HC-One Becomes Largest Provider in UK
It has been a few months since it was announced that Justin Hutchens would leave HCP, Inc. and join UK-based HC-One as its new CEO. That transition is expected to take place on October 1, and he will certainly have his hands full when he takes over from Chai Patel. HC-One just announced an agreement to acquire 122 senior care properties from Bupa Care Services, also based in the UK, for approximately £300 million, or $384 million. Over the past few months, the deal value was rumored to be in the £300 million to £450 million range, but that was for 150 properties, not the 122 that was agreed upon. Before this acquisition, HC-One was already the third-largest senior care provider in the UK,... Read More »SunTrust Bank Funds Large CCRC Expansion
As the construction boom continues across seniors housing, existing communities often have to renovate, expand or convert in order to survive. A 20-year old CCRC in Richmond, Virginia is doing just that, with a massive expansion project planned to add and improve the services it offers. Owned and operated by not-for-profit Pinnacle Living, formerly Virginia United Methodist Homes, the 90-acre campus will receive a new fitness and wellness center (complete with a swimming pool), two enclosed corridors that connect independent living to the new center, a new two-story health care center with 20 private rooms on each floor and common areas, a new parking deck, and potentially a number of new... Read More »Trying Out Transitional Care
Joint venture partners Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Pisula Development Company (the development arm of RRC Medical Real Estate LLC) are venturing into the transitional care/skilled nursing space with the acquisition of a brand-new facility in Conroe, Texas. Featuring 150 beds in two stories, the transitional care facility was developed in late 2016 by the seller, an in-state developer relatively new to senior care, on about three acres adjacent to the 342-bed Conroe Regional Hospital Campus. We have historically known Harrison Street as a seniors housing investor, and Pisula Development has mostly focused on medical office buildings. But they have partnered with OnPointe Health,... Read More »
Seniors Housing And Affordability
New development is widely blamed for occupancy declines, but affordability may be just as culpable. Declining occupancy in seniors housing has been a major issue for the past 18 months or so, and while it took some providers way too long to admit that new development was taking its toll on census, there may be other things at work. One big one is affordability. While analysts celebrate that rents have gone up 3% despite census declines, remember that the numbers are based on asking rents. Just possibly, however, those rising asking rents are scaring some people away. I have not seen any statistical analysis on this, but I think the seniors housing sector really has to take a hard look at... Read More »MorningStar Shines Brightly In Phoenix Market
MorningStar Senior Living is set to open its fourth senior living community in the Phoenix market, with the help of construction financing arranged by Aron Will of CBRE. Together with joint venture partners N-Shea Group and an institutional equity partner, MorningStar is developing a 144-unit independent living (38 units), assisted living (71) and memory care (35) community in Glendale, a growing suburb roughly 10 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix. Although the development cost was not disclosed, MorningStar’s three previous projects in the metro area had cost between $200,000 per unit and $230,000 per unit to develop, and we imagine the Glendale project is similar. Mr. Will provided a... Read More »
Blueprint Continues Its Streak In Kansas
Continuing its busy season, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced another closing in the Midwest, following six other announced August transactions in the states of Ohio, Michigan and Kansas. In this latest closing, the team of Ben Firestone, Jacob Gehl and Michael Segal went back to Kansas to sell a couple of small assisted living/memory care communities in the southeastern part of the state. Built in the 1990s, the properties combined for 49 units and are the county’s only licensed providers of AL services. They were deemed to be non-core by the public REIT and private equity firm joint venture owners, following the JV’s portfolio acquisition of a number of AL/MC properties... Read More »Capital One Closes Two-Part Financing For Prestige Care
Presitge Care killed two birds with one stone in its latest transaction with Capital One. The Oregon-based owner/operator of senior care facilities in the Pacific Northwest received a $41.1 million first mortgage from Capital One to both finance the acquisition of four seniors housing and skilled nursing facilities (which was announced last August) and refinance three of its existing facilities. Capital One also provided a $5 million senior credit facility for general corporate purposes and working capital needs. Located in Wenatchee, East Wenatchee and Ellensburg, Washington, and Nampa, Idaho, the acquired communities, which were previously owned by industry veteran Carl Campbell, were in... Read More »Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 18, 2017
Check out our recent senior care M&A transactions! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Ohio-based owner/operator2 skilled nursing facilities$16.75 million Mozart HealthcareMaple Heights Retirement CommunityN/A Summit Healthcare REIT, Inc.9 skilled nursing facilities$60... Read More »Quality Care Properties Seeking Receiver for HCR ManorCare
Quality Care Properties is taking its issues with HCR ManorCare (the lack of full rent payments) one step further. Late yesterday QCP announced that it is initiating a legal process to appoint an independent receiver to oversee the operation of the skilled nursing and assisted living properties that it owns which are leased to HCRMC. Apparently, the two companies had previously agreed that QCP would have the right to appoint a receiver to operate the properties if HCRMC defaulted on the leases. That default has already occurred. Assuming the California State Court appoints a receiver, QCP plans to start transitioning the properties to new owners and operators. They believe there will... Read More »California-Based Summit Healthcare REIT Heads Northeast
Summit Healthcare REIT just expanded its holdings in the Northeast, adding nine skilled nursing facilities with 1,285 licensed beds. Along with joint venture partner Fantasia Investment III LLC, a U.S.-based affiliate of Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Ltd., Summit acquired an interest in these facilities out of receivership. They were previously owned by a Colorado-based private investment group, but the existing operator will stay on to manage the portfolio. Quality of care is high, with each facility reporting at least a four-star rating from CMS. The joint venture ended up paying $60 million, or $46,700 per bed. Steve Thomes, Chris Hyldahl, and Gideon Orion of Blueprint Healthcare Real... Read More »Schedule a demo
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