• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
CBRE Closes Five Financings

CBRE Closes Five Financings

Aron Will of CBRE showed off his strength and variety this month, closing five transactions so far in May. First was a $10.2 million Freddie Mac loan arranged on behalf of Chicago Pacific Founders to acquire a 100-unit independent living/assisted living community in Easley, South Carolina. The loan came with a seven-year floating-rate term and 42 months of interest only. Mr. Will also arranged acquisition financing for a global investment manager for its purchase of two assisted living/memory care communities in Cincinnati, Ohio and Salt Lake City, Utah. Both were originally developed by CA Ventures in partnership with another institutional equity partner and Senior Lifestyle Corporation.... Read More »
To Build, or To Buy

To Build, or To Buy

One thing on the minds of many is that in these heady times in senior care M&A and development, investors are faced with a dilemma: whether to build, or buy (or both). Ben Swett here filling in for Steve Monroe, who is currently wandering around the Argentum conference in San Diego. One thing on the minds of many there is that in these heady times in senior care M&A and development, investors are faced with a dilemma: whether to build, or buy (or both). Buying existing properties comes with its obvious benefits, like cash flow and local brand recognition. But, what a senior wants in a community has changed over the years, meaning that those properties built 10, 20 or 50 years ago... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Notches North Carolina Closing

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Notches North Carolina Closing

Its complex past didn’t stop an assisted living community in North Carolina from selling to an in-state operator, albeit for a price of $1.7 million, or just $13,900 per unit. The property’s owner, a regional operator based in the Tar Heel State, originally built it as a skilled nursing facility in 1984. However, when they decided to build a replacement SNF within the county in 2016, the existing facility switched to an adult care home licensed and operated with 92 assisted living and 30 special care (memory care) beds in 90 total units. After a couple of years, the owner decided to close the facility but kept the license and CON active. An assisted living operator also based in North... Read More »
Myers & Jandris Close South Florida Sale

Myers & Jandris Close South Florida Sale

Mark Myers and Josh Jandris of IPA Seniors Housing headed to sunny South Florida to sell a large 230-bed skilled nursing facility on behalf of the not-for-profit owner. Operations were solid at the property, with some room for improvement, with occupancy at around 79%, a quality mix of 14% and an operating margin of 10% on approximately $15.6 million of revenues. The deal was the Northeast-based private investor buyer’s first purchase in Florida. They paid $30.75 million, or $133,700 per bed, for the opportunity. Read More »
Blake Management Group’s Back At It

Blake Management Group’s Back At It

Construction has begun at a brand-new senior living community in Fort Mill, South Carolina (Charlotte MSA). Mississippi-based Cardinal Ventures is developing the $15 million project, which will be called The Blake at Baxter Village. Frampton Construction Company, based in South Carolina, will be building the facility, and Blake Management Group will manage the property. Between these companies, this is their fourth senior living community they will have completed together, the others being The Blake at Edgewater, The Blake at Carnes Crossroads, and The Blake at Woodcreek Forest, all in South Carolina. The Baxter Village community is expected to have 68 assisted living units, 33 memory care... Read More »
Contemporary Healthcare Capital Does Mezz

Contemporary Healthcare Capital Does Mezz

Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) completed two mezzanine loans to help buyers fund the purchase of skilled nursing facilities. The Portopiccolo Group, based in New Jersey, bought a 165-bed facility in Covington, Tennessee and borrowed a combined $8.755 million. CoastalStates Bank of Hilton Head provided the senior loan and CHC provided a $2.25 million mezzanine loan. In addition to funding the acquisition, proceeds were also used for about $600,000 in capital improvements.   In a larger deal, Citadel Care Centers bought a 246-bed skilled nursing facility in the Miami area of South Beach, Florida. New York City-based Valley National Bank provided the senior debt of the total $33.9... Read More »
Rocky Mountain High

Rocky Mountain High

On the heels of paying more than $500,000 per unit for an 85-unit assisted living and memory care community in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors purchased another community from the same seller, Confluent Senior Living, this time in Fort Collins.   Given that this one opened its doors 30 months ago, we assume it went for a similar price even though the markets are different. A little smaller at 79 assisted living and memory care units, the seller’s operating partner, MorningStar Senior Living, will continue to operate it for Kayne Anderson. Confluent and MorningStar have completed seven previous projects together, in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and New... Read More »
Off To The Races

Off To The Races

Just as the horses were coming into the stretch at the Derby last Saturday, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors was closing on the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky. They were built in 1993 and 1999, and one of the facilities underwent a $1.7 million renovation in 2014. Combined occupancy was 80% with revenues of $10 million. The sales price was $7.5 million, or about $51,000 per bed. Chris Hyldahl, Gideon Orion, Michael Segal and Ben Firestone represented the California-based seller, and the buyer was ClearView Healthcare Management.   Just to the south, Brooks Blackmon and Trent Gherardini of Blueprint sold a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Butler,... Read More »
Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Real Estate Advisors closed back-to-back portfolio sales in Canada. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper, together with TD Securities, represented the seller of 10 senior living communities located throughout the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas. The 10 communities had 1,245 units, of which 1,045 were independent supportive living and 200 were assisted living. All but two were built or renovated in the past 10 years. Sienna Senior Living paid $298 million, or $239,400 per unit (C$382 million).   In their second transaction, they sold four communities in the greater Edmonton area in Alberta. The 775-unit portfolio included 450 independent supportive living units, 237 assisted living... Read More »

Greystone Hat-Trick in New York

Fred Levine of Greystone closed three HUD financings on the same day for an acquisition of three New York skilled nursing facilities. The $75 million loan, which comes to $133,690 per bed, financed three nursing facilities with 561 beds. They included Brookside Multicare in Smithtown (353 beds), White Plains Center for Nursing and Rehab in White Plains (88 beds), and Little Neck Nursing Center in Queens (120 beds). The Smithtown facility includes a pediatric unit and ventilator beds. Read More »
Evans Finds The Solution

Evans Finds The Solution

Evans Senior Investments (ESI) closed on the sale of two properties in New York known as the Robinson Terrace Portfolio. It included a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that was built in Samford in 1973, and a 55-unit assisted living community built in 2011 two miles away. Despite the rural location, occupancy had been relatively high, above 90% at both facilities.   The problem, however, was the cost structure and the fact that the Medicaid census was high in both properties. The campus was owned and operated by a not-for-profit, and maybe because they were the low-cost providers in the area, the EBITA margin was a negative 20% or worse. High staffing costs combined with low Medicaid... Read More »