• Chicagoland Portfolio Finds New Owner

    A value-add senior care portfolio in Chicagoland traded with the help of Blueprint’s Ryan Kelly, Connor Doherty, Alex Florea, Lauren Nagle and Brooks Blackmon. The team worked on behalf of a national developer/investor, which had engaged Blueprint to create an exit strategy for more than a dozen geographically disparate, older-vintage communities... Read More »
  • Publicly Traded REIT Divests in Illinois

    Berkadia was engaged in the divestment of an assisted living and memory care community in Barrington, Illinois. The Berkadia Seniors Housing Team, led by Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders, closed the transaction on behalf of a publicly traded REIT. The buyer was a regional owner/operator. But no other details were... Read More »
  • CFG Secures $13.55 Million in HUD Loans

    Capital Funding Group closed two HUD loans totaling $13.55 million to support the refinancing of two skilled nursing facilities. Both facilities are in Illinois, and together they comprise 173 beds. No other details surrounding the financing were disclosed. This announcement follows CFG’s closing of $16.25 million in bridge-to-HUD financing on... Read More »
  • CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

    CBRE secured bridge financing for two seniors housing communities in western Pennsylvania. Aron Will and Tim Root arranged a non-recourse loan with a sub-300 spread through a regional bank. The borrower was CPF Living Communities.  Built in 2017, The Residence at Bethel Park is in Bethel Park with 130 independent living units. The Residence at... Read More »
  • G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

    G Capital Markets, a capital advisory firm based in Carmel, California, recently closed on the recapitalization of a 29-unit/59-bed assisted living community in Livermore, California. Built in 2021 by a regional owner/operator, the property leased up in 2022 and has shown consistent strong performance since then, with cash flow margins well over... Read More »
Ensign Makes Another Arizona Acquisition

Ensign Makes Another Arizona Acquisition

Despite its stated strategy to own more of the real estate in its portfolio of over 230 healthcare properties, The Ensign Group shunned its recent practice and acquired just the operations of a 140-bed skilled nursing facility in Sun City West, Arizona. Reporting 87% occupancy at the time of the sale, the facility will be operated by Ensign’s Arizona-based subsidiary, Bandera Healthcare, while Ensign acquired the operations subject to a long-term lease. The deal brings The Ensign Group’s portfolio to 184 skilled nursing operations, 22 of which include assisted living services, and 51 AL/independent living operations. Of that total, Ensign currently owns the real estate at 67 of the 235... Read More »

Go West, Young Broker

The team at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors continued their successful year, completing two transactions on the West Coast. First up, Chris Hyldahl, Gideon Orion and Amy Sitzman represented a California-based regional owner/operator in its sale of two Arizona skilled nursing facilities to The Ensign Group. Included in the purchase was an 88-bed facility in Mesa built in 1978 and renovated in 2011, and a 115-bed facility in Tucson that was built in 1965 but expanded in 1974. Combined, they were approximately 68% occupied. Ensign ended up paying $15.25 million, or about $61,250 per licensed bed, for both the real estate and operations of the facilities. Its Arizona-based operating... Read More »
Ensign Executes In Arizona

Ensign Executes In Arizona

Continuing its strategy to own more of the real estate in its portfolio of over 200 healthcare properties, The Ensign Group bought two skilled nursing facilities in Arizona for an undisclosed price. Included in the purchase is an 88-bed facility in Mesa (Phoenix MSA) and a 115-bed facility in Tucson, with a combined occupancy of about 68%. Ensign leased the facilities to its Arizona-based operating subsidiary, Bandera Healthcare, Inc. Including the operations and, of course, the real estate, the acquisition is expected to be accretive to 2018 earnings. Now, Ensign owns the real estate at 63 of the 229 facilities in its portfolio, but we imagine that 27.5% ratio will keep rising. That is... Read More »