• Strawberry Fields REIT Announces SNF Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT acquired a skilled nursing facility with 100 beds near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, utilizing cash from its balance sheet. The facility is leased to an existing third-party operator that entered into a master lease for this facility, as well as for another facility that Strawberry Fields acquired in December 2024 (a skilled... Read More »
  • Family Office Acquires Two Communities

    Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in its divestment of two seniors housing communities on Florida’s east coast. The communities are in Port St. Lucie and Port Orange with 171 assisted living and memory care units. The buyer was a central Florida-based family office. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled... Read More »
  • Kentucky SNF Sees Active Bidding Environment

    Kyle Hallion and Ben Firestone of Blueprint were engaged to sell a 54-bed skilled nursing facility located 45 minutes northwest of the Lexington, Kentucky MSA, and successfully closed the deal on May 1, approximately 30 days prior to contractual closing. The facility offered a track record of strong occupancy with clear revenue upside via CMI... Read More »
  • ESI Closes Record-Setting SNF Sale in North Carolina

    A skilled nursing sale in North Carolina set a new pricing record in the state, with Evans Senior Investments handling the deal. ESI was engaged by an independent owner/operator to divest Smithfield Manor, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility in Smithfield, North Carolina (about 25 miles southeast of Raleigh). At the time of marketing, the... Read More »
  • Growth-Oriented Buyer Acquires AL/MC Portfolio in Competitive Market

    Blueprint handled the divestment of an assisted living and memory care portfolio dubbed Project Viking. The portfolio includes multiple well-located communities of newer vintage in Minnesota. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction.  The opportunity presented the ability to acquire substantial scale in a state known for its... Read More »
Build Senior Living Secures C-PACE Financing

Build Senior Living Secures C-PACE Financing

Bayview Pace provided $4.3 million in C-PACE financing for a seniors housing community in the Detroit, Michigan MSA. Hampton Manor-Taylor comprises 65 assisted living and 16 memory care units with 102 total beds. There is extra capacity for shared rooms and/or additional companion units. The community is on six acres in Taylor, Michigan. The project sponsor is Build Senior Living, which is based in Cape Coral, Florida, and has completed 21 communities totaling 1,634 units. The C-PACE funds are part of a refinancing on the already-completely Taylor community, which is substantially leased. Read More »
Focus and Arbor Expand Footprints

Focus and Arbor Expand Footprints

JLL Capital Markets announced its role in completing the sale and financing of Mariposa, a 313-unit seniors housing community in Lake Worth, Florida. We wrote on Wednesday that Focus Healthcare Partners acquired the campus and was bringing on Arbor Senior Living to operate it. Sitting on 22.5 acres, the community was built in 2018 with a three-story IL/AL building consisting of 259 units and an adjacent one-story memory care building featuring 54 units. It was more than 95% occupied, and has been at 90% and above since September 2020. That is fantastic, and credit to Discovery Senior Living, which was the previous operator. Arbor Senior Living will hopefully hit the ground running as the... Read More »
Equity Partnership Holdings Acquires in Texas

Equity Partnership Holdings Acquires in Texas

JLL closed the sale of a seniors housing community in the Dallas, Texas MSA. The seller was Clearworth Capital, and the buyer was Equity Partnership Holdings. David Austin, Rob Key, Greg Toro and Cole Murphy handled the transaction.  Built in 2018, Firewheel Town Village comprises 154 units in Garland and stands four stories tall. The community consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The occupancy rate at the time of the sale was 98.1%. Read More »
Struggling Community Sells in Georgia

Struggling Community Sells in Georgia

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA, on behalf of an institutional real estate and development firm. Built in 1996, the assisted living/memory care community comprises 61 units in Buford. It appears to be a former Brookdale Senior Living-operated community that was since managed by Charter Senior Living. Alex Florea and Kyle Hallion handled the transaction, which presented as a value-add opportunity in a desirable market. Initial occupancy was 73% and it was operating at a negative margin. It does not help that this area northeast of Atlanta was significantly overdeveloped in the mid-2010s, and that this asset, at nearly 30 years old,... Read More »
Vencap and Inspirit Secure Bridge-to-HUD Refinance

