• 60 Seconds with Swett: Welltower Is on a Roll

    Welltower came out with its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, and surprise, surprise, it was yet another great quarter, and its share price jumped 3.5% immediately upon the news. It was the tenth consecutive quarter in which same store SHOP NOI growth exceeded 20%, at 21.7% in the first quarter. Guidance for same store NOI growth also rose by... Read More »
  • DHC Closes Freddie Mac Financing

    Diversified Healthcare Trust closed a nine-figure Freddie Mac financing secured by seven seniors housing communities in five states. Totaling 1,184 units, the assets are managed by Five Star Senior Living, the operating division of AlerisLife Inc.  The $109 million loan comes with a 10-year term and a 6.22% fixed interest rate, with interest... Read More »
  • CFG Provides Interim Financing

    Last month, Capital Funding Group closed a $53.4 million bridge-to-HUD loan, providing interim financing to facilitate the refinancing of a maturing loan supporting two skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Victorville, California. CFG intends to refinance the loan into permanent, long-term debt through HUD. Patrick... Read More »
  • Greystone Provides Bridge Financing to Oxford Capital Group

    Greystone provided $41 million in bridge financing to Oxford Capital Group for the acquisition of six assisted living communities totaling 372 beds in Minnesota. The financing was originated by Christopher Clare with assistance from David Young, Ryan Harkins, Ben Rubin, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher. Greystone’s $41 million interest-only,... Read More »
  • Multifamily Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty facilitated the sale of a RCAC in Northeast Wisconsin on behalf of a long-term operator. The RCAC had been family owned/operated since inception, and the seller decided to pass the torch and enter retirement. Purpose built in 2014 and expanded in 2017, this well-maintained community features 19 individual... Read More »
Berkadia Refinances Wisconsin Seniors Housing Community

Berkadia Refinances Wisconsin Seniors Housing Community

Berkadia took out bank debt on a seniors housing community in Appleton, Wisconsin with a new Freddie Mac financing. Chris Cain arranged the transaction on behalf of the community’s Oregon-based owner/operator, Touchmark.  In operation for around 40 years, the community provides independent living, assisted living and memory care services, which were added in a recent $25 million, 48-unit expansion project that also saw renovations made to the existing building. The bank loan that helped bank roll that project has now been replaced with a $32.3 million Freddie Mac loan, with a 10-year term and five years of interest only at 70% loan-to-value. Touchmark was also able... Read More »
Heavenrich & Company Sells Texas Memory Care

Heavenrich & Company Sells Texas Memory Care

Heavenrich & Company recently announced the sale of Pathways Memory Care, a 60-unit skilled nursing memory care facility that is licensed for 94 beds. It was built in 2014 on an 80-acre medical campus in Northwest Houston, Texas. The campus includes a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that Heavenrich sold in 2020.  As part of the current sale, the new owners will transition the community away from its skilled license to a private pay memory care setting. Some of the residents of Pathways Memory Care will be transferred to Villa Toscana, the adjacent skilled nursing facility on the campus. As part of the transaction, one wing of the Pathways building will be... Read More »
Callison Moves To Sunrise Senior Living

Callison Moves To Sunrise Senior Living

Jack Callison Jr. has been named the new CEO of Sunrise Senior Living, after the December announcement that current CEO Chris Winkle was leaving effective April 1. Ferguson Partners led the executive search effort. Mr. Callison has spent the last seven and a half years as CEO of Enlivant, taking over the role concurrent with TPG’s take private acquisition of the company. However, he will remain Chairman of the Board of Directors at Enlivant, and current president and COO Dan Guill will take over as CEO.   Before that, Mr. Callison spent five years in the CEO position at Holiday Retirement, some of which were a bit tumultuous. Running two different national seniors housing operating... Read More »
HJ Sims Helps Finance Houston-Area Community

HJ Sims Helps Finance Houston-Area Community

A to-be-built seniors housing community in Houston, Texas just received non-recourse PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy, not the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) financing, courtesy of HJ Sims. Consisting of 74 assisted living units, 22 memory care units and 12 independent living cottages, the community is being developed by StoneCreek Real Estate Partners and Civitas Senior Living, the latter of which will operate it upon opening in Summer 2022. The project is a redevelopment of the Copperfield Racquet and Health Club and is set on 6.6 acres.  The PACE program finances 100% of the energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, resilience improvements and the... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending February 5, 2021

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending February 5, 2021

A couple of brokerage firms reported a fast start to February, so check out our recent senior care M&A deal chart. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Local owner/operatorBarnett Woods$3.5 million New York-based ownerAsbury Park$10 million Local owner/operatorThe SunRidge PortfolioN/A Regional owner/operatorPlantation Oaks of High Springs$9.15... Read More »
Omega Healthcare Investors Buys 24 Properties

Omega Healthcare Investors Buys 24 Properties

The fourth quarter earnings season is upon us, and Omega Healthcare Investors announced that it just closed a very significant acquisition. The REIT purchased 24 senior living communities for $510 million, or $199,840 per unit, from Healthpeak Properties. The acquisition included the assumption of an in-place master lease with Brookdale Senior Living for the properties, which are located in 11 states. The concentration is in Oregon (6 states), Texas (6) and Washington (4), with one each in the other eight states.  The annual lease payment is $43.5 million with a 2.4% annual escalator. That results in an 8.5% current lease yield, which is quite attractive,... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Fast February Start

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Fast February Start

Whoa, was it a week for Senior Living Investment Brokerage or what? Our inbox was peppered with closings from several SLIB teams, and the deluge doesn’t appear to be over, with a few more closings expected next week. And to think they would rest on their laurels after a strong second-place finish in terms of deals closed in 2020, according to our just-released Broker Rankings in February’s issue of The SeniorCare Investor.   Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito kicked off the week with an independent living community sale in Medford, Oregon, which we profiled here. But Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder soon announced their own sale... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Florida Community

Evans Senior Investments Sells Florida Community

Fresh off three top-five finishes in our Broker Rankings (see the story in Februrary’s issue of The SeniorCare Investor), Evans Senior Investments represented the independent owner/operator of a 66-unit assisted living/memory care community in High Springs, Florida in the property’s sale. Originally built in 1988 with a 36-unit expansion in 2014, it currently features 46 assisted living and 20 memory care units. The community holds a Medicaid license on the 72 licensed beds, and 71% of the census was private pay residents. Based on beds, occupancy averaged 92% during the twelve months prior to the sale, and the operating margin was a strong 28% on nearly... Read More »
Lument Arranges Fannie Mae Refinance

Lument Arranges Fannie Mae Refinance

Lument recently arranged a $28 million refinance through Fannie Mae for a 105-unit independent living/assisted living community in Solana Beach, California (San Diego MSA). The loan features a 10-year term, five-years of interest only and a 30-year amortization. Plus, the borrowers, Senior Resource Group and its equity partner Collins Development Company, were able to obtain substantial cash-out proceeds. Doug Harper led the transaction.  Read More »
Greystone Finances AL/MC Community Through Freddie Mac

Greystone Finances AL/MC Community Through Freddie Mac

Greystone’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team recently provided a $27 million Freddie Mac loan to refinance an assisted living/memory care community in the southwestern United States. Featuring 69 units, it is owned by Harbert Seniors Housing Fund I and operated by an experienced seniors housing provider. The loan came with a 10-year term.  Read More »