• A Flurry of Deals Cross the Finish Line

    As part of Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s nine separate closings at the start of May, there were a couple of skilled nursing sales. First, Nick Cacciabando and Matthew Alley represented a local group of investors in the sale of a 60-bed skilled nursing facility in Ottumwa, Iowa. The investor group operated the facility themselves, and it... Read More »
  • Investor Group Buys Naples Community

    A group of investors picked up a value-add seniors housing community in Naples, Florida. Built in 1999, North Haven Senior Living features 132 units of assisted living and memory care. It appears that Brookdale Senior Living previously operated the community, which showed very well and did not require much in terms of capex. We understand that... Read More »
  • 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 »
Recover-Care Acquires Two More Kansas SNFs

Recover-Care Acquires Two More Kansas SNFs

Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in the state of Kansas, representing a group of local investors in the transaction. In fact, this was SLIB’s fifth and final sale for one of the investors, who is retiring from the business.  Blue Valley Senior Living of Blue Rapids and Cambridge Place Senior Care of Marysville comprise a total of 115 beds and sold for a combined purchase price of $4.1 million or $31,700 per bed. The 78-bed Cambridge Place, which was built in the early 1990s, also offered assisted living services in 24 beds. Blue Valley was built in stages in 1972 and 1988 and features 37 dually... Read More »
Winterpast Capital Partners Acquires Assisted Living Community in Texas

Winterpast Capital Partners Acquires Assisted Living Community in Texas

Cushman & Wakefield sold an assisted living community in Richardson, Texas (Dallas MSA). Built in 1999 and renovated in 2018, Appletree Court comprises 112 assisted living units and sits on two acres just 15 miles north of Dallas. The seller was Franklin Park Senior Living, which owns five communities around San Antonio. At the time of sale occupancy was at 90% and believed to be fully recovered from the pandemic.  Appletree Court was acquired by Winterpast Capital Partners, a seniors housing investor with a captive operator platform called Vitality Senior Living. Marcus Investments also partnered with Winterpast Capital Partners on the investment. Winterpast plans to convert a portion... Read More »
SLIB Handles Missouri Independent Living Deal

SLIB Handles Missouri Independent Living Deal

Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a small entrance-fee independent living community in the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves, Missouri. He represented a long-time seniors housing developer based in the area who was looking to retire. Featuring just 33 units, Pacific Place Senior Living was built in stages in 1987, 1996 and 1998 within restaurants and shops in downtown Webster Groves. All but five of the units had an entrance fee, with those five being rentals, and the community was fully occupied. It also boasted a 45% operating margin, even when not including the additional revenue derived from turning a unit over with a new, substantially higher entrance fee. A... Read More »
Greystone Secures Fannie Mae Loan for LCS Community

Greystone Secures Fannie Mae Loan for LCS Community

On the same day that Tyler Armstrong of Greystone arranged a bank loan for LCS to refinance a 169-unit senior living community in Waco, Texas, he also secured a $40.387 Fannie Mae refinance for another LCS-owned community in League City, Texas (Houston MSA). Built in 2018 by LCS Development, The Delaney at South Shore features 204 units and nearly 205,000 square feet of independent living, assisted living and memory care.  Mr. Armstrong structured a fixed-rate, non-recourse loan with a 10-year term, 30-year amortization and five years of interest only. Read More »
Passco Companies and Trustwell Living Add Tennessee Community

Passco Companies and Trustwell Living Add Tennessee Community

Passco Companies, a California-based commercial real estate company, acquired a newly built independent living community in Knoxville, Tennessee, and will bring in Trustwell Living to operate it going forward. Opened in 2020 with 145 units, the community is already 98% leased with a waitlist. That means someone did their homework on local demand. The three-story community features one- and two-bedroom units, with a fitness center, game room, theater, activities area, greenhouse, dog park, putting green, pickleball court, library and indoor pool. It was formerly known as Prime West Knoxville but will be rebranded as Trustwell Living of West Knoxville. Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior... Read More »
Welltower Provides ProMedica Transition Update

