• Eight Wisconsin Senior Care Assets Sell in Four Deals

    Senior Care Realty had an active October, with a handful of deals closed by Chad Wegner and Bob Richards. The four transactions involved senior care assets spread throughout Wisconsin. In one of the transactions, Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty sold four assisted living and memory care communities across two campuses in Wisconsin. The... Read More »
  • Public REIT Offloads SNFs Following Lease Non-Renewal

    Blueprint started the fourth quarter well after selling a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Florida, California and Virginia, on behalf of a public REIT. The existing tenant elected not to renew its master lease, prompting the portfolio divesture. The first closing was completed in Florida for two high-quality SNFs. The two facilities... Read More »
  • Senior Care Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

    Dan Mahoney and Dillon Rudy of Blueprint were engaged by a Louisiana-based not-for-profit owner/operator to market a 40-unit assisted living community in the Inland Northwest region of Idaho. The property maintained a steady resident base and in-place HUD financing. The organization was divesting because the asset no longer geographically aligned... Read More »
  • Developer Divests to Capital Group

    A Class-A seniors housing community near Wichita, Kansas, found a new owner thanks to Evans Senior Investments. The seller developed the community in 2014 and has operated it since then. There are 101 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was consistent around 90%, and the operating margin was in the high-20s,... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Finances Arizona Community

    Marcus & Millichap arranged $22 million in financing for The Springs of Scottsdale, a 143-unit independent living community in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Winterowd secured the financing with a national life insurance company on behalf of Stellar Senior Living. The sponsor secured a five-year loan at 60% loan-to-value, with a competitive interest... Read More »
Walton Street Affiliate Acquires in Texas

Walton Street Affiliate Acquires in Texas

Berkadia completed the sale and financing of a Class-A seniors housing community in Austin, Texas. The independent living, assisted living and memory care community was built in 2016 and expanded in 2019. The community’s occupancy rate exceeded 95% at the time of sale with robust cash flows.  Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers represented the seller, Artemis Real Estate Partners. The property was acquired by an affiliate of Walton Street Capital LLC and will continue to be managed by Texas-based Civitas Senior Living.  Austin Sacco, Steve Muth and Garrett Sacco secured acquisition financing through a national bank. The financing, which featured an attractive... Read More »
SNF Trades at High Per-Bed Price

SNF Trades at High Per-Bed Price

JLL Capital Markets completed the $33 million sale of Coronado Ridge Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (formerly known as Horizon Ridge), a 121-bed/90-unit skilled nursing facility in Henderson, Nevada. The sale represents one of the highest prices per bed for a skilled nursing facility in Nevada history at $273,000 per bed. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, in conjunction with Managing Director Mark Winter, represented the seller, a joint venture between CREC Real Estate, LLC and The Calida Group.  Built in 2017, Coronado Ridge stands two stories tall, sits on 2.3 acres and comprises 68,873 square feet. The facility is well-located to receive discharges from the... Read More »
Tremper Capital Group’s Recent Financing Activity

Tremper Capital Group’s Recent Financing Activity

Tremper Capital Group announced some recent financing activity, including a $10.5 million loan secured to refinance a recently renovated assisted living and memory care community in the Dallas, Texas MSA. The three-year floating-rate bridge loan with a regional bank provides the client time to execute on the in-place business plan. This is a new lending relationship for TCG’s client.  TCG also secured a land acquisition loan for a repeat client, Harbert South Bay Partners. The floating-rate loan placed with a regional bank provides Harbert with flexibility to navigate the permitting process for the development of a three-story, 170-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
Berry Weiss Acquires Long Island Portfolio

Berry Weiss Acquires Long Island Portfolio

Jason Punzel, Dave Balow and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of an assisted living and memory care portfolio in the Long Island region of New York. Built between 1959 and 1974, the portfolio comprises four communities with a total of 567 units, 1,000 beds and 26.21 acres. There was a national marketing effort that procured a significant number of qualified offers.  The ultimate buyer was downstate New York owner/operator/private investor, Berry Weiss. Weiss has many seniors housing communities under his ownership as well as other healthcare businesses. The seller was a public, non-listed REIT focused on seniors housing properties throughout the... Read More »
AEW Capital Management Acquires in Florida

