• Brookdale’s Uneven Recovery

    Brookdale Senior Living has been going through some major changes in the last year, so naturally its recovery could be a little uneven, with the hope of more long-term growth and stability. They have a new CEO, COO and a new operational structure, in addition to exiting more than 100 communities in the last year. But the mixed bag of results can... Read More »
  • Two Public REITs Continue Their SHOP Push

    Two public REITs honing in on the seniors housing sphere have announced their first quarter earnings results. LTC Properties reiterated its commitment to seniors housing again, and Janus Living, Healthpeak Properties’ spin-off REIT that debuted in the public markets in March, is already showing momentum. First, after completing seniors housing... Read More »
  • Tennessee Assisted Living Community Sells

    Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group recently sold an assisted living community in eastern Tennessee. Built in the late 1990s, the building featured more than 40 units, plus some houses on its campus. There was some additional acreage, as well. It was sold by one out-of-state owner to another, but the buyer has another assisted... Read More »
  • SNF Portfolio Trades Following Strong Bidding Environment

    A regional operator looking to recycle capital divested a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities in Florida. There were a total of 460 functional beds, and they were spread across Rockledge, Naples, Venice and Sarasota. Evans Senior Investments handled the deal.  The portfolio generated approximately $46 million in total annualized... Read More »
  • Class-A Seniors Housing Community Receives Agency Financing

    BWE closed $77 million in fixed-rate, Fannie Mae financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in a major Midwest MSA. The 10-year loan features a full term of interest-only payments. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris led the financing. The community offers a full continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living and memory care.... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Acquires Two Independent Living Communities

Chicago Pacific Acquires Two Independent Living Communities

Chicago Pacific Founders announced the acquisition of two assisted living communities in the state of Georgia. Built in 2017, Celebration Village Acworth comprises 226 units, which consist of 144 independent living, 55 assisted living and 31 memory care units. The community sits on eight acres northwest of Atlanta. Next for CPF was the acquisition of Celebration Village Forsyth. Built in 2017, the community comprises a total of 248 units, which comprise 162 independent living, 55 assisted living and 31 memory care units. Village Forsyth sits on seven acres also just north of Atlanta. Read More »
Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges Acquisition Financing for Texas ALF

Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges Acquisition Financing for Texas ALF

Helios Healthcare Advisors helped arrange acquisition financing for the purchase of a 40-bed assisted living community in Bulverde, Texas, on behalf of a Texas-based buyer. Built in 2016, the community consistently maintained stabilized census and operating margins with a majority private-pay payor mix. The seller, a single-asset owner/operator, exited the industry with the sale. Helios was engaged by the buyer in late 2022 to source the acquisition target and subsequently procure the financing. Texana Bank emerged with the most competitive offering and provided a term loan to help fund the acquisition. Simultaneous with the closing, the buyer entered a triple-net lease with an operator to... Read More »
Newmark’s Naperville and Norman Sales

Newmark’s Naperville and Norman Sales

Newmark’s Seniors Housing Team announced it has arranged two transactions in the states of Illinois and Oklahoma. First was the sale of Avenida Naperville in Naperville, Illinois. Built in 2002, this active adult community comprises 146 units and was 98% occupied at the time of transaction. The buyer and operator of the community is Greystar Real Estate Partners, which continues to be one of the most active participants among active adult acquirers. Next for Newmark was the sale of Wickshire Norman in Norman, Oklahoma. Built in 1999, this assisted living community comprises 70 units and sits on three acres just outside of Oklahoma City. The community was 72% occupied at the time of... Read More »
Berkadia Announces Three Hires

Berkadia Announces Three Hires

There was some big news out of Berkadia, which announced the addition of Managing Directors Austin Sacco, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers to its Seniors Housing & Healthcare team. Tremper and Garbers will report to SVP and Co-Head of Investment Sales and Production Mike Miner, and Sacco will report to SVP and Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. The trio bring a combined 48 years in the seniors housing industry with experience across a variety of asset classes. Coming from JLL, Garbers has over 20 years of experience in the seniors housing industry and has been involved in developing, acquiring and selling over $8 billion in seniors housing properties throughout the... Read More »
Berkadia Announces Three Hires

