National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth
National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay seniors housing. NHI also announced that it sold a few assets during the quarter and acquired two separate portfolios. In January, National Health Investors sold a 42-unit senior living campus in Michigan for $6.7 million, and in February, the company acquired nine assisted living communities in Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. Berkadia handled... Read More »
Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing
T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from KeyBank on the 707-bed portfolio. The transaction positions the sponsor to optimize its capital structure while continuing to execute on its operational and strategic initiatives across the portfolio. There was significant lender interest in the deal, with six term sheets at competitive pricing. T7 Capital specializes in structuring capital... Read More »
Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community
Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial acquisition. MIG generated multiple aggressive term sheets and ultimately secured a $5+ million loan from a specialized regional bank that met the client’s objectives. Read More »
Large SNF Portfolio Trades in Alabama
A large skilled nursing portfolio traded hands in Alabama with the help of Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Advisors. A Florida-based group divested the 11 facilities, which comprise 1,205 beds. At the time of sale, the portfolio was cash flowing and operating at a healthy occupancy, but still offered upside potential. The buyer was an East Coast healthcare company with an existing skilled nursing and assisted living footprint. Read More »
Not-for-Profit Sells Class-A Campus to Not-for-Profit
Crest View Senior Communities divested Crest View Senior Community at Blaine, a 164-unit full-continuum campus in a northern suburb of the Twin Cities that was built in 2015. Catholic Eldercare, a not-for-profit senior living organization based in the state, was selected as the buyer, as it aligned with Crest View’s goal of keeping the community with a faith-based provider. This is the eighth community in Catholic Eldercare’s owned/managed northeast Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs portfolio. Catholic Eldercare also plans to take over management of Columbia Village, a HUD 202 apartment building in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, also owned by Crest View. Ziegler represented Crest View, and... Read More »
High-Performing Assisted Living Community Sells
A regional owner/operator with an established presence in the Southeast acquired a high-performing assisted living community in North Carolina. Built in 1988, Autumnfield of Belhaven encompasses 32 units with 64 beds and was operating at strong occupancy at the time of sale. The seller had made meaningful capital improvements to the physical plant prior to going to market, and the asset sits in a supply-constrained market largely due to North Carolina’s Certificate of Need framework. There is significant upside potential for the buyer, who aligned with the seller’s timeline and long-term vision for the community. Evans Senior Investments represented the seller, an independent... Read More »
Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas
The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin. The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing units, with the portfolio totaling 55 independent living and 68 assisted living units, and 32 memory care beds. There are a large number of high-quality properties that were newer included in the portfolio. The company already had a strong presence in Texas, so there will be opportunity for synergies. The real estate was acquired by subsidiaries of... Read More »
Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture
Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially acquired for approximately $29 million and sold for a combined $138 million, or up to $225,000 per bed/unit. Kandu also reinvested capital last year into new seniors housing assets in Indiana at less than $30,000 per unit. It has found another value-add deal, acquiring the 64-unit Bickford of Rocky River in Rocky River, Ohio (Cleveland MSA), for around... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit
A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six locations across York, Adams and Franklin counties. In total, there are 553 independent living units, 261 personal care units and 244 skilled nursing beds and more than 1.2 million building square feet. Operations could be improved, with occupancy at 82% at the time of marketing in summer 2025 but a substantial operating loss on more than $53 million... Read More »
AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells
Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market these days, and following a competitive process, ownership ultimately selected a buyer that partnered with a new operator looking to grow its footprint in Texas. There were some challenges to bring the deal to closing, including fluctuating occupancy during diligence, but the deal successfully closed. In addition to leading the disposition,... Read More »Schedule a demo
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