• October Kicks Off with Multiple Financings

    VIUM Capital announced a slew of closings at the start of October, ranging from HUD refinances to acquisition loans. The largest was a $72 million bride loan that refinanced four skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania totaling 525 beds. Proceeds will be used to take out senior debt and senior mezzanine debt. The facility will be structured as... Read More »
  • Newmark Negotiates Several Large Financings

    Sarah Anderson of Newmark has closed some notable financing transactions in the last couple of months, in addition to arranging acquisition financing for numerous deals handled by the Newmark investment sales team. One of the closings was for Vivante at Turtle Creek, a to-be-built seniors housing community on the prestigious Turtle Creek... Read More »
  • Funding Arranged for Skilled Nursing Clients

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, announced a couple of financings for skilled nursing clients in New England and North Carolina. First, for eight skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the firm closed a $70 million senior bridge loan with a 24-month initial term. It... Read More »
  • Newly Constructed Community Secures Financing

    BWE arranged refinancing for Clarendale Arcadia, a newly constructed senior living community in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. The financing was arranged on behalf of a repeat client joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management, LCS, and Ryan Companies US, Inc., with LCS serving as the operator. Ryan Stoll, National... Read More »
  • Brookdale Shares Hit Seven-Year High

    Brookdale Senior Living has posted occupancy increases for several consecutive months. The operator has lagged behind the industry for a decade now, so it is about time.  Weighted average occupancy has increased each month since January, beginning at 79.2% and reaching 82.5% in September. The third quarter’s average of 81.8% is up 290 basis... Read More »
Enlivant Sells Vacant Assisted Living Community

Enlivant Sells Vacant Assisted Living Community

A vacant assisted living community in Caldwell, Idaho found a new owner and a new lease on life in a deal handled by Blake Bozett, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Built in the late-1990s, the community was rebranded in 2016 by the seller, Enlivant, but eventually shuttered. A local owner/operator in good standing with the state will renovate and relicense the building for assisted living. This was their seventh acquisition in the state, and they paid in cash. Read More »
Blueprint Handles Two More REIT Sales

Blueprint Handles Two More REIT Sales

The closings keep coming from Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, as the firm has announced a series of acquisitions in the last couple weeks of the year, mainly for publicly-traded REIT clients. Ben Firestone, Michael Segal, Alex Florea and Scott Frazier first teamed up to sell an assisted living/memory care community in Escondido, California (an affluent suburb of San Diego). Previously owned by an LLC affiliated with Ventas, the community was originally built in 1986 and expanded with a new independent living building in 2006. Initially, the community offered a full spectrum of care from independent living to skilled nursing. However, the new IL building was converted to... Read More »
Blueprint Announces Two Assisted Living Deals

Blueprint Announces Two Assisted Living Deals

The year may be wrapping up, but Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has not been slowing down, announcing a couple of acquisitions during Christmas week. Ben Firestone, Michael Segal and Alex Florea first teamed up to sell two assisted living communities in the Midwest on behalf of a publicly-traded REIT and its national operator partner. Located near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Wichita, Kansas, the communities combine for 52 units and 16,000 total square feet. They were built in 1993/94, with renovations completed in 2016. Thanks in part to strong reputations in their local markets, operations were solid as well, with occupancy over 90%, a primarily private pay census and steady... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Three Transactions

Blueprint Closes Three Transactions

Some senior care investors have been doing some last-minute Christmas shopping, with Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announcing several sales. First, the team of Jacob Gehl, Humair Sabir and Scott Frazier represented an owner/operator looking to retire with the sale of their 35-unit (70-bed) assisted living community in Mission Valley, California (San Diego MSA). Blueprint was tasked with confidentially marketing the community and closing its sale within the calendar year. The property’s attractive location resulted in several competitive offers, but Bayshire Senior Living, a growing regional owner/operator with three other communities in the San Diego market, was ultimately... Read More »
Blueprint Announces Two Assisted Living Deals

From One REIT to Another

A senior living community in the Dallas, Texas area that has recently fallen on some bad times just changed owners from one publicly traded REIT to another. Built in 1999 with 90 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, the community was previously operated by Atria Senior Living. It had historically operated at stabilized levels, but leadership turnover and new competition (not surprising to hear from the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA) affected occupancy, which in turn led to discounting and lower cash flow. That’s an all-too-familiar combination in the seniors housing industry these days. So, the publicly traded REIT seller hired Ben Firestone, Michael Segal, Joshua Salzman... Read More »