AEW Capital Management Acquires in Florida

JLL Capital Markets handled the sale and financing for Wellington Bay, a 283-unit seniors housing community in Wellington, Florida. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team procured the buyer, AEW Capital Management, and secured the three-year acquisition loan through Capital One on behalf of the buyer. Built in 2019, the Class-A Wellington Bay comprises a well-performing 159-unit independent living community and The Lisbet Health Center, which offers 124 assisted living and memory care units. The 45-acre and 749,488-square-foot lakeside campus also offers the ability to expand the IL by an additional 177 units.  According to South Florida Business Journal, the seller was Wellington Bay... Read More »
Cardinal Senior Living Buys High-Quality Ohio Assets

Cardinal Senior Living Buys High-Quality Ohio Assets

Blueprint was engaged by Gables Management Company, an owner/operator/developer, in its divestment of two newer vintage, Class-A communities in the Akron and Columbus MSAs. Built in 2017 and 2021 respectively, the communities total 198 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Demonstrating strong performance, the communities achieved over 98% occupancy, low-30% operating margins and market leading reputations for quality and care.  Blueprint procured six offers from REITs, private equity and owner/operators. The ultimate buyer was Cardinal Senior Living based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Alex Florea, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction. Given the... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

First Citizens Bank announced that its Healthcare Finance business has refinanced The Bristal at Wayne, a 158-bed seniors housing community in Wayne, New Jersey. The borrower is a joint venture affiliate of Chicago-based Harrison Street and B2K Development. The same joint venture served as the community’s original developer, with Ultimate Care Assisted Living as the operator. The community was completed in 2019 at an approximate cost of $50 million, or $315,000 per unit. Read More »
New Jersey SNFs Secure Financing

New Jersey SNFs Secure Financing

MONTICELLOAM announced the closing of $39 million in total bridge and working capital financing for two New Jersey skilled nursing facilities. The sponsorship group, a repeat MONTICELLOAM client with extensive experience in the skilled nursing industry, will use the $38 million floating-rate senior bridge loan to consolidate previous loans and reduce its cost of capital. The $1 million working capital facility will be used by the sponsorship to cover the day-to-day needs of over 300 skilled nursing beds. MONTICELLOAM closed the transaction in 45 days. Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Rising Treasuries and Senior Care M&A

60 Seconds with Swett: Rising Treasuries and Senior Care M&A

Momentum in the M&A market has continued into 2025, and there is general optimism that the new Administration that descended on Washington this week will be good for the business environment. Although there is some uncertainty around what, if any, tariffs are enacted and whether their effect on prices would potentially be blunted by falling energy costs and efficiency efforts, assuming “drill baby drill” and “DOGE” have a near-immediate effect. And we don’t know about the scale of the deportations and its impact on wages. However, if M&A activity started to take off last year due to the expectation of lower interest rates, then what effect will the 10-Year Treasury rate shooting... Read More »
PruittHealth Secures Financing in Georgia

PruittHealth Secures Financing in Georgia

Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia closed a $9.1 million bridge-to-HUD loan on behalf of PruittHealth to facilitate the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility. The 18-month, interest-only bridge loan represented 76.5% of the value and is prepayable at any time, putting its value at around $11.9 million, or $180,000 per bed. Berkadia anticipates closing the subsequent HUD refinance in the third quarter of this year. Built in 1966 and renovated in 2019, Southern Pines Nursing Center comprises 66 beds in Warner Robins, Georgia, and occupancy at the time of closing was 90%. It will be rebranded as PruittHealth – Warner Robins.  This acquisition was made in conjunction with... Read More »
MorningStar Welcomes New President/CIO

MorningStar Welcomes New President/CIO

MorningStar Senior Living announced a new President and Chief Investment Officer, Jamie Ranzan. Ranzan brings 20 years of experience in real estate development, acquisitions and operations across multiple property types, including senior living. Ranzan began her career at Ernst & Young as an auditor in the real estate group of its Orange County office. From there she joined KBS Realty Advisors in Newport Beach where she was responsible for a $1.8 billion portfolio with assets across the U.S. Her next role was CFO/BP of Corporate Finance for MBK Senior Living, responsible for acquisitions, dispositions, accounting, finance, insurance, tax and compliance.  Razan relocated to... Read More »