• Joint Venture Acquires Four AL/MC Communities

    Following an active year of M&A with five separate deals totaling 21 properties, Stacked Stone Ventures has kicked off its 2026 growth with a portfolio acquisition in the Southeast. In a joint venture with Praxis Capital and an undisclosed family office, Stacked Stone, which was founded by Kent Eikanas, bought four assisted living/memory care... Read More »
  • Another Publicly Traded REIT Joins the M&A Mix

    Another well-capitalized institutional player is stepping into the seniors housing fray, adding fuel to an already aggressive bidding environment. And based on its initial acquisitions, with one closed at more than $1 million per unit, the target seems to be high-quality assets. Prices are rising fast in that segment, and as the buyer pool... Read More »
  • Distressed AL/MC Community Gets New Owner

    Scott Frazier, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint advised a special servicer in the seniors housing sector on the sale of Spanish Vines, a well-maintained assisted living/memory care community. It sits in a densely populated Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood of southwest Sacramento, California. The 88-unit community was generating negative... Read More »
  • Underperforming Community Sells and Secures Financing

    A buyer recently acquired an underperforming seniors housing community in Charleston, South Carolina, and Blueprint Capital Markets secured the debt financing. Blueprint also represented the undisclosed seller in its divestment. The asset comprises 84 units of assisted living and memory care. There is room for occupancy growth and expense cuts,... Read More »
  • Standalone MC Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

    Berkadia recently announced three financings on behalf of three different sponsors. In one of the closings, Steve Muth and Ed Williams arranged $25.8 million in acquisition financing for Peregrine Senior Living at Clifton Park and Peregrine Senior Living at Orchard Park. The bridge financing was provided through Berkadia’s Proprietary Lending... Read More »
Two Transactions From Marcus & Millichap

Two Transactions From Marcus & Millichap

Two separate teams from Marcus & Millichap announced transactions so far this month. First, the Knapp Group Seniors Housing Advisors, led by Jim and Justin Knapp, sold an 88-bed skilled nursing facility in the Detroit, Michigan area for approximately $7.0 million, or $80,000 per bed. Built in 1998, it was experiencing declining occupancy under its not-for-profit ownership. However, a local buyer with a history of turning underperforming SNFs into five-star facilities saw an opportunity and pounced. Then, Tony Cassie and Sam Thompson facilitated the sale of a 238-unit senior living community in Westminster, Colorado (Denver MSA). Its previous owner built the community in stages from... Read More »
Just-Finished Assisted Living Community Sells In Palm Desert, California

Just-Finished Assisted Living Community Sells In Palm Desert, California

A brand-new assisted living/memory care community in California found a new owner with the help of Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Sam Dylag of Cushman & Wakefield. Developed by San Diego-based West Partners, LLC, the community offers 148 units in the resort town of Palm Desert and recently received its Certificate of Occupancy and licensure. It features a number of high-end finishes and amenities in addition to the surrounding amenities that residents can enjoy, including PGA golf courses, high-end shopping and restaurants. Lytle Enterprises bought the property for an undisclosed price and will have its operating partner Leisure Care step in to manage. Read More »
Coast-To-Coast Closings From CBRE

Coast-To-Coast Closings From CBRE

Aron Will of CBRE continued his recent run of activity with two more transactions. Up first was a bank financing arranged on behalf of a joint venture between Bourne Financial Group and HRA Senior Living to refinance their newly-built 96-unit assisted living/memory care community in Wilmington, Delaware. The high-quality community boasts an upscale salon and spa, as well as a bocce court, yoga and fitness studios. It’s also located near two large shopping centers. CBRE secured a $25.5 million, five-year non-recourse loan with 36 months of interest only shortly after the property received its certificate of occupancy. Estimated lease-up figures in the affluent area must have been... Read More »
People on the Move, October 2018

