60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Where Do Valuations Stand in 2024?
It seems that despite the record levels of M&A activity we are witnessing in the seniors housing and care market, there are still scores of buyers and lenders still ready to pounce on the growth opportunity but have not done so yet. They are just waiting for something, either an interest rate cut (or two), more competitive term sheets from capital providers, certain operating metrics in their respective markets, or just some reasonable assurance that the senior care industry and the capital markets will not implode in the near term. When these buyers return to the M&A market, they will need to know where pricing is for different kinds of deals, what lending options they may... Read More »
City of San Francisco Acquires AL/MC Community
It took a lot of creativity and nearly two and a half years for an assisted living/memory care community in San Francisco to find a new owner, that new owner being the City of San Francisco. Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction, representing the national owner/operator seller in the process. Reis cast a wide net, including municipalities, before procuring the City as the best buyer option. Comprising two buildings, including an older Victorian structure dating back to before the 1906 earthquake but that was converted to assisted living in 1997, the community also features a purpose-built structure completed in 2005. Together, they comprise 52 units and 79 beds,... Read More »
Berkadia Refinances Intergenerational Living Community
Berkadia refinanced a unique, intergenerational living community called The Pillars of Prospect Park. The 283-unit seniors housing community in Minneapolis, Minnesota is owned by Harrison Street and Oppidan. To refinance an existing construction loan, Managing Directors Austin Sacco and Steve Muth of Berkadia secured bridge financing through a national bank, with a three-year term, three years of interest only and an attractive spread. Built in 2020, the property is situated near downtown Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, and Midland Hills Country Club. It features an intergenerational living model which includes senior living, student living, and a children’s... Read More »
Dawson Holdings Purchases in California
Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale of a 44-unit affordable seniors housing community, Olivetree Senior Citizen Apartments, in Olivehurst, California. Aaron Moayed and Isaak Heitzeberg handled the transaction. There were multiple competitive bids, with the transaction closing after zero days on the market. The seller was a government agency and the buyer was Dawson Holdings, Inc. DHI secured a 9% tax credit allocation through the acquisition-rehabilitation tax credits program. The seller, in turn, received a premium on the property due to the cash-flow restrictions associated with the USDA RD 515 program. According to ConnectCRE, the purchase price was $3.27 million, or $74,200... Read More »
Sonida Announces Nine-Figure Acquisition
On the heels of its second quarter earnings announcement, Sonida Senior Living revealed it’s making a new nine-figure acquisition in the Southeast. The deal involves eight assisted living/memory care communities owned by Batson-Cook Construction (a development/construction company based in Georgia) and Principal Senior Living Group, and operated under Principal’s Benton House brand. They total 555 units, split between 383 assisted living and 172 memory care units, and averaged five years old, as opposed to the 19-years-old average for properties in the surrounding 10 miles of each asset. Five of the assets are located in Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Daytona Beach MSAs), while three... Read More »
CBRE Closes Three Bank Financings
The dog days of summer have brought a slew of bank financings from CBRE this August. First was a refinance for The Springs at Lancaster Village, which is owned by a joint venture between The Springs Living and Amstad Farms Land Company. Built in 1983 with expansions in the 1990s, the community has 115 independent living and 74 assisted living units, with an array of amenities. It was acquired by The Springs Living in 2020 for $31.5 million, or $165,800 per unit, with Amstad, a long-standing friend and family relationship of Springs, providing the original capital for the deal. Amstad is not your typical seniors housing investor, being one of the largest potato producers in the Pacific... Read More »
Green Courte Partners Acquires Active Adult
CBRE handled the sale of Chesapeake Bay, an active adult community with 348 apartments and cottages in Seabrook, Texas. The community’s initial phase leased quickly and maintained strong occupancy, prompting the developer to add 90 cottages in late 2023 to meet market demand. Green Courte Partners, a private equity real estate investment firm, announced that its fifth investment fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners V, and its affiliates acquired the community. The seller was a private real estate investment firm. Port-acquisition, the community will be managed by True Connection Communities, GCP’s wholly-owned seniors housing operating company. John Sweeny, Aron Will and Garrett Sacco... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests to Compass Healthcare in Minnesota
Saint Therese, a Minnesota-based not-for-profit senior care organization, engaged Blueprint in its divestment of its CCRC in a northwest Minneapolis submarket. Originally built in 1967, Saint Therese of New Hope comprises 221 independent and assisted living units and 168 skilled nursing beds in New Hope, Minnesota. Starting in 1979, the community underwent extensive senior living expansion and renovation projects over the years. In 2003, it also became the first in the Midwest to offer a palliative care unit. Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn handled the transaction. The marketing process generated a competitive bidding environment among investors and operators within the state and the... Read More »
National REIT and Atria Secure Financing for California Class-A Community
JLL arranged a $52 million refinancing for Atria Newport Beach, a 168-unit senior living community in the Newport Beach enclave of Orange County, California. The Class-A asset was built in two phases with the north building fully renovated in 2023, while the south building was purpose-built and opened in 2021. The three-story buildings are home to independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The borrower is a partnership between a national REIT and Atria Senior Living. MidCap Financial provided the floating-rate first mortgage loan. Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker handled the transaction. Read More »
Tennessee Class-A AL/MC Community Secures Financing
BWE secured $11 million in C-PACE financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in Tennessee. Built in 2022, Cloverland Park is a 100-unit, three-story assisted living and memory care community in Brentwood. The funds will be used to pay down and extend the community’s senior loan. Charles Bissell arranged financing with GreenRock Capital for this transaction. Read More »Schedule a demo
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