• 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 »
The Clare Turnaround Complete

The Clare Turnaround Complete

No one said it was going to be easy back in 2012 when an investor group took control of a large CCRC known as The Clare in downtown Chicago. Occupancy was just 34% when the community was sold out of bankruptcy, with its reputation tarnished in the local market during the high-profile proceedings. Senior Care Development (SCD), the stalking horse bidder, with Fundamental Advisors (FA) and LCS, teamed up to buy the community at auction for $53.5 million and put it on the right path to success and profitability. No small order. The stalking horse bid was a mere $29.5 million, compared with the $229 million that was spent to develop the CCRC. There were just two other bidders, and when the... Read More »
National Health Investors Announces Acquisitions

National Health Investors Announces Acquisitions

National Health Investors wasted no time in making news this 2020. The REIT first announced that it was the buyer in Evans Senior Investments’ latest deal in Minnesota. Built in 2011 next to a lake about 20 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul, the 48-unit assisted living/memory care community was previously owned by Coventry Senior Living and operated by Ebenezer. They left it in good shape, with occupancy around 90% and more than 80% of its census derived from private pay residents. In the trailing-12 months, it was also bringing in more than $660,000 in EBITDAR on more than $3.0 million of revenues, a healthy figure that also offers some room for improvement. NHI, with 41... Read More »
HHC Finance’s Latest Closings

HHC Finance’s Latest Closings

Housing & Healthcare Finance finished 2019 with a bang, closing four HUD loans worth over $62 million. The package refinanced four skilled nursing facilities in Maryland (2), Pennsylvania and Arkansas, all totaling 597 beds. The Mid-Atlantic facilities were built in the mid-1970s, while the Arkansas one opened in the early 2000s. The loans, which refinanced higher rate conventional debt, came with interest rates in the low- to mid-3s and terms between 30 and 35 years. Housing & Healthcare Finance’s Capital Advisory Group, led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, also impressed this December, placing 13 loans totaling over $172 million for clients in nine states. There were 10 bridge loans... Read More »
Tenant Purchases North Carolina Assisted Living Community

Tenant Purchases North Carolina Assisted Living Community

Evans Senior Investments had quite the end of the year, as yet another December 31st closing was revealed to us. It featured a 45-unit/70-bed assisted living community that was built in 1984 and significantly renovated in 2005 in Clemmons, North Carolina (Winston-Salem MSA). About a year ago, Evans actually worked with the seller to procure a new tenant to operate it. At the time, occupancy had averaged 85% for the previous two years. A regional owner/operator was selected, and the partnership was clearly successful, as they are now exercising on a purchase option to buy the community for $5 million, or $111,000 per unit. Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Three Properties

Evans Senior Investments Sells Three Properties

The end-of-year rush of closings continued for Evans Senior Investments, which announced two more 2019 deals. The first involved a 94-bed skilled nursing facility in Lawrenceburg, Indiana (Cincinnati MSA) being sold by a local owner/operator. Built in 1983 and renovated in 2010, the facility was nearly 80% occupied and was operating at an 8% EBITDAR margin at the time of marketing. However, those financials exclude revenues the facility began earning in 2019 after joining Indiana’s UPL program with a local hospital. Acquired in December 2015, this was the seller’s only facility in the state, so a larger operator could capitalize on not only the new UPL revenue, but scale too. A national... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending January 3, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending January 3, 2020

Check out our recent senior care M&A deals! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Regional owner/operatorGoldenCrest Assisted Living Portfolio$12 million National owner/operatorShady Nook Care Center$9 million Not disclosed7 senior living communities$103.3 million Not disclosedOverlake Terrace Assisted & Senior Living$32.5 million Local buyerLas Villas Del... Read More »
Enlivant Sells Vacant Assisted Living Community

Enlivant Sells Vacant Assisted Living Community

A vacant assisted living community in Caldwell, Idaho found a new owner and a new lease on life in a deal handled by Blake Bozett, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Built in the late-1990s, the community was rebranded in 2016 by the seller, Enlivant, but eventually shuttered. A local owner/operator in good standing with the state will renovate and relicense the building for assisted living. This was their seventh acquisition in the state, and they paid in cash. Read More »
New Year, New Name for Senior Housing Properties Trust

New Year, New Name for Senior Housing Properties Trust

While we were all up celebrating the New Year this past Wednesday, Senior Housing Properties Trust was kissing goodbye to its name, officially changing it to Diversified Healthcare Trust effective January 1, 2020. The company is still listed for trading on the NASDAQ but under the new ticker symbol of “DHC.” According to Jennifer Francis, President and Chief Operating Officer, the name-change better depicted the company’s portfolio of healthcare real estate (which encompasses medical office, life science and wellness centers in addition to senior living communities) and its strategy going forward. That fresh start was reinforced with the completion of DHC’s restructuring of its Five Star... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Closes California Sale

Cushman & Wakefield Closes California Sale

The Cushman & Wakefield team of Dave Rothschild and Mary Christian closed on the sale of an 87-unit assisted living community in California at the end of the year. The community was built in 1998 and most of the units are assisted living with 10 memory care units. It has been operated by a large national provider, and while the financial performance could have been better, we expect it to improve with the buyer. It is the first acquisition of RBP Communities, recently founded by Blake Parsons, who went out on his own after working in the family business, Parson’s House. Although pricing information has not been publicly disclosed, we suspect it was below the national average for... Read More »
REIT Buys Ebenezer-Managed Community in Minnesota

REIT Buys Ebenezer-Managed Community in Minnesota

Evans Senior Investments closed out its 2019 with a seniors housing closing in Minnesota. Situated next to a lake about 20 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul, this community features 48 units of assisted living and memory care. Owned by Coventry Senior Living and operated by Ebenezer, it was built in 2011 with a host of amenities such as fireplace lounges, a spa room, beauty salon and secured balconies on each floor. Ebenezer, Minnesota’s largest senior living operator and the seniors housing division of Fairview Health Services, is leaving it in good shape. During the marketing period, occupancy stood at around 90%, with more than 80% of its census derived from private pay residents. In... Read More »
Senwell Arranges Another SNF Bed Sale

Senwell Arranges Another SNF Bed Sale

We’ve seen many skilled nursing facilities close this year and many long-time owner/operators exit the industry altogether, citing its more complicated regulations, difficult operating environment and capex needs. Bucking that trend, a regional skilled nursing operator in Ohio wanted to build a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility in Franklin County (outside of Columbus), but didn’t have the bed licenses. And they needed a significant number of them. So, Ben Bohland of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors worked to find a seller, guide them both through the CON application process and close the deal by year-end. One seller emerged, a national senior care operator that was changing its... Read More »