Tennessee Buyer Purchases Wisconsin Assets
Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold The Sage Meadow Portfolio, which included a Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC) and a Community-Based Residential Facility in eastern Wisconsin, approximately 60 miles from each other. Sage Meadow of Fond du Lac features 40 units and was built in 1997 and 2001. Sage Meadow of De Pere (near Green Bay) also has 40 units and was built in 2002. Combined, the communities were 92% occupied and operated at a 20% margin on $4.14 million of estimated revenues. A private equity group with holdings across the Midwest sold the assets to a Tennessee-based group with other holdings in Wisconsin for $8.5 million, or $106,250 per unit, at a 9.7% cap... Read More »
Inland Acquires Two Communities in Minnesota
The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. acquired two seniors housing communities in Minnesota from Axial Real Estate Advisors LLC in an off-market transaction. Built in 2013, Kingsley Shores Independent Senior Living is in Lakeville and comprises 83 independent living, 49 assisted living and 22 memory care units. Occupancy was 91% at the time of closing. The community includes Kingsley Place, an active adult community with 55 units. Built in 2015, Savage Senior Living at Fen Pointe is in Savage and features 69 independent living, 30 assisted living and 24 memory care units. Occupancy was 98% at the time of closing. The Waters Senior Living will manage these communities moving... Read More »
In Memoriam: Jim Moore, 1934 – 2024
I was saddened to hear of the passing of my old friend Jim Moore, the founder of Moore Diversified Services. I had known Jim for nearly 40 years, and we always enjoyed catching up on the latest industry trends, and a little gossip thrown in as well, when we would see each other at the various industry conferences throughout the years. One of the first things he would say to me was, “How do you get away with saying the things you say?” but always with a little twinkle in his eye. I always thought he was a little jealous of that. Jim was an industry icon, spending nearly 50 years analyzing the industry, its operations, its financial feasibility and, of course, its people. He literally lived... Read More »60 Seconds with Swett: Dr. Oz to Lead CMS?
Here is a sentence we never expected to say. Dr. Mehmet Oz will in all likelihood be the next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He was tapped by President-elect Trump, who said in a statement that Oz would “cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency” and would see that “we get the best results in the world for every dollar we spend on healthcare in our Great Country.” At this point, we are not sure what “cutting waste in fraud” could mean within CMS, and who would be at the other end of those cuts, or how operators in the senior care world might have to change their way of business. But Dr. Oz also represents a sort of blank slate... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop’s Transaction Trifecta
The Walker & Dunlop Seniors Housing team is off to a strong start for Q4, having closed three transactions, so far. The deals were across the swing states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The first closed in October, and the following two closed in November. First, Alex Vice, Joshua Jandris and Brett Gardner handled the sale of a standalone memory care community in the Milwaukee MSA. The community comprises 65 beds in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The seller was a national owner/operator and the buyer was a local owner. Next, Vice, Jandris, Gardner and Nick Hall facilitated the divestment of a CCRC in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania. The community comprises 90 skilled nursing... Read More »
Kiawah Life and Bishop Gadsden Affiliate
Ziegler facilitated the affiliation of Kiawah Life Plan Village, Inc. with Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Communities. After exploring over 20 qualified organizations, KLPV selected Bishop based upon its reputation in the Charleston, South Carolina market, financial strength and shared values. KLPV is a not-for-profit that was formed in 2020 to own and operate Seafields at Kiawah Island, a seniors housing community in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Construction of the community is currently underway, and it is scheduled to open fall 2025. Seafields will consist of 89 independent living units and 16 assisted living units, along with various amenities. Residents will also have priority access to... Read More »
Four SNFs Receive Refinancing in Virginia
Capital Funding Group closed a $132.24 million bridge loan on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The deal supported the refinancing of four skilled nursing facilities comprising 731 beds in Virginia. Craig Cassagrande and Catherine Mansel handled the transaction, which closed 47 days from receipt of the signed term sheet. This transaction follows CFG’s even-larger closing of a $207.1 million bridge-to-HUD term loan on behalf of landlord sponsor, 980Investments. The deal supported the partnership buyout of a portfolio of thirteen skilled nursing facilities featuring 1,423 beds in Florida. CFG also provided $15 million in accounts receivable financing to support the working... Read More »
Dealmaking in South Dakota
A small assisted living community in South Dakota sold thanks to the team at Evans Senior Investments. An institutional owner/operator engaged Evans to facilitate the sale in order to redeploy capital into new opportunities. The community was built in the last decade with 33 units of private pay assisted living, with a functional bed capacity of 40. It was a strong operator and often had a waitlist, so we imagine it ran at a healthy margin. A provider with experience operating similar communities in comparable markets was selected as the buyer, making its first entry into South Dakota with the deal. They paid $4.3 million, or $130,300 per unit. Read More »
Behavioral Buyer Acquires AL Asset
As investors and developers look ahead to the potential supply-and-demand imbalance in seniors housing in the coming years, we must consider the effect of conversion projects on future supply of assisted living units. With higher expenses and higher capital costs, not every assisted living community (particularly those that are small and/or older) will operate profitably as an assisted living business in the future, depending on the local market, of course. So sellers will increasingly look to alternative use buyers to get either an acceptable price or just any buyer. We have seen more and more behavioral health buyers look to struggling seniors housing properties for just such... Read More »