People on the Move, October 2018

After four years of investing in seniors housing communities with Silverstone Health Care Real Estate, an investment platform she co-founded which produced equity returns over of 250%, Stephanie Anderson is now a national sales director with Housing & Healthcare Finance, based in the Boston area. Before Silverstone she was with Health Care REIT, GE Healthcare Finance and Ventas, all of which provided a great background for her new position….Walker & Dunlop has hired Michael Davis as senior vice president in its FHA finance group, who will be working on HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans for W&D’s seniors housing and care clients. Justin Hill has joined JLL Capital Markets as... Read More »
Capital One Refinances Illinois Supportive Living Facility

Capital One Refinances Illinois Supportive Living Facility

Joshua Rosen of Capital One successfully refinanced a large supportive living facility in Des Plaines, Illinois (Chicago MSA). Originally built in 1967 as an independent/supportive living facility, its owners decided to upgrade the independent living portion to assisted living in 2015. They then built a 71-bed skilled nursing wing in 2018, adding to the existing 162 AL and 150 supportive living units. The refinance wasn’t straightforward, as part of the property was in a floodway. But Mr. Rosen identified an opportunity to legally change the survey plat to carve out a floodway, enabling the refinance to continue. The borrower, a repeat Capital One customer, received a $28.4 million HUD... Read More »
Genesis’ Texas Exodus

Genesis’ Texas Exodus

Genesis HealthCare is nearing its total exit from the state of Texas, completing the sale of 16 skilled nursing facilities (15 owned and one leased) in the state. Genesis had also previously exited the operations on another leased facility and now has just seven SNFs under operation in Texas. All are expected to be sold in the fourth quarter of 2018 as part of a greater process by Genesis to divest underperforming or non-strategic assets. Aggregate revenues and EBITDA for the entire Texas portfolio (24 facilities) was approximately $175 million and $7 million, respectively. The exit is expected to reduce indebtedness by about $94 million, a significant step for the company that is still... Read More »
Ensign At It Again

Ensign At It Again

Amid the deal frenzy at the start of October, the ever-prolific Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) added another seniors housing community to its portfolio. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, the community features 53 assisted living and 20 memory care units. Occupancy was just 74%, but that is typical for an Ensign acquisition. Its subsidiary, Bridgestone Living, acquired both the real estate and operations of the community for an undisclosed price, bringing Ensign’s portfolio to 52 assisted/independent living communities and 186 skilled nursing facilities. Read More »
Near-Record Third Quarter M&A Volume

Near-Record Third Quarter M&A Volume

Heavy demand continues for properties across the seniors housing and care spectrum. I know I have been a little negative on the market in the past year or so, given all the problems we have seen and written about, not to mention peak pricing a year ago. I am not sure how to take it, but I guess people have not been listening. The acquisition activity continues unabated, with back to back quarters with more than 100 announced acquisitions each. This is a very strong market with heavy demand across the seniors housing and care spectrum. With 102 deals in the third quarter, we have now posted 293 transactions through September 30. That puts us on track for a record year, beating out 2015 as... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Rises This Fall

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Rises This Fall

As September turned to October, Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced an impressive run of transactions. First, Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito sold two memory care communities in California for $17 million, or $347,000 per unit, with a 9.5% cap rate. With that high price, you might assume the facilities had just opened or were fully occupied, or both. Instead, the communities were built in the mid-1980s (one was renovated in 2001) and were occupied in the mid-80s. They were small too, totaling just 49 units across the two locations (in Menlo Park and Sunnyvale). The operating margin was a solid 32% on nearly $5 million of revenues, and rents were high (close to... Read More »
Not-For-Profits Swap Minnesota Senior Living Communities

Not-For-Profits Swap Minnesota Senior Living Communities

Ray Giannini and John Klement of Marcus & Millichap’s Milwaukee Seniors Housing Group represented a not-for-profit in the sale of its two senior living communities in Buffalo, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). The buyer? It was another not-for-profit. The portfolio includes one purpose-built memory care community with 24 units (48 beds) and one repurposed 67-unit assisted living community, both built (or repurposed) in the early-1990s, centrally located and well occupied. They sold for a combined $9.3 million, or $102,200 per unit, with an $11.6% cap rate. Read More »