Berkadia Bags Four HUD Financings
Berkadia jumped out of the 2019 gates with four HUD closings totaling $40 million. Ed Williams secured the largest loan, $14 million in financing for a skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. The loan proceeds were used to retire existing bank and related partner debt for the borrower. Next, Mr. Williams and Jay Healy headed to Michigan to arrange a $9.06 million loan on behalf of a SNF there. The Midwest-based owner/operator borrower purchased the 139-bed facility in May 2017 from a not-for-profit seller. Back then, Berkadia provided the bridge financing to fund 100% of the acquisition costs plus a significant renovation. The HUD refinance retires that Berkadia bridge loan. Mr. Williams... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending January 11, 2019
Check out our recent senior care M&A deals! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice New York-based ownerForest Manor$15.5 million Private equity firmEmerald Square & Willowood at Mustang$12.25 million Auglaize Holdings LLCAuglaize Acres$1.7 million Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IVMichigan Assisted Living Facility... Read More »
CBRE Sells The Village Portfolio (And Finances It Too)
CBRE pulled doubly duty for a pair of assisted living/memory care communities in Houston, Texas, arranging both the sale on behalf of the seller and acquisition financing for the buyer. Dubbed “The Village Portfolio,” these communities total 224 units and are located within a 10-mile radius of the largest medical center in the world, the Texas Medical Center. Although a new institutional investor will replace the previous institutional owner, Bridge Property Company, through its wholly owned management affiliate Retirement Center Management, will continue in its role as operator. Lisa Widmier represented the seller in the transaction, while Aron Will and Austin Sacco helped arrange two... Read More »
REIT Sheds Two Rhode Island Communities
Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors represented a publicly-traded REIT in the sale of two of its assisted living communities in Rhode Island. Built between 1989 and 1999, both locations were formerly operated by Brookdale Senior Living. They feature not only assisted living and memory care units but also a significant number of skilled nursing beds, all combining for 272 units. Taking over operations will be Meridian Senior Living, which is acquiring the properties in partnership with GMF Capital, a New York-based private equity firm. Read More »
Second-Generation Owner Exits Skilled Nursing Business
Bradley Clousing, Daniel Geraghty and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped a second-generation owner of a skilled nursing facility in Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa MSA) exit their only asset and the industry altogether with the facility’s sale. Built in stages from 1973 to 2008, the facility earned a good reputation in the local market and was 90% occupied with a 46% quality mix. It also has a well-maintained physical plant and a high percentage of private units across the 182 total beds. The operating margin, however, can be significantly improved from the current 2%. That onus will be on a private group based in New York who is looking to expand in growing markets... Read More »
Griffin-American IV Closes Fourth Quarter Acquisition in Michigan
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV announced a number of transactions that they closed in the fourth quarter of 2018. Most of them involved medical office building portfolios, but one saw the acquisition of five assisted living communities in Michigan for an undisclosed price. Totaling 302 units with locations in Grand Rapids, Holland, Howell, Lansing and Wyoming, the communities were previously owned and operated by Vista Springs Assisted Living, which promptly leased them back to continue as operator through 2033 under an absolute net lease structure. This is the first tranche closed of a larger Michigan assisted living portfolio, so we await Part-II. Read More »
Maximizing Occupancy in 2019
If you want to increase your occupancy, cash flow and value, you will have to listen to this upcoming webinar. We are now at the start of a new year, and a new flu season, so all eyes will be on what this year’s flu season will do to occupancy levels. But if you wait and are reactive to something you have little control over, then it will be too late. Flu season aside, occupancy has been one of the major topics in the industry for the past few years. But there are reasons why some communities are at 100% year in and year out, and others can’t get above 80%. Join me next Thursday, January 17, for our 2019 kick-off webinar on Building Occupancy and Value in Seniors Housing. You will learn... Read More »
Alternative Living Acquires Auglaize County-Owned SNF
Drawing on plenty of experience selling county-owned skilled nursing facilities, Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers and Alex Vice of IPA Seniors Housing just sold their first in the state of Ohio. Although this was the team’s first county-owned SNF sale in the state, it was their 64th overall in Ohio (for $600 million in total transaction value) and 21st county-owned SNF deal to date. Quite prolific. Owned by Auglaize County, which was looking to follow many counties out of the long-term care industry, this 91-bed facility in Wapakoneta was originally built in 1909 with a renovation in 1976. Its new owner, Auglaize Holdings LLC will lease the facility to Alternative Living Solutions, which has... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Closes Bridge Loan Trifecta
Lancaster Pollard’s bridge lending program got a good workout in the new year with three new closings. The team of Scott Blount, Chris Mauger, Brian Cafarella and Eric Sengpiel closed the largest transaction, which totaled $12 million, on behalf of Advanced Healthcare Management to acquire a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Southaven, Mississippi. A local hospital looking to exit the SNF business was the seller. That same team from Lancaster Pollard also closed a $6.7 million bridge loan for a 107-bed skilled nursing facility in Welsh, Louisiana. The transaction refinanced existing debt and capital improvement costs, and also provided some equity cash out. Finally, Mr. Mauger and Kyle... Read More »
Dakota Dealing
A private REIT based in North Dakota purchased a private pay assisted living community in Rapid City, South Dakota with hopes of improving occupancy and operations to increase value. Built in 2004, the 87-unit community was 85% occupied with a 20% EBITDAR margin in the trailing 12 months. The seller was an independent owner/operator, so the buyer should be able to introduce some economies of scale and professional management to the community. Evans Senior Investments handled the sale, closing the purchase price of $7.1 million, or $81,600 per unit. Read More »Schedule a demo
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