• 60 Seconds with Swett: Getting Realistic with New Development

    The positive mood at the NIC Fall Conference was contagious, as dealmakers were looking forward to a potential record-breaking fourth quarter. We at LevinPro are also gearing up to cover a new elevated level of M&A activity and pricing in the coming months, with our updated valuation tool better accounting for today’s market and the estimated... Read More »
  • NHC Responds to NHI

    National Healthcare Corporation, the tenant of 32 of National Health Investor’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living communities, is disputing NHI’s determination of default after the landlord formally notified the operator that it was in default and must cure the default within 30 days to avoid an Event of... Read More »
  • REIT Acquires High-Quality Continuum of Care Community

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Jasper, Georgia. Built in 2022, The Lodge at Stephens Lake includes 83 units of independent living cottages, assisted living and memory care. It is adjacent to a large active adult development and benefits from significant planned residential and commercial growth. At the... Read More »
  • Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

    A Class-A, well performing property outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, traded to a joint venture between Legend Senior Living and a new capital partner. Legend previously operated The Vero at Bethlehem, which opened in July 2023 and stabilized within 18 months. At the time of marketing, the 124-unit assisted living/memory care asset achieved... Read More »
  • CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

    Capital Funding Group financed more than $86 million across six transactions from early to mid-August. The transactions supported two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities, and one psychiatric hospital in Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers, one of which is a... Read More »
Blueprint for 2016

Blueprint for 2016

Making a splash so far in 2016, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently announced five end-of-year closings, including two leases. First (and the largest) was the sale of a 206-unit independent/assisted living community in O’Fallon, Missouri to CNL Healthcare Properties for $54 million, or $262,100 per unit. Originally built 10 years ago with 116 IL units and 40 AL units, the seller, a joint venture between AEW and First Capitol Group, after purchasing the community in 2011 for $26 million, invested nearly $10 million to add a new 50-unit AL building and to convert 22 AL units to 24 memory care units. The MC units were fully leased by closing, but the community historically has... Read More »

Balfour opens in downtown Denver

A 275,000-square foot, 205-unit senior living community with five stories of independent living and three stories of assisted living and memory care opened this month in Denver, Colorado, coming with a $78 million, or $380,500 per unit, price tag. The Balfour at Riverfront Park’s urban setting, located in downtown Denver, makes it unique in the senior living world, being walking distance to theaters, restaurants and shops. The building features 112 IL units (which opened in October 2014 and are half-filled so far), 65 AL units and 28 MC units, which are on a separate secure floor. Michael Schonbrun, the developer and owner, opened his first Balfour Retirement Community in Louisville,... Read More »