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Joshua Rosen of Capital One successfully refinanced a large supportive living facility in Des Plaines, Illinois (Chicago MSA). Originally built in 1967 as an independent/supportive living facility, its owners decided to upgrade the independent living portion to assisted living in 2015. They then built a 71-bed skilled nursing wing in 2018, adding to the existing 162 AL and 150 supportive living units. The refinance wasn’t straightforward, as part of the property was in a floodway. But Mr. Rosen identified an opportunity to legally change the survey plat to carve out a floodway, enabling the refinance to continue. The borrower, a repeat Capital One customer, received a $28.4 million HUD... Read More »
Genesis’ Texas Exodus
Genesis HealthCare is nearing its total exit from the state of Texas, completing the sale of 16 skilled nursing facilities (15 owned and one leased) in the state. Genesis had also previously exited the operations on another leased facility and now has just seven SNFs under operation in Texas. All are expected to be sold in the fourth quarter of 2018 as part of a greater process by Genesis to divest underperforming or non-strategic assets. Aggregate revenues and EBITDA for the entire Texas portfolio (24 facilities) was approximately $175 million and $7 million, respectively. The exit is expected to reduce indebtedness by about $94 million, a significant step for the company that is still... Read More »
Ensign At It Again
Amid the deal frenzy at the start of October, the ever-prolific Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) added another seniors housing community to its portfolio. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, the community features 53 assisted living and 20 memory care units. Occupancy was just 74%, but that is typical for an Ensign acquisition. Its subsidiary, Bridgestone Living, acquired both the real estate and operations of the community for an undisclosed price, bringing Ensign’s portfolio to 52 assisted/independent living communities and 186 skilled nursing facilities. Read More »
Near-Record Third Quarter M&A Volume
Heavy demand continues for properties across the seniors housing and care spectrum. I know I have been a little negative on the market in the past year or so, given all the problems we have seen and written about, not to mention peak pricing a year ago. I am not sure how to take it, but I guess people have not been listening. The acquisition activity continues unabated, with back to back quarters with more than 100 announced acquisitions each. This is a very strong market with heavy demand across the seniors housing and care spectrum. With 102 deals in the third quarter, we have now posted 293 transactions through September 30. That puts us on track for a record year, beating out 2015 as... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Rises This Fall
As September turned to October, Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced an impressive run of transactions. First, Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito sold two memory care communities in California for $17 million, or $347,000 per unit, with a 9.5% cap rate. With that high price, you might assume the facilities had just opened or were fully occupied, or both. Instead, the communities were built in the mid-1980s (one was renovated in 2001) and were occupied in the mid-80s. They were small too, totaling just 49 units across the two locations (in Menlo Park and Sunnyvale). The operating margin was a solid 32% on nearly $5 million of revenues, and rents were high (close to... Read More »
Not-For-Profits Swap Minnesota Senior Living Communities
Ray Giannini and John Klement of Marcus & Millichap’s Milwaukee Seniors Housing Group represented a not-for-profit in the sale of its two senior living communities in Buffalo, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). The buyer? It was another not-for-profit. The portfolio includes one purpose-built memory care community with 24 units (48 beds) and one repurposed 67-unit assisted living community, both built (or repurposed) in the early-1990s, centrally located and well occupied. They sold for a combined $9.3 million, or $102,200 per unit, with an $11.6% cap rate. Read More »
Ziegler Issues Bonds For Large CCRC Acquisition
A large CCRC portfolio sold to The Trousdale Foundation, a Boston-based not-for-profit owner/operator, thanks in part to a $200.57 million bond financing arranged by Ziegler. Totaling nearly 1,600 beds and units, the portfolio features three CCRCs in Dayton, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, and Sebring, Florida, and one skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were originally acquired from 2001 to 2011 by the seller, Covington Senior Living. In those transactions, the CCRCs sold for between $35,000 and $40,000 per bed/unit, while the fourth facility was originally purchased for close to $100,000 per bed/unit. The communities are on the older side (built in the 1970s... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending 9/28/2018
Check out our recent senior care M&A deals! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Northwind GroupSkilled nursing portfolio$182.5 million The Trousdale Foundation, Inc.4 seniors housing properties$157 million Local operatorSilver Point Plaza & Crescent Villa$17 million LCS/TH Real Estate7 senior living... Read More »
Berkadia Bonanza
Berkadia closed over $200 million in loans this month, in both its Proprietary Bridge Lending and Commercial Mortgage platforms. Beginning with its agency transactions, Berkadia’s Jay Healy secured HUD loans totaling over $36 million for two skilled nursing facilities clients. The larger loan, at $29.5 million, was arranged on behalf of a repeat client of Berkadia to retire bridge debt used to acquire three skilled nursing facilities in Colorado, Kansas and Nevada. Acquired in 2017, the facilities total 110 beds and average 94% occupancy. The smaller $6.7 million loan refinanced a 47-bed, 11-year old SNF in New Mexico owned and operated by two other repeat clients of Berkadia. Then, Rafael... Read More »