• Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

    First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided $338 million in financing to affiliates of Autumn Lake Healthcare for the acquisition of 12 Maryland skilled nursing facilities with over 1,500 beds. Based in Howell, New Jersey, Autumn Lake Healthcare’s portfolio includes 66 skilled nursing facilities totaling more than 8,200 beds... Read More »
  • Central Florida Portfolio Secures Financing

    Grace Hill Capital, a seniors housing capital advisory firm founded by Adam Shealy, closed a refinance and recapitalization of a four-community independent living, assisted living and memory care portfolio in Central Florida. The portfolio comprises five buildings totaling 257 units, operated by a regional provider with a proven record of... Read More »
  • CCRC Enters Phase Three of Master Plan

    Ziegler announced the successful closing of Friendship Village of Tempe’s $107.525 million Series 2025AB bonds through the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Tempe, Arizona. Tempe Life Care Village, Inc. owns and operates a CCRC known as Friendship Village of Tempe (FVT) in Tempe, Arizona. FVT consists of a 536-unit retirement... Read More »
  • Bullish Move by Welltower

    Welltower has been a growth and M&A machine under the leadership of Shankh Mitra. As of October 27, the REIT has closed or has under contract close to $14 billion of pro rata gross investments across the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom this year. These include more than 700 seniors housing properties with more than 46,000 units. Not too... Read More »
  • Welltower Shatters Single-Day Dollar Volume Record

    October was already on its way to setting records for M&A activity in the seniors housing and care industry before Welltower announced the most transaction dollar volume we have ever seen in a single day when it released its third quarter earnings. A couple of the largest portfolio acquisitions took place across the pond, but the REIT also... Read More »
Brad brokers in Birmingham

Brad brokers in Birmingham

When faced with the option of expanding its 45-unit assisted living community in Trussville, Alabama (Birmingham MSA), or exiting the industry altogether, a local owner/operator chose the latter, at a price of $4.5 million, or $100,000 per unit, with a 7.4% cap rate. Indeed, the owner had already completed initial planning for a Phase II expansion on the 4.5-acre campus. But the community, which was built in 2009, experienced a dip in census to 82%, although this was trending up at close of escrow. Operating margin was solid at approximately 22% on a trailing-12 month basis. Birmingham, Alabama-based Atlas Senior Living was the buyer, which is planning minor renovations to the common... Read More »