• 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 »
Newmark Handles White Oak Disposition

Newmark Handles White Oak Disposition

Newmark announced that it has completed White Oak Healthcare Partners’ sale of 31 properties all previously operated by Senior Lifestyle Corporation to two different sellers. We heard of the first two tranches last month, with Welltower announcing it would acquire 29 of the properties for approximately $147 million, transitioning the operation of 22 of the communities to Pathway to Living and the other seven communities to Frontier Management.   Totaling 1,103 units, the Pathway portfolio consists of 156 independent living, 835 assisted living and 112 memory care units located in Georgia, California, Washington and Texas. That results in a per-unit price of $87,900 per unit. Welltower had... Read More »
KeyBank Secures Financing For California SNF

KeyBank Secures Financing For California SNF

Eagle Arc Partners, a healthcare real estate investment firm, received a $10.2 million fixed-rate loan from KeyBank Real Estate Capital through the Federal Housing Authority’s (FHA) 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program to refinance Livermore Healthcare in Livermore, CA.  Livermore Healthcare is a 30-unit, 83-bed skilled nursing facility. The property was built in 1966 and received minor improvements in 2019, including new vinyl flooring in various common area rooms and hallways. The loan has a fully amortizing 35-year term and will pay off an existing bridge loan. KeyBank provided the original acquisition financing for Eagle Arc’s acquisition of 35 total skilled nursing... Read More »
Tutera Purchases Only Health Dept-Owned AL Community in Illinois

Tutera Purchases Only Health Dept-Owned AL Community in Illinois

In 2017, a small town in Illinois took a rare step to build the only county-funded assisted living community in the state. Now, The Lodge at Manito in Manito, Illinois is being sold to Tutera Senior Living & Health Care — a private diversified health care and senior living company providing development and management services to the seniors housing and care industry. No purchase price was disclosed. The Mason County Health Department built this eight-acre community for an approximate cost of $5.5 million, or $115,000 per unit. It contains 24 AL and 24 memory care units across 39,000 square feet. There is also an on-site medical clinic managed by Mason District Hospital that is... Read More »
Welltower Acquires Two Virginia Memory Care Communities

Welltower Acquires Two Virginia Memory Care Communities

Brooks Blackmon and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors arranged the sale of two memory care communities in Virginia. The communities are in the enviable position of being stabilized with high occupancy and above-market rates. The Richmond location opened in 2015, and the Virginia Beach property was completed in 2008. Both feature 48 units and 35,000 square feet. A local developer/operator built and managed the communities, which command the top rates in their respective markets, but is now exiting the assets. Welltower, in partnership with ProMedica, paid $31 million, or $322,900 per unit, for the communities. That is right below the average price for Virginia... Read More »
VIUM Adds New Hire Amid Flurry of Deals

VIUM Adds New Hire Amid Flurry of Deals

Two months ago, VIUM Capital announced the hiring of four more experienced bankers, all of whom had worked at Lancaster Pollard (like VIUM’s founders Steve Kennedy and Kass Matt) at one point in time. But their latest addition will come from National Center for Assisted Living. NCAL Executive Director Scott Tittle announced he will leave the organization after six years and will join VIUM in September. He is joining as a Managing Director and the firm’s first Head of Government Relations and External Affairs. As a licensed attorney, Mr. Tittle brings over 15 years of experience helping assisted living and skilled nursing operators with their regulatory, reimbursement and advocacy needs.... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Best Vaccination Rates in the Country?

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Best Vaccination Rates in the Country?

Transcript Irving Levin Associates is headquartered in the small town of New Canaan, Connecticut, with a population of just over 20,000. According to statistics from the Department of Health, residents who are 65 and over have a vaccination rate of 99.64%. That means that fewer than 20 have not been jabbed.  While the older residents have a greater incentive to get vaccinated, given they have been the most vulnerable to COVID, that is an incredible number. But the most surprising number was the age cohort of 16 to 44, where 96.29% have been vaccinated. That is higher than the national averages for residents in any kind of senior care community. What is weird is that it is also higher... Read More »
Dwight Capital Reports Successful Second Quarter

Dwight Capital Reports Successful Second Quarter

Dwight Capital financed $234.15 million in seniors and healthcare financings during the second quarter.  Dwight first closed a $94.3 million HUD loan for The Village at Gainesville, a large (and we mean large) senior living community located in Gainesville, Florida. This also was the largest healthcare 232(a)(7) loan closed in HUD’s history to date, which we covered in May. Set on 104 acres, the gated community features a total of 651 beds, including a majority of independent living beds with around 140 beds of assisted living and memory care. Originally built in 1986 and acquired in 1990 by the current owner, SantaFe HealthCare, the community has undergone substantial renovations over the... Read More »
KeyBank Secures Financing For Six Heartis Properties

KeyBank Secures Financing For Six Heartis Properties

KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured $105.9 million in financing to recapitalize a portfolio of six assisted living/memory care communities operating under the Heartis brand, on behalf of their owner, Caddis Partners. The financing structure consists of an $80 million syndicated senior credit facility and a $25.96 million mezzanine loan provided by an institutional partner. The portfolio has a combined 631 units and 642 total beds, including both assisted living and memory care services. Five Heartis properties are located in Clear Lake, Longview, San Antonio, Arlington and Waco, Texas, while the sixth property is located in Peoria, Illinois. This financing will allow for stabilization of... Read More »
Greystone Provides Financing for Three North Carolina SNFs

Greystone Provides Financing for Three North Carolina SNFs

Greystone is back at it again, this time providing $36.5 million in HUD financing for three skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina. The deal takes out acquisition bridge debt that Greystone had previously arranged on behalf of the borrower for these facilities, using the firm’s non-recourse bridge lending program. Fred Levine originated the transactions. Carver Living Center in Durham is a 232-bed facility which offers both long and short-term care, as well as a memory care unit. This facility received $17.16 million in financing that carries a fixed, low interest rate over a 30-year term. It was built in 1990. Willow Ridge Rehabilitation and Living Center, located in Rutherfordton... Read More »
Brookdale Senior Living Census Jumps

Brookdale Senior Living Census Jumps

The census problems at Brookdale Senior Living definitely bottomed out late in the winter of this year. Weighted average occupancy in both February and March was 69.4%, a level at which it is tough to make money. But that has increased by 180 basis points in June to 71.2%, still a low number but moving in the right direction. And it has increased for three straight months at a time when historically the industry sees little occupancy gains.  Occupancy levels at the end of each month have done even better. These bottomed out in February at 70.1% and increased for four straight months, ended June at 72.6% for a 250-basis point increase in four months. Again, this is a time... Read More »
What Do REIT Investors Know?

What Do REIT Investors Know?

Remember back in March 2020 when the financial world was falling apart, rapidly? March 18 was the bottom for most of the healthcare REIT stocks, when investors thought the pandemic might wipe out a good portion of their investment value in senior care properties. At the time, they weren’t too far off, when top-quality REITs such as Ventas plunged to market values that had not been seen in years. But it was much more of a knee-jerk panic attack based on worst-case scenarios. Hindsight is always great, isn’t it?  Within two weeks, most REITs had recovered 30% to 80% of that initial loss, and then steadily rose for the rest of the year. The odd thing was that this nine-month... Read More »