Condor Health Gets Bank Refinance
Northland Networks served as exclusive placement agent for the bank refinance of Condor Health, a 181-bed skilled nursing facility in Anderson, South Carolina. The facility opened in 1965 and was expanded in 1974 and 1980. It sold in September 2019 for $11.5 million, or $64,000 per bed, when it was losing money, despite boasting an occupancy around 90%. The borrower, The Portopiccolo Group, obtained a loan that represented a 65% loan-to-“as is” value. Seth Kahn, Anthony Budniak and Derek LaSota of Northland Securities facilitated the financing. Read More »SLIB Facilitates Florida Sale
Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced the sale of an assisted living community in Dade City, Florida. Built in 1912 as a hotel and converted to seniors housing in 1988, the community was then substantially renovated in 2016 and 2017. Sitting in between Tampa and Orlando, the community comprises 243 total units, including 116 independent living, 66 assisted living and 61 memory care units. The community also participates in the Florida Diversion (Medicaid) program, and just under 50% of the residents participate. The seller is an established seniors housing operator with a portfolio of over 30 communities. The Dade City asset was sold to a regional operator which partnered with a... Read More »Active Adult Developments Stay Active Across America
Active adult new construction activity continued apace this past week with multiple developers breaking ground on communities throughout the country. We are sure rising interest rates have stopped a number of projects, but many developers surely see plenty of opportunity in the emerging sector. As covered in our active adult webinar in June, one question that arose was whether it’s better to build or buy active adult communities right now. Back then, the answer was a resounding “Both.” However, in light of the high capital costs these days, purchasing a community at a 4% cap rate when the 10-Year Treasury Yield is approaching 4% may not make as much sense right now. In Northampton,... Read More »Marcus & Millichap San Francisco Sale
A senior living community in the San Francisco Bay area is heading in a different direction under new ownership, after Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap arranged the property’s sale. Family-owned and -operated for over 40 years, the 158-unit community featured independent living, assisted living and memory care services, with a total of 194 beds. Built in phases from 1961 to 1980, it was producing substantial cash flow and operated efficiently, but the building was in need of substantial renovations. Set in the city of Hayward, the community was about to face some new high-quality competition from local developments by MorningStar Senior Living and SRM Development. Occupancy was also low... Read More »60 Seconds With Swett: SNF Values Have Hit Their Peak
We have hit a valuation peak for skilled nursing facilities, and we do not feel like we are going out on a limb in saying it. That is because soaring interest rates have made acquiring facilities at extremely high prices much more expensive. The realities of a difficult operating environment concerning labor and inflation must also be top of mind for lenders, which are probing deals very deliberately, as they should. Regulatory issues have also made deals tougher, and longer, to close, and delays can be especially costly as the Fed keeps increasing rates. That being said, we have also heard of more than several cases of renegotiations, final bids coming in lower than the initial bids, and... Read More »Houston-Area Assisted Living Communities Sell
Oklahoma-based Plains Commercial announced the sale of a vacant assisted living portfolio in Copperfield and Pearland, Texas (Houston MSA). The Glen Hope Portfolio comprises two communities built in 2005 and 2009, respectively. Both communities offered well maintained physical plants with little need of immediate capital expenditure. Plains Commercial represented the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy auction of a defaulted bond portfolio. The buyer is a local owner/operator with a growing footprint in the state of Texas which also has a strong operational track record with struggling communities. It plans to implement its operational model immediately and begin lease-up. Daniel Morris... Read More »Hamister Group Acquires Connecticut Community
Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale of an assisted living community in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Buckingham Heights is a 46-unit, 52-bed memory care community that sits just southeast of Hartford. The property opened in late 2001 and historically operated at 100% occupancy. Longview Senior Housing, an affiliate of Blackstone, the seller, completed renovations in 2021, which included remodeled common areas, expanded dining areas, replacing the roof and sprinkler system, and upgrading furniture, fixtures, equipment, lighting, paint, carpet and flooring throughout the property. The strong cash flow and good location attracted Hamister Group, a seniors housing investor and operator, to... Read More »Health Needs of Seniors in Seniors Housing Communities
At the recent Fall NIC Conference, NORC at the University of Chicago presented the findings of a recent study of seniors housing residents. We are sure Medicare Advantage plans have combed through the data, as much of it was an eye-opener, even for us. The study cohort included more than 250,000 seniors housing residents and more than 325,000 in nursing homes enrolled in fee-for-service. In seniors housing, the residents were pretty evenly split among majority IL (32.5%), majority AL (31.6%) and CCRC/LPC (30.0%). The most shocking discovery was that CCRC/LPC residents have an average of 12.2 chronic medical conditions. In theory, these are among the healthiest of residents in senior living... Read More »
When Will the Attacks on SNFs Stop?
Don’t you feel like it is déjà vu all over again? Yet another report has come out criticizing the for-profit nursing home industry on its handling of the COVID crisis, with one publication stating the study “eviscerates” for-profit nursing homes. We don’t remember a study that didn’t eviscerate the sector, the punching bag for everyone it seems, especially The New York Times. But Congress has taken the lead from the Times recently. The congressional subcommittee report found that, among other things, many nursing homes were understaffed during the first few months of the pandemic, leading to deficient care. Hellooo. The majority of nursing homes were understaffed because they could not... Read More »Ziegler’s Florida Financing
Chicago-based specialty investment bank Ziegler announced the closing of $30 million in bonds for Life Care Ponte Vedra, Inc., d/b/a Vicar’s Landing, to help finance a Phase II expansion. Built in 1983, the community comprises 227 independent living units, 38 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds (30 Medicare certified) on 24.3 acres within Sawgrass, a 4,800-acre private resort and residential community in Ponte Vedra Beach (Jacksonville MSA) that includes the TPC Sawgrass golf course. Vicar’s Landing is currently undergoing a multi-phased expansion less than one mile from its current campus, known as Vicar’s Landing at Oak Bridge. The project involves the acquisition, site... Read More »Schedule a demo
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