Blueprint Closes Wyoming Transaction
It’s not often we see Wyoming deals come across our desks, but Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors just announced one for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Casper. Previously owned by a national owner/operator of more than 150 SNFs across the country, the facility was facing a years-long occupancy decline. In-place cash flow was also negative, and during the marketing period, the facility both landed on the SFF list and graduated from it. The good news for the buyer was that the well-maintained facility had strong historical operations, with past revenue and EBITDAR exceeding $9.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively. That attracted a respected national owner/operator, who paid... Read More »
Brookfield Bets Big on Australian Seniors Housing Market
Looking outside of the U.S. seniors housing market, it’s obvious that the sector is a popular target in markets around the world. Just look at Ventas’ doubling down on the Canadian seniors housing market with its C$2.4 billion portfolio acquisition of 31 retirement communities in Quebec earlier this summer, nearly doubling its portfolio from 41 properties to 76, with the NOI of those properties expected to make up 21% of its entire SHOP NOI. For them, Canada has been a very good performer. Australia has attracted the interest of Canadian investment fund Brookfield, which is spending A$1.27 billion ($860 million), on Aveo, a Sydney-based company that owns and operates 94 retirement... Read More »
Busy Berkadia Closes Two Transactions
Berkadia has been busy this August, closing the sale of one senior living community and arranging financing for the development of another one. Joe Leon and Michael Thagard handled the sale, which featured a 310-unit independent living community in Westminster, California. The seller was the Zinn Group, controlled by the Zinngrabe family which had owned the community for over 30 years. The local market around Westminster and Huntington Beach is strong, with occupancies averaging above 98%. So the buyer, an experienced owner/operator, will be able to hit the ground running. Then, to the development, for which Monica Newman originated a $31.76 million construction loan through HUD for a... Read More »
Blue Moon/LCS Refinances Texas Development
Three and a half years after entering into a joint venture to develop a 207-unit senior living community in Katy, Texas, Blue Moon Capital Partners and LCS have turned to CBRE to refinance the property. Situated on 10.35 acres, the community was developed using the Blue Moon Senior Housing I LP Fund, a $250 million fund for which Blue Moon secured a $175 million capital commitment from Hawkeye Partners, LP in December 2014. Now, the fund is fully invested in 12 assets totaling 1,824 units in nine states. Featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care units, the project also represented the first between Blue Moon and LCS, which took over as manager of the property under its... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Arranges Two Western Financings
Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company arranged Fannie Mae financing for a couple of clients, totaling nearly $56 million. Ross Holland, Doug Harper and Casey Moore led the larger transaction, closed on behalf of The Ridge Senior Living to refinance two of its communities in Salt Lake City and Holladay, Utah. The $49.1 million in financing also provided cash out for The Ridge. Then, in Vacaville, California, Messrs. Harper and Moore were joined by Grant Goodman to arrange a $7.85 million loan for a brand-new, 50-unit memory care community owned by Vaca Valley Living. The transaction included an interest-only feature and recapitalized existing debt, in addition to providing equity out for the... Read More »
Is Alaska’s Problem A Look At Our Future?
Cuts to Alaska’s elderly funding was front-page news recently. I figured it was fate when, on my first day on vacation in Alaska last week, the headline of the major newspaper talked about the elimination of senior benefits. Then, in the hotel lobby was a separate publication, Senior Voice, and a story about the ABCs of selecting an assisted living “home.” Let’s just say, I felt right at home. That lead story told how more than 13,000 Alaskan seniors would be losing a monthly benefit check of just under $200, with the governor vetoing a plan to restore it with just three days’ notice. Sounds like chump change, until you consider that many of these people relied on that and a social... Read More »
Active Adult Attracts Buyer in SoCal
Active adult communities continue to draw attention from investors, particularly those not traditionally involved with the more service-oriented property types like assisted living and memory care. Brad Goodsell and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage recently represented a privately-owned multifamily group in its sale of a 320-unit age-restricted community in Hemet, California. The buyer was another multifamily investor with a strong presence in California, including several active adult communities. Built in 1984, the target was operating well at 93% occupancy and a 53% operating margin on approximately $3.04 million of revenues. While you don’t often see margins like... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Luxury Texas CCRC
Four years after he arranged construction financing for a to-be-built rental CCRC in Houston, Texas, Aron Will of CBRE is refinancing the property on behalf of its owners, joint venture partners Bridgewood Property Company and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. Located in the affluent Houston neighborhood of River Oaks, the property opened in 2017 with 198 units, the majority being independent living, with assisted living and memory care units too. Bridgewood’s wholly-owned management affiliate, Retirement Center Management, operated the community since inception. In 2015, Mr. Will had arranged a $49.7 million floating-rate loan, with a six-year term, 48 months of interest only and an... Read More »
JCH Sells Central California Senior Living Community
Jim Hazzard, Cindy Hazzard and Nick Stahler of JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage teamed up to sell a boutique assisted living/memory care community located on the central coast of California. Featuring over 20 units, the community was previously owned by a family owner/operator. But after a confidential marketing campaign conducted by JCH, a local owner bought the community for an undisclosed price. Read More »
Propero Funds Mission Development
Lancaster Pollard’s Propero Seniors Housing Equity Fund III helped fund the construction of a new independent living community in Reno, Nevada. Mission Senior Living is building the community, which will feature 130 total units when it opens in the summer of 2020. A combination of equity provided by Propero and a bank loan funded the $22 million, or $169,200 per unit, construction project. The Propero structure allowed Mission to minimize the amount of upfront capital needed for the development and provides a clear path to ownership. Read More »Schedule a demo
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