60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Brookdale Has Great Start To Third Quarter
Brookdale Has Great Start To Third Quarter Nearly two years ago, we wrote that the first half of every year was a census downer for the industry, but that the third quarter was always a winner. We are making history, or better said, you are making history. The first half of this year has been a winner, which it should have been because of the COVID recovery. But census should have been growing faster, held back in part by the labor supply problems and lingering COVID outbreaks. Month-end occupancy for Brookdale Senior Living increased by 210 basis points in the first half of 2022, and then got a great start for the third quarter with a 50-basis point increase in July. The weighted average... Read More »Avanath Acquires Northern California Portfolio
Avanath Capital Management has acquired a six-property multifamily and affordable seniors housing portfolio in the Sacramento, California market. The communities sold for $182 million, or $176,400 per unit, and expand the real estate investment firm’s presence in the Northern California market. The entire portfolio consists of four multifamily and two affordable senior apartment communities totaling 1,032 units. The two seniors housing communities were Corsair Park Senior and Hurley Creek Senior. Built in 2007 and 2009, respectively, both are in the Sacramento MSA, and comprise a total of 320 units. All six communities were stabilized at the time of acquisition and have historically... Read More »Northmarq Refinances Croton-on-Hudson Community
Northmarq has successfully completed a $22 million refinance of a seniors housing property in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Springvale Apartments is an active adult community that consists of 31 buildings and a total of 524 units on 35 acres overlooking the Hudson River. The property was built between 1956 and 1959 and has a handful of amenities including a library, exercise studio and game room. Northmarq arranged the permanent fixed-rate loan for the borrower through its in-house Fannie Mae team. The loan was structured with a 10-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri of Northmarq worked on this refinancing. Read More »Kauhale Health Makes First Acquisition
Kauhale Health has made its first acquisition, adding the assisted living and memory care community Vicinia Gardens of Otsego to its portfolio. Built in 2016, the community comprises 52 units and sits on 5.6 acres just south of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kauhale Healthcare Real Estate, an affiliate of Kauhale, sponsored the acquisition. Locust Point Capital and Coastal States Bank provided debt for the transaction. Vicinia Gardens will be rebranded as Kauhale Otsego. This is the company’s first acquisition as it advances its seniors housing investment and management strategy. Earlier this year Kauhale also took over management of the CCRC Vista Grande Villa in Jackson, Michigan.... Read More »Sabra Health Care REIT Plans to Diversify
Sabra Health Care REIT’s plan to diversify its assets away from mostly skilled nursing is underway, with its growing behavioral health portfolio representing a total investment of approximately $730 million with a weighted average cash yield of over 8%. The REIT’s portfolio currently includes 272 skilled nursing/transitional care facilities, 55 leased seniors housing communities, 50 seniors housing communities operated by third-party property managers, 15 specialty hospitals/other facilities, and finally, 14 behavioral health facilities. So, Sabra is not morphing into a behavioral health giant, per se, but the sector represents 13% of its annualized cash NOI, and is still growing. However,... Read More »Kisco Senior Living Adds Walnut Creek Community
Kisco Senior Living, in a joint venture with Welltower, added The Kensington at Walnut Creek in Walnut Creek, California, to its growing portfolio of managed senior living communities. The Kensington will serve as Kisco’s second community in Walnut Creek, along with sister community Byron Park. Built in 1998 on six acres, it offers 184 one- and two-bedroom units for assisted living and memory care, each with its own outdoor space and views of the redwood trees surrounding the property. The community’s amenities and services include landscaped courtyards, walking paths and a putting green. Read More »Avenida Partners Building New AA Community in Folsom
Cushman & Wakefield exclusively advised Avenida Partners in the procurement of $70 million in joint venture equity and construction financing for its to-be-built active adult community in Folsom, California (Sacramento MSA). The general partner equity was provided by Blue Mountain Enterprises, and the limited partner equity was provided by Argosy Real Estate Partners. Comerica Bank provided the construction financing. Cushman & Wakefield’s Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Tim Hosmer worked on the transaction. Avenida Folsom will be a trophy 154-unit active adult community featuring abundant amenity spaces and valley views from a fourth-floor sky terrace. The... Read More »VIUM Capital Secures Six Bridge Loans and a HUD Refinance
VIUM Capital followed up its $1.3 billion in transaction volume for the first half of 2022 with a healthy $100 million in closed transactions across seven properties in July. The activity comprised six bridge loans and one HUD refinance in six states from Pennsylvania to Washington. The $13.68 million HUD loan was arranged for a 199-bed CCRC in Arizona. A not-for-profit acquired the property in January 2021 with the help of an acquisition bridge loan also secured by VIUM. It features 12 independent living units, 93 assisted living units and 94 skilled nursing beds. The largest loan, totaling $20 million, was arranged for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio to refinance $9 million... Read More »Blueprint Facilitates Idaho and Texas Transactions
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold five senior care properties across two transactions to start off the month of August. The first transaction was handled by Blake Bozett, who successfully completed the sale of Regency Columbia Village, an assisted living community in Boise, Idaho, comprising 60 total units spread across four pods. The buyer of the community is a reputable local owner/operator known as The Cottages, which operates pod-style communities in the Boise area. The seller has now exited the Idaho market and looks to focus on its existing assets in neighboring states. Blueprint next facilitated a competitive stalking horse bidding process on behalf of a... Read More »Forefront Living Building New Plano Campus
Chicago-based investment bank Ziegler closed $197 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds to fund the ground-up construction of Outlook at Windhaven Forefront Living. Set in Plano, Texas, the community will consist of 153 independent living units, 32 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. Its owner, Forefront Living, a Texas not-for-profit organization formerly known as Presbyterian Communities and Services, will also operate the community. The bonds consist of $109.5 million Series 2022A tax-exempt bonds, $88.2 million Series 2022B tax-exempt mandatory paydown securities, and $1.3 million in Series 2022C taxable bonds that were sold publicly to institutional investors. The... Read More »Schedule a demo
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