• South Denver SNF Finds New Owner

    A non-performing skilled nursing facility in South Denver, Colorado, found a new owner thanks to Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1965, Aspen Siesta features just 34 licensed beds. It was 64% occupied and generated more than $2.8 million of revenues from private pay, VA and other payor... Read More »
  • Minnesota AL Community Trades Hands

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage was engaged by a Minneapolis-based, repeat client in the disposition of its last assisted living community that is in “very good condition.” The seller is divesting to focus on its remaining active adult and multifamily portfolio. Built in 2013, the community is in St. Anthony, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul... Read More »
  • LaVie Completes Bankruptcy Proceedings

    A year ago, LaVie Care Centers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time since 2021. The company cited a financial restructuring designed to improve its capital structure and position it for long-term success as the reason for filing. At the time, the operator’s portfolio comprised 43 skilled nursing facilities across five states. It... Read More »
  • Invesque Completes Commonwealth Portfolio Divestment

    Invesque announced that it completed the previously announced sale of 20 seniors housing communities managed by Commonwealth Senior Living, together with its majority ownership stake in Commonwealth. Proceeds from the transaction were used to repay all property-level debt associated with the assets, extinguish all unpaid and accrued preferred... Read More »
  • Medicare-Only Facility Sells to Midwest-Based Skilled Nursing Investor

    A Texas-based regional developer of skilled nursing facilities throughout the central and southern U.S. engaged Blueprint to advise and oversee the confidential sale of Accel at Longmont, a Medicare-only skilled nursing facility located just north of Boulder, Colorado. Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn handled the transaction. Built in 2017,... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Divestments in Texas and Tennessee

Skilled Nursing Divestments in Texas and Tennessee

Forest Healthcare was enlisted by a large nursing home group in its divestment of a skilled nursing facility in Austin, Texas. The seller has an existing footprint in the state, however, this was its only facility in Austin. The buyer, an owner/operator based near Austin, has other properties in the area and wanted to further grow its footprint.  Built in 1985 with recent renovations, the facility comprises 120 licensed skilled nursing beds with occupancy over 82% at the time of closing. There are an additional 45 assisted living beds that the buyer intends to convert to licensed SNF beds. Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff handled the transaction. Vegh and Schiff also recently closed a... Read More »
Bravo Provides $10M Bridge Acquisition Loan

Bravo Provides $10M Bridge Acquisition Loan

Bravo Property Trust, an affiliate of Bravo Capital, provided a $10.0 million bridge loan to Birchwood Health Care Partners for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in Des Moines, Iowa. The building was constructed in 2016 as a senior care campus with 70 skilled nursing beds and 30 assisted living beds. The previous owner converted the AL units to SNF beds in October 2022, and the building was re-licensed as a 100-bed SNF in December 2022. With occupancy based on 100 SNF beds beginning in October 2022, the facility leased up over the next nine months and stabilized in August 2023 at 91%. Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires in Sarasota

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires in Sarasota

Chicago Pacific Founders and its subsidiaries, CPF Living Communities and Grace Management, Inc., acquired The Summit of Lakewood Ranch, in Lakewood Ranch, Florida (Sarasota MSA). Grace Management will take over operations and oversee investments made on the campus. The community currently offers assisted living and memory care services.  It was previously known as The Sheridan at Lakewood Ranch and was operated by Senior Lifestyle Corp. It opened in 2016 with 121 units, at a cost of approximately $17 million, or $140,000 per unit. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More »
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Divests in Midwest

Goldman Sachs Asset Management Divests in Midwest

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has recently divested a tranche of seniors housing properties, including Atria at River Trail, an A-quality asset in Chicagoland. Justin Knapp and Nick Stahler of IPA-Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of River Trail. Located in Bolingbrook, the community features 128 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was recently built (in 2018), stabilized and operated by Atria Senior Living.  After receiving several offers in the best and final round of bidding and selecting the buyer in December, the property was tied to the portfolio sale of eight assets in total located in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia. That appears to be... Read More »
SLIB Navigates Tricky Maryland Deal

