• Ziegler Handles Providence Portfolio Sale

    The Ensign Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire eight facilities in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California, subject to the completion of certain regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. This acquisition includes the real estate and operations and are being acquired from Providence Home and Community Care. The real estate... Read More »
  • Ignite Medical Resorts Acquires in Texas

    Blueprint was engaged by a Houston-based real estate developer and investment firm to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in El Paso, Texas. The facility had been leased to a subsidiary of Vibra Healthcare, a national specialty hospital and skilled nursing operator based in Pennsylvania.  Built in 2017, VibraLife El Paso... Read More »
  • Class-A Community Trades in Philadelphia

    Berkadia announced the sale of a Class-A independent living, personal care and memory care community in the Philadelphia MSA. It was built in 2019. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, led by Managing Directors Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers, closed the transaction on behalf of the seller, a private equity firm.... Read More »
  • Wisconsin AL Community Changes Hands

    On the heels of his closing in Minnesota, Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty headed over to Wisconsin to sell a small assisted living community in Dane County. Built in the mid-1990s, the community featured 20 units and a mostly Medicaid census. But occupancy was 100%, and the community operated at a strong margin above 30%. That is impressive,... Read More »
  • Private Asset-Based Lender Acquires Two Senior Notes

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of two senior notes secured by 24 seniors housing communities. The portfolio of communities spans approximately 1,200 units across eight states. Prior to the sale, all of the communities securing the notes transitioned to a new, national operator as part of a larger corporate wind down of the borrower. Individual... Read More »
Ziegler Handles CCRC Sale to Nonprofit

Ziegler Handles CCRC Sale to Nonprofit

Not-for-profit organizations have generally been net-sellers in recent years, struggling with expenses in a post-pandemic and post-inflation environment, but one organization is adding a new CCRC to its portfolio. Saint Therese is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based, Catholic not-for-profit that has over 50 years of experience and five other communities in Minnesota (4) and Michigan.  Its latest addition was St. Mary of the Woods, a 179-bed/unit CCRC in Avon, Ohio. The campus was originally acquired out of bankruptcy in 2012 from Atrium Centers, a 100% employee-owned provider of senior care services with over 2,000 beds in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Atrium completed several... Read More »
BMO Provides ReNew REIT Financing

BMO Provides ReNew REIT Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group closed on a $57.8 million credit facility to a joint venture between ReNew REIT and Heritage Senior Living for the recapitalization of existing debt on Keystone Villa at Douglassville, a Class-A seniors housing community in Douglassville, Pennsylvania.  BWE’s Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris secured the loan featuring a non-recourse structure prepayment flexibility, a competitive rate and full term of interest-only payments. The transaction represents a new lending relationship for the borrower. Originally built in 2011 as a 125-unit assisted living/memory care community before a 123-unit independent living building was added in 2015, the... Read More »
Leadership Change at LTC Properties

Leadership Change at LTC Properties

After more than 17 years at the helm of LTC Properties, Wendy Simpson is stepping down as CEO and will become Executive Chairman. Replacing her at the top will be two seasoned LTC executives. Current co-Presidents Clint Malin and Pam Kessler will be co-CEOs of the REIT. They already have a close working relationship so the transition should be smooth. Pam joined LTC in 2000 and became CFO in 2007. Clint joined the company in 2004 as Chief Investment Officer. Cece Chikhale has been promoted to CFO after serving as Controller and Treasurer since 2007, and Chief Accounting Officer since 2020. She joined the company in 2002. This is a seasoned management team if we have ever seen one, and a... Read More »
Ventas Purchases Three-Property Senior Living Portfolio

Ventas Purchases Three-Property Senior Living Portfolio

Berkadia announced the sale of three seniors housing communities offering assisted living and memory care services in the Chicago and Milwaukee MSAs. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, led by Managing Directors Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers, closed the 306-unit transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Dallas-based Caddis Partners and a private equity real estate fund. The properties were purchased by Ventas. The Class-A portfolio transaction closed with just six weeks between LOI execution and closing. Built in 2018, Heartis of Orland Park is approximately 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago and comprises 96 AL/MC units. It is the... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires in Michigan

