• National Real Estate Investment Group Acquires 24-Property Portfolio

    Ikaria Capital Group announced the successful funding of a $270 million term loan and $30 million preferred equity investment for a national private healthcare real estate investment group to support the acquisition of a 24-property skilled nursing and seniors housing portfolio located in the Pacific Northwest. First Citizens Bank led the bank... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Sells Idaho Portfolio

    A trio of small, well-performing assisted living communities in rural Idaho sold with the help of Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group. The pair represented a mom & pop who were looking to retire after nearly 25 years of operating. Terri and Carl Pendleton built the first 16-unit assisted living community in Gooding, Idaho, and added... Read More »
  • JV Buyer Acquires Two Communities From Separate Sellers

    Helios Healthcare Advisors structured the sale and arranged joint venture equity for the acquisition of two assisted living/memory care communities in Alabama on behalf of separate sellers. Helios was initially engaged by the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to identify a buyer that would preserve the legacy of Murray House Assisted... Read More »
  • Detroit Redevelopment Sees Senior Apartment Conversion

    KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided $43.6 million in construction loans and arranged $7.6 million in permanent loans for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Lee Plaza in Detroit, Michigan. The 15-story, Art Deco historical landmark will be converted to affordable senior apartments. The building will include a total of... Read More »
  • Montana Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

    Ziegler announced the closing of Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill’s $50.88 million Series 2025ABC bonds through the City of Kalispell, Montana. The Montana not-for-profit operates a senior care community in Kalispell, Montana, that is located on a 13-acre campus with 171 independent and assisted living units as well as 155 licensed skilled nursing... Read More »
Healthpeak Sells Louisville Senior Living Community

Healthpeak Sells Louisville Senior Living Community

Healthpeak Properties is selling one of its Atria Senior Living-operated communities to a regional owner/operator acquiring its first Kentucky property. Located in Louisville, where Atria is headquartered, this community was developed in 2001 and features 203 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Ownership has changed over the years from Horizon Bay Retirement Living to CNL Retirement Properties to HCP to Healthpeak Properties. It has also seen a number of operators in its history, starting with Horizon Bay, and then Brookdale Senior Living took over in 2011.   That deal saw Brookdale acquire 100% of the equity interest in Horizon Bay and enter into agreements with... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Not-For-Profit Sale to The Ensign Group

Blueprint Handles Not-For-Profit Sale to The Ensign Group

According to its second quarter earnings report, The Ensign Group certainly defied expectations for the rest of the senior care industry and has been performing relatively well lately. The company also announced its acquisition of a CCRC in Tempe, Arizona, which we’ve learned Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors helped facilitate.   Previously owned and operated by Volunteers of America Senior Living, a large not-for-profit with over 20 communities in its portfolio, the campus includes a 62-bed skilled nursing facility and a senior living community with 90 independent living and 72 assisted living units.   The community has a 40-year history in the Tempe market and maintained a good... Read More »
All-Women Walker & Dunlop Team Closes Permanent Refinance

All-Women Walker & Dunlop Team Closes Permanent Refinance

In a first for Walker & Dunlop, an all-female team comprising Senior Director Heather Olson, GSE Underwriter Emily Worcester, Transaction Manager Jessica Deeney and Senior Vice President & GSE Closing Manager Nancy Sexton handled the entire production side, underwriting and closing for a transaction. The deal was arranged for a to-be-built age-restricted, affordable housing community in Sarasota, Florida. Featuring 84 units, 42 of which will have long-term Section 8 contracts, the community will have three stories and amenities such as a business center, community room, picnic areas and laundry facilities.   A joint venture between the Sarasota Housing Authority, Calston Advisors,... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 21, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 21, 2020

The second quarter earnings announcements did not result in many deals, but some M&A transactions were still announced. Check out our recent deal chart! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice The Ensign GroupTempe Post Acute & Desert Marigold Senior Living of TempeN/A Cadence Living/Private equity group2 senior living communities in CON/A Local owner/operatorSenior care campus in KS$531,000 Owner/operatorSkilled nursing facility in... Read More »
Infinity Health Care Management Acquiring Quad Cities-Area SNF

