Three Seniors Housing Properties in Michigan Up for Auction
You may have noticed an ad on these pages in recent weeks for the auction of three seniors housing communities in Michigan, including one turnkey operation and two recently shuttered communities. Well, Tranzon Asset Advisors is running the process on its open competitive bidding platform with the auctions set to conclude between April 20 and April 22. These three assets are part of a larger portfolio of Michigan properties that was recently acquired. However, the pandemic led the developer/owner to focus on specific markets and buildings where they had already developed significant expansion and renovation plans. One community is currently operating in the town of... Read More »
JLL Finances Santa Rosa Development
The JLL Capital Markets team led by Director Bercut Smith secured construction financing for a 92-unit seniors housing development in Santa Rosa, California. A joint venture between Blue Mountain Enterprises and Calson Management is responsible for the project, which will feature 66 assisted living units (comprising studio, one- and two-bedroom options) and 26 private memory care units. The memory care units will contain separate dining and gathering areas, with a large, landscaped courtyard being the connector in the center of the building. Other community amenities include activity areas, rooftop garden, café, movie theater, library and... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Needs A Break
With pressure from the media, the public and government agencies, the skilled nursing industry will be losing some of its best people. Not the time for that to happen. A good friend of mine sent me an article about a New York nursing home administrator who is angry at the fact that nursing homes have been villainized and scapegoated, especially in New York. Where were the car parades in front of nursing homes, like they were in front of hospitals, thanking them for caring for the frail elderly, he asks, and risking their lives as well? Nonexistent, sadly. He couldn’t take it anymore, and moved to Michigan, where he is happily working as an administrator after 20 years in New York. He has... Read More »
Sabra Acquires Two Seniors Housing Communities
In the March issue of The SeniorCare Investor, we wondered when REITs would become net-buyers in the senior care M&A market, after several years of massive divestments. There are clearly some good deals available out there for value-add properties, and if there has been any softening in prices, those bargains may extend to stabilized communities too. Sabra Health Care REIT announced in its fourth quarter earnings call that it plans on spending approximately $1.5 billion on acquisition opportunities, with the majority allocated to be seniors housing assets. A couple of transactions have now trickled out, and sure enough, both involved seniors housing properties selling... Read More »
JLL Handles Latest Healthpeak Sale
Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of JLL represented Healthpeak Properties in the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Kenmore, Washington. This one-off transaction included an 85-unit community that had been underperforming since the end of 2018. The property was also in need of some capex. Sunrise Senior Living previously operated the community, but day-to-day management will be taken over by the new owner, Pacifica Properties, which paid $4.5 million, or $52,900 per unit. There was no cap rate on the deal. The JLL team was also involved in the sale of two seniors housing communities in Florida. Previously owned by Prime... Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Atlanta-Area Transaction
Brooks Blackmon, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented a national owner/operator in its sale of a 160-unit assisted living/memory care community located near Atlanta, Georgia. The large, well-maintained community is set in an affluent suburb and recently underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation. It catered to a more middle-income resident, but occupancy had been lagging for some time before the sale. Blueprint leveraged the asset as an opportunity to buy a community in a major metro area for significantly below replacement cost and yielded seven qualified offers in the bidding process. Ultimately, a buyer with a... Read More »
Eastern Union Secures Bridge Financing For FL and MA Facilities
The Healthcare Group of Eastern Union secured a large bridge financing to support the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Florida and the recapitalization of two in Massachusetts. Nachum Soroka, director of the group, led the transaction, with Jacob Schonland also playing a key role. A total of $57 million in bridge debt was arranged, coming with a three-year term, two years of interest only and a floating rate tied to LIBOR. Eastern Union secured the debt on a limited recourse basis at an 85% loan-to-value ratio. Eastern Union president Ira Zlotowitz and capital markets specialist Michael Wyne also helped on the Florida deal, which included... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing Completes Hotel Conversion
Two years after acquiring a former hotel in Nassau County, New York, Capitol Seniors Housing has converted and reopened the property as a new full-service independent living community. Formerly a Residence Inn by Marriott, and now named The Residences at Plainview, the building underwent a full transformation (to the tune of $19.6 million) into an upscale senior living community with a host of amenities. They include many familiar favorites, like indoor and outdoor pools, a putting green, sauna, exercise facilities, a bistro, bar, movie theater, concierge and valet parking, to name a few. There are also 114 residential units, with studio, one- and two-bedroom options. ... Read More »
Lument Refinances Upstate New York Assisted Living Community
Lument has sprung into spring, following up its arranging of bridge debt for a recently built senior living community in Florida with another refinance of an assisted living community in upstate New York. This transaction, however, involved HUD and featured an $8.3 million loan with a 35-year term. Miles Kingstone led the transaction, which reimbursed the borrower for previous capital expenditures and also took out a bridge loan that Lument originally helped secure in 2017 for the family owner/operator to purchase the property. Formerly a skilled nursing facility, the building was vacant until Joseph Murabito of Morningstar Care... Read More »
Greystone Funds Ohio SNF Acquisition
To fund the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in Youngstown, Ohio, Fred Levine of Greystone arranged bridge financing for the new owner. Built in 1964, the facility features 99 beds and has been owned and operated by Guardian Healthcare. However, going forward, Bal Harbour Management will take over day-to-day management. The bridge loan comes out to $3.98 million, or around $40,200 per bed. Assuming a typical 70% loan-to-value, that puts the purchase price around $57,400 per bed, which is right around the average for facilities built more than 40 years ago of $56,100 per bed, according to the 26th Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition... Read More »Schedule a demo
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