• 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 »
Brookdale And Welltower Reach Agreements

Brookdale And Welltower Reach Agreements

Brookdale Senior Living continues to shrink, which is actually good news, and Welltower investors will be glad to see new operators to spread the risk. That is the result of a series of transactions agreed to by the two companies in a major end-of-quarter announcement. Too bad they couldn’t have done this a year or two ago, but maybe it is the new management at Brookdale. In the first of the transactions, Brookdale will pay Welltower $58 million ($14,164 per unit) to cancel leases on 37 communities with 4,095 units in two different lease pools. The leases had current negative cash flow after lease payments, and the projections were for there to be continued losses on them. They were to... Read More »
Ryders Health Management Secures Financing For Connecticut Acquisition

Ryders Health Management Secures Financing For Connecticut Acquisition

Ryders Health Management acquired a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in eastern Connecticut, thanks to financing provided by both Contemporary Healthcare Capital and CoastalStates Bank of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Located in the town of Windham, the facility was previously owned by Affinity Healthcare but went into receivership following Affinity’s bankruptcy filing in 2016, its second in just six years. Now, the facility will complement Ryders’ six other SNFs located throughout Connecticut. To acquire the property and invest $1.55 million in capital improvements, Ryders obtained a $1.454 million mezzanine loan from Contemporary and a $4.725 million senior loan from CoastalStates... Read More »
Berkadia Gets Boost From Two New Hires

Berkadia Gets Boost From Two New Hires

Hoping to build on a successful 2017 that saw more than $1.7 billion in loans closed, Berkadia strengthened both its mortgage banking and investment sales teams with two new hires. First, joining the mortgage banking group was Brittany Robinson. With a Bachelors of Business Administration from Miami University, Ms. Robinson comes from Welltower, where she was responsible for business development initiatives, managing relationships with the REIT’s top operating partners and evaluating more than $5 billion in seniors housing, post-acute care and medical office investment opportunities. She will be based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and will report to Heidi Brunet. Then, Marcus & Millichap’s... Read More »
Buyers Paid Up For Larger Seniors Housing Communities

Buyers Paid Up For Larger Seniors Housing Communities

According to the 23rd Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report, the average price paid per unit rose for all size groupings of seniors housing communities sold in 2017, which includes independent living and assisted living properties. Once again, the larger seniors housing communities commanded the higher prices (averaging $260,100 per unit), as these institutional properties can take advantage of scale to increase cash flow, and thus value. The smallest properties accounted for the smallest average price per unit, at $167,300, and are typically made up of smaller, “B” properties. However, this grouping also includes boutique memory care communities that, while small, charge more for... Read More »
Is Apollo Global Management Entering Our Space, Again?

Is Apollo Global Management Entering Our Space, Again?

After a disastrous outing 20 years ago, Apollo may see better opportunities this time around. The rumors are swirling that private equity giant Apollo Global Management is putting its toe back in our market after a long absence. The rumor is that Apollo is buying 22 senior living communities from HCP, Inc. that are operated by Brookdale Senior Living. HCP previously disclosed that it is under contract to sell the portfolio for $428 million, or about $154,000 per unit, but never disclosed the buyer. Either Apollo is getting a deal, or these are older properties not performing too well, based on the relatively low price point. The last time we recall Apollo making a major investment in the... Read More »
HUD, Fannie Mae and A Bank, Oh My!

HUD, Fannie Mae and A Bank, Oh My!

Spreading the love this month, Lancaster Pollard worked with HUD, Fannie Mae and a bank to close its latest three transactions. Quintin Harris led the way on the HUD deal, closing an $11.7 million refinance to replace short-term, floating-rate commercial bank debt on a 95-unit senior living community in St. Michael, Minnesota. Moving forward, the community’s owners, Tealwood Senior Living and its partners, will be able to invest in the physical plant and better serve its residents. On the Fannie Mae financing, Casey Moore arranged a 12-year loan for an 89-bed memory care community in Olympia, Washington. Originally built in 1996, the community had an existing 10-year Fannie Mae loan that... Read More »
After Five Years of Ownership, Tryko Partners Refinances PA SNF

After Five Years of Ownership, Tryko Partners Refinances PA SNF

Five years after acquiring a 97-bed skilled nursing facility in Easton, Pennsylvania, Tryko Partners is turning to Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) to refinance it through HUD. Originally built in 1960, the facility still had a lot of upside back when it was sold by Signature HealthCARE in 2013. It is located directly across the street from the 196-bed Easton Hospital and featured a good quality mix, with 22% Medicare, 11% private pay and the remainder Medicaid. Occupancy was 84% at the time, as well. However, it was an orphan property for the seller five years ago. The operating margin was just around 4% on $8.55 million of revenues at the time of the sale, but Tryko... Read More »
Greystone Deals in North Dallas

Greystone Deals in North Dallas

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors represented a publicly traded REIT in its disposition of a 256-unit independent living community in North Dallas, Texas. The property is well located near several medical centers and boasted high occupancy as well. No purchase price was disclosed, but 12 Oaks Senior Living will take over the operations on behalf of the Dallas-based real estate company buyer. Read More »
Brand-New Tampa Development Sells To PE Group

Brand-New Tampa Development Sells To PE Group

The team of Allen McMurtry, Paul Carr and David Kliewer of Cushman & Wakefield helped a development collaboration successfully sell its two-year old assisted living/memory care community in the Tampa, Florida area. Gulf Coastal Development and Rookis Development (along with operator Watermark Retirement Communities) have a history of teaming up to develop other senior living communities, in addition to other product types throughout the country. Developed at an approximate cost of $19 million, or around $200,000 per unit, this project in the high-growth Tampa submarket of Trinity opened in July 2016 and quickly surpassed 95% occupancy. In its three stories, it features 67 assisted... Read More »
National Health Investors Invests in Michigan

National Health Investors Invests in Michigan

National Health Investors entered into a new relationship in Michigan, after acquiring a pair of assisted living communities from, and leasing them back to, affiliates of Comfort Care Senior Living. The targets were built in the last five years around Saginaw, Michigan, and include a 51-unit assisted living/memory care community in Bridgeport and a 53-unit AL/MC community in Thomas Township. National Health Investors bought the properties for $17.1 million, or about $164,400 per unit, with a cap rate just below 9% based on estimated EBITDA, and leased them to Comfort Care at an average yield of 8.1% with CPI-based escalators. NHI also obtained a purchase option on two additional... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Prices Slide Up With Size

Skilled Nursing Prices Slide Up With Size

There was a perfect correlation between size of skilled nursing facility sold and the average price per bed in 2017. In general, the smaller the nursing facility, the lower the price, and the larger the facility the higher the price. In 2016, the correlation existed except average prices declined for those facilities over 180 beds in size, according to the 23rd Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report. In today’s market those nursing facilities with fewer than 80 beds usually command the lowest average price. In 2017, that average price was just $53,750 per bed, down 13.5% from 2016. There was a significant percentage jump in average price for those facilities with between 80... Read More »