• 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 »
Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio

Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio

HFF used all of their Southeast expertise to sell an assisted living portfolio located in Georgia (3), Florida and South Carolina. The communities were previously owned by Principal Senior Living Group (PSLG) and operated under the Benton House brand. They were built between 2014 and 2018 and featured strong occupancy, except for the brand-new South Carolina community that was still in lease-up. Close to a third of the 326 units were reserved for memory care residents. Bridge Investment Group paid approximately $79 million, or over $240,000 per unit, for the portfolio, which will continue to operate under the Benton House brand. Ross Sanders and David Fasano along with senior managing... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing’s Latest High-End Development

Capitol Seniors Housing’s Latest High-End Development

Always one to develop in affluent, high barrier-to-entry markets, Capitol Seniors Housing is expanding its presence in the New York City metro area with a brand-new assisted living/memory care community in Clarkstown, New York. Situated in the affluent community of New City, the property will feature 80 units upon its completion in early 2020. Atria Senior Living will operate it, drawing on its experience operating similar communities in the tri-state area. Construction costs come in at an approximate $30 million, or $375,000 per unit, which makes sense given the expensive real estate, number of amenities and the high-end finishes. Read More »
Capital Health Group Kicks Off Northeast Strategy

Capital Health Group Kicks Off Northeast Strategy

Nearly a decade on from its last New England acquisition, Capital Health Group added three senior living communities in Rhode Island to its portfolio. The private equity firm has big plans for the properties, expecting to reposition them through $14.9 million in extensive renovations and a change to the programming mix to better meet market demand. Totaling 371 units and 385 beds, the communities currently offer independent living, assisted living and memory care units at locations in East Greenwich, Johnston and Riverside. Capital Health Group’s affiliated management company, Milestone Retirement Communities, will take over operations and oversee the repositioning project. This deal... Read More »
Here Comes Helios Healthcare Advisors

Here Comes Helios Healthcare Advisors

There’s a new brokerage business on the block, and it’s called Helios Healthcare Advisors. Founded by Bill Janis (formerly of Cambridge Realty Capital Companies) and Mario Wilson (from Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors), the firm just announced its first transaction, a $6.1 million acquisition financing arranged on behalf of a California-based joint venture. With the debt and equity capital (provided by a private, non-bank lender), a Northern California-based operator and Atlantis Senior Living, based in Orange County, California were able to purchase a 145-bed assisted living community in Joaquin County (Bay Area). In addition to the acquisition financing, Messrs. Janis and Wilson... Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Skilled Nursing Portfolio Sale

Blueprint Arranges Skilled Nursing Portfolio Sale

A Southeast-based real estate investor acquired four skilled nursing facilities and found two operating partners to take on their management, thanks in large part to Steve Thomes and Trent Gherardini of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Previously owned by an East Coast-based operator, three of the facilities are located in the Boston MSA and one is in eastern Georgia between Atlanta and Savannah. That geographic disparity led Blueprint to find two separate regionally-focused operating groups to enter into two independent leases for the facilities. As a portfolio, the facilities generated more than $2.5 million in EBITDAR on over $29 million of revenues across the 400 beds, for an... Read More »
CBRE’s “Triple-A” Acquisition Financing

CBRE’s “Triple-A” Acquisition Financing

Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE helped arrange acquisition financing on behalf of Angelo Gordon & Co. and Auctus Capital Partners to purchase an assisted living/memory care community in Oakland, California. Located in the affluent submarket of Rockridge, this 148-unit community was originally built in 1981 but recently underwent two multimillion-dollar renovations which have made it a top competitor in the area. The first renovation in 2013 converted 30 assisted living units into a dedicated memory care wing, and the second renovation in 2016 (at $4.8 million) saw updates made to the interior and exterior common areas, amenities, units and landscaping. On top of that,... Read More »
HJ Sims Finances Delray Beach Development

HJ Sims Finances Delray Beach Development

A senior living development in Delray Beach, Florida is inching towards opening its doors and just received $51.45 million in bonds to cover lease-up costs and other cash needs, arranged by HJ Sims. The mix of tax-exempt and taxable bonds, including $11.6 million in subordinate tax-exempt bonds, were sold to institutional investors and to Sim’s investors. They featured step-coupons, which would have an initial lower coupon during construction and lease-up and increase to a more traditional, non-rated coupon after that period. Sims also structured an optimal redemption window starting in five years with a mandatory tender of 11 years from closing. The project is sponsor Tuscan Garden’s... Read More »
Seniors Housing & Care Acquisition Stats

Seniors Housing & Care Acquisition Stats

The Seniors Housing Acquisition and Investment Report, and the Skilled Nursing Acquisition and Investment Report will be coming soon with better data then ever before. We are closing out the 2018 data for our skilled nursing and seniors housing acquisition market statistics, which will be presented in two separate reports this year, to be released in March. They will be called the Seniors Housing Acquisition and Investment Report, and the Skilled Nursing Acquisition and Investment Report. Let’s just say that with a record number of publicly announced transactions last year, plus the private ones we receive, the quality of the data for this year’s reports is the best it has ever been. It... Read More »
Mainstay Senior Living Expands North Georgia Presence

Mainstay Senior Living Expands North Georgia Presence

The original developer of a senior living community in Lawrenceville, Georgia was looking to move on to other development opportunities in North Georgia and hired Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to exit the asset. Built in stages in 1992, 1996 and 2006, the community consists of two buildings, one of which has 32 units each of assisted living and memory care and one that contains 61 independent living units. Also, between 2012 and 2013, it underwent a $1.0 million renovation that saw the addition of a new roof, entertainment room, gutters, updated landscaping, lighting and windows. Its license was updated from a personal care one to assisted living, too. Occupancy was... Read More »
HHC Finance Capital Advisory Group’s Billion-Dollar Year

HHC Finance Capital Advisory Group’s Billion-Dollar Year

It was quite the year for Housing & Healthcare Finance’s Capital Advisory Group, which just about doubled its loan volume from about $510 million in 2017 (just its first full year in business) to over $1 billion in 2018. That impressive haul came from more than 60 bridge loans and credit facilities closing for skilled nursing and assisted living properties across 22 states. Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss (who was a panelist on our recent webinar about, you guessed it, bridge loans) have led the group since its inception in late-2016. Not only has their growing volume been impressive, but their transaction speed too, closing one $12 million bridge loan for a skilled nursing facility in... Read More »