SNF M&A; A Market Remains Robust
With at least five transactions priced over $100,000 per bed so far this month, July may be a record for high-priced SNF sales. The skilled nursing facility M&A market continues to lead the way in terms of where the post-acute sector may be heading. So far in the past three weeks, we have seen five deals close with values ranging from just over $100,000 per bed to over $200,000 per bed. Yes, a few have been in the northeast, which can be expected, but these high-priced sales go all the way from North Carolina to Texas to California. This is not a regional phenomenon. It is a change that is going on in the sector that will be part of the evolution of who takes care of the elderly, how... Read More »Upper East Side SNF sells big
It’s not often you see a skilled nursing facility sell for north of $200,000 per bed. But not all facilities are located in the heart of the highly desirable, high-income Upper East Side in New York. Well, a group of private investors, known as 79th Street Acquisition Group LLC on city records, and Cassena Care, which operates seven SNFs in New York City and Connecticut, purchased a 499-bed SNF for $105.5 million, or $211,400 per bed. The 170,000-square foot facility sold for approximately $621 per square foot, and with its tremendous location, is seen as a potential development site. Built in 1967, the facility had been operated by Marilyn Lichtman since its opening, including when she... Read More »How are SNFs managing costs?
With all the talk of rising acuity in skilled nursing, how are operators going to manage the resulting rise in revenues and, of course, costs? Based on SNF sales in 2014 (according to The Senior Care Acquisition Report), the average expense ratio has fallen to a five-year low of 88.2%, or 50 basis points lower than in 2013. With this significant fall coming in tandem with the rise in average price per bed paid for SNF acquisitions in 2014, it is clear that buyers will pay a premium for a facility that better manages its expenses, especially in this higher acuity, higher cost market. Read More »Oakmont Senior Living growing
Already with a $150 million Freddie Mac Revolving Credit Facility provided to them in December 2013 to support their robust development pipeline, Oakmont Senior Living obtained an additional $23.5 million tranche with the help of Greystone. The financing enabled Oakmont to take out its construction loan on its newly constructed 71-unit assisted living/memory care community (with 45 AL units and 26 MC units) in Carmichael, California. Just nine months out from the community’s opening, the property was already 96% occupied at closing, which is impressive considering the recent declines in overall AL occupancy. Oakmont received low floating rate, non-recourse debt with an interest-only... Read More »Lancaster Pollard Making News
Lancaster Pollard is certainly keeping busy this month. First, Lancaster Pollard Finance Co., led by Doug Korey, provided a $5.4 million balance sheet loan to fund Benicia Senior Living’s acquisition of a 60-unit assisted living/memory care community in Eugene, Oregon. Second, Chris Blanda of LP structured a $5.4 million HUD LEAN loan with a 25-year term for nonprofit Baptist Homes to expand the Medicare skilled nursing offering at its CCRC in Louisville, Kentucky. Third, for Real Properties Health Facilities Corp.’s $29.5 million refinance of its 12 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities with 1,000 available beds in four states, Lancaster Pollard served as placement agent, with... Read More »Three high-priced acquisitions in PA
In a sale-manageback transaction, a non-traded REIT purchased three senior living communities with 328 total units in Pennsylvania from Heritage Senior Living for $87.5 million, or $266,800 per unit. Compared to the average price paid for AL/IL communities of $198,800 in the trailing-12 months ending Q1:2015 (according a supplemental report for the Senior Care Acquisition Report), this represents a significant premium. The properties, located in York, Bethlehem and Harleysville, Pennsylvania, offered independent living, assisted living and memory care services, and were well occupied at the time of the sale. Mark Myers of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »RED Capital funds SNF acquisition
Investment360, a boutique healthcare investment group, plans to improve census and quality mix at a 440-bed skilled nursing facility it acquired, with the help of a $36.5 million bridge-to-HUD loan from RED Capital Partners. The facility has historically struggled, and Investment360 hopes that by bringing in Excelerate Healthcare to operate the facility as part of a long-term lease agreement, it can reposition the facility to meet a higher acuity population and become a market leader in the Syracuse, New York area. The loan came from RED’s balance sheet lending program at a very competitive spread. Read More »Assisted Living Occupancy Declines…Again
Second quarter occupancy trends are soft again, with construction starts strong. So, are people finally beginning to believe that the development boom we have been talking about is actually starting to impact census? We are talking about assisted living and memory care, because that is where the action has been. According to the second quarter NIC MAP data, assisted living occupancy has dropped again sequentially, and is down 45 basis points from a year ago. But worse, and more to the point, trailing 12-months assisted living construction starts as a percent of existing supply has been at 4.7% and 4.8% for the past two quarters, much higher than a year ago. And, more development pipelines... Read More »Seven sales in North Carolina
Mike Pardoll of Marcus & Millichap burst out of the gate in July, arranging the sale of seven senior care properties (six assisted living and one skilled nursing facility) in North Carolina in three separate transactions, totaling almost $43 million. The first was the sale by a not-for-profit foundation of five assisted living properties with 300 units (there are 60 units at each) for $22.3 million, or about $74,300 per unit. Meridian Senior Living was the buyer. Second, a group of private investors sold their 60-unit assisted living community in Wadesboro, North Carolina to Meridian Senior Living for $4 million, or $66,700 per unit. Finally, Mr. Pardoll, together with Mark Myers also... Read More »HJ Sims executes $22.5 million refinance
A CCRC in Annapolis, Maryland with a securitized $17 million mortgage that did not allow a prepayment (current balance was down to $15 million) secured a bank refinance with the help of HJ Sims. The CCRC already had a history with HJ Sims, having received a $48 million construction loan and $8.4 million of development capital from them in 2001 and the $17 million mortgage in 2005. Because this mortgage was due on January 1, 2016, the CCRC had to defease the existing mortgage by escrowing all future principal and interest payments, thereby creating negative arbitrage. Plus, the CCRC had been servicing an outstanding subordinate loan from the original developers ($300,000 of which was... Read More »Schedule a demo
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