Vencap and Inspirit Secure Bridge-to-HUD Refinance

CBRE closed a bridge-to-HUD refinance for two seniors housing communities on behalf of a joint venture between Venue Capital LLC and Inspirit Senior Living. Both communities are in Ohio: The Gardens at Cuyahoga Falls features 130 units and 152 beds of assisted living and memory care in Cuyahoga Falls, and The Gardens at Liberty Park comprises 115 AL/MC units with 132 beds in Streetsboro.  Aron Will, Joshua Hausfeld, Adam Mincberg and John Turner originated the bridge-to-HUD loan via CBRE’s proprietary bridge lending platform to pay off the existing loans and fund further capital improvements. The bridge loan will enable the joint venture to complete renovations to increase operational... Read More »
Owner/Operator Receives Financing for SNF Portfolio

Owner/Operator Receives Financing for SNF Portfolio

CIBC Bank USA provided an Iowa owner/operator with $21.0 million in senior secured credit facilities, including an $18.0 million mortgage facility for the refinance of existing indebtedness on three skilled nursing facilities. The performance of the portfolio, which includes 235+ beds, has trended positively over the last year, and generated an EBITDAR margin of 12%. A $3 million revolving line of credit was also provided. Sam Dendrinos and Jeff Groenewold handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA. Read More »
Ventas Restructures More Leases

Ventas Restructures More Leases

In this post-COVID world, Ventas continues to modify existing leases with major tenants with an eye to the future. First was Brookdale Senior Living several years ago, and now it is with its original tenant going back more than 25 years, Kindred. Ventas owns 23 long-term acute care hospitals that are leased to Kindred for annual cash rent of $109 million. Starting in May 2025, the annual cash rent will be reduced by 27% to $80 million, with annual escalators of 2.75%. The lease maturity date was extended from April 2025 to April 30, 2030.  In addition, as part of the transaction, Ventas has received warrants for 9.9% of the common equity of Kindred’s parent, ScionHealth, exercisable... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires in Pennsylvania

Joint Venture Acquires in Pennsylvania

A national investor partnered with Legend Senior Living to acquire a seniors housing community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, after Legend had turned around operations at the location since taking over in March 2023. Opened in 2020, the community was built by a national developer/investor to include more than 100 units of assisted living and memory care. Despite an attractive physical plant, the community faced lease-up challenges after opening during the pandemic, and subsequent regulatory challenges throughout 2022 drove an operator transition, with Legend coming into that role. Looking at Legend’s Pennsylvania properties, this appears to be The Province of Southampton, or formerly The... Read More »
Focus Healthcare Partners On Acquisition Streak

Focus Healthcare Partners On Acquisition Streak

One of the more active buyers of high-quality seniors housing assets announced a couple more acquisitions in the last month. Focus Healthcare Partners has so far acquired $200 million in assets this year to date, and has an approximately $100 million pipeline set to close before year end.  First, in August, Focus bought The Summit of Blue Ash in Blue Ash, Ohio (Cincinnati MSA), from an institutional investor. Opened in 2022, the community featured 200 units of independent living (107 units), assisted living (61 units) and memory care (32 units). It was previously operated by Anthology Senior Living but reported occupancy in the low-50s at the time of closing. Evolve Senior Living will... Read More »
Struggling Community Sells in Georgia

Owner/Operator Grows in the Southeast

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a personal care community in a highly desirable market in Forsyth County, Georgia. SLIB was engaged to solicit bids on behalf of the court-appointed receiver, GGG Partners.  Built in 1997, Country Gardens Lanier features 41 assisted living units in Cumming. The community comprises 22,945 square feet and is situated on 1.85 acres. Occupancy was 71% at the time of closing, and it was operating just above breakeven. The buyer is a regional owner/operator that operates another asset within the county, which can help with expense efficiencies. The buyer purchased the community because it is looking to expand its growing footprint... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Surprising Price of Aging at Home

60 Seconds with Swett: The Surprising Price of Aging at Home

Despite the enormous opportunity that demographics offer the seniors housing industry in the next decade, the affordability factor may prove to seriously sink demand for the product. That makes it that much more important for the industry to provide more middle- and lower-market options but also to demonstrate its value to the consumer. Demonstrating its value relative to alternatives such as…living at home…could prove effective too, which is why ASHA just released a new Special Issue Brief called The Surprising Price of Staying in a House: Cost Comparisons Often Favor Senior Living. The title gives it away. Prepared by Dan Bernstein, formerly of Stifel and Capital One, and available for... Read More »