• 2nd Quarter Investor Call: The Great Debates of Senior Care

    On Thursday, July 17, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett hosted SCI’s latest webinar, dubbed The Great Debates of Senior Care, with panelists ​​Dan Revie of Ziegler, Scott Hougham of Sage, and Michael Feinstein of Focus Healthcare Partners. Issues such as the chances of having a unit shortfall, whether cap rates are too low, the... Read More »
  • Ventas Acquires in Washington State

    Ventas expanded its portfolio through a recent acquisition of a seniors housing community in Washington State. Built in 2003, MorningStar at Silver Lake is in Everett, Washington, with 113 independent living and 35 assisted living units. The in-place operator will continue to manage the community going forward. MorningStar Senior Living has been... Read More »
  • Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Class-A Communities

    Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two Class-A independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities: Grand Living at Citrus Hills and Grand Living at Bridgewater. The pair of seniors housing communities have a combined total of 337 units, and are located in Hernando, Florida, and Coralville, Iowa, respectively. Managing... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes Lease-to-Purchase Transaction

    A large New York-based seniors housing owner engaged Blueprint to explore the sale of an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Ownership acquired the asset several years prior while in distress and brought on Viva Senior Living as manager to execute a... Read More »
  • BHI Provides Bridge Loan

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim B.M., provided $49 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in the suburbs of Detroit. The portfolio consists of Hampton Manor of Dundee, Hampton Manor of Trenton and Hampton Manor of Hamburg. Together, the communities total 221 units, with 171 assisted living... Read More »
Iowa CCRC Finds New Not-For-Profit Owner

Iowa CCRC Finds New Not-For-Profit Owner

A struggling CCRC in Perry, Iowa traded from one not-for-profit owner to another, with Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors facilitating the sale. Set on over 20 acres about 40 miles northwest of Des Moines, the campus was originally built in the late 1950s, with eight independent living cottages added in the 1980s. A more recent $20 million expansion/replacement project in 2014 added 16 assisted living units and 57 new skilled nursing and transitional care beds, plus an eight-unit memory care unit in 2015.  It was owned by a Board of Directors through the Grand Lodge of Iowa, with a trust agreement administered by the District Court of Dallas... Read More »
The Stahler Group Announces First Seniors Housing Closing

The Stahler Group Announces First Seniors Housing Closing

The Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap, headed by JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage alum Nick Stahler, has its first deal under its belt. Mr. Stahler and Mike Mooney sold an 89-unit assisted living/memory care community in Walnut, California, representing the private investor seller.   Built in 1987, the community was originally leased to Summerville Senior Living, then to Emeritus, and finally to Brookdale Senior Living after its 2014 merger with Emeritus. There was limited competition in the area, and some positive cash flow, but the property was considered to be a value-add/turnaround opportunity. Brookdale had chosen not to renew its lease, so the sale process was... Read More »
Truist Finances Connecticut CCRC, Benchmark Doubles Down

Truist Finances Connecticut CCRC, Benchmark Doubles Down

One of the top CCRCs in Connecticut, Meadow Ridge in Redding, was developed nearly 20 years ago by Senior Care Development (SCD) and continues to thrive. Occupancy remained reasonably steady during the pandemic, and while the health center lost census in April and May (who didn’t?), it is back to pre-COVID levels. During the pandemic they separated the residents in the healthcare center into a COVID wing and a non-COVID wing.  The big news, however, is twofold. First, SCD completed an $80 million refinancing of the community with Truist at a much lower interest rate than was on the books, providing a nice annual savings. After an interest rate swap, the... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Fort Myers Community

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Fort Myers Community

Chicago Pacific Founders acquired a 136-unit senior living community in Fort Myers, Florida, with its subsidiary Grace Management taking over operations. Featuring 136 units of independent living, the property is located in the Cypress Lake community near shopping areas, restaurants, medical facilities and indoor/outdoor recreation. On campus, there are also a host of resort-style amenities. Occupancy was around 90% before the pandemic, which brought it down to 85%. ValStone Partners acquired it in December 2015 for $9.45 million, or $69,500 per unit, and initiated a major $9.6 million renovation/conversion project. The current purchase price is not disclosed,... Read More »
HJ Sims Closes Two Bond Financings