SLIB Navigates Tricky Maryland Deal

Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage pulled out all the stops to close the sale of a seniors housing community in Denton, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore. Built in the mid-1980s, Homestead Manor Assisted Living and Heritage Community are a combined assisted living and independent living community on a shared campus, with 24 IL patio homes and 62 AL units. The patio homes have been continually at or near full occupancy with healthy cash flow, while the assisted living portion was still recovering from the pandemic, at 55%. Combined, the campus generated around $3.47 million of revenues, at an 11% margin.  Representing a private owner looking to divest their... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Harrison Street/Belmont Village Properties

CBRE Refinances Harrison Street/Belmont Village Properties

On behalf of Harrison Street and Belmont Village Senior Living, CBRE arranged a refinancing for two Class-A, well-located and irreplaceable senior housing communities: Belmont Village Senior Living Albany and Belmont Village Senior Living Calabasas. Aron Will, Vice Chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Matt Kuronen, Vice President of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing through a syndication between national and regional banks.  Belmont Village Albany is minutes from the center of UC Berkeley and was built in affiliation with the university as part of a 6.2-acre mixed-use development on university land that incorporates retail and grocery, wetlands... Read More »
Thank You, FBI Agent James Dennehy

Thank You, FBI Agent James Dennehy

All we can say is, it is about time. We have complained for several years that something needs to be done about the bad apples (criminals) that have given the nursing home industry a bad reputation, and sullied the reputations of all those who are trying hard to provide the best care they can, given the tough environment. Probably the worst abuser of the system, and someone who should have been put in jail a while ago and never allowed to own, operate or get a license for a nursing home ever again, has finally agreed to plead guilty to a $38 million tax fraud. We are referring, of course, to the notorious Joseph Schwartz, owner of Skyline Healthcare, who walked away from about 100 nursing... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Sells In Wisconsin

Not-For-Profit Sells In Wisconsin

Ziegler was enlisted by Benevolent Corporation Cedar Community, a Wisconsin-based, not-for-profit organization, in its divestment of Cedar Community Elkhart Lake. Cedar Community is a 67-unit independent living and assisted living center in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It was developed by Benevolent in 2008 on 13.3 acres.  Matter Development purchased the property, and its operating affiliate, Koru Health, will operate the community. Together, Matter and Koru operate 12 senior living communities in Wisconsin and Minnesota. This acquisition enabled the company to expand its footprint into Sheboygan County, with plans to continue expansion in the surrounding area. Nick Glaisner, Jake Sexton... Read More »
CFG Finances SNF Purchase Option

CFG Finances SNF Purchase Option

Capital Funding Group helped finance a nationally recognized borrower’s in-the-money purchase option for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Virginia. CFG Vice President Andrew Jones originated the transaction. The $19.8 million bridge-to-HUD loan covered 100% of the acquisition and closing costs.  The financing follows the company’s recent closing of a $9.5 million HUD loan, which supported the refinancing of an existing bridge loan also executed by CFG for a 173-bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Read More »
Investor Divests in Arkansas

Investor Divests in Arkansas

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate was engaged by an investor in its divestment of a seniors housing asset. Pine Bluff Assisted Living is a 60-licensed-bed assisted living community in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which used to be a part of the former Davis Life Care Campus. Occupancy was hovering around 65% at closing.  The campus was leased by a regional not-for-profit operator, and Plains was engaged to sell or lease the campus to a new operator before the expiration of the not-for-profit’s lease. The other portion of the campus was leased in 2023 to a new tenant. Pine Bluff was the last building in the campus to be reallocated.   The buyer, APEX Senior Care... Read More »
Foundry Commercial Expands in Oregon

Foundry Commercial Expands in Oregon

A seniors housing community in Keizer, Oregon, The Village at Keizer Ridge, was recently acquired by Foundry Commercial. Foundry now owns 30 senior living communities totaling over 1,900 units and operates 57 senior living communities totaling over 3,800 units across the U.S.  The Village comprises 126 assisted living/memory care units and was built in 2016. Foundry’s regional operating partner in the pacific northwest, Cascadia Senior Living, will operate the community. Cascadia now manages 17 assets in the region.  The transaction was led by Ryan Weekes, Zach Strunk and Katie Rosica of Foundry. And Newmark handled the transaction. No other details were... Read More »