• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Republican Budget and Medicaid Cuts

    There will be significant political interest in what happens to Medicaid funding as Republicans work to pass a budget and tax bill with their very slim majority. Touching entitlements remains politically risky, and the party is divided on whether any Medicaid cuts would be acceptable heading into an election cycle. At this stage, per-capita caps... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Continues Upward Trend

    We are at the end of the first quarter 2025 earning roll call, and Sonida Senior Living posted another solid quarter. Weighted average occupancy for its same-community portfolio (56 communities) increased by 100 basis points year over year to 86.8%, which is at the top end of many of its competitors. In addition, same-community RevPOR increased... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Turnaround SNF

    Evans Senior Investments was engaged by a regional owner in a partnership with the University of Michigan Health-West Hospital to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Wyoming, Michigan. Opened nearly 10 years ago, Healthbridge Post Acute comprises 65 beds and was experiencing operational challenges, including an annual net... Read More »
  • Family Owner Divests CCRC to Not-For-Profit

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold a family-owned/operated CCRC in Maumee, Ohio, to a not-for-profit organization. The community had been in the seller’s family for 75 years, but they are divesting to enter retirement. Established in 1949, Elizabeth Scott Community spans 51 acres and offers independent living, assisted living, memory care... Read More »
  • HUD-Backed Seniors Housing Community Opens on Long Island

    A HUD-financed seniors housing project has celebrated its grand opening in Bay Shore, New York. Netherbay at Bay Shore is a state-of-the-art assisted living/memory care community located at the historic Gulden family’s summer homestead on Long Island. It features 72 units and is operated by Meridian Senior Living. Greystone’s Lisa Fischman had... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Refinances Oregon Memory Care Community

Lancaster Pollard Refinances Oregon Memory Care Community

Giza Development successfully refinanced its new 45-unit/bed memory care community in McMinnville, Oregon (45 miles south of Portland), with the help of Ross Holland of Lancaster Pollard. Managed by Senior Development Resources, the community is located across the street from McMinnville’s full-service hospital and between two medical office parks. Sounds pretty ideal. It was initially refinanced with a bridge loan provided by OREC Structured Finance Co., which allowed Giza to buy out investors in the property and refinance construction debt. It was also immediately eligible for a permanent refinance. So, Lancaster Pollard secured a $4.9 million loan though HUD with a favorable, long-term... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ended January 24, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ended January 24, 2020

Check out our recent senior care M&A deals! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Experienced owner/operatorSkilled nursing facility in Rural Retreat, VAN/A Illinois-based SNF operatorSt. Pauls HouseN/A Private equity owner/operatorSkilled nursing/assisted living facility in OH$8.5 million Not disclosedElmcroft of... Read More »
Brookdale Buys Eight NHI-Owned Communities

Brookdale Buys Eight NHI-Owned Communities

Brookdale Senior Living exercised its purchase option on eight assisted living communities that it operated on behalf of the owner, National Health Investors. The transaction was hinted at in NHI’s third quarter earnings report, which noted the properties as being held for sale. And Eric Mendelsohn, President and CEO, confirmed in the Q3 earnings call that the purchase price would start at a base of $37 million, with a fair market value component as high as $5 million which NHI and Brookdale would split 50-50. In the end, Brookdale paid $39.26 million, or $116,845 per unit. The eight communities, which were located in three states and totaled 336 units, contributed 2019 GAAP revenue of... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Large Louisiana Portfolio Deal

Blueprint Handles Large Louisiana Portfolio Deal

So, it begins. Brooks Blackmon and Steve Thomes of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced the firm’s first 2020 closing, selling a portfolio of five seniors housing communities in Louisiana. Representing the Georgia-based owner/operator who had originally developed the communities, the pair found a buyer in a joint venture between Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV and Georgia-based Senior Solutions Management Group (SSMG). Built in the late-1990s, the communities boasted a good reputation in their local markets and historically stable operations. However, the previous owner was looking to refocus on development in their home state, so a sale was pursued. SSMG entered the... Read More »
Tryko Partners Picks Up Another Philly-Area SNF

