Immigrants and Minimum Wage
Some board and care homes are giving the senior care business a bad name in their mistreatment of immigrants. There is an ugly side to immigration and low-wage workers in the senior care market. Bad people exist everywhere, and it is as difficult to keep them out of our business as it is in any other. There was a recent story about small board and care homes, usually under 10 beds, where immigrants work, usually 12 hour shifts or more, and often 6 to 7 days a week. And they often stay overnight to be “on call.” And that, apparently, happens a lot. And a large portion of these board and care homes are in California. There are some good ones, but it is the bad ones that get all the bad PR.... Read More »
Skyline Healthcare Sells Three Arkansas SNFs
Skyline Healthcare just sold three of its Arkansas skilled nursing facilities to Strawberry Fields REIT for a combined price of $14.3 million, or $32,200 per bed, at an approximate cap rate of 10.7%, based on Q1:19 financials, annualized. Included in the deal was a 120-bed SNF in Newport, the newest of the facilities having been built in 2001. There was also a 152-bed facility in Hot Springs that was built in 1978, and the oldest property, built in 1950, which contains 140 skilled nursing beds and 32 assisted living beds in Little Rock. They operated at roughly a 9.5% margin, so there is certainly some room for improvement. Infinity Healthcare of Arkansas will manage the facilities going... Read More »
Catholic Charities Community Sale Is Finalized
After being announced earlier this year, the sale of an 83-bed skilled nursing facility in Jaffrey, New Hampshire has closed thanks to Toby Siefert and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Originally built in 1976, this facility is only budgeted and staffed for a functional occupancy of 55 beds. That was the choice of the seller, not-for-profit Catholic Charities New Hampshire. Based on those 55 beds, occupancy was just 84%. On top of that, it was losing nearly $400,000 in EBITDAR on over $5.05 million of revenues. The new owner, New York-based MED Healthcare Partners, plans on increasing the census and staffing to utilize more of the licensed beds. Read More »
Greystone Finances Southeast SNF Portfolio Acquisition
Fred Levine of Greystone successfully arranged bridge financing for the acquisition of seven skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast. Totaling 874 beds, the facilities are located in North Carolina (6) and Kentucky. Their new owner obtained a $71.92 million bridge loan with a 24-month term, two six-month extensions and no prepayment penalty. Greystone expects to eventually refinance the loan through HUD. Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending May 17, 2019
Check out our recent senior care M&A deals! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IVMichigan Assisted Living Facility Portfolio$24.5 million Invesque Inc.Grand Brook of Allen at Twin Creeks$8.1 million Invesque Inc.3 skilled nursing facilities$52 million Invesque Inc.3 memory care communities$30.7 million Focus Healthcare Partners LLCThe... Read More »
Seniors Housing Prices Jump, Skilled Nursing Continues Decline
Seniors housing prices saw significant rises in average prices in the 12 months ended March 31, 2019. Assisted living itself jumped 10% from $186,400 per unit in 2018 (according to our Seniors Housing Acquisition & Investment Report) to $204,000 per unit in the latest four-quarter period. Meanwhile, independent living rose a more moderate 6% from $238,100 per unit to $251,800 per unit, the highest level ever recorded for the sector. The small size of the IL market means that a few transactions can have an outsized impact on the average, but given the healthier occupancy and lower labor costs of the IL industry today, it makes sense that these communities have become more desirable.... Read More »
Merchants Capital Finances New Middle-Income Communities
A Midwestern developer of affordable and middle-income senior living communities, Wallick Communities, recently opened three assisted living communities in Ohio and obtained bridge financing to fund them through lease-up towards an eventual refinance with HUD. Merchants Capital, a division of Merchants Bank, arranged the nearly $50 million in bridge loans for the three developments. They include a 124-unit community in Cincinnati (which got a $13 million loan at a 24-month term), a 131-unit property in Columbus (with a 36-month $16 million loan) and a 124-unit community on the campus of another Wallick affordable senior living community in Hilliard (which obtained a $20 million loan for a... Read More »
California SNF Acquisition Gets Financing from Harborview
An experienced private investment group acquired a portfolio of six skilled nursing facilities thanks to bridge financing at 90% loan-to-cost. Totaling $51.9 million, the three-year loan was originated by Jonathan Kutner and Eli Kutner of Harborview Capital Partners, and negotiated by Robert Kellerman. The acquired facilities combine for 678 beds and are located throughout California. Read More »
The 55+ Active Adult Market: The New Frontier of Seniors Housing
Judging by the number of questions we got during our May 16th webinar called “The 55+ Active Adult Market: The New Frontier of Seniors Housing,” it is safe to say that there is plenty of interest in this growing market. Our listeners tuned in to find out what prices active adult communities have been trading at, their cap rates, and what exactly operationally goes into this no-care and low-services senior living option. You can still listen here. Our Editor, Steve Monroe, and several experts that included Ryan Maconachy of Newmark Knight Frank, Ryan Frederick of SmartLiving 360 and Michael Hartman of Capitol Seniors Housing made up our panel, bringing in different perspectives on how to... Read More »
Pricing Age in Skilled Nursing Facilities
There are plenty of issues that come along with the aging of the skilled nursing facility inventory. Older facilities require more capex to keep operations up to snuff, have trouble attracting the coveted Medicare and private insurance patients, and often have far fewer private units but more three- or four-bed wards. In addition, it has to be more difficult attracting and retaining staff at an older facility, especially when a newer facility often comes with more bells and whistles in addition to newer technology that makes those employees’ jobs easier. Where would you rather work? So, in the M&A market, how did those older facilities fare compare with the newer ones? Well, there was... Read More »Schedule a demo
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