• Berkadia Secures Large Portfolio Refinance

    Berkadia closed $627.2 million in agency financing for Project Raven. Project Raven is a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio with 4,395 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The portfolio spans 15 states. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco and Alex Rosenfeld handled the financing on behalf of an institutional borrower.... Read More »
  • What Does Brookdale’s Proxy Fight Cost?

    It seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another SEC filing by Brookdale Senior Living detailing why its slate of Board candidates is far better for shareholders than the slate submitted by activist investor Ortelius Advisors. But how much are they spending on this? It would be nice to know, and we are sure shareholders would rather have... Read More »
  • Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

    We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on... Read More »
  • BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2014 and with a major renovation and addition completed in 2018, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory... Read More »
  • The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

    On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship... Read More »
Genesis HealthCare Buys and Divests

Genesis HealthCare Buys and Divests

As it continues to improve its capital structure and rationalize its lease exposure, Genesis HealthCare has joint ventured with Next Healthcare Capital to buy 15 skilled nursing facilities with 2,147 total beds previously leased from Welltower located in Pennsylvania (6), New Jersey (4), Connecticut (3), West Virginia and Massachusetts. Genesis will own a 46% stake in the venture, and lease the properties, at presumably a lower rate than with Welltower, and there will be no escalators for the first five years. Welltower’s lease had 2% annual escalators. Next Healthcare appears to be willing to wait for that extra return, since Genesis has a purchase option beginning in 2026 to buy out the... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Shows Its Strength

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Shows Its Strength

Starting his year off strong, Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold an Assisted Living Program (ALP) community in western New York for $3.0 million, or $125,000 per unit, at a 10.2% cap rate. Introduced in the state around 30 years ago, the ALP program essentially provides a higher level of care (close to skilled nursing) in an assisted living setting for Medicaid residents. It’s proven to be a win for the state, which can reimburse nearly skilled nursing level care at a lower rate, and for the providers, which can take in Medicaid residents at a significantly higher rate. Even with the higher care and staffing costs, those all-Medicaid facilities can often boast 30%... Read More »
Giannini Gets It Done in Wisconsin

Giannini Gets It Done in Wisconsin

Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap sold a senior care campus in Wisconsin for $14 million, or about $80,500 per bed. Located on the Illinois border in Beloit, the property features 120 skilled nursing and 54 assisted living beds. The SNF was well occupied but with a high Medicaid census, while the assisted living was all private pay. It benefits from a good local reputation and its proximity to retail shopping areas. The new owner was not disclosed. Read More »
Not-For-Profit Exits Two Non-Core New Mexico Assets

Not-For-Profit Exits Two Non-Core New Mexico Assets

Blueprint’s next skilled nursing transaction came from out West, in New Mexico, and featured two facilities formerly owned by the largest not-for-profit senior care provider in the country, Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, which merged with another Sioux Falls-based healthcare company, Sanford Health, in June 2018 to create a $6 billion entity. Considered to be non-core by the nonprofit, the rural facilities totaled 150 skilled nursing beds and 25 independent/assisted living units but were located on opposite sides of the state in Aztec and Lovington. They were well maintained, with one facility recently undergoing a major renovation. Amy Sitzman... Read More »
Dekel Capital Funds Latest California Construction Project

Dekel Capital Funds Latest California Construction Project

Who says construction is slowing down? It may very well be, but we keep seeing an active market for construction loans. Dekel Capital arranged one of those totaling $38.7 million for a to-be-built assisted living/memory care community in Glendale, California. East West Bank originated the four-year loan, which came with 36 months of interest-only payments, at 65% loan-to-cost for the developer, Willis Development. Dekel, through its proprietary equity fund Dekel Strategic Investors, also provided $20.7 million in JV equity for the development. Read More »
Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Having just undergone a renovation and a rebranding, an assisted living/memory care community in Dallas, Texas obtained a first mortgage loan, courtesy of MidCap Financial. The borrower for the $6.25 million floating-rate loan was a joint venture between private equity firm Artemis Real Estate Partners and Fort Worth-based operator Civitas Senior Living. Read More »
Capital Funding Refinances Baltimore Skilled Nursing Facility

Capital Funding Refinances Baltimore Skilled Nursing Facility

Over four years after acquiring a 105-bed skilled nursing facility in Baltimore, Maryland, its owner decided to refinance with the help of Tim Eberhardt and Erik Howard of Capital Funding. Part of a three-property portfolio, this facility was built in 1976 and enjoyed consistently strong operating results. The owner had built up equity at the property, and through the refinance was able to deleverage the other two assets in the portfolio, including the repayment of “non-project” debt. The Capital Funding team also converted a short-term, non-agency loan into permanent, fixed-rate HUD financing that totaled $12.3 million. Read More »
Cain Brothers Closes Bonds For Affordable Assisted Living Acquisition

Cain Brothers Closes Bonds For Affordable Assisted Living Acquisition

An affordable assisted living community is going up in Mishawaka, Indiana, thanks in large part to a tax-exempt bond issue managed by Cain Brothers. Developed at a cost of approximately $28 million, or $205,900 per unit, the community will feature 55 studios and 81 one-bedroom units for residents whose household income does not exceed 60% of the area median income. The going Medicaid waiver rates range from $2,881 for a studio to $3,378 for a one-bedroom unit through Indiana’s Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waiver Program. In addition to the $18.5 million bond issuance at a fixed rate of 5.75%, the project received $9.3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity from NDC,... Read More »
Thank Wayne Kaplan

Thank Wayne Kaplan

Offering free meals to federal workers without a paycheck is the way to go. For all of you who have descended on Los Angeles for the annual ASHA meeting this week, please thank Wayne Kaplan of Premier Senior Living for their generosity, and smarts. At the company’s 23 assisted living and memory care communities located in six states, they have been offering federal workers going without a paycheck free meals at their communities. It can be breakfast, lunch and dinner. While we don’t know how many people took them up on this offer, think of the goodwill it will generate across their locations, especially when the word gets out. We are making the assumption, of course, that the food is good.... Read More »
The Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae 2018 Rankings Are In

The Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae 2018 Rankings Are In

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac came out with their 2018 multifamily loan production rankings, showing more than $143 billion in volume was closed across the two agencies. Compared with last year, that resulted in a 3% decrease for Fannie Mae but a 7% increase for Freddie Mac. That’s a lot of capital injected into multifamily assets. Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital placed first for the Fannie Mae list with $8.1 billion in closings, followed by Walker & Dunlop ($6.9 billion) and Berkadia Commercial Mortgage ($6.6 billion). On the Freddie Mac rankings, CBRE came out on top with $13.7 billion in loans closed, with Berkadia ($9.9 billion) and HFF ($7.2 billion) taking second and third.... Read More »