• CIBC Completes Several Financings

    CIBC Bank USA announced a handful of senior care financings across multiple states. First, the company closed a $17.5 million cash-out refinancing for a regional operator’s portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities with 235 total beds in northeast and southeast Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire. The facilities have an effective age of... Read More »
  • Blueprint Adding HUD Lending Platform

    Fresh off another record-setting year for investment sales activity, Blueprint announced a major expansion of its capital markets services to now include FHA/HUD lending and servicing capabilities. The firm is acquiring the existing FHA/HUD lending platform of MidCap Financial Services, and hiring Tony Marino, formerly of Cambridge Realty Capital... Read More »
  • More New Capital Enters Seniors Housing

    A fully-integrated real estate firm that is well known in the student housing world announced its foray into the seniors housing industry. Landmark Properties focuses on the development, construction, acquisition, investment management, and operation of high-quality residential communities, but the company’s intent is to invest in ground-up... Read More »
  • Berkadia’s Recent Financing Activity

    In the past 30 days, Berkadia’s Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro have closed $111.5 million across four financings for four separate sponsors, encompassing eleven properties in six states. The activity included three bridge financings totaling $69.6 million from Berkadia’s proprietary balance sheet and a $41.9 million HUD refinance. The first... Read More »
  • Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

    Torey Riso is heading back to the operating world, joining Inspirit Senior Living as President as of March 16. He joins Dave McHarg, who is the CEO of Inspirit and Founding Partner of the company. Since its founding in 2015, Inspirit has grown to 37 properties under management, with Inspirit holding an equity interest in around half of those. ... Read More »

A New Horizon?

Michigan has been in the news a lot lately as the home of political upsets and recounts. But it’s also the home of Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper’s (of Greystone Real Estate Advisors) latest transaction. The duo represented a publicly traded REIT in the sale of its 298-unit independent living community in Southfield, Michigan to a private equity firm. Built in 1998 on seven acres, the Brookdale Senior Living-operated community features a host of amenities, including a greenhouse, gazebo, library, restaurant-style dining and a beauty/barber shop, but it has significant capex needs. That perhaps explains the relatively low purchase price of $12.5 million, or about $42,000 per unit. For some... Read More »
Brookdale Senior Living Disappoints Again

Brookdale Senior Living Disappoints Again

Brookdale Senior Living’s stock price plunged 20% on disappointing third quarter news….and forecasts. My, my, my. Brookdale Senior Living just doesn’t seem to be able to get a break. Despite having a 40 basis point increase in same-community occupancy from the second quarter, which beat the market as a whole, problems continue. They are seeing new properties having a big impact on their secondary market properties, they revised downward full year 2016 forecasts, former employees are soliciting staff and customer leads, and Dan Decker has decided to become even more involved, becoming Executive Chairman as opposed to Chairman of the Board. On top of all of this, they are forming... Read More »

Blackstone and Brookdale

The beginning of November brought with it a lot of big news. Sorting through the mess that was the Brookdale Senior Living earnings announcement, which caused quite the buzz in the industry, we also noted the year’s second-largest transaction was announced. Private equity firm Blackstone Real Estate Partners is acquiring 64 Brookdale-operated seniors housing properties from HCP, Inc. for $1.125 billion, or about $188,500 per unit. That was for 100% of the ownership, but Brookdale will pay Blackstone $170 million for a 15% ownership interest in the joint venture, in addition to operating the portfolio on behalf of the joint venture. Occupancy across the portfolio averaged 85%, and the... Read More »
Going, going, Greystone

Going, going, Greystone

A senior living community in Jacksonville, Florida with an unusual set-up traded hands with the help of Greystone. Owned by a publicly traded REIT, the 245-unit community was built 30 years ago on 14 acres, and provides independent living, assisted living and memory care. The Brookdale-operated campus is spread out among 12 residential buildings and one common area building. Despite upgrades made to the resident units, common areas and building exteriors in recent years, the community sold for $21.5 million, or $87,755 per unit, to a private equity firm. Cary Tremper of Greystone arranged the nonrecourse acquisition financing through a regional bank, while Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers... Read More »

NIC’s Third Quarter Numbers

NIC has come out with its third quarter occupancy, construction, asking rates and absorption stats, and we have to admit, we were disappointed with the numbers, especially on occupancy. Assisted living occupancy was basically flat with the second quarter amid hopes that there might be some acceleration. Independent living rose by just 10 basis points from the second quarter and was flat with a year ago. Asking rents were at their highest in years, but the numbers do not factor in the discounting which remains prevalent in many markets. Now, with Hurricane Matthew about to hit the southeast coast, and communities in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas already beginning to evacuate residents... Read More »