• ALP Owner/Operator Expands in Upstate New York

    Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of an assisted living program community in the Albany, New York MSA, on behalf of a private owner. Built in 1985, Danforth Adult Care Center is in Hoosick Falls and features 57 units with 80 beds, including 42 licensed as ALP. The community sits on 2.49 acres with 29,112 square... Read More »
  • Ikaria Capital Group Completes First HUD Transaction

    Since launching in February, Ikaria Capital Group, whose team brings more than 100 years of collective experience in financing, structuring, underwriting, servicing, and asset-managing bridge and FHA/HUD loans, has already completed its first HUD transaction. The $16.5 million closing was executed on behalf of a private investment firm.  The... Read More »
  • North Carolina Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures Financing

    MONTICELLOAM announced the initial funding of $152 million in total bridge and working capital financing for the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities with nearly 1,100 beds across North Carolina. The debt carries a 36-month initial term with two extension options. The sponsor, a returning healthcare client with operating experience in... Read More »
  • Regional Healthcare Operator Lands HUD Acquisition Financing

    Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged acquisition financing for a 124-bed skilled nursing facility with a strong quality mix in Pasadena, Texas, on behalf of a regional healthcare operator that had been leasing the property from a third-party landlord. The financing package was $12.9 million, or $104,000 per bed.  Leveraging the facility’s... Read More »
  • In Memoriam: Doug Korey

    We just heard the unfortunate news that our friend and colleague Doug Korey passed away last week. He had been battling cancer for a while but always put a brave face on his journey. We have known Doug since he got into the senior care industry more than 25 years ago. We served on panels with him and had many off-the-record conversations about... Read More »
Oklahoma Deal Overcomes Last-Minute Obstacles

Oklahoma Deal Overcomes Last-Minute Obstacles

Plains Commercial Real Estate facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma. The SNF was under legacy ownership and management, but the seller opted to divest to enter retirement and effectively exit the sector. Built in the 1960s, Latimer Nursing Home in Wilburton features 48 beds and occupancy hovered around 63% at the time of closing. Despite being cash flow negative, the facility was approaching breakeven. Daniel Morris handled the transaction, which had a competitive bidding process. The selected buyer was a local investor with other operations and ancillary businesses in the area. To facilitate the operational transition, both parties agreed to an interim management... Read More »
The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

Northmarq handled a $35 million refinance of a senior care campus in Gig Harbor, Washington. Built in two phases from 2010 to 2015, The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing features 147 private pay independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The three-story main building comprises 98 IL/AL units and 24 IL cottages. The separate, two-story memory care building has 25 units. Occupancy hovered over 95%. The Lodge has been managed for over 10 years by Tacoma-based Senior Services of America. The six-year loan had a fixed rate at just under 6% and was arranged by Northmarq through its relationship with a correspondent life insurance company. It features an earn-out component allowing the... Read More »
Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

The Bascom Group, a private equity firm specializing in value-add multifamily, commercial and non-performing loans, real estate-related investments and operating companies, acquired a seniors housing community in Boulder City, Nevada, to expand its portfolio. This marks its fifth acquisition of 2024, but first in seniors housing, following the purchase of three multifamily communities and one student housing community. Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  Built in 1999, Homestead at Boulder City is an assisted living community with 72 units on 6.39 acres that comprises 55,305 square feet. The... Read More »
Forbright Bank Closes Three Bridge Loans

Forbright Bank Closes Three Bridge Loans

Forbright Bank’s Healthcare Lending team closed three new bridge loans in the first quarter of 2024 to help finance the acquisition of two assisted living communities and two skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast and Midwest. In total, the properties comprised around 500 beds and ranged in age from a few years to 15 years old. Renovations are also planned across the locations. In these transactions, Forbright closed more than $50 million of bridge and bridge-to-HUD financing for several well established owner/operators. Read More »
Medistar Divests to Ignite in Texas

Medistar Divests to Ignite in Texas

Blueprint was enlisted by a private investor/developer, Medistar, to divest its value-add, senior care campus in Katy, Texas. Built in 2018, the campus features 70 skilled nursing beds and 78 assisted living units (with 34 beds). The campus maintained a steady lease-up trajectory that was halted due to the pandemic. With a minimal amount of dually-certified beds, it struggled to turn a profit. Occupancy throughout the marketing process varied, however, by closing it was around 40%, and the campus was losing money.  Multiple interested parties proposed stepping in as interim managers to attempt to turn the campus around and prepare for disposition. An operator was selected to execute a... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Battle of the Brokers

60 Seconds with Swett: The Battle of the Brokers

This Thursday, April 18th at 1pm ET, The SeniorCare Investor will be hosting its first ever Quarterly Investor Call, a virtual event available to our readers that will bring together the latest M&A and valuation data from our platform LevinPro LTC, relevant deal case studies and a robust Q&A period with our audience. Editor-at-large Steve Monroe and I will be joined by three active brokers, Ryan Maconachy of Newmark, Matt Alley of SLIB and Alex Florea of Blueprint, to discuss the current dealmaking environment, everything from the transaction process to buyer and seller dynamics, to pricing and, of course, to financing all sorts of deals. So, if you are thinking about buying,... Read More »
Harrison Street Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

Harrison Street Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

Meridian Capital Group’s senior housing and healthcare team was enlisted by Harrison Street in the divestment of a three-property seniors housing portfolio in Wisconsin and North Dakota. The communities comprise 146 independent living, 139 assisted living and 143 memory care units. New Perspective Senior Living, the in-place operator, will continue to manage the communities. Ari Adlerstein, Josh Simpson and Jesse Rauch handled the transaction. The Meridian team has closed $735 million in financing year-to-date in 2024, on top of the over $5 billion in transaction volume in 2023. Read More »
Clearwater Living Acquires Class A Community in Texas

Clearwater Living Acquires Class A Community in Texas

Clearwater Living, a real estate and property management company that owns, operates and develops high-quality seniors housing communities, acquired a Class-A seniors housing community in Houston, Texas. This is Clearwater’s first Texas acquisition. The company has eleven other communities across California, Nevada and Arizona, with additional properties currently under development. Built in 2022 through a partnership between Hines (based in Houston) and Watermark Retirement Communities (based in Arizona), The Watermark at Houston Heights comprises 220 total units and will be rebranded as Clearwater at The Heights. Out of the 220 units, 201 are independent and assisted living units and 19... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Nets High Value for Tennessee SNF

Not-For-Profit Nets High Value for Tennessee SNF

Blueprint was enlisted by a not-for-profit joint venture, The Trousdale Foundation and its management company based in Cleveland, Tennessee, Trousdale Living Communities, Inc., in its divestment of a Tennessee skilled nursing facility.  Built in 1982, the facility comprises 81 beds on four acres approximately 10 miles south of Sweetwater Hospital. It is the only licensed provider in the city, and generated positive cash flow as a result of census growth and a recent Medicaid rate increase. The facility never reached the marketing stage, as Blueprint presented options to the seller, which ultimately selected a New York-based provider that was looking to expand in Tennessee. The... Read More »