


Intergenerational Community Secures Refinance
BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as the lead arranger and administrative agent on a term loan refinancing for an intergenerational community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of Harrison Street and Oppidan. Built in 2020, The Pillars of Prospect Park comprises 282 independent living, assisted living, memory care and student housing units. The community also features a child-care/learning center with capacity for about 100 children. Ebenezer manages the community. This was the fifth community developed together by Oppidan and Ebenezer. In August, Berkadia announced its role in arranging the refinance of The Pillars. To take out an existing construction loan, Austin Sacco... Read More »
Standalone Memory Care Community Trades in Colorado
Blueprint facilitated the sale of a standalone memory care community in a part of Colorado with limited local competition and affluent wealth demographics. Built in 2016, the community comprises 50 private studio apartments with in-unit bathrooms in Grand Junction. At the time of marketing, it had demonstrated strong upward trending performance with occupancy approaching 84%, allowing an incoming owner/operator to continue the positive momentum and capitalize on future rate growth and expense efficiencies once stabilized. Amy Sitzman, Scott Frazier and Giancarlo Riso handled the transaction. Blueprint targeted regional and national memory care-specific owners and operators, which yielded... Read More »
Convivial Secures Bond Financing
Ziegler announced the closing of Convivial St. Petersburg, LLC’s Series 2024 revenue bond anticipation notes. The Series 2024 notes are comprised of $23.4 million of tax-exempt Series 2024A notes sold publicly to institutional investors and a total of $6 million of subordinate tax-exempt and taxable notes purchased by an affiliate of the developer and manager of the project. Convivial will use the proceeds of the Series 2024 notes to fund the land acquisition, certain pre-development expenditures and marketing costs of a planned CCRC on 5.27 acres in St. Petersburg, Florida. The CCRC is anticipated to consist of two residential buildings with 170 independent living units, 48 assisted... Read More »
Kauhale Health Acquires in Ohio
A growing owner/operator added another community to its portfolio in Ohio. Kauhale Health acquired Symphony Centerville, a 60-unit memory care community in Centerville, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. Built in 2016, the community has 57 private and three shared units, and exclusively caters to private pay residents. There are also amenities like a great room with fireplace, community theater, large exterior courtyard with walking/patio areas, a spa, resident gardens, rehab spaces and aromatherapy. We understand the property improved its occupancy and operating margin significantly since the pandemic, but there is still some room for improvement. Kauhale Healthcare Real Estate, an affiliate of... Read More »
NHI Makes Largest Purchase Since 2020
The publicly traded REITs seem to be some of the most obvious group of investors to take advantage of the attractive buying opportunity in seniors housing today, but so far, Welltower has hogged most of the spotlight. That is unsurprising, given Welltower’s size. And the smaller REITs saw few portfolio deals on the market in the last year, instead having to acquire properties in piecemeal. However, National Health Investors has announced its largest deal since 2020, acquiring 10 assisted living/memory care communities in North Carolina for $121.3 million, or $232,400 per unit. Blueprint originally marketed two communities on behalf of the joint venture owner, but the deal eventually... Read More »
Brookdale’s Still Lagging
After Brookdale Senior Living finally topped 80% in month-end occupancy in August, reaching 80.4%, the company reported 80.5% in month-end occupancy for September, indicating weaker momentum going into Q4 compared to prior years. We said improvements would need to be maintained through Q4 to head into the winter/flu season in a strong position. So far, the company is, unfortunately, only maintaining, with just a 10 basis point increase from August to September. Brookdale also reported a Q3 average occupancy of 78.9%. Yes, this is an 80-basis point increase quarter over quarter and a 130-basis point increase year over year, but it is typical to see senior living occupancy grow the... Read More »
Live Oak Closes Three Bridge Loans
Live Oak Bank has been actively lending this Fall, so far, announcing three closings in recent weeks. The bank first closed a $13.5 million bridge loan for Bakerson Companies. The bridge-to-agency loan features a three-year initial term and 24 months of interest-only payments. Loan proceeds were used to recapitalize part of the all-cash purchase of a 172-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community earlier this year in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. Also in September, Live Oak closed a $47.5 million bridge loan for a Florida-based seniors housing owner. The loan provides bridge-to-sale financing and features a three-year initial term, 24 months of interest-only... Read More »
Investor Purchases Upstate New York ALP Portfolio
A portfolio of ALP (Assisted Living Program) communities sold in upstate New York, with Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the transaction. ALP properties serve those who are medically eligible for nursing home placement (and mostly are Medicaid recipients) but provide care for them in a less medically intensive, lower cost setting more similar to an assisted living community. So the state saves on the higher cost of a nursing home, and the provider earns a higher rate than a typical assisted living community. Win-win. The New York-based seller owns and operates assisted living communities in the downstate region, and divested all of its ALP assets in the... Read More »
Struggling Community Trades in Arkansas
Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a seniors housing community in Maumelle, Arkansas (Little Rock MSA). Built in 2007, Stonehaven Assisted Living comprises 60 assisted living units with both private pay and Medicaid residents. However, over the past year, the community faced some major difficulties. At the time of marketing, occupancy was just 53%, causing financial, staffing and other daily operational challenges. Recognizing the need for a change, the seller, a national healthcare system, chose to exit the market. A private company ultimately acquired the asset and partnered with a Midwest-based operator, marking its second investment in the state. The transaction was... Read More »