Why do skilled nursing values continue to soar?
In the last year, we have seen more skilled nursing deals valued above $100,000 per bed than ever before. That number of deals in turn drove up the average price per bed for SNF deals to a record high in 2014, to $76,500 per bed. But what was it about these facilities that drove up their valuations to new heights? For one, they were newer. Facilities built in the past 20 years sold for an average price of $111,900 per bed, compared to facilities built between 20 and 40 years ago ($72,400 per bed) and 40 years and older ($75,700), according to the just-published 2015 Senior Care Acquisition Report. We will see how SNFs evolve over time, and what will happen to those 1960s and 1970s... Read More »HHC Finance continues HUD lending
After it finished HUD’s FY2014 as the top HUD lender in the country, HHC Finance continued by facilitating HUD refinancing for a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in California, closing the three loans simultaneously. The borrower, an owner/operator of SNFs throughout the state of California, locked in 30-year fixed rates in the mid-3%s on each of the facilities, including a $27.5 million loan (for a 139-bed facility) and a $28.8 million loan (180 beds) for two facilities in Northern California. The third loan was $20.1 million for a 163-bed facility in Southern California. Across the facilities, all of which had a five-star rating, average occupancy was in the mid to low... Read More »The end of the Sunwest Management saga
At long last, the end of a saga. The final Sunwest Management properties of the portfolio purchased by Lone Star, have been sold, and it was somewhat of a unique sale. For reasons that are too detailed to discuss, the properties were the last ones in a private REIT established years ago by the seller, and the sale had to be the purchase of the entity as opposed to the purchase of the outright real estate. SilverStone Health Care Real Estate figured out a way to get it done, and they closed on this portfolio for about $112,000 per unit. The portfolio included a 340-unit IL/AL/MC campus in the Peoria/Sun City area of Arizona and a 148-unit AL/MC community in Yuma, Arizona. The total purchase... Read More »Two quick-fire transactions from RED Capital Partners
From its growing balance sheet construction lending platform, RED Capital Partners announced the closing of two separate transactions within a day of each other. The first was an $8.8 million loan for a 46-unit memory care community in Lakewood, Colorado (Denver area). The borrowers were Taylor Fitzpatrick Capital, the Crystal Group and Milestone Retirement, which will operate the community. And second, RED closed a $13.86 million loan for a 107-unit assisted living/memory care community in Kearns, Utah (Salt Lake City area) being developed by Link Development and managed also by Milestone Retirement. The project is estimated to cost about $17.9 million, amounting to $167,300 per unit,... Read More »NHI/Bickford continuing to grow
As many of you may know, National Health Investors and Bickford Senior Living are in the middle of their joint venture to build 36 assisted living/memory care communities in eight states. The joint venture is mostly funded with borrowings on NHI’s unsecured bank credit facility, but KeyBank National Association recently announced that it secured $78 million in Fannie Mae financing for 13 of the joint venture’s properties, consisting of interest-only payments at 3.79% and a 10-year maturity. The proceeds of the loan will go towards reducing borrowings on NHI’s credit facility. Read More »Valuation and construction
According to the just-published 2015 Senior Care Acquisition Report, valuations of assisted living and independent living communities are reaching unprecedented heights. In seniors housing, we saw a deal in 2015 valued over $500,000 per unit, two deals with prices over $400,000 per unit and a whopping 15 sold over $300,000 per unit. As valuations continue to rise due to the availability of capital, increasing investment demand and sellers with higher quality properties being attracted to sell in this hot market, more and more may look to construction to get into or grow in the seniors housing market. Of course, new development comes with its risks, but as prices continue to rise, buyers... Read More »Cap Rates And Reality
There appears to be a feeding frenzy on where cap rates should be, and the frenzy is only taking them lower. Did you read about the fully stabilized assisted living community that sold for a 3.5% cap rate on first year numbers? You didn’t? April fools, neither did I. But don’t be surprised if it happens given the way the market is going. Two months ago, while attending a seniors housing conference, we heard a rather matter-of-fact statement that cap rates for “A” properties were in the range of 5.5% to 6.0%, and “B” properties were in the broad 6% range. While our annual statistics do not bear this out, we do know that there are transactions done with cap rates between 5% and 6%, with a... Read More »The Battle For Brookdale
Shareholders are taking it up a notch to raise the value of Brookdale Senior Living. In World War II we had the Battle of the Bulge, and in seniors housing, we now have the Battle for Brookdale. Sandell Management, which owns about 2 million Brookdale shares, has nominated three directors, including Tommy Sandell himself, to help the company maximize shareholder value, claiming current directors have little real estate expertise, and in one case seem in imply that one current director, who they want to replace, is too old by stating his age (77). Tell that to Jim Moore. Now, Glenview Capital Management, which has upped its ownership from 8.75 million shares three months ago to 11.59... Read More »Northeast priciest to build AND buy SNFs
Not surprisingly, building or buying skilled nursing facilities in the Northeast, where land costs, average income and barriers to entry are high, is the most expensive of the other regions, with an average price per bed in 2014 of $88,200 per bed (according to the 2015 Senior Care Acquisition Report, coming out later this month) and an average development cost of approximately $185,000 per bed in construction projects announced since early 2013 featuring a majority of skilled nursing beds. Those sales of Northeast SNFs featured mostly old facilities, with an average age of about 36 years, which is indicative of the aging product in that region. Read More »Mezzanine financing helps fund new construction
Contemporary Healthcare Capital is helping to finance Medical Development Corp.’s (MDC) new Canterfield brand of assisted living/memory care communities in the Southeast. Currently there are two Canterfield communities open, one in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and one in Forsyth County, Georgia. But there are six more coming, including one in Kennesaw, Georgia. For that project, which should cost around $17 million, or approximately $182,800 per unit to build, Contemporary is providing a $3.1 million four-year mezzanine loan with a rate in the mid-teens, while State Bank and Trust (a local bank with locations across Georgia) is providing a $12.45 million loan with a rate of LIBOR plus 300 basis... Read More »Schedule a demo
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