Mobile Works
Brooks Minford, Rob Reis and Douglas Danny (with an assist from Eddie Greenhalgh) of Marcus & Millichap recently represented the owner of a 132-unit senior living community in its sale to a Jacksonville, Florida-based buyer. Located on 27 acres in Mobile, Alabama, complete with walking trails, this community was built in 1998 with 84 independent living units (including 22 single-family homes), 32 assisted living units and 16 memory care units. The community sold for $9.65 million, or $73,106 per unit/bed, which is low for seniors housing. For more information, check out the January issue of The SeniorCare Investor. Read More »
Luxury in Fort Lauderdale
Luxury has come to Fort Lauderdale. A joint venture between Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management just opened its 106-unit senior living community directly on the Intracoastal Waterway, part of a much larger development pipeline planned across 12 states. With eight stories of assisted living (86) and memory care (20) units, this community boasts a number of attractive amenities. It takes advantage of its waterfront views with an eighth-story lounge (complete with grand piano) and restaurant. Plus, there is a spa/salon, fitness center, movie theater and a waterside café. Compass Pointe Healthcare System, an affiliate of Capital Health Group, will operate the community. All roads... Read More »
Investors, and Congress, Ignore MedPAC
Since November’s crash, skilled nursing prices continue to rise. We sometimes wonder if the members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, ever get frustrated that their recommendations often go unheeded by Congress. This is certainly the case with recommendations for skilled nursing Medicare reimbursement. Last week, MedPAC recommended a Medicare rate freeze for SNFs through 2019, which Congress will surely ignore….again. Because Medicaid policy is not part of its charter, the MedPAC commissioners ignore it, even though they are keenly aware that in SNFs, Medicare payments subsidize low Medicaid payments. Medicare payment increases are usually quite small, but that... Read More »High price for the Upper West Side
Seniors housing deals valued above $500,000 per unit are rare. In fact, in our M&A database dating back to 1993, only nine have been announced in the U.S. (all since 2015). And up until this month, we only had one domestic deal above $600,000 per unit, which was Health Care REIT’s acquisition of three senior living communities in the Boston area for $150 million, or $652,174 unit. Now, a single 239-unit independent living building in New York City’s Upper West Side is selling for approximately $150 million, and surpassing $625,000 per unit. The Esplanade had been owned by the Scharf family, an owner/operator of senior living communities in the New York City MSA, since they bought it... Read More »When it works, it works
Success really can breed success. At least, that is the case for a skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas that has already expanded once, and will soon grow again. Built in 2011 with 78 beds, all in private rooms, this skilled nursing facility added another 30 private beds and expanded its therapy gym by 1,300 square feet in 2013, at a cost of $2.6 million. Now, with occupancy averaging 89% from January 2015 to mid-year 2016, the local family owner/operator has decided to invest again in improvements and an expansion. They turned to Kevin Giusti and Michael Vaughn of Walker & Dunlop to arrange a $15.5 million refinance, which will provide the cash necessary to continue to grow... Read More »
Virginia Vacancy
A 45-unit assisted living/memory care community in Woodstock, Virginia was vacant at the time of its sale to a regional operator. The previous owner, Royal Haven Assisted Living, decided to concentrate on the operations of its other 55-unit community in Front Royal, Virginia. But it was in the middle of renovating the Woodstock property when Steve Thomes and Tim Cobb of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors procured an acquirer with its own capital investment program planned for the community. The regional operator buyer is focused on assisted living and memory care services in Virginia, which bodes well for its newest addition. A purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
The Market of Lafayette
In the heart of Cajun country, Cushman & Wakefield’s Robert Black and Sean McNee facilitated the sale of two seniors housing communities on behalf of the local owner and operator. Both located less than a mile apart in Lafayette, Louisiana, the all-private pay properties included a 70-unit independent/assisted living community that was built in 1997 and a just-opened 37-unit memory care community. The buyer, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV will bring on Colonial Oaks Senior Living to operate the communities under a 15-year absolute net lease with two 10-year renewal options and annual rent escalators of 6.3% after year one and 2.5% thereafter. Griffin-American financed the... Read More »Net-worth nets results
A high net-worth healthcare real estate investor saw quite the value-add opportunity in a portfolio of five assisted living communities located throughout Central Florida. The properties were perhaps fated to change hands, as they were acquired by the seller (a publicly traded REIT) as part of a large merger a few years ago, but were not seen as “core” communities. There is some work to be done too. Built from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s, the buildings need some capex. And despite a stable occupancy in the mid- to high-80s, a significant portion of the census was Medicaid payors. Under management of a national operator (which had been in place for a short time before the REIT took... Read More »
How does Harborview do it?
Harborview Capital Partners has been knocking it out of the park recently, as many of you will read in the December issue of The SeniorCare Investor, which is landing on desks early next week. The firm has closed a significant amount of business since November 1, and the transactions just keep on coming. Eli Kutner originated a $30 million bridge-to-HUD refinance of a 133-bed skilled nursing facility in West Hollywood, California, which also provided net cash-out proceeds to the borrower in excess of $12 million. The loan came with a LIBOR+2.86 interest rate, two-year term with one-year extension options, 24 months of interest-only payments, and a 25-year amortization. Ephraim Kutner and... Read More »
Genesis HealthCare, Kindred and Brookdale Working With REITs
It was not easy, but Genesis HealthCare, Kindred Healthcare and Brookdale Senior Living have worked with their REITs to strengthen all concerned. In reviewing the events of the year, I think perhaps the most important ones involve Genesis HealthCare, Kindred Healthcare and Brookdale Senior Living. And, of course, the REITs with close ties to them. With regard to Genesis, I know it took some brass ones for Welltower to work through their various leases with Genesis and sell a large number of the properties. But the important aspect was the reduction of the rents and the smaller annual escalators that will keep Genesis on an upward track. Investors liked it, boosting the share price by 37%... Read More »Schedule a demo
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