• 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 »
Tennessee SNF Changes Hands

Tennessee SNF Changes Hands

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Dresden, Tennessee, on behalf of the Weakley County Commission. Originally built in 1958 with expansions over the years, Weakley County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center features 136 beds and is 100 miles west of Nashville. At the time of marketing, the facility was struggling with a 47% occupancy rate and negative cashflows. Following the Weakley County Commission’s approval of the sale, ESI launched a targeted marketing campaign focused on highlighting the facility’s strengths and untapped potential, procuring multiple interested buyers. The chosen buyer, a regional owner/operator with holdings in neighboring... Read More »
Financing Secured for a Virginia SNF

Financing Secured for a Virginia SNF

CIBC Bank USA recently closed a new $35 million commercial mortgage term loan and $1.5 million working capital line of credit for a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Virginia to refinance its debt. The 101-bed facility, which has an effective age of 15 years, posted very strong operating results, with occupancy around 92% and an EBITDAR margin historically at 25%.  With those results, it is no wonder the facility was able to obtain nearly $350,000 per bed of debt. An experienced Virginia owner/operator was the borrower. Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel handled the financing on behalf of CIBC. Read More »
CFG Closes Five Transactions

CFG Closes Five Transactions

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of five transactions totaling more than $54 million from mid-October through mid-November. The financing supported five skilled nursing facilities, one senior care community and two multifamily properties throughout the country and was executed on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers.  First was a transaction that involved a $2.72 million bridge-to-HUD junior term loan for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities featuring a total of 194 beds in Maryland and Delaware. Andrew Jones originated the deal and the financing closed October 8. The transaction had a total senior and junior debt capital stack of $27.83 million.  The... Read More »
Senior Care Portfolio Trades in Pennsylvania

Senior Care Portfolio Trades in Pennsylvania

Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed a five-property portfolio deal in Pennsylvania, featuring a mix of personal care and skilled nursing beds. Ryan Saul and Toby Siefert were engaged by the receiver to confidentially sell the facilities, which are located throughout northwestern Pennsylvania.  They included Clepper Manor in Sharon, Kermitage Nursing and Rehab in Hermitage, Lakeview Personal Care in Darlington, Shelburne Personal Care in Butler and The Lakes at Jefferson in Mercer, totaling 156 independent living/personal care units and 159 skilled nursing beds. The properties varied in age, built between 1958 and 2017, but offered a new owner the chance to add to an established... Read More »
AL Community Trades in Oklahoma

AL Community Trades in Oklahoma

A small assisted living campus in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, traded in a receivership sale with the help of Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Kory Buzin of Blueprint. Built in 1999, Dorset Place includes a standalone 36-unit assisted living building and a separate 33-unit memory care building. There was limited competition in the immediate market, and the property was well maintained. But a new owner could take over and implement expense control measures to stabilize the community’s operating cash flow. We imagine the property would come at a healthy discount to replacement cost, as a result.  Blueprint procured three competitive offers, ultimately advising the receiver, Mike Flanagan, to move... Read More »
Class-A Community Secures Refinancing

Class-A Community Secures Refinancing

BWE secured a refinance for Keystone Villa at Douglassville, a Class-A seniors housing community in Douglassville, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia suburb), that is owned by a joint venture between ReNew REIT and Heritage Senior Living. Originally built in 2011 as a 125-unit assisted living/memory care community before a 123-unit independent living building was added in 2015, the community was 92% occupied at the time of closing and was a strong operator. ReNew purchased the property from Capital Health Group in 2019 as part of a four-community portfolio. BWE’s Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris secured the $57.8 million loan from a national commercial bank, featuring a non-recourse structure... Read More »
Brookdale vs. Ventas

Brookdale vs. Ventas

They took it to the wire, but Brookdale Senior Living decided not to renew its leases with Ventas covering 120 communities in a Master Lease that expires December 31, 2025. The deadline was November 30, and they let it pass. Ventas will still collect $113.6 million in lease payments next year, and all parties have previously stated that the properties have been covering the lease payments in full. Even though it was an all or nothing renewal option, we were hoping that the two sides would come to an agreement to perhaps split up the portfolio. The problem is that both sides would have wanted to keep the better performing properties. Now, Brookdale no longer has the right to extend the... Read More »
Dealing in D.C.

Dealing in D.C.

A small assisted living community in an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C., sold thanks to Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes and Kory Buzin of Blueprint. Owned by a not-for-profit based in D.C. that deemed the sub-50-unit asset to be “non-core,” the property had struggled operationally since the pandemic, but the “exceedingly rare location” of the real estate attracted a lot of attention from both seniors housing and alternative use buyers. Blueprint’s marketing process yielded several competitive bids before one of the alternative-use bidders emerged with the highest and best offer. They structured an agreement that addressed all the unique complexities associated with the use... Read More »
Record-Setting Bond Financing Closed

Record-Setting Bond Financing Closed

JLL and HJ Sims teamed up to close the largest tax-exempt senior living financing of 2024, and the largest not-for-profit, single-site senior living bond issue in history. The financing is helping to fund the ground-up development of a luxury seniors housing community in Irvine, California. The James will feature 350 rental units and will be the first new seniors housing community in the Irvine market in 28 years. The plan includes 210 independent living, 110 assisted living and 30 memory care units, with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom options. Such a high-end community will also have multiple dining venues, an indoor pool and spa, wellness gym and yoga studio, therapy rooms, hair... Read More »
Ohio SNF Portfolio Trades

Ohio SNF Portfolio Trades

Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion recently handled the sale of a four-building skilled nursing portfolio in Ohio. Located around the Columbus MSA, the portfolio consisted of approximately 400 beds and was previously owned by a publicly traded REIT. Built from the 1970s to the 1980s, the facilities were being sold because the REIT’s operating partner was exiting the state. The portfolio was competitively bid by at least six bidders before a national owner/operator with a presence in Ohio and in the specific submarket was selected as the ultimate buyer. The seller chose them for their expedited timeline, price, and the terms of their offer in securing the transaction. Orion closed the... Read More »
Ziegler Refinances Westchester Campus

Ziegler Refinances Westchester Campus

Ziegler closed a new taxable loan on behalf of Wartburg, a senior care provider in Westchester County, New York. Wartburg’s 103-unit assisted living community in Mt. Vernon had an outstanding 2015 series of Public Fixed Rate Bonds that it wished to advance refund. The sponsor also wished to raise additional new money without materially altering its annual debt service requirements.  So, after analyzing various capital alternatives, Ziegler arranged an $8.4 million taxable loan that will defease the outstanding bonds via a funded escrow account, fund new money to be used for various capital expenditures, and pay for costs of issuance associated with the financing. The Ziegler... Read More »