Good News For Ventas, and Seniors Housing

Ventas just released its fourth quarter earnings as well as full-year 2022, and its seniors housing portfolio is looking up. Year-over-year same-community performance improved in all categories. Average occupancy increased by 140 basis points to 82.5%. While this is not a great increase for a 12-month period given the lows they were coming from, we’ll take it. Same-community cash net operating income increased year over year by 19.1% to $150.5 million, and the operating margin expanded by 220 basis points to 24.5%. Now, this is not even close to the old days, but a nice pickup. We believe, however, that these numbers include the various government payments which are going away, so the... Read More »
Blaze Capital Continues Acquiring Active Adult

Blaze Capital Continues Acquiring Active Adult

Blaze Capital Partners continues to expand its presence with another active adult addition to its growing portfolio. Built in 2020, Sage Stone Oak comprises 150 units in San Antonio, Texas. One- and two-bedroom unit options range in size from 829 to 1,172 square feet. Each unit features an open-concept design, walk-in closets, granite countertops, in-unit washers and dryers, and private terraces or balconies. Greystar Real Estate Partners operates the community. The property experienced strong lease-up and is cash-flow positive, expected to attain an operating margin of nearly 60% upon full stabilization. Levin Pro LTC has been tracking Blaze Capital Partners since the firm first entered... Read More »
Affordable Housing Sells in Illinois

Affordable Housing Sells in Illinois

Affordable Housing Investment Brokerage Inc. announced the sale of an affordable seniors housing community in Rockford, Illinois. Built in 1979, Valkommen Plaza comprises 171 units and stands nine stories tall just south of the Wisconsin border. The property has recently received a number of upgrades, including a roof replacement, new elevators, a new transformer and central air handlers. A number of unit kitchens and baths have also been updated. A private investor sold the community to Envolve Communities for $21.1 million, or $123,000 per unit. Affordable Housing Investment Brokerage’s Kyle Shoemaker represented both parties in the transaction. Read More »
Bellwether Arranges $47 Million in Refinancing

Bellwether Arranges $47 Million in Refinancing

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC arranged two separate refinancings totaling over $47 million for two assisted living and memory care communities. First for BWE was a $28.8 million loan to refinance an assisted living and memory care community in the Chicago metropolitan area on behalf of a private equity firm with a focus on seniors housing.  Next for BWE was the arrangement of an $18.6 million loan to refinance an assisted living and memory care community in San Jose, California, on behalf of affiliates of Westmont Living. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris of Bellwether originated the loans through regional banks on behalf of the borrowers. Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Why the SNF Investment Market Is Strong

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Why the SNF Investment Market Is Strong

The annual eCAP Summit in Florida has come to an end, and with more than 1,500 attendees, let’s just say there is a lot of interest from investors. The mood, however, was a bit more subdued than last year, according to our editor who attended. But does the investment interest make sense when the American Health Care Association continues to claim that if things don’t change, 52% of nursing home operators may not make it past this year? And 55% of AHCA’s members responding to a survey say they are operating at a loss. The problem is that no one identifies what a “loss” is. If a “net loss,” then it is after all capital costs and non-cash depreciation expense. But why the loss? And why buy... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates Sale in Montana

SLIB Facilitates Sale in Montana

As Montanans were looking up at the skies last week, as the team at Senior Living Investment Brokerage had their noses to the grindstone, selling an assisted living community in Billings. Built in 2015, Lasting Legacy Assisted Living comprises 32 units and sits on 16 acres. The seller of the community was a mom-and-pop operation with this being their sole senior living asset. Emerging as the buyer of the community was a Montana-based not-for-profit, which purchased the community for $3.3 million, or $103,000 per unit. As of September 2022, the community was around 88% occupied, generating revenues of $1.22 million and EBITDAR of $288,000. That puts the cap rate for the transaction at 8.7%.... Read More »
Active Adult Acquisition in Utah

Active Adult Acquisition in Utah

Orion Real Estate Partners announced the acquisition of an active adult community in Utah. Built in 1997, Lakeside Village comprises 144 units and stands two stories tall in the greater Salt Lake City area. The seven-acre property consists of multiple amenities including a clubhouse, community pond, resident garden and outdoor swimming pool and spa. But, the property will undergo renovations to improve its amenities and unit interiors. Orion will utilize Salt Lake City-based property management company AMC to manage the community and secured a fixed rate loan from CBRE’s San Diego Capital Markets team through Fannie Mae to finance the acquisition. Orion partnered with Denver-based... Read More »