• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Kansas SNF

Blueprint Sells Kansas SNF

A well-maintained skilled nursing facility located about 20 minutes north of Lawrence, Kansas sold for significantly below replacement cost in a deal arranged by Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors.   Why such a low price? Other than the obvious risks of purchasing a skilled nursing facility these days, this was the only Kansas facility of the West Coast-based owner/operator. There was also upside in census, expense management and case mix at the 60-bed facility. So, Blueprint brought the deal to an owner/operator that it had worked with before and could guarantee a high degree of closing certainty. Completing the due diligence and... Read More »
Arizona Skilled Nursing Facility Closes For Highest Per-Bed Price

Arizona Skilled Nursing Facility Closes For Highest Per-Bed Price

Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors just sold a brand-new transitional care facility in Flagstaff, Arizona for the highest per-bed price seen in the state for at least five years. While the actual price was not disclosed, according to our Senior Care Acquisition Report, 25th Edition, the highest publicly disclosed price per unit for a SNF sale in Arizona was $180,100 per bed. So, we know it was at least higher than that.  Developed in 2018 by Embree Asset Group, a national single-tenant development company, the facility features 50 private beds. It is also well located less than one mile from both downtown Flagstaff and the Flagstaff Medical Center,... Read More »
Colony Capital Sells Connecticut Memory Care Community

Colony Capital Sells Connecticut Memory Care Community

A 48-unit memory care community in Clinton, Connecticut (New Haven MSA) has a new, New York-based owner/operator, thanks to the work of Steve Thomes, Ben Firestone and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. According to our M&A database Deal Search Online, this property previously sold in 2013 for $10.5 million, or $218,750 per unit.   Previously owned by the private equity firm Westport Capital, it was operating at roughly a 30% margin on approximately $3.2 million of revenues. Occupancy was also close to 100%, with rents ranging from $5,000 to $6,000 per month. So, things were going well. Not only that, the 10-year old community was substantially renovated in... Read More »
Summit LTC Management Acquires East Texas SNF

Summit LTC Management Acquires East Texas SNF

The Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors team worked together to sell a 112-bed skilled nursing facility located near the University of Texas Health, East Texas campus in Athens, Texas. Built in 1987, the facility has mostly semi-private rooms. It historically operated well while enrolled in QIPP, but a new local competitor put downward pressure on the facility’s quality mix, and surely on its operating margins too.  The undisclosed REIT seller decided to divest, and after five competitive offers, Summit LTC Management, a Fort Worth-based owner/operator, was selected as the buyer. It has an existing presence in East Texas, which should help in the operational turnaround. The... Read More »
Blueprint Sells in Sacramento

Blueprint Sells in Sacramento

Humair Sabir and Jacob Gehl of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors worked on behalf of a private ownership group in its sale of a senior living community in Sacramento, California. Originally built in 1997, the community features a mix of 72 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in three integrated buildings. It also has the advantage of being in a desirable area of Sacramento.  The seller, Solstar Investments, bought the community from a local investor group in 2015 for $6.85 million, or $95,100 per unit, at a roughly 6.1% cap rate. At the time, occupancy had dropped to just 80% (not that bad these days), and the operating margin could have been improved... Read More »