• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Did Skilled Nursing Investors Pay for Size in 2018?

Did Skilled Nursing Investors Pay for Size in 2018?

The skilled nursing market has been going through many changes in recent years as it adapts to new reimbursement policies, shorter lengths of stay and more medically-complex patients. But did all of that affect what buyers will pay for size in 2018? Well, according to the 2019 Skilled Nursing Acquisition & Investment Report (available soon), there was a perfect correlation between size of nursing facility sold and the average price per bed for the second year in a row. Historically, larger facilities have commanded the higher prices because of their ability to scale, lower the per patient costs and fill beds with Medicaid patients at will. However, those advantages may soon backfire... Read More »
Dwight Capital Closes the Bridge

Dwight Capital Closes the Bridge

Dwight Capital had a busy February for bridge loans, closing four separate loans for more than $13.7 million. The bridge loans included $3.96 million for a 12-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas and a $3.7 million loan for a three-facility, 193-bed portfolio that was sold by a not-for-profit to a repeat client of Dwight Capital. In addition, the Dwight team closed a $3.77 million bridge loan on a 116-bed SNF in New Jersey for a buyer that owns and operates several facilities in the state. Finally, they closed a $2.34 million bridge loan on a 32-bed assisted living community in New York. Once the HUD refinancing is completed, Dwight Capital will be providing a supplemental loan for the... Read More »
Love Funding Closes Construction Bridge Loan

Love Funding Closes Construction Bridge Loan

Leonard Lucas of Love Funding closed a $10.5 million bridge-to-HUD construction loan for a transitional rehab facility in Yuma, Arizona. The new facility will have 32,000 square feet and 41 private rooms. It will be 100% Medicare and managed care with no Medicaid patients. The bridge loan was placed with Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. This is the second bridge-to-HUD construction loan obtained through Love Funding in the developer/operator’s portfolio. Read More »
Meridian Gets It Done in Virginia

Meridian Gets It Done in Virginia

The team of Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson of Meridian Capital Group closed a large financing for the acquisition of a portfolio of 12 skilled nursing facilities located throughout Virginia. Totaling 1,346 beds, the portfolio is now owned by a private skilled nursing investor. A finance company provided the $90 million loan. Read More »
Capital Senior Living Jumps

Capital Senior Living Jumps

After plunging to a low of $3.82 per share after fourth quarter earnings were released, shares of Capital Senior Living are showing some bounce. We are sure the market has noticed that the C-Suite has been buying. The price is now up 26% in less than a week. Timing is everything, and the CEO added to her holdings with the purchase of 10,000 shares at $3.954 on March 7 and the CFO 5,135 shares at $3.886 the next day. Even two directors added to their holdings at the same time. I guess they all thought enough was enough. Investors always want to see insiders making purchases, especially on the price downturn, which demonstrates confidence in future performance.   Activist investor Cove... Read More »
New York Real Estate Firm Enters SNF Market

New York Real Estate Firm Enters SNF Market

Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a pair of southern skilled nursing facilities to a Northeast-based real estate investment firm. Totaling 243 beds, the facilities were built between 1986 and 1990 and combined for 75% occupancy. The seller, an independent owner/operator, decided to exit the long-term care industry, after the problems started mounting at the Kentucky facility. Litigation concerns and rising insurance premiums caused cash flow to plummet at the location. The Tennessee facility was essentially operating at breakeven, and combined, they brought in nearly $14.1 million in revenues. Around 36% of the census came from private pay and Medicare patients (not... Read More »
Harborview’s HUD Haul

Harborview’s HUD Haul

Despite the backlog caused by the government shutdown earlier this year, Harborview Capital Partners’ HUD pipeline has been particularly active lately, totaling over $46 million in two March transactions. The larger transaction featured a $23.9 million loan closed on behalf of a brand-new 180-bed skilled nursing facility in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The team then closed a $22.25 million HUD loan for a 164-bed SNF in Chicago, Illinois. In addition, Harborview flew down to sunny Florida to arrange two transactions for assisted living clients. First, for a 136-bed community on the Gulf Coast of Florida, they closed a $6.7 million loan with a five-year term, 20-year amortization and 12... Read More »
HHC Finance Refinances New York-Area SNF

HHC Finance Refinances New York-Area SNF

Several years after acquiring a 160-bed skilled nursing facility, an experienced owner/operator is refinancing with the help of Housing & Healthcare Finance. Working through HUD, HHC Finance closed a $28 million loan for the greater New York area facility, replacing higher-rate and shorter-term debt in the process. Since the acquisition, the owner has significantly improved operations and obtained a five-star rating from CMS. Still, renovations were needed at the 20-year old facility, and the HUD loan will provide for around $7 million in improvements. Read More »
What Happened To Assisted Living Prices?

What Happened To Assisted Living Prices?

The assisted living sector fell back to earth in 2018 and dragged the rest of the seniors housing sector with it, according to the soon-to-be-published Seniors Housing Acquisition & Investment Report. Following three successive years of steady increases and a record-high price per unit in 2017 of $221,250, assisted living properties sold on average for just $186,400 per unit in 2018, a 15.8% decline. What could have happened in only a year to cause such a fall? Partially, it was because the share of communities with either 100% or some component of memory care units (which are usually valued higher for their higher rents and more need-based residents) fell from 70% of all communities... Read More »