Welltower Provides ProMedica Transition Update

Welltower released an update to its transition of the ProMedica portfolio to Integra Health, with Welltower absolving ProMedica from its lease obligations on all 147 facilities as of December 22, 2022. Integra has entered into a master lease for the entire portfolio and will bear financial responsibility for all the assets. Approximately 15 regional operators will be brought on to take over management of the ProMedica assets under subleases, with Integra acting as master tenant.  Then, on December 23, 2022, Welltower sold a 15% interest in the real estate of 54 ProMedica SNFs to Integra for approximately $73 million. This represents the initial tranche of the previously disclosed 85/15... Read More »
SoCal Investor Enters Seniors Housing Market in SLIB Deal

SoCal Investor Enters Seniors Housing Market in SLIB Deal

A southern California-based investment group made its first seniors housing acquisition, buying Merrill Gardens Oceanside in Oceanside, California (San Diego MSA). An East Coast-based private equity firm hired Brad Goodsell, Jason Punzel and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to sell the property.  Built in 1999, the community features 148 beds and 144 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was around 75% occupied but was losing money at the time of marketing. No purchase price was disclosed. Read More »
SLIB Handles Missouri Independent Living Deal

Inspired Healthcare Capital Announces 12th Acquisition of 2022

Scottsdale, Arizona-based real estate investment fund and DST sponsor Inspired Healthcare Capital capped its active acquisition year with a December deal. The firm acquired Dancing River, an 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Grapevine, Texas. Evans Senior Investments announced its involvement in the deal earlier in the month, representing the institutional private equity seller.  Built in 2010, Dancing River saw its occupancy drop from 93% to 70% during the pandemic. However, census rebounded to pre-pandemic levels just before marketing began, and the community boasted a 35% margin in early 2022. There is also upside in rent increases, meaning that the operating margin could... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Refinances Nebraska Communities

Walker & Dunlop Refinances Nebraska Communities

Walker & Dunlop provided HUD refinancings for two assisted living communities in Nebraska: Fallbrook Assisted Living and Memory Care in Lincoln and Oxbow Living Center in Ashland. Kevin Giusti and Mikko Erkamaa led the W&D teams in both deals on behalf of the borrower, MJ Senior Housing. Both transactions refinanced floating-rate debt and provided cash proceeds. Opened in 2019 with 71 units of assisted living and memory care, Fallbrook received a $13.3 million loan. Oxbow, which was built more than 16 years ago with 79 AL and MC units in three stories, received a $7.6 million loan. Read More »
PE Firms Trade Texas Community

PE Firms Trade Texas Community

An institutional private equity group sold an 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Grapevine, Texas (about 20 miles northwest of Dallas), to another private equity company based on the West Coast, with Evans Senior Investments handling the transaction. The property sold for $25 million, or $298,000 per unit. Built in 2010, Dancing River saw its occupancy drop from 93% to 70% during the pandemic. However, census rebounded to pre-pandemic levels just before marketing began, and the community boasted a 35% margin in early 2022. There is also upside in rent increases, meaning that the operating margin could improve even more. Read More »
Denton Floyd Acquires Nashville-Area Assisted Living Communities

Denton Floyd Acquires Nashville-Area Assisted Living Communities

Denton Floyd Real Estate Group, along with operating partner Vitality Senior Services, announced its acquisition of two assisted living/memory care communities in the Nashville, Tennessee area. It was also revealed that Bridge Investment Group was the seller, albeit for an undisclosed price. The PE firm acquired the properties in 2014 and has had several operating partners manage them over the years, most recently Vitality Living (different from Vitality Senior Services). Located in Mt. Juliet and Franklin, the communities combine for 115 units of assisted living and memory care. Both were built around 2010 and experienced a COVID-related decline in operations. However, occupancy and cash... Read More »