• Ventas Acquires Class-A Portfolio in Texas and Louisiana

    Ventas acquired five Class-A, high-performing seniors housing communities in Texas and Louisiana with upside potential. Built between 2015 and 2019, the communities comprise approximately 90 units each, with a total of 67 independent living, 201 assisted living and 179 memory care units in the Houston and Dallas, Texas, markets and the Lafayette... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: An Update to Our Valuation Statistics

    The deal dynamics of 2025 appear to have changed very little, with a majority of transactions featuring value-add properties, a slowly increasing share of stabilized, Class-A properties being sold, steady improvements to the capital markets and liquidity and cap rates that have moved only slightly downwards. Taking all of those factors into... Read More »
  • PACS Group Gets Breathing Room After Defaults

    PACS Group (which operates 314 communities across 17 states), Truist Bank, and PACS’ lenders entered into forbearance agreements on Wednesday, August 13. This is the fifth change to the agreements. Deficiencies in financial reporting across multiple periods resulted in defaults under its master lease with Omega Healthcare Investors, which... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Arizona IL/AL Community

    Principal Asset Management (Principal Financial Group’s investment management division) and IRA Capital announced the acquisition of American Groves, a Class-A seniors housing community in Gilbert, Arizona, for $44.5 million, or $500,000 per unit. The sale was facilitated by JLL Capital Markets on behalf of the seller, American Care Concepts and... Read More »
  • Integrated Senior Foundation Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

    JLL Securities and JLL Capital Markets arranged $79.32 million in tax-exempt, floating-rate bank financing for Integrated Senior Foundation’s acquisition of three well-performing seniors housing communities in Oregon (2) and Montana. JLL secured a low spread bridge loan, financing the acquisition at 103% loan to cost. The JLL Securities... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Purposeful Living?

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Purposeful Living?

My friend Bob Kramer likes to go on stage and talk about how seniors housing is about to get disrupted in a major way, and that if you don’t change, you will be “disrupted” out of business. Pretty harsh words, but he is most likely talking about the top 10% of the market, the market that most everyone likes to target. His point is that people are living longer and in better health, and he calls it purposeful longevity as opposed to accidental longevity of the past. They want to contribute to their community as opposed to simply take from it. As part of that, Bob believes seniors housing communities need to provide a sense of purpose to their residents, adding life to their years, not years... Read More »
Fannie Mae Divests Community in Illinois

Fannie Mae Divests Community in Illinois

Fannie Mae divested an assisted living/memory care community in a receivership sale run by Blueprint and Gray Reed, legal counsel for the receiver. Rock Run Place Assisted Living in Joliet, Illinois, was sold on behalf of Michael F. Flanagan, the court-appointed receiver for the community. Based on an internet search, the community was previously operated by Trustwell, and by Enlivant beforehand, so we believe this asset was part of the portfolio that TPG Real Estate handed the keys over to Fannie Mae in 2023. Court documents also show a propco associated with TPG. Built in the late-1990s, Rock Run was jointly sold alongside a memory care facility on the same property, sold by a... Read More »
Four West Virginia SNFs Up For Sale

Four West Virginia SNFs Up For Sale

Skilled nursing facilities do not pop up for sale in West Virginia often, but the state’s Department of Health Facilities (DHF) announced the planned divestiture and license transfer of four state-owned facilities and engaged Lument Securities to handle the transaction. The facilities include Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley (199 beds), John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center in Fairmont (41 dually certified beds), Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta (98 beds), and Lakin Hospital in West Columbia (114 beds). They were built and/or were converted to skilled nursing care in the 1970s and 1980s. These were struggling operations, as evidenced by multiple efforts in the West Virginia House of... Read More »
Pacific Northwest Owner/Operator Acquires in Washington

Pacific Northwest Owner/Operator Acquires in Washington

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of a senior living community in Vancouver, Washington (Portland MSA). Built in 1989 and expanded in 1994, Van Mall Retirement comprises 191 independent and assisted living units available in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenzweig, Alanna Ellis, Dan Baker and Dean Ferris handled the transaction. JLL represented the seller, Lytle Enterprises, and procured the buyer, a regional Pacific Northwest owner/operator. JLL also procured acquisition financing from a regional bank on behalf of the buyer. The purchase price was $28 million, or $146,600 per unit. Read More »
Public REIT Purchases Class-A Community in Pennsylvania