Infinity Health Care Management Acquiring Quad Cities-Area SNF

Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap is close to closing the sale of a large skilled nursing facility in the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa, although the process has not been easy. Featuring 245 beds and around 140,000 square feet on a 12-acre campus, the facility is owned by Rock Island County.   Built in 2007, it is actually the newest in the area, but heavy competition has kept census low (below 70%). Unfortunately, the facility has also operated at quite a significant loss for some time, too. But with such a relatively new physical plant, the opportunity is there for a new owner to turn operations around.  In September 2019, the facility was originally listed for $19... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Secures Acquisition Financing for Kansas City Facility

Monarch Advisors Secures Acquisition Financing for Kansas City Facility

Monarch Advisors announced a new loan closing to support the acquisition of a small senior care facility in rural Kansas. Located outside of the Kansas City metro area, the facility was built in the 1960s but renovated around 2000.   It featured 45 skilled nursing beds that were 80% occupied and a six-unit assisted living community with typically full occupancy. It was part of a larger portfolio that was put into receivership by the state of Kansas. A third-party manager was brought it to operate the building profitability, which it did, but the company had no intention of owning the facility.  In comes a local owner/operator, which secured $425,000 in senior debt in the... Read More »
Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges ALF Partnership Buyout

Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges ALF Partnership Buyout

Mario Wilson and Bill Janis of Helios Healthcare Advisors pulled off a successful partnership buyout of an assisted living campus in Illinois. Not only that, but the pair also arranged the acquisition financing for the deal. Built in the 2000s, the 54-unit assisted living community was relatively stabilized and reported positive cash flow. At some point early in its history, the property was purchased by the partnership, but one partner is now looking to retire.   Helios was engaged to structure the sale which resulted in a transfer of stock of the operating company and a real estate asset sale for the community. Helios then arranged a fixed-rate loan with a 25-year, fully amortizing term... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Kansas SNF

Blueprint Sells Kansas SNF

A well-maintained skilled nursing facility located about 20 minutes north of Lawrence, Kansas sold for significantly below replacement cost in a deal arranged by Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors.   Why such a low price? Other than the obvious risks of purchasing a skilled nursing facility these days, this was the only Kansas facility of the West Coast-based owner/operator. There was also upside in census, expense management and case mix at the 60-bed facility. So, Blueprint brought the deal to an owner/operator that it had worked with before and could guarantee a high degree of closing certainty. Completing the due diligence and... Read More »
Are SNFs About To Go Out Of Business?

Are SNFs About To Go Out Of Business?

A recent survey by the American Health Care Association reveals some disheartening news. If you believe the results of a survey of 463 nursing home providers by the American Health Care Association, well, we are in bigger trouble than I thought. Apparently, 40% of the respondents said they would not be able to sustain operations for another six months at the current “pace,” which we assume to mean the current census and cost levels. A whopping 72% said they would not be able to sustain operations for another year. The problem is that they, unlike the private pay seniors housing industry, have already received several billion dollars of financial aid to help during the pandemic. If they... Read More »
Arizona Skilled Nursing Facility Closes For Highest Per-Bed Price

Arizona Skilled Nursing Facility Closes For Highest Per-Bed Price

Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors just sold a brand-new transitional care facility in Flagstaff, Arizona for the highest per-bed price seen in the state for at least five years. While the actual price was not disclosed, according to our Senior Care Acquisition Report, 25th Edition, the highest publicly disclosed price per unit for a SNF sale in Arizona was $180,100 per bed. So, we know it was at least higher than that.  Developed in 2018 by Embree Asset Group, a national single-tenant development company, the facility features 50 private beds. It is also well located less than one mile from both downtown Flagstaff and the Flagstaff Medical Center,... Read More »
CBRE Funds Joint Venture’s Colorado Acquisition

CBRE Funds Joint Venture’s Colorado Acquisition

Cadence Living and a private equity joint venture partner acquired two senior living communities in the Denver, Colorado metro area, thanks in part to financing secured by the CBRE National Senior Housing team of Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Matthew Kuronen.   Located in Aurora and Lakewood, these two communities combine for 152 assisted living and 35 memory care units. Both were previously operated by Brookdale Senior Living. The new joint venture owner will invest around $4 million to improve the communities’ marketability.   To fund the acquisition, CBRE arranged a $14.4 million bridge loan from a regional bank. It came with a four-year term, three years of interest only and a one-year... Read More »