Merrill Commercial Real Estate Sells Nevada Memory Care
Tyler Merrill of Merrill Commercial Real Estate sold a 44-unit memory care community in Sparks, Nevada, representing a single-asset owner/operator in the disposition. This was the seller’s last seniors housing asset, as it was looking to focus on a less operations-intensive real estate class. However, it appears they are exiting at the right time, and at a good price. Mr. Merrill sold the community for $10 million, or $227,300 per unit. Built in 1996, it features 77 beds in 44 units, and was 86% occupied with a 100% private pay census. The seller had put $750,000 of capex into it in 2015, which almost certainly helped boost the price. A Northwest-based operator looking to expand their... Read More »
Pricing Age Into Seniors Housing Sales
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that in 2017, the oldest seniors housing properties (independent living and assisted living properties built before 2002) were valued the lowest and the newest properties (built after 2011) were valued the highest, according to the just-published 2018 Senior Care Acquisition Report. We see a similar correlation most years, but it is important to note that not all ages take into account renovations (and they would have to be substantial renovations and/or gut rehabs to change the effective age of the building) or additions (often of memory care units). However, it is generally true that in order to better compete in today’s senior living market, investors... Read More »
Bridge Lender Sells (And Finances) Philly-Area Community
The seller of a 54-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Philadelphia MSA got more than it originally bargained for, having been able to provide acquisition financing for the buyer too. Three years prior, a portfolio bridge lender had taken over ownership of the property through a foreclosure. It was built in stages in the 1980s and recently received substantial renovations. However, occupancy was around 60% at the time of the sale. The incoming owner, a private investor from the East Coast, plans to continue the renovations in order to align it with the other facilities in their portfolio. Andrew Hilding, Josh Jandris, Mark Myers and Charles Hilding of IPA Seniors Housing... Read More »
CBRE Completes Kennewick Recap
Switching around lending partners, a joint venture between Bourne Financial Group and Cascadia Senior Living recapitalized and refinanced their 138-unit assisted living/memory care property in Kennewick, Washington, with the help of CBRE’s Aron Will. The memory care portion was completed in 2015, with the assisted living finished in 2016, and since then, both acuities have quickly stabilized. The property is considered to be very high quality for the area and includes amenities like restaurant-style dining, cafes, putting greens, yoga and fitness studios, Wii bowling and movie theaters. To recapitalize the property, Mr. Will secured a $26.35 million loan, with a seven-year, fixed-rate term... Read More »
MedPAC Margin Myopia
Too much focus on Medicare margins results in MedPAC’s recommendations ignored every year. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) does a lot of worthwhile research as it relates to health care and Medicare. But the commissioners must get tired of banging their heads against the wall year after year when it comes to their recommendations to Congress for Medicare payments to SNFs. For years, they have believed Medicare payments to nursing facilities were too high, and every year recommend cuts or no increases. This year was no different. MedPAC recommended no increase in SNF payment rates for two years. This was partly because they believe Medicare margins are too high, and... Read More »
More Seniors Housing in Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida, is getting another seniors housing development, set to open in 2019. The resort-style community will feature 82 independent living, 56 assisted living and 34 memory care units, along with a host of amenities that include a variety of dining options, a clubroom with a fireplace, a spa and fitness center with an outdoor pool, a theater and massage/exam rooms for rotating wellness providers. Ryan Companies is developing the property, with Grand Living as the operator. The team of David Fasano, Sarah Anderson, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler worked on behalf of Ryan Companies to arrange a $16.7 million joint venture equity partnership with Eagle... Read More »
The Risk of Older SNFs
One would think that the newer skilled nursing facilities would sell with lower cap rates, but that has not always been the case. As can be seen in the graph below (from the just-published 23rd Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report), in three of the past five years those nursing facilities over 40 years old sold with the highest average cap rate, and in the two years when they didn’t, all the cap rates were closely clustered. The youngest nursing facilities (less than 20 years old) did not produce the lowest cap rates in many of the years, however. The main reason for this is that when some buyers look at the new skilled nursing facilities, they may be paying a high price per... Read More »
Capital One Bridges to Agency Financing
Capital One pulled double duty for its client, Healthcare Trust (HTI), arranging more than $145 million in total financing. First, back in December, the firm served as administrative agent and sole lender for an $82 million senior secured credit facility, which provided bridge-to-agency financing for a 23-property seniors housing portfolio located in six states (primarily Michigan and Iowa) in just five weeks. Fast forward to this month, when Capital One added seven of those properties to HTI’s existing Fannie Mae credit facility. The transaction increased the total facility by $64.2 million, to $216.6 million. Read More »
Tryko Partners Grows Again
A few weeks after HCR ManorCare filed a pre-packaged bankruptcy petition, yet another one of its skilled nursing facilities has been sold. This facility is located in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, which is outside of Philadelphia, and Tryko Partners was the buyer. Built in 1995, the 129-bed facility is located adjacent to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, which is part of the Mercy Health System. Apparently, this was not one of the underperforming facilities operated by HCRMC, as it maintained a four-star rating from CMS and a five-star rating for quality measures. Nice to hear. Tryko’s affiliate, Marquis Health Services, will operate the facility and they expect to invest more than $2.5 million in the... Read More »
KeyBank Does It Again
KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged HUD financing for an eight-property skilled nursing portfolio with 1,063 beds in Texas. The loan amount was $90.8 million, or about $85,400 per bed. KeyBank was the lead in a syndicate of lenders that provided a $315 million bridge loan to a joint venture between Capital Senior Ventures and BlueMountain Capital Management to buy a portfolio of 30 facilities. This latest financing was used to pay off the remaining balance of that bridge loan. John Randolph led the KeyBank team on the financing, which included Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera from Key’s Healthcare Group. Read More »Schedule a demo
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