Skilled Nursing Values Hold Steady
The skilled nursing M&A market has continued to surprise us. Despite numerous headwinds, especially involving the rising cost and scarcity of labor as well as the declining lengths of stay and census across the industry, buyers are still flocking to the sector. And as a result, they have kept values steady at just below $80,000 per bed. In the last four quarters ended September 30, skilled nursing facilities sold on average for $78,500 per bed, just slightly higher than the $77,500 per bed average price for 2018, according to The Skilled Nursing Acquisition & Investment Report. We should note this is a preliminary figure, as deals will inevitably float to the surface as the year... Read More »
Green Brick Partners Adds Atlanta-Area Age-Restricted Community
Age-restricted (or active adult or 55+) housing has been a popular investment target in the last couple of years, and Green Brick Partners, Inc., a residential land developer, is making a huge investment in a community to be built in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The company, though its subsidiary The Providence Group of Georgia, purchased a 115-acre tract of land with 4,000 feet on frontage along the Chattahoochee River to develop a 916-unit age-restricted community in the town of Peachtree Corners. Atlanta-based active adult land investment group East Jones Bridge, LLC is the joint venture partner for the project. The plan includes a mix of condos, townhomes and single-family homes for sale,... Read More »
Two Senior Living Communities Get Financing from Regions Bank
Regions Bank closed a couple of transactions in recent weeks for both a to-be-built senior living community and an existing one whose owners were looking to get a small cash-out. The $29.2 million construction loan was arranged for a joint venture between a Midwest-based developer/owner and a Southeast-based operator. Located in a fast-growing Alabama market, the community will consist of 105 independent living and 27 memory care units in a three-story building. Jack Boudler and Chris Honn secured the $29.2 million, or $211,000 per unit, loan, which came with a five-year initial term, four years of interest only, and a staged reduction in loan repayment recourse. Also, at or prior to... Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Arranges Refinance for Florida AL Community
Cambridge Realty Capital Companies successfully refinanced an assisted living community in Largo, Florida (St. Petersburg MSA). The 63-bed community, which is owned by a Florida limited liability company, obtained a $4.1 million HUD loan with a fully amortizing 33-year and eight-month term. Amenities at the pet-friendly community include a hair and nail salon, library and gardens with walking paths. It also provides in-house therapy with Fusion Healthcare. Autumn Senior Living manages the community. This transaction was one of eight HUD Lean refinances that Cambridge closed in the previous HUD fiscal year, with a total of $80.8 million in volume. Read More »
The Pennant Group Debut
The Pennant Group is The Ensign Group’s latest spin off. If history repeats itself, the new company will succeed. It has been three weeks since The Pennant Group was spun out of The Ensign Group as a separate publicly traded company. This is not Ensign’s first rodeo when it comes to successful spin outs. Five years ago, it spun out the majority of its real estate assets (and mostly skilled nursing) into CareTrust REIT, which has been among the leaders in shareholder return among healthcare-oriented REITs. As Ensign grew its senior living and home health and hospice business, management decided that shareholders would benefit from higher valuation multiples if these assets were spun... Read More »
Alabama Owner Re-Enters Seniors Housing Market
They just couldn’t get away for long. After exiting the seniors housing space earlier this year, an Alabama-based family owner/operator got back in the game with the purchase of an independent/assisted living community in the state. Brooks Blackmon of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors facilitated both their exit (with help from Ben Firestone) and reentry. Mr. Blackmon closed the deal less than three months from the time Blueprint was engaged. The target was built as an assisted living community in 1997 but added independent living units in 1999. In addition, excess land intended for future development or another IL expansion was included in the sale. Given the general strength of... Read More »
Sino-Ocean Capital and Meridian Senior Living Acquire Two More Properties
A joint venture between Sino-Ocean Capital and Meridian Senior Living engaged Capital One to serve as administrative agent for a large multi-purpose financing package. The $108.9 million loan will be used to both finance the purchase of two seniors housing communities in Florida and refinance a previous Capital One loan that the JV used to acquire three communities in California. All five assets are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted (which helps provide for competitive pricing and terms), plus the transaction was structured to allow other assets to be added to the existing portfolio in the future. The Florida acquisition involved a 106-unit community in Fort Lauderdale and a... Read More »
Capital Funding Finances New Jersey Acquisition
Capital Funding, LLC financed the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in New Jersey, and they expect the transaction to come full circle with a HUD refinance in a few years. That business has been good to them, as Capital Funding is coming off 33 transactions and nearly $395 million in volume in HUD’s most recent fiscal year. Craig Casagrande originated the $13.8 million bridge loan. Featuring 126 beds, the facility is operated by Preferred Care. Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending October 18, 2019
Check out our recent senior care M&A deals! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Northeast-based owner/operatorDover Manor$5.3 million New York-based ownerBaird Nursing Home$950,000 Regional owner/operator2 TN skilled nursing... Read More »
Preparing for the Future of Seniors Housing
On October 15th, subscribers to The SeniorCare Investor and members of the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) met at the Duane Morris offices in New York City to discuss a topic relevant to many of our readers: the future of the seniors housing market in the 2020s and beyond. Where do you begin on a topic like that? Well, Steve Monroe led a panel discussion with Wayne Kaplan of Premier Senior Living Group, Matthew Whitlock of Berkshire Residential Investments, Jeffrey Sands of HJ Sims, Steven Krieger of Engel Burman and Meredith Oppenheim, an industry expert and alum of Sunrise Senior Living and Ventas. The conversation was wide ranging, but here were some of the key takeaways:... Read More »Schedule a demo
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