Public REIT Purchases Class-A Community in Pennsylvania

Walker & Dunlop announced the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Built in 2022, the community comprises 146 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care 30 miles north of Philadelphia. It was stabilized at the time of sale. The buyer was a public healthcare REIT, but no other details were disclosed. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers and Brett Gardner handled the transaction.  Read More »
Two Struggling SNFs Trade in Indiana

Two Struggling SNFs Trade in Indiana

Evans Senior Investments successfully arranged the sale of two struggling skilled nursing facilities that were family-owned and operated in Northern Indiana. This was not an ordinary transaction process, as both facilities had to receive newly issued Medicare and Medicaid billing numbers given pre-existing issues with the prior hospital partnership. This created a significant regulatory hurdle, and Evans worked with both parties to receive newly issued billing numbers before closing. The family owner exited the industry with the sale. One facility, named Pilgrim Manor, is located in the town of Plymouth. Featuring 78 beds, including 40 private rooms, it was built in 1969 and received a... Read More »
Ziegler Prices Bonds for North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler Prices Bonds for North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler announced the pricing of Carolina Meadows, Inc.’s Series 2024 bonds. Carolina Meadows is a North Carolina not-for-profit that was incorporated in 1983 to develop, own and manage a CCRC in Chatham County, North Carolina, just south of Chapel Hill. The community comprises 476 independent living units, 78 assisted living units (with 95 beds in operation) and 79 skilled nursing units (with 86 beds in operation). It is the 20th largest not-for-profit single-site CCRC in the United States, according to the 2023 LeadingAge-Ziegler 200.  Carolina Meadows plans to develop, own and operate a replacement skilled nursing facility that will total approximately 122,000 square feet. The... Read More »
BWE Secures Refinance for Virginia IL/AL/MC Community

BWE Secures Refinance for Virginia IL/AL/MC Community

BWE secured $47 million to refinance a seniors housing community in Richmond, Virginia. Built in 2015, Discovery Village at the West End comprises 219 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. There is a 124-unit independent living building and a 95-unit assisted living and memory care building. Discovery Senior Living manages the community, which was 93% occupied at the time of the refinancing.  Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris of BWE arranged the financing on behalf of a large private equity investor. There was strong interest in the financing opportunity from a variety of capital sources. Read More »
Local RCFE Owner/Operator Grows in California

Local RCFE Owner/Operator Grows in California

Sherman & Roylance handled the sale of a seniors housing community in California. The assisted living/memory care community is in Whittier and comprises 18 units with 32 beds. The seller was a long-standing family owner/operator, and the buyer was a local RCFE (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) owner/operator looking to expand its portfolio. Shep Roylance, John Sherman, Chris Minnery & Michael Belcher handled the transaction, which involved a combination of investor capital and seller financing. The purchase price was $4.4 million, or $137,500 per bed. No additional details were disclosed. Read More »
JLL Expands Alternatives Group

JLL Expands Alternatives Group

JLL hired Senior Director Will Childs and Director Brian Spillers to focus on seniors housing and healthcare properties within its alternatives group, led by Executive Managing Director Bryan Lockard. Childs will focus on providing specialized seniors housing valuation and market study services of single assets to large portfolio transactions throughout the United States. Clients served include a broad base of local and national investment firms, property owners, development and operating companies, commercial and investment banks, insurance companies and REITs. Bringing experience and relationships from over 15 years in the seniors housing industry, Childs will expand JLL’s seniors... Read More »
Brookdale’s June Occupancy Should Be Higher

Brookdale’s June Occupancy Should Be Higher

Brookdale Senior Living reported June and second quarter 2024 occupancy, and while census increased, is it enough to carry them through next year’s winter season? Probably not, unless they have a huge July and August, which is possible, but not likely. Weighted average occupancy for June came in at 78.2%, up 10 basis points sequentially, but still below every month in the fourth quarter last year. Month-end occupancy was a little better, at 79.7%, up 20 basis points from May and up 50 basis points from April. But that 79.7% occupancy at the end of June is exactly the same as the end of September last year. That is not progress.  The press release had a great line. “Both June and... Read More »