• 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 »
Welltower Is Going Transparent

Welltower Is Going Transparent

First, we have to applaud Welltower for being very transparent with regard to what is happening with its customers, specifically its seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) customers. This is very important, not only for REIT investors, but for the entire seniors housing community to better understand how this COVID-19 pandemic is impacting business, but also the general economic deterioration.  Last month, Welltower disclosed that its SHOP portfolio, which includes 612 properties with more than 73,000 units, had seen 20-basis point declines in occupancy every two weeks in March, that costs were rising and that tours and move-ins were starting to decline. This... Read More »
Some Providers Succeeding Despite COVID-19

Some Providers Succeeding Despite COVID-19

All we hear about is how COVID-19 is spreading through skilled nursing facilities and some seniors housing communities. Bad news sells, pure and simple. We certainly know that, and there has been plenty of bad news the past few years, and weeks. Have you ever seen the headline, “65 residents at assisted living community drank and danced at a Mardi Gras party”?  Really, never? It has happened. But it is not all doom and gloom out there.  Last week we spoke with a mid-sized California operator of assisted living communities in the state, and so far, they have been spared much of the COVID pain. Of the approximately dozen or so assisted living communities they operate, just four... Read More »
Dwight Capital Refinances New Jersey SNF

Dwight Capital Refinances New Jersey SNF

Dwight Capital arranged a HUD refinance for a skilled nursing facility in Union City, New Jersey (New York City MSA). Built in 2008 right at the New Jersey end of the Lincoln Tunnel, the 127-bed facility provides a variety of services including on-site diagnostic x-rays, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech/language pathology and podiatry services, among others. Its owner obtained a $12.4 million HUD loan with a 35-year term and amortization. The lower fixed interest rate also provided the borrower with substantial annual debt service savings. Adam Offman of Dwight Capital originated the transaction.  Read More »
Ziegler Closes SNF Portfolio Sale

Ziegler Closes SNF Portfolio Sale

Don Husi, Dan Revie and Tedd Van Gorden of Ziegler represented a not-for-profit owner of three skilled nursing facilities in Delaware in a sale that closed earlier this month. The sales price was $67.0 million, or just over $141,600 per bed/unit. That represents one of the highest prices in the state. The seller was Emerald Shelter Group, a Nashville, Tennessee-based owner of seniors housing, healthcare properties and affordable housing assets in the Midwest and Southeast.   Two of the nursing facilities are located in northern Delaware, in Newark and Wilmington, while the third property is located further south in Lewes. The portfolio includes 430 skilled... Read More »
PGIM Closes HUD Refinance for Maryland SNF Portfolio

PGIM Closes HUD Refinance for Maryland SNF Portfolio

PGIM Real Estate successfully closed a scattered site refinance through HUD of a portfolio of assisted living communities in Maryland. Operated by Rose Hill Management, the three communities total 64 units, with one property in Annapolis featuring two 16-unit buildings (plus memory care services) and the communities in Pasadena and Odenton each featuring just one 16-unit building. Occupancy was around 90% across the 1990s-vintage portfolio.   To consolidate the debt across the three sites, Chris Fenton of PGIM led the way on securing a single $5.5 million HUD loan with a 35-year term.  Read More »
People’s United Bank Hard at Work

People’s United Bank Hard at Work

The team at People’s United Bank has been very busy in the last month closing acquisition financings, arranging credit lines for hospital clients and processing PPP loans for its customers. In addition to adjusting to new working environments, this meant a lot of late nights and weekend work for the People’s teams.  First, the Healthcare Finance team closed two small loans to support Pinnacle Group’s acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Maine, with Claudia Gordon serving as relationship manager on the transaction. The acquisition included a 64-bed facility in North Berwick and an 86-bed facility in Sanford, joining Pinnacle’s 114-bed senior care facility in Canton, Maine... Read More »
Are Nursing Home Residents Really “Sitting Ducks”?

Are Nursing Home Residents Really “Sitting Ducks”?

Nursing home residents live there because they are frail and often with major illnesses. As a result, they are more prone to infections than others, with worse outcomes. But don’t call them sitting ducks. We all know that The New York Times has had an issue with the entire skilled nursing sector for many years. They just like to pick on it, and when there is a major problem, they pounce. Much like they did last year with the record HUD loan loss, and now this year with the pandemic. But what really irritated me was the recent front-page headline which included, “Residents Are Sitting Ducks.” Now, this phrase did come from someone they interviewed, but the only thing the reader will... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes Several Financings and a Sale

Meridian Capital Group Closes Several Financings and a Sale

The team at Meridian Capital Group has been hard at work closing a number of transactions in the last few weeks. They have clearly gained some experience on how to get deals done in this COVID-19 environment, which we recently highlighted in a Q&A with Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson.  For a total of 13 skilled nursing facilities in four states, the team closed $165 million in transaction volume since the end of March. The largest financing was a $39 million non-recourse loan, with a 10-year term and aggressive pricing from a commercial bank, to refinance two skilled nursing facilities and 240 total beds in Maryland. The Meridian trio also refinanced five skilled nursing... Read More »
M&T Realty Finances King County Senior Living Community

M&T Realty Finances King County Senior Living Community

Following a recent expansion of its senior living community in King County, Washington, a family owner turned to Steve Muth of M&T Realty Capital Corporation to secure Freddie Mac financing for it. The borrower originally built the property (located in Enumclaw about 35 miles southeast of Seattle) in 1986 with just 45 units, but in February 2018, they completed an expansion and renovation that brought the total number of units to 108, with 50 independent living, 37 assisted living and 21 memory care units.   This was the owner’s first Freddie Mac transaction, which consisted of a $16.8 million loan arranged through the agency’s Optigo® program to pay off the construction loan from... Read More »
MONTICELLOAM Arranges Acquisition Loan for Maryland SNF Portfolio

MONTICELLOAM Arranges Acquisition Loan for Maryland SNF Portfolio

MONTICELLOAM, LLC (Monticello) is continuing its April activity with an acquisition financing closed for a skilled nursing portfolio with 460 total beds in Maryland. The buyer was an experienced owner/operator with a current portfolio of 2,459 licensed beds. They have also worked with Monticello before, receiving acquisition financings for a number of other facilities in 2019 and 2020.  The most recent transaction consisted of $66.6 million in first lien debt, with comes out to nearly $145,000 per bed, a high figure for skilled nursing facilities, even in the state of Maryland. It all depends on payor mix, occupancy and most importantly, cash flow, and these facilities must be... Read More »