Schizophrenia in the development market?
In our most recent webinar, held on January 21 and titled “Investing in the Senior Care Development Market,” we asked our listeners a couple of questions to gauge their opinion on certain potentially pivotal matters in the industry. First, we asked “Today, is it better to build or buy?” And second, we posed the question, “Do you think the development market will boom or bust?” Not surprisingly, over two-thirds (72% to be exact) of the audience preferred building to buying these days, and we suspect that acquisition prices as they are must play a big part in that divide. But, after that relatively optimistic response to the development market, 75% of the audience believed the development... Read More »Walker and Dunlop back at it
Not resting on its laurels following the recent $1.27 billion Freddie Mac financing it closed, Walker & Dunlop announced another financing, this time structuring a $68.2 million construction loan for a 318-unit senior living community to be built in Palm Beach County, Florida. The loan featured a floating rate of about 300 basis points over LIBOR and covered about 70% of the over-$100 million (about $314,500 per unit) development. Ventas will provide equity capital and will be the principal owner of the community in partnership with the developer, Big Rock Partners. Designed by Gensler and to be constructed by Moss & Associates, the 425,000-square foot community will feature 186... Read More »
Laying the ground work
After a solid end of year in deal volume for The JCH Group, as detailed in the January issue of The SeniorCare Investor, which also included the sale, arranged by Jim Hazzard and Nick Stahler, of a 35-unit memory care community in Orange County for $6.25 million, or about $179,000 per unit, the firm is looking forward. And while the fourth quarter was a healthy one for JCH, Q1:16 should see quarterly sales volume of up to $75 million. So, stay tuned to follow those closings. Read More »
CommuniCare grows in Maryland
Cincinnati-based CommuniCare Health Services became the second largest provider of skilled nursing care in Maryland when it acquired six facilities in the state, and one in West Virginia. The transaction added over 900 beds to its portfolio, which includes nearly 15 post-acute care facilities and nearly 2,000 beds in Maryland, and 35 facilities in four other states. All of the seven acquired facilities were formerly White Oak Healthcare facilities. For CommuniCare, which as of September 30, 2015 operates 36 properties for Omega Healthcare Properties, this is a big step outside of its center of operations in Ohio, where it currently operates 31 skilled nursing and rehab facilities. Read More »Investing In The Senior Care Development Market
The development activity in seniors housing is increasing, and anyone thinking about investing or lending in this market should attend tomorrow’s webinar. Will 2016 be the year that sets the stage for the future of the seniors housing development market? There have been two sides of the story, those who think that demand will increase enough to counter the current uptick in development we have been witnessing. And those who see the rate of new development accelerating this year and into 2017 and 2018 that will have significant negative ramifications in some markets. Regardless of where you stand in this argument, construction starts seem to be rising, and seniors housing is still a... Read More »The added cost of memory care
If you have been following the seniors housing construction market in the last couple of years, you probably have noticed that most of the development that has happened has been assisted living, memory care or some combination of the two. So with all of that building, is there any difference in the average cost to build for either acuity? And are developers actually putting money where their mouths are when they talk about their specially designed, technology-rich memory care projects? When comparing average development costs (which are made up of seniors housing new construction projects announced since late 2013, and include both hard and soft costs), stand-alone MC communities did... Read More »From good to great
National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) added a well-run independent living community in Chehalis, Washington (40 miles south of Olympia) to its portfolio for a purchase price of $9.25 million, or $96,400 per unit, with an 8.7% cap rate. Built in phases from 1986 to the early 2000s, the community features a mix of apartment-style units and cottages, and is 95% occupied. It operates at a 35% margin on approximately $2.3 million of revenues, which can improve. Plus, sitting on 24 acres next to a medical center, there is also room to expand for NHI, which leased the community to a partnership between Marathon Development and Village Concepts Retirement Communities for a period of 15 years and... Read More »
CBRE sells MorningStar trio
For over $400,000 per unit, a joint venture between MorningStar Senior Living and Arcapita, a Bahrain-based global investment manager, purchased (in two transactions) a portfolio of three newly built assisted living/memory care communities in Colorado. One of the properties, a community in Jordan with 55 AL units and 29 MC units, opened in July 2014 and was already 80% occupied at the time of the sale. It sold for approximately $34.5 million, or $411,000 per unit. While the other two properties, located in Colorado Springs, included a 48-unit MC community that opened in September 2014 and an already stabilized community with 45 AL units and 19 MC units that opened in late 2013. Combined... Read More »
Have We Finally Bottomed Out?
With senior care stocks plunging in recent weeks, it appears we may have finally bottomed out with a significant rally on January 14. I am sure many of you were watching in despair as senior care stocks have been plummeting since the beginning of the year. It was not rational, it had little to do with core value, it had little to do with current operating performance, and it really did feed on itself. And, seniors housing and care stocks get thrown in the “health care” bucket at mutual funds and other institutional investors, so if they decide to lower their holdings in health care, for whatever reason, the senior care baby gets thrown out with the healthcare bathwater. But hundreds of... Read More »
Pineview in Pocatello
A trio of assisted living communities in the Pocatello, Idaho area (in the southeastern part of the state) were refinanced with a $3.89 million HUD scattered site loan. Denver-based Pineview Capital Group arranged the financing, which featured a 35-year term and an interest rate below 4%. With two built in 2008 and one in 2006, the communities were running well, with an average occupancy above 90%, and good operating margins. Each featured 15 units and around 10,000 square feet, and while one community had a quarter of its census from Medicaid, one had just 5% and the third had no Medicaid. All are under “The Gables” brand. Read More »Schedule a demo
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