• Las Vegas SNF Commands Premium

    We had heard of a high-end skilled nursing facility being marketed for sale in Las Vegas, Nevada, at a very high price for a few months now, and it appears that the sale has closed. Evans Senior Investments announced that it sold Sandstone Spring Valley, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility that was built just 10 years ago. It features an 80-unit... Read More »
  • Genesis Stalking Horse Raises Bid

    The stalking horse bidder for Genesis HealthCare’s 298 affiliated holding companies, ancillary businesses and insurance vehicles has upped its offer, and the deal is set for an approval hearing on December 10. Genesis, which previously held the title of largest skilled nursing operator in the country, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in... Read More »
  • SLIB Closes Strong SNF Sale in Colorado

    Two well-run skilled nursing facilities in Colorado sold with the help of Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Ryan Saul and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Located in Fort Collins and Windsor, the facilities were built in 1988 and 2018 and featured 445 beds in total. The facilities also comprised 18 total acres and nearly 270,000... Read More »
  • Ensign Buys Kansas City SNF

    The Ensign Group acquired a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas City, Kansas, that was in need of an operational turnaround. Built in 1974 with additions in 1983 and 1995, Medicalodges Post Acute Care is set on nearly 11 acres in a residential area. It was previously owned by a Kansas-based owner/operator that was divesting in order to... Read More »
  • Communities Pass Between Family Owner/Operators

    A multigenerational family owner/operator recently divested its well-occupied portfolio to a new family owner/operator in Beaverton, Oregon. The all-private pay communities consisted of a 183-unit full-continuum community opened in 2002 and a 58-unit assisted living community opened in 1996. Blueprint handled the sale and financing.  The... Read More »
Invesque Expands with Virginia Acquisition

Invesque Expands with Virginia Acquisition

Toronto, Canada-based Invesque (TSX: IVQ) announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase 20 assisted living and memory care communities from Commonwealth Senior Living for $340.4 million, or about $236,400 per unit. All but one of the communities are in Virginia, with one in Pennsylvania. Of the total units, 863 are assisted living, 486 are memory care, and 91 are independent living, for a total of 1,440 (1,716 licensed beds). In addition, Invesque has an exclusive right of first offer for three additional communities that are currently managed by Commonwealth and will continue to be after the closing, which is expected in the third quarter. The deal increases Invesque’s AL/MC... Read More »

Health Care REIT looking North, again

In its existing RIDEA joint venture with Revera, Inc., Health Care REIT purchased Regal Lifestyle Communities, a Toronto-based operator of 23 independent living communities with more than 3,600 units. The joint venture, with HCN owning 75% and Revera 25%, will pay CAD$12.00 per share (a 27.1% premium), or approximately US$623 million ($173,100 per unit), for the portfolio, assuming CAD$359 million (US$ 291.9 million) of debt with a weighted average interest rate of 3.8% and an average maturity of four years. The initial cash yield is expected to be 6.1%, with HCN investing US$248.8 million in the transaction. The communities, located in Ontario (13), Quebec (7) and one each in British... Read More »