided to capitalize on those strong financials to strategically divest the facility. Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction, which did... Read More »

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Losing a Patriot, But Not to COVID

We lost a true patriot this week, Colin Powell, and I had the fortunate opportunity to meet him at my brother’s swearing in ceremony at the State Department. I think I committed a faux pas, however, as I brought his autobiography with me and asked him to sign it. I guess you just don’t do that with a sitting Secretary of State, in his office. But I did, and he obliged. What bothered me about the announcement of his death was that the family stated it was from complications from COVID-19. The reality is he was 84 years old, had Parkinson’s Disease and multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s immune system. The bottom line is that he was in bad health... Read More »
JLL Sells 55+ Community in Minneapolis Market

JLL Sells 55+ Community in Minneapolis Market

JLL Capital Markets sold a newly-built, 107-unit 55+ housing community in Maplewood, Minnesota known as Frost English Silver. The purchase price was $27.3 million, or about $255,140 per unit.   The community has a variety of one- and two-bedroom apartments averaging 876 square feet. The community features a fitness center, outdoor patio with grilling stations, community room, salon, indoor lap pool and heated underground parking. The seller was Sherman Associates and an affiliate of Axial Real Estate Advisors LLC acquired the community.     Josh Talberg, Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Adam Haydon and Ken Dayton of JLL represented the... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Advise Joint Venture on Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop Advise Joint Venture on Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop has advised an equity partnership on a $300 million construction financing arranged by Huntington National Bank for a luxury life plan community in Tysons, Virginia.  Tysons LPC, LLC is a 50/50 partnership between Mather Investments and Westminster Capital. It will own the to-be-built CCRC entitled The Mather — a two-building project consisting of 300 independent living apartments, 60 assisted living apartments, 20 memory care suites and 42 skilled nursing suites. The community will be completed in two phases, with the first phase expected to open in early 2024.  The Mather has been designed for transit accessibility, a walking lifestyle and environmental... Read More »