Tryko Partners Picks Up Another Philly-Area SNF

Private equity firm Tryko Partners added to its Philadelphia-area skilled nursing portfolio with the acquisition of a 240-bed facility in the city’s Lexington Park neighborhood. Situated on a 1.8-acre site about five minutes from the 133-bed Nazareth Hospital, the SNF provides post-acute, short-term rehab and long-term care. Occupancy at closing was 89%. The purchase price was not disclosed, but Tryko will invest millions to renovate the facility, including updates made to the patient rooms and common spaces, while also adding a state-of-the-art therapy gym. Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital’s Two HUD Closings

Cambridge Realty Capital’s Two HUD Closings

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies provided two HUD loans totaling $24 million to refinance two senior care campuses in Ohio. The Lisbon property is a 76-bed skilled nursing/assisted living facility, while the skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Mineral Ridge has 181 beds. Both facilities feature private and shared units, restaurant-style dining and housekeeping and laundry services. They also provide a variety of healthcare services including dentistry, podiatry, IV therapy, optometry, audiology, psychology and medical imaging. Cambridge arranged the fully amortizing 30- and 35-year loans on behalf of the Ohio LLC borrower. Read More »
Jump Starting Your Occupancy

Jump Starting Your Occupancy

As occupancy rates begin to rise, make sure you have all the necessary tools to ensure your occupancy rises faster than the competition. Isn’t it about time to take a fresh look at how you are marketing your seniors housing community, and turn those leads to move-ins so you can finally get your occupancy above 90%, and maybe even 100% with a wait list? A pipe dream, you might say. But without the proper tools, it will be a pipe dream. And without knowing what new techniques are available, especially in this increasingly digital age, you will never reach that goal of a wait list.  According to NIC MAP, occupancy may have bottomed out last quarter. That’s great news, but you also don’t want... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells in…Sellersville

Evans Senior Investments Sells in…Sellersville

Evans Senior Investments is keeping the closings coming, following up on its five deals in December with its first 2020 transaction. Located in Sellersville, Pennsylvania (about 30 miles north of downtown Philadelphia), the target was a 94-unit assisted living/memory care community. It was built in 2007 and renovated in 2018, with a current mix of 54 AL and 40 MC units. The recent updates included new flooring, full property furniture replacement and new dining operations. Occupancy has been consistently strong, currently sitting at 94% with a 100% private pay census, and the community operated at a 24% EBITDAR margin. It was also implementing a substantial rate increase at the time of the... Read More »
Senior Care Realty Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Senior Care Realty Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Mark Van Den Broeke of Senior Care Realty certainly had his hands full in the sale of a 66-unit assisted living community in northeast Wisconsin. That’s because in addition to working with the current tenant, he worked with the two individual landlords of the property too. Originally built in 2012, the property is made up of three 22-unit buildings, two of which were owned by one landlord, with the other building owned by the second landlord. Occupancy was 79%, with a 100% Medicaid census, and in 2018 it was earning about $500,000 in NOI on nearly $2.5 million of revenues. The tenant, who owned the operations, was looking to exit the business when the lease ended in a few years, but she... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Ends 2019 With A Bang

Cushman & Wakefield Ends 2019 With A Bang

The Cushman & Wakefield team led by Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner and Aaron Rosenzweig ended 2019 with a bang. In the last six weeks of the fourth quarter, they closed eight separate sales involving 18 properties and 1,908 units for a total consideration in excess of $500 million. The largest transaction was a seven-property portfolio for $103.25 million on behalf of Diversified Healthcare Trust. The team also placed the acquisition financing on several of the sales. A few smaller portfolios included the sale of three assisted living and memory care communities with 248 units in the Boston metro area and a two-property portfolio of 220 units in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Austin, Texas on... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Two Struggling Senior Care Facilities

Blueprint Sells Two Struggling Senior Care Facilities

Two Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors teams arranged a couple of sales of struggling senior care facilities. First, Christopher Hyldahl, Gideon Orion and Kendra Gonzalez represented a private real estate investor in its sale of a 50-bed skilled nursing facility in the Los Angeles, California market. Some $1.7 million was spent on capital improvements over the past three years, of which $800,000 was used to prepare the facility for the approval of 27 subacute care beds. The facility has strong per-patient day reimbursement rates and a good historical CMS star rating. However, it was losing money on about $4.25 million in top-line revenue and had over $250,000 in outstanding QA fees.... Read More »