Joint Venture Acquires in Michigan

Silver Wave Capital and Persimmon Ventures announced their second joint venture acquisition, buying a 102-unit assisted living/memory care community in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Earlier this year, the joint venture had acquired an AL/MC community in Naples, Florida, to mark their first purchase together, and they plan on more in the next year. The Class-A Michigan asset was built in 2018 by First & Main and features 58 AL and 44 MC units. However, the Auburn Hills market was overdeveloped for seniors housing services, and we understand that the property never reached stabilization. It was previously owned by Hudson Advisors, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds that purchased the community as... Read More »
Vierra Communities Acquires in Maryland

Vierra Communities Acquires in Maryland

Healthcare Transactions Group, Inc. arranged and facilitated the sale of St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 162-bed, five-star skilled nursing facility in Baltimore, Maryland. Associated Catholic Charities of Baltimore had previously owned and operated St. Elizabeth, which has a more than 75-year history of serving the Baltimore community, formerly as Jenkins Memorial Nursing Home. The current facility was built in 1992 on Catholic Charities’ flagship 26-acre campus in southwest Baltimore, adjacent to St. Agnes Hospital. The units and dining areas model a non-institutional Green House design. Going forward, the facility will continue to share the campus with the other... Read More »
Tennessee SNF Changes Hands

Tennessee SNF Changes Hands

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Dresden, Tennessee, on behalf of the Weakley County Commission. Originally built in 1958 with expansions over the years, Weakley County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center features 136 beds and is 100 miles west of Nashville. At the time of marketing, the facility was struggling with a 47% occupancy rate and negative cashflows. Following the Weakley County Commission’s approval of the sale, ESI launched a targeted marketing campaign focused on highlighting the facility’s strengths and untapped potential, procuring multiple interested buyers. The chosen buyer, a regional owner/operator with holdings in neighboring... Read More »
Financing Secured for a Virginia SNF

Financing Secured for a Virginia SNF

CIBC Bank USA recently closed a new $35 million commercial mortgage term loan and $1.5 million working capital line of credit for a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Virginia to refinance its debt. The 101-bed facility, which has an effective age of 15 years, posted very strong operating results, with occupancy around 92% and an EBITDAR margin historically at 25%.  With those results, it is no wonder the facility was able to obtain nearly $350,000 per bed of debt. An experienced Virginia owner/operator was the borrower. Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel handled the financing on behalf of CIBC. Read More »
CFG Closes Five Transactions

CFG Closes Five Transactions

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of five transactions totaling more than $54 million from mid-October through mid-November. The financing supported five skilled nursing facilities, one senior care community and two multifamily properties throughout the country and was executed on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers.  First was a transaction that involved a $2.72 million bridge-to-HUD junior term loan for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities featuring a total of 194 beds in Maryland and Delaware. Andrew Jones originated the deal and the financing closed October 8. The transaction had a total senior and junior debt capital stack of $27.83 million.  The... Read More »
Senior Care Portfolio Trades in Pennsylvania

Senior Care Portfolio Trades in Pennsylvania

Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed a five-property portfolio deal in Pennsylvania, featuring a mix of personal care and skilled nursing beds. Ryan Saul and Toby Siefert were engaged by the receiver to confidentially sell the facilities, which are located throughout northwestern Pennsylvania.  They included Clepper Manor in Sharon, Kermitage Nursing and Rehab in Hermitage, Lakeview Personal Care in Darlington, Shelburne Personal Care in Butler and The Lakes at Jefferson in Mercer, totaling 156 independent living/personal care units and 159 skilled nursing beds. The properties varied in age, built between 1958 and 2017, but offered a new owner the chance to add to an established... Read More »
AL Community Trades in Oklahoma

AL Community Trades in Oklahoma

A small assisted living campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, traded in a receivership sale with the help of Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Kory Buzin of Blueprint. Built in 1999, Dorset Place includes a standalone 36-unit assisted living building and a separate 33-unit memory care building. There was limited competition in the immediate market, and the property was well maintained. But a new owner could take over and implement expense control measures to stabilize the community’s operating cash flow. We imagine the property would come at a healthy discount to replacement cost, as a result.  Blueprint procured three competitive offers, ultimately advising the receiver, Mike Flanagan, to move... Read More »