Brookdale’s Still Lagging
After Brookdale Senior Living finally topped 80% in month-end occupancy in August, reaching 80.4%, the company reported 80.5% in month-end occupancy for September, indicating weaker momentum going into Q4 compared to prior years. We said improvements would need to be maintained through Q4 to head into the winter/flu season in a strong position. So far, the company is, unfortunately, only maintaining, with just a 10 basis point increase from August to September. Brookdale also reported a Q3 average occupancy of 78.9%. Yes, this is an 80-basis point increase quarter over quarter and a 130-basis point increase year over year, but it is typical to see senior living occupancy grow the... Read More »
Live Oak Closes Three Bridge Loans
Live Oak Bank has been actively lending this Fall, so far, announcing three closings in recent weeks. The bank first closed a $13.5 million bridge loan for Bakerson Companies. The bridge-to-agency loan features a three-year initial term and 24 months of interest-only payments. Loan proceeds were used to recapitalize part of the all-cash purchase of a 172-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community earlier this year in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. Also in September, Live Oak closed a $47.5 million bridge loan for a Florida-based seniors housing owner. The loan provides bridge-to-sale financing and features a three-year initial term, 24 months of interest-only... Read More »
Investor Purchases Upstate New York ALP Portfolio
A portfolio of ALP (Assisted Living Program) communities sold in upstate New York, with Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the transaction. ALP properties serve those who are medically eligible for nursing home placement (and mostly are Medicaid recipients) but provide care for them in a less medically intensive, lower cost setting more similar to an assisted living community. So the state saves on the higher cost of a nursing home, and the provider earns a higher rate than a typical assisted living community. Win-win. The New York-based seller owns and operates assisted living communities in the downstate region, and divested all of its ALP assets in the... Read More »
Struggling Community Trades in Arkansas
Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a seniors housing community in Maumelle, Arkansas (Little Rock MSA). Built in 2007, Stonehaven Assisted Living comprises 60 assisted living units with both private pay and Medicaid residents. However, over the past year, the community faced some major difficulties. At the time of marketing, occupancy was just 53%, causing financial, staffing and other daily operational challenges. Recognizing the need for a change, the seller, a national healthcare system, chose to exit the market. A private company ultimately acquired the asset and partnered with a Midwest-based operator, marking its second investment in the state. The transaction was... Read More »
MONTICELLOAM Closes SNF Portfolio Financing
MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, and its affiliates announced the closing of $59.25 million in bridge and working capital financing for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in the Chicago area of Illinois. Karina Davydov originated the loan, which carries a two-year term with two six-month extensions. A growing regional operator was the borrower and financed its acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities with more than 700 licensed beds. Proceeds from the $52.25 million bridge loan were used for the acquisition, while the $7.0 million working capital revolver will be used to support the day-to-day operations across the... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Kamala Proposes Medicare Coverage of In-Home Senior Care
We are getting down to the wire in the 2024 presidential election, and the grasping for new groups of constituents is getting more intense. To appeal to the “sandwich generation,” or those middle-aged people that are simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents, Kamala Harris is now proposing a new Medicare benefit for in-home eldercare. As if we haven’t had enough politicization of long-term care from politicians this year. The proposal would cover long-term home care services, including health aides. Right now, Medicare only covers certain home health services with restrictions on hours of care per day and per week, and it does not cover 24-hour care at home like... Read More »
Large Florida CCRC Secures Bond Financing
Ziegler announced the closing of the Series 2024C bonds for The Christian and Missionary Alliance Foundation, d/b/a Shell Point Retirement Community. Shell Point currently comprises 1,334 independent living units, 356 assisted living units and 180 skilled nursing beds on 700 acres in Fort Myers, Florida, across seven neighborhoods: The Island, Palm Acres, The Woodlands, Eagles Preserve, The Enclave, The Estuary and Waterside. Shell Point will use the proceeds of the Series 2024C bonds, together with other funds, to construct a “Town Center” for the community in the Island neighborhood. It will be used to house Shell Point’s administration building and its current Island amenities, as... Read More »
National Healthcare System Exiting Industry
Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas MSA, on behalf of a national healthcare system exiting the industry. The buyer was a regional owner/operator with an existing footprint in Texas. Built in 2013 and expanded in 2019, Three Forks Senior Living of Forney comprises 60 assisted living and 20 memory care units in Forney, Texas. At the time of marketing, the community was 65% occupied, entirely private pay and generated $2.89 million in annual revenue. However, it faced several operational challenges that resulted in a low NOI. Read More »
PGIM Acquires Class-A Community in Florida
Berkadia announced the sale and financing of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Orlando, Florida MSA, Oakmonte Village at Lake Mary. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers represented the seller while Austin Sacco and Steven Muth handled the mortgage banking advisory services. The transaction closed in September. The buyer was a joint venture between PGIM Real Estate and Grand Living. Built in phases between 2009 and 2015, Oakmonte Village comprises 351 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Lake Mary, Florida. The community sits on 25 acres and spans across one three-story IL building, one three-story AL building, one single-story MC... Read More »
VIUM Capital Secures Second Securitization
VIUM Capital and its joint venture partner Merchants Capital have closed on their second securitization of healthcare commercial real estate bridge loans. The $630 million securitization pool comprises loans that were originated by VIUM and underwritten and closed on the balance sheet of Merchant’s parent, Merchants Bank of Indiana, within the past 16 months. The 21 loans are collateralized by 74 properties across 15 states, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities, and did not see interest rates or terms affected by the securitization. They also have a weighted average loan-to-value ratio of 69% and a weighted average debt yield above... Read More »Schedule a demo
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