• Senex Foundation Divests SNFs to Owner/Operator

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by Senex Foundation, a Denver, Colorado-based owner/operator, to help with the disposition of a four-property portfolio and recently closed the second tranche involving two skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. The deal included the... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The REITs’ Acquisition Appetite

    With most of the Q1 earnings results in, we’ve been sifting through a lot of good news on occupancy growth, resident rate increases, expanding NOI margins and the phenomenal long-term outlooks. But our main takeaway had to be the major M&A plans that almost every publicly traded company has completed so far this year and plans to close... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

    Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Secures Refinance

    At the end of 2021, Alta Senior Living acquired Tequesta Terrace Senior Living (at that time, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace), a 106-unit assisted living/memory care community in Palm Beach County, Florida. After executing its value-add capex, operational turnaround and lease-up plan, Alta engaged Blueprint to run a full debt process. A... Read More »
  • All-Cash Skilled Nursing Deal Closes

    An undisclosed buyer acquired a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio through an all-cash transaction after the seller’s senior lender pushed for an exit. Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate handled the deal. An initial buyer walked away from the deal after a conversion from a lease-only structure was declined by the lender. Another... Read More »

SLIB Sells Two AL Communities in South Florida

A skilled nursing operator exited its last two assisted living assets, with Brad Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the transaction. Located in Lauderhill, Florida, Lenox on the Lake features 133 beds in 127 units, with a mix of assisted living and memory care. Majestic Memory Care in Hollywood, Florida, has 65 units and 115 beds of strictly memory care. Both assets were sold to a regional owner/operator based in South Florida with a growing regional presence. Read More »

Blueprint Closes High-Priced SNF Sale in Florida

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors made its mark at the NIC Fall Conference with three transaction announcements revealed while the industry descended on D.C. First, Blueprint closed the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Florida. Southern Oaks Care Center of Pensacola, Florida is a 210-bed facility that rebounded to pre-pandemic occupancy of 91% with over $4.0 million in annualized trailing EBITDAR, generating a 21.0% operating margin. Plus, Southern Oaks was slated to benefit from the upcoming Medicaid reimbursement rate increase, so there is still room for growth. A cash-flowing SNF is a hot commodity right now, and a competitive bidding process saw an out-of-state partnership... Read More »

Evans Senior Investments Sells in Indiana

Amid a spate of September transactions, Evans Senior Investments announced the sale of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Indiana. The team worked on behalf of the seller, a regional owner/operator, to market the facility and showcase the potential for additional revenue with the facility’s recently renegotiated UPL contract with a local hospital. At the time of marketing, the facility posted $10.2 million in total revenue with an above-average operating margin of over 30%, and it was 71% occupied. On the other hand, there was a significant Medicaid rate decrease from the July 2022 Medicaid rates released by the state of Indiana, so not all will be rosy going forward. But that operating... Read More »

VIUM Capital’s Active August

VIUM Capital announced a plethora of transactions in the month of August, totaling approximately $200 million across six financings. The firm first closed a bridge acquisition loan for a pair of skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas. The loan totaled $19.9 million. VIUM next closed a bridge refinance with an earn-out structure for a 50-bed assisted living community in the state of Florida. Arranged for 428 Healthcare, which wanted to take equity out of a well-performing asset that it had purchased in 2019, the loan totaled $7.7 million ($3.7 million of initial funding with $4 million in earn-outs). After a two-year seasoning process, the loan will be submitted to HUD. To close out the... Read More »

Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Oregon Transaction

Nick Stahler and Michael Mooney of The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus and Millichap sold a37-unit residential care facility in Oregon that specializes in traumatic brain injuries and other cognitive disorders. The property sold for $9.25 million or $250,000 per unit. It maintained strong occupancy and financial performance throughout the pandemic. Plus, the regional owner/operator buyer which has a presence in the state sees upside in revenues and margin, which we imagine helped the deal pencil out for them. The sellers developed and operated the facility over the past 20 years and were able to secure multiple offers on the property. Read More »

Lloyd Jones Gets Bigger in Texas

Lloyd Jones continues to march across the country acquiring senior living communities that have included trophy properties and value-add opportunities, alike. The investment firm just bought a 75-unit senior living community in Granbury, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA) from Living Care Lifestyles for an undisclosed amount. JLL Capital Markets’ Charles Bissell and Dean Ferris represented the seller in the transaction. Quail Park of Granbury consists of 41 independent living, 15 assisted living and 19 memory care units across a 30-acre campus. On the property, there are also 20 acres available for future development, which was appealing to Lloyd Jones. At the time of closing, the community was... Read More »

60 Seconds With Swett: A Bad Inflation Report and Its Effects on M&A

The Labor Department’s latest inflation report was certainly not the news that everyone was hoping for, and that many were expecting. According to the report, the core consumer price index, which excludes energy and food, rose 6.3% in August from a year earlier, up from 5.9% in both June and July. That was the real shock of the report, and the Dow plummeted by more than 1,100 points at one point on Tuesday. Crucially, this is the last report released before the Fed meets on September 20 and 21, which only increases the chances of another 75-basis point increase to the federal funds rate. M&A has already been affected by the rise of interest rates this year, so another jump (along with... Read More »

The Prestige Group Announces Assisted Living Sale

The Prestige Group announced the sale of an assisted living community in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The 48-unit community sits on 8.2 acres just north of Charleston, and just south of Myrtle Beach. Joe Shallow and Richard Natow handled the transaction. Both the seller and buyer of the community were not disclosed. Read More »

Resthaven Breaks Ground on The Farmstead

Resthaven broke ground on a $72.5 million development project called The Farmstead, an independent and assisted living community in western Michigan. The community will serve greater Ottawa County, and will be situated on 40 acres just southwest of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Farmstead will comprise 24 single-family homes/duplexes, 24 assisted living and memory care units and 80 independent living apartments. Filling a high demand for seniors housing in the area, all the stand-alone homes are already reserved, but there are still a few apartments that have yet to be pre-leased. The community also comes with a clubhouse. Resthaven is a not-for-profit healthcare and senior living... Read More »

LTC Properties Acquires Three Skilled Nursing Facilities

LTC Properties, Inc. announced a joint venture investment for the purchase of three skilled nursing facilities in northern Florida, to be operated by a partner new to LTC. The REIT will be the majority owner in this transaction with a $62 million contribution to the joint venture, while PruittHealth, Inc. will operate the facilities under a 10-year master lease, with two five-year renewal options. Built between 2018 and 2021, the three skilled nursing facilities comprise 299 beds in primarily private rooms. LTC expects to receive net rent of approximately $777,000 during the second half of 2022, and approximately $4.6 million during 2023. Read More »

Brookdale Continues to Roll, But Maybe not Rock

Brookdale Senior Living just announced its August occupancy results, and it continues to rollon with the increases, but not quite rockin’. The third quarter for the industry has always, and wemean always, been the one quarter with decent occupancy gains year after year, so if Brookdaledid not post gains for the first two months, we would be concerned. The provider posted its seventh straight month of an increase in month-ending occupancy.August ended at 77.9%, up 80 basis points from the end of July, which itself was 50 basis pointshigher than the end of June. This is not too shabby, but the absolute levels are still way too lowfor a solid financial recovery. Month-end occupancy year over... Read More »