HJ Sims Closes Two Bond Financings

We wrote last month about the general health of the CCRC market and the numerous expansion projects either breaking ground or opening even during a pandemic. Another CCRC is expanding its services thanks to a large bond financing closed by the team at HJ Sims. Jefferson’s Ferry in Brookhaven, New York is a CCRC that offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and short-term rehab services.   This summer, the 20-year-old community announced a 60-unit independent living expansion, plus plans for a new 20-unit memory care building. There will also be renovations of the existing assisted living and skilled nursing areas, a new health and wellness... Read More »
Cain Brothers Closes Social Bond Financing

Cain Brothers Closes Social Bond Financing

Senior care provides an essential service in this country, more so than ever, and Cain Brothers (a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets) served as sole manager for a series of “social” bonds provided to a California not-for-profit senior care company. These social bonds, contracted with a public authority and supporting projects with positive social outcomes, total $39.68 million. They are tax-exempt, come with a fixed interest rate and were issued through the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.   The borrower was California-based On Lok, a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation that serves over 1,600 frail and low-income seniors in the... Read More »
Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Greystone refinanced a trio of assisted living communities in New Hampshire with three HUD loans totaling $23.8 million. Located throughout the southern part of the state in Manchester, Bedford and Nashua, the communities are owned by The Courville Company and represent the company’s entire seniors housing portfolio (they also own a skilled nursing facility in Nashua). There are more than 150 assisted living units across the communities.   Lisa Fischman of Greystone originated the interest rate reduction transaction, which lowered the interest rates on the existing HUD loans while maintaining the existing maturity and loan amount.  Read More »
Capital Senior Living Update

Capital Senior Living Update

On Wednesday we wrote about the sudden rise in the share price of Capital Senior Living, doubling in value in a couple of weeks, which usually indicates rumors of some sort of a potential capital transaction. But the only news that came out was the stockholders’ approval of a 1-for-15 reverse stock split.    What was weird was that at the annual shareholders’ meeting they were given three options. Including the one above, there was also a 1-for-10 and a 1-for-20 split, approving all three and letting the Board decide which one to go with. We have never seen that happen.  With the 1-for-15 reverse split, Capital Senior Living will now have just 2,084,596 shares... Read More »
Oxford Finance Secures Credit Facility for Missouri Acquisition

Oxford Finance Secures Credit Facility for Missouri Acquisition

Oxford Finance announced its role in funding SRZ Management’s (Reach LTC) acquisition of a large skilled nursing facility in the St. Louis suburb of Town & Country, Missouri. The buyer received a $7.4 million senior credit facility and revolving line of credit to support the purchase and general working capital. Jeff Binder and Patrick Byrne of Senior Living Investment Brokerage represented the seller, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC), in the deal. Built in the 1960s, the facility was set to be replaced by a 187-unit senior living community, which would be developed by Ryan Companies at a cost of about $60 million. However, NHC couldn’t get the project through planning and zoning... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Two Vacant Assisted Living Communities in New Jersey

Blueprint Sells Two Vacant Assisted Living Communities in New Jersey

Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of two vacant assisted living communities in New Jersey, thereby completing the seller’s exit of its entire vacant seniors housing portfolio, of which Blueprint successfully advised on eight of the transactions in states including Arizona, Idaho and Texas. This deal featured two purpose-built, 39-unit assisted living communities located within 45 miles of each other. They also have similar floorplans and layouts.  Blueprint positioned the properties as an opportunity for an incoming investor to acquire both communities below replacement cost, implement a capex/renovation... Read More »
Capital Senior Living Zooms

Capital Senior Living Zooms

After spending the summer and fall months trading at 50 to 70 cents a share, Capital Senior Living’s shares zoomed up last week. If anyone was watching the stock market last week, you had to notice that Capital Senior Living’s shares just zoomed. Since November 20, the price has almost doubled to $1.38, and last week alone they were up about 50%. Now, we do need some perspective, since the starting point was just 73 cents a share, so any movement results in an exaggerated percentage increase. Still, an increase is an increase. But why? I am sure there were some mutterings about someone buying the company. But if you do the math, it just doesn’t work. Using third quarter occupancy and... Read More »