Record Sale Price
Brookdale Senior Living has agreed to sell its trophy community in New York City at a record price to Ventas, but will keep the management. Anyone who heard former Brookdale Senior Living CEO Mark Schulte address the ASHA annual meeting in the aftermath of 9/11 will never forget it. He talked about their newest project in lower Manhattan. There was nary a dry eye in the room. The community, called The Hallmark at Battery Park at the time, was still in fill-up, covered in inches of dust and debris, and had to be evacuated. The industry at other communities pulled together, took in as many Brookdale residents as possible, not knowing how long they would stay, not knowing how they would get... Read More »
Going Out On Top
We’ve been saying this since 2014, but it seems to be a good time to sell a seniors housing property. Prices are still near record highs in the assisted living market, at $221,250 per unit in 2017, according to the 23rd Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report. The M&A market, even during the normally quiet summer months, is as frothy as ever, with 52 deals announced in the third quarter, so far. But even these reasons aside, a local partnership in Wisconsin is truly exiting the market on top, with its 60-unit assisted living community fully occupied (with a 100% private pay census) and operating at a 31% margin. Built in stages in 2007, 2009 and 2014 in the affluent Green Bay... Read More »
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease. No one can argue with that. And if we live long enough, without a cure, many of us will also succumb to Alzheimer’s. They say health care is local, but Alzheimer’s is global. It does not spare any race, income level or geography. While I would like to say it is only a disease that afflicts older people, many of us have known people in their 40’s, 50’s or 60’s who have suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s. It is a disease that does not discriminate. That is why at Levin Associates we have dedicated our 70th anniversary to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s. It started with The Longest Day on June 21 with various activities in our office that raised awareness... Read More »
Oregon Operator Refinances Bond Debt
The long-term owner of an assisted living/memory care community in Oregon went to MidCap Financial to help recapture equity for its other development projects and to fund property improvements. Caring Places, an operator of 11 communities in Washington and Oregon, secured a $4.65 million floating-rate loan, with a three-year term, to refinance bond debt on its 66-unit community in Forest Grove (Portland MSA). Featuring 44 assisted living and 22 memory care units, the property was originally developed by Caring Places in 1991. That long-term vision will continue, as Caring Places looks to eventually refinance this first mortgage through HUD. Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Sells CCRC Portfolio
It is amazing what patience, capital, expertise and desire can do to change things around for a few bankrupt entrance-fee CCRCs. We are referring to Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire, Illinois and Monarch Landing in Naperville, Illinois that fell into bankruptcy in 2010 and were sold in an auction process for a combined total of about $39.25 million. They had been built by the former Erickson Retirement Communities, which itself filed for bankruptcy protection after problems with too much debt and too many new units to fill during the Great Recession, although these two CCRCs were outside the corporate bankruptcy. Monarch Landing was supposed to be built with 1,498 IL units, 84 AL units and 132... Read More »
In-Place Operator Steps In As Buyer
A successful bidding process for a portfolio of four assisted living/memory care communities ultimately yielded a familiar buyer: the portfolio’s existing operator. Located in Oregon and Washington, the 152-unit portfolio was owned by a partnership among four seniors housing industry veterans, who were looking to retire from the business. Averaging over 20 years old, the properties included two well-performing locations and two that would be considered value-add. They actually are part of a larger portfolio disposition by the partner owners, as a 65-unit AL/IL community in Wenatchee, Washington already sold earlier this year. Two others are in escrow and are scheduled to close in the... Read More »
California Retirement Community Sells
The acquisition market is alive and well, at least it is in California, where demand for properties remains quite strong. The 158-unit, 96,700 square foot community has about 15 memory care units with all the remaining units licensed for both assisted living and independent living. Located just south of San Francisco, the community was built in 1986 and has not received the capex that it should have over the years. Occupancy suffered, at about 55%, despite having below market monthly rates. It was self-managed by a group of multifamily investors, so one could consider it to be somewhat of an orphan property. Because of the low occupancy, it was operating close to break even on estimated... Read More »
New Seniors Housing Investor In The Old Dominion
There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry by the name of Bonaventure Realty Group. Coming from the multifamily space, like many new seniors housing investors these days, Arlington, Virginia-based Bonaventure plans to open its first independent living community further south in the town of Henrico (Richmond MSA). Featuring 148 one- and two-bedroom units, the community (called Aspire at Carriage Hill) will host a number of amenities, including an indoor pool, salon and spa, fitness center, patio, gazebo and outdoor dining with a fire pit, among others. Amenities from the adjacent gated 55+ apartment complex will also be available to residents. The total cost is estimated to be... Read More »
Brookdale vs. Land & Buildings
Jonathan Litt of activist investor Land & Buildings has sent yet another letter to Brookdale Senior Living shareholders, still calling for a sale of the real estate. It appears that Brookdale Senior Living is at the early stages of righting its ship. And, activist investor Jonathan Litt of Land & Buildings has been complimenting management for its actions in the past year. But he still is not happy. Who could blame him with Brookdale’s share price still in the toilet at under $8.00 per share. He continues to believe the market is not recognizing the inherent value in Brookdale’s owned real estate, to which we continue to say, that is not how the market should value an operating... Read More »
Struggling SNFs Sell in the Rust Belt
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold two skilled nursing facilities in the Rust Belt that had experienced some operational struggles. First, things were looking up for a 160-bed facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After landing on the SFF list in 2014, which brought on a new third-party operator, the facility began to turn its operations (and cash flow) around by mid-2017. Built in 1965, it was renovated in 2011 to offer more private rooms and was situated only blocks from one of the largest full-service hospitals in the Milwaukee MSA. Its publicly-traded REIT owner determined the facility to be non-core and sold it to a Chicago-based investor for an undisclosed price. The buyer’s... Read More »Schedule a demo
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