• 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 »
National Health Investors Beats the Odds

National Health Investors Beats the Odds

Sometimes the regular, tried and true sale/leaseback arrangements that used to be the mainstay of REIT financing still work. Just ask National Health Investors (NHI). After reading some of the depressing second quarter earnings releases, some more than others, it was a bit refreshing to see that NHI reported an 8% increase in lease income, an 11% increase in net income, an 8% increase in net income per share and a 7% increase in FFO per share, all year over year. And you thought the sky was falling.  The REIT collected about 100% of second quarter’s contracted rents, and approximately 96.9% of rents due in July (so far). Have they granted some concessions? Sure, for the... Read More »
Colony Capital Sells Connecticut Memory Care Community

Colony Capital Sells Connecticut Memory Care Community

A 48-unit memory care community in Clinton, Connecticut (New Haven MSA) has a new, New York-based owner/operator, thanks to the work of Steve Thomes, Ben Firestone and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. According to our M&A database Deal Search Online, this property previously sold in 2013 for $10.5 million, or $218,750 per unit.   Previously owned by the private equity firm Westport Capital, it was operating at roughly a 30% margin on approximately $3.2 million of revenues. Occupancy was also close to 100%, with rents ranging from $5,000 to $6,000 per month. So, things were going well. Not only that, the 10-year old community was substantially renovated in... Read More »
Gardner Capital Invests In Midwest Seniors Housing Properties

Gardner Capital Invests In Midwest Seniors Housing Properties

Family-owned private equity firm Gardner Capital made a couple of investments in the senior apartment market, both in the Midwest. First, the company and partner Housing Authority of Elgin developed a brand-new community in West Dundee, Illinois, with 61 units set aside for low-income seniors. And according to Gardner Capital, this is just the first of several projects planned for the Chicago area.  The community features one-bedroom units with 735 square feet and two-bedroom units with 892 square feet. Omaha, Nebraska-based Seldin Company will operate it, adding the property to its large presence in the central United States, including in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,... Read More »
Bellwether Enterprise Secures Freddie Mac Financing

Bellwether Enterprise Secures Freddie Mac Financing

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital closed a cash-out refinance for a large active adult community in Placentia, California. Owned and operated by Mesa Management, Emerald Isle features a total of 422 units, with both one- and two-bedroom options ranging in size from 588 to 1,128 square feet. There are also numerous amenities, from a fitness center and clubhouse to a putting green and heated swimming pool/spa. It was built in 2004.  Working through Freddie Mac, Bellwether Enterprise’s Jason Krupoff originated $82.487 million in financing for the property. The 10-year loan includes five years of interest only at an interest rate below 3% and was underwritten at a 60% loan-to-value... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 14, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 14, 2020

There were a few deals announced this week in the seniors housing and care market, check them out here! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice New York-based owner/operatorThe Shoreline of ClintonN/A Summit LTC ManagementSouth Place Rehabilitation & Skilled NursingN/A ValStone PartnersHermitage Gardens of Oxford & Hermitage Gardens of SouthavenN/A Michigan-based companyRidgeCrest Health... Read More »
Private Equity And Nursing Homes

Private Equity And Nursing Homes

There have been a lot of stories in the media about private equity and nursing homes, often by The New York Times, which seems to have a “thing” about the nursing home industry. All that we have seen has been negative in varying degrees, mostly dealing with cuts in staffing, declining quality of care and increased leverage.   But a recent study by three academics from UCLA and Duke took a very detailed look at what happened to staffing, specifically nursing, when PE firms bought nursing homes. The study also tried to pinpoint what caused PE firms to change the level of staffing, as well as which staff jobs went up or down.  The study covered 77 PE acquisitions covering... Read More »
Summit LTC Management Acquires East Texas SNF

Summit LTC Management Acquires East Texas SNF

The Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors team worked together to sell a 112-bed skilled nursing facility located near the University of Texas Health, East Texas campus in Athens, Texas. Built in 1987, the facility has mostly semi-private rooms. It historically operated well while enrolled in QIPP, but a new local competitor put downward pressure on the facility’s quality mix, and surely on its operating margins too.  The undisclosed REIT seller decided to divest, and after five competitive offers, Summit LTC Management, a Fort Worth-based owner/operator, was selected as the buyer. It has an existing presence in East Texas, which should help in the operational turnaround. The... Read More »
Monticello Funds Wisconsin Acquisition and Refinance

Monticello Funds Wisconsin Acquisition and Refinance

MONTICELLOAM, LLC (Monticello) and its affiliates recently structured first lien debt for a portfolio of three senior care facilities in Wisconsin. The purpose of the debt was two-fold, with a portion going towards the acquisition of an assisted living/skilled nursing property and the remaining amount refinancing two skilled nursing facilities. The portfolio averages around 42 years in age and totals 305 beds and units.   Monticello provided $14.00 million in first lien debt, which came with a 10-year term. The buyer was an experienced owner and operator with a current portfolio of 4,969 licensed beds/units.  Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Lowers Rate On 16 Facilities

Cambridge Realty Capital Lowers Rate On 16 Facilities

Cambridge Realty Capital announced a slew of HUD loan modifications in the first half of 2020. The lender worked on behalf of borrowers with a combined 16 healthcare facilities that all had HUD mortgages. They are located in Illinois, California, Ohio, Texas, New Jersey and Iowa. In total, Cambridge funded over $200 million in loan modifications, resulting in a lower interest rate for its clients.  This announcement comes a month after Cambridge closed a HUD refinance of a 115-bed skilled nursing facility in northeast Texas in the city of Longview. Built in the 1980s but well maintained, this facility has so far been spared from COVID-19. The New York-based owner decided to refinance... Read More »
Brookdale, Genesis Report Tough Quarters

Brookdale, Genesis Report Tough Quarters

Brookdale Senior Living and Genesis HealthCare, the two largest providers, were not spared from COVID’s devastation in the second quarter. The two largest providers in their respective sectors, Brookdale Senior Living in seniors housing and Genesis HealthCare in skilled nursing, did not escape COVID’s wrath. No one expected they would. Fortunately for Brookdale, they have negotiated most of their underwater leases, so that will lessen the economic pain. But consolidated occupancy fell 440 basis points from the first quarter to the second. As of July 31, occupancy was at 76.6%, 120 basis points below the June 30 level. And COVID is spreading in two of its largest states, Florida and... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Sells Michigan Senior Care Campus

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Sells Michigan Senior Care Campus

Ryan Saul, Joe Young and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage successfully sold a senior care campus in Jackson, Michigan. Originally built in 2010, the property comprises 90 total units, split between 50 private skilled nursing beds and 40 assisted living units. Historically, it operated well with occupancy consistently around 95%. Census was impacted during the Michigan stay at home mandate, but it quickly recovered above 90% again. The campus also boasted a quality mix above 50%, making it an attractive acquisition prospect, we are sure.   The seller was Trilogy Health Services, which owns and operates communities across Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. With an... Read More »