• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
BMO Harris Funds Construction Project in North Carolina

BMO Harris Funds Construction Project in North Carolina

BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance business announced that it secured a $72.4 million construction loan for a senior living community in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Village on Morehead will feature 199 high-end independent and assisted living units in 12 stories. Bridgewood purchased the site for $11.5 million and will have its wholly-owned management group, Retirement Center Management, operate the community once it opens in 2023.  CBRE arranged this loan through BMO Harris on behalf of a joint venture between Bridgewood Property Company and Harrison Street. CBRE originated a four-year, floating-rate loan with a full term of interest-only and extension options. Over the... Read More »
BMO Harris Bank Finances New Jersey Development

BMO Harris Bank Finances New Jersey Development

BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced that it led and closed a $73.4 million construction financing for a joint venture between LCS and an institutional partner to develop a 220-unit senior living community in Florham Park, New Jersey. People’s United Bank was also a $30 million participant in the deal.  Set to open in March 2023, the community will feature 128 independent living units (53 one-bedroom and 75 two-bedroom options), 58 assisted living units (10 studio, 40 one-bedroom and eight two-bedroom options) and 34 memory care units (32 private and two semi-private units).  Read More »
MedCore Partners Acquires Seniors Housing Portfolio

MedCore Partners Acquires Seniors Housing Portfolio

MedCore Partners and The National Realty Group announced their purchase of a seven-property senior living portfolio on the West Coast. The deal included five senior living communities in Washington State and two in California. Among the Washington properties were the 60-unit Birchview Memory Care in Sedro-Wooley, the 55-unit Discovery Memory Care in Sequim, The Sequoia in Olympia with 92 units, the 72-unit Cooks Hill Manor in Centralia and lastly, and the largest, The Village in Tacoma with 136 units. In California, there was Del Obispo Terrace in San Juan Capistrano with 91 units and the 76-unit Westminster Terrace in Westminster.   Their operator,... Read More »
BMO Harris Bank Closes Credit Facilities

BMO Harris Bank Closes Credit Facilities

BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has been busy lately closing credit facilities for senior living clients. The first transaction saw the bank close a $59.4 million facility for LCS’ acquisition of The Clare CCRC in downtown Chicago, Illinois. We profiled the sale in this month’s edition of The SeniorCare Investor, and subscribers can read the story here. Then, BMO provided a syndicated $75 million senior credit facility for Largo Land Development, LLC and Watermark Retirement Communities to develop a 219-bed independent living/assisted living/memory care community and a 64-unit active adult community in Upper Marlboro, Maryland (Washington, D.C. MSA). BMO partnered... Read More »
PE Group Gets Financing from BMO Harris Bank

PE Group Gets Financing from BMO Harris Bank

BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance team supported a private equity group’s acquisition of a 132-unit seniors housing community in Bloomington, Indiana, by acting as sole lender of a $19.5 million senior secured term loan. Midwest operator Arrow Senior Living will be the new fee-based manager of the three-year old community, adding more dining services and enhanced social events in addition to the existing amenities like complementary chauffeured transportation, spacious courtyards and a fitness center, among others. Arrow manages each of its 13 communities in partnership with its parent company, Turnaround Solutions LLC, an affiliated seniors housing consulting company that... Read More »