• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Death By or With COVID

Death By or With COVID

We are sure every provider is sick and tired of hearing about how many residents have died of COVID-19 in a nursing home or assisted living community. The problem is that the classification may be all wrong.  Unfortunately, there may be a financial reason for such classifications, as in more reimbursement, or more governmental aid. And for those who can profit from making this pandemic seem worse than it is (yes, they do exist), piling up the number of COVID deaths helps to make their case. It has certainly helped the mainstream media and their advertising dollars.  But here is the problem, at least as it relates to the deaths in assisted living, memory care and nursing homes.... Read More »
Merrill Commercial Real Estate Sells Memory Care Community Out of Receivership

Merrill Commercial Real Estate Sells Memory Care Community Out of Receivership

Tyler Merrill of Merrill Commercial Real Estate took an Oregon memory care community that was in receivership and sold it to a group of individual investors new to the industry. To take on the turnaround, that buyer group hired a Northwest-based operator to manage the community. It’s not an easy time for that, to say the least, but with a purchase price of $3 million, or $54,500 per unit, there is certainty some wiggle room to add value.  Built in 1998, this 55-unit memory care community is located in Coos Bay on the central Oregon coast. Its previous owner originally acquired the community as part of a four-property portfolio in 2008, and Mr. Merrill was brought in to sell all four in... Read More »
M&T Realty Arranges HUD Loan

M&T Realty Arranges HUD Loan

The HUD market seems to be the steadiest in the senior care lending world since the onset of COVID-19, after a few hiccups and delays earlier this year. Joining the activity, M&T Realty Capital Corporation arranged a HUD refinance for an assisted living community in Spokane, Washington. The non-recourse loan totaled $13.83 million and came with a 30-year, fully amortizing term. Plus, M&T secured an interest rate well below 2.75%. Who wouldn’t take that?  Originally built in the 1940s with an addition in the early 1980s and renovations in the 2000s, the community features 212 units of independent living and assisted living in five interconnected buildings. Located adjacent to... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Refinances Minnesota Community

Lancaster Pollard Refinances Minnesota Community

Working on behalf of a repeat customer, Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company secured a HUD loan for a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chaska, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). Developed by Trident Development and operated by the borrower, Tealwood Senior Living, which manages over 38 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the property was originally developed in 2015. It was funded in part by Tax Increment Financing from the Chaska Economic Development Authority.   The property consists of two buildings connected by both a ground-level breezeway and upper level hallways. There are 66 assisted living “light” units that are certified for... Read More »
Beware The Flu Season?

Beware The Flu Season?

Fears of the flu season compounding the effects of the “second wave” of the coronavirus are overblown, and this is why. Almost every conversation surrounding the coronavirus and outbreaks in nursing homes or assisted living communities eventually gets around to the double whammy of a “second wave” combined with the upcoming flu season. Yes, providers will have to be vigilant, but they have never been as well prepared for the flu season as they are today. Think about it. Less than a year ago, do you remember ever walking into any senior care facility where the staff were all wearing masks, where hand sanitizers were everywhere, where your temperature was taken at the entrance,... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Cleveland Closing

Blueprint Handles Cleveland Closing

A private owner/operator looking to expand its presence and increase its operational leverage in the Midwest acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Cleveland, Ohio, with the help of Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Featuring 133 units about evenly split between assisted living and memory care, this community was built in the early 2000s. It has struggled with occupancy, leading its national owner/operator to seek a sale.   Blueprint brought the asset to a well-capitalized private owner/operator, which will reposition the community as an affordable option in the Cleveland MSA by utilizing the state’s... Read More »
Private REIT Finds New Operator For Colorado Communities

Private REIT Finds New Operator For Colorado Communities

Fresh off of arranging a partnership buyout for an assisted living campus in Illinois, Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Advisors found a new operator for two assisted living communities in Colorado.   Both built in the late-1990s, these communities were owned by a private REIT based and incorporated in the U.S. but controlled by a Hong Kong private investment management firm. Around 25% of their census was made up of Medicaid residents, and their operating performance could be improved. Part of the reason for that was the assets were far from the prior operator’s Santa Barbara, California headquarters. There is also the opportunity to reposition them to better compete in... Read More »
Monticello Arranges Working Capital Loan

Monticello Arranges Working Capital Loan

The team at MONTICELLOAM, LLC (Monticello) followed up its refinance of a skilled nursing portfolio in Wisconsin with a working capital loan for the facilities’ operating companies. The original 10-year, first lien debt totaled $14.0 million and not only supported the refinance of two facilities but also the acquisition of the third skilled nursing/assisted living facility. Averaging around 42 years in age, the portfolio totals 305 beds and units.  Now, on behalf of the experienced owner/operator borrower, Monticello structured a $2.0 million working capital loan.  Read More »
Greystar Develops New Florida Community

Greystar Develops New Florida Community

Greystar Real Estate Partners announced the development of a new 55+ active adult community in Winter Garden, Florida. Situated near numerous shopping, dining and entertainment options, the community will feature 180 units, divided between 110 one-bedroom and 70 two-bedroom units.   There are also more than 9,000 square feet of amenities, including a clubhouse with a private wine room, a covered patio, swimming pool, dog park and golf cart trails. Finally, food options will include a communal food hall and brewery concept, along with multiple restaurant options, a rooftop bar and significant outdoor seating along Lake Hancock.   It will be called Overture Hamlin, joining two... 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 »