• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »

Brookdale divests, big

We reported back in July that Enlivant was the rumored buyer of 44 assisted living/memory care communities in 12 states that Brookdale Senior Living was looking to sell. On September 15, it was announced that Enlivant was indeed the buyer, together with its PE backer TPG, except that the number of communities had increased to 48 in 14 states. This deal represents a nearly 40% increase in Enlivant’s portfolio, assuming all communities close. Sixteen of the transactions have already closed, and the remaining 32 are expected to be effective over the new few months. Read More »
CBRE doubles down

CBRE doubles down

CBRE pulled double duty with its last transaction, arranging and funding an acquisition of a 76-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Philadelphia area. Lisa Widmier and Matthew Whitlock handled the sale on behalf of the previous owner. This was built in 2013 at a cost of about $250,000 per unit, and a joint venture between Sage Senior Living and an institutional partner acquired it for just over $400,000 per unit. Aron Will arranged a non-recourse, five-year floating-rate loan, with 36 months of interest only, from a regional bank. Sage Senior Living will take over management. Read More »

Grandbridge hits the Town…Village

It was recently announced that Grandbridge Real Estate Capital closed $125 million in financing to assist in the acquisition of four Town Village-brand independent living communities in four states. A joint venture between Chicago Pacific Founders and Grand Park Capital Management (owned by former Brookdale Senior Living executives John Rijos and Bill Doniger, respectively) was the buyer. According to some media outlets, the properties sold for $180 million, or approximately $220,000 per unit. Grandbridge provided $25 million in supplemental loans and also closed $100 million in assumption loans for existing Fannie Mae debt that Grandbridge had previously originated. Read More »

Leaving the Lone Star State

Civitas Senior Living is expanding its operations outside of Texas for the first time, as it is set to break ground on a senior living community in Louisville, Kentucky. Civitas has been one of the more active developers/acquirers in Texas (and that’s saying something). In 2015 alone, the company opened five new assisted living/memory care communities, and, after forming a new post-acute care division, also acquired two skilled nursing facilities plus an assisted living community in the town of Jefferson, Texas. Then, at the beginning of 2016, Civitas purchased two former Brookdale Senior Living properties in Harlingen, and currently has four communities set to open soon in Texas. After... Read More »
Big news from Brookdale

Big news from Brookdale

The “big” news in the seniors housing market was the announcement at the end of July that Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) had entered into an agreement to sell 44 properties with 1,874 assisted living and 579 memory care units located in 12 states. The price is about $252.4 million, which comes to $102,900 per unit. Brookdale had previously announced plans to sell between 50 and 100 properties, and with this deal they are well on their way to accomplishing this goal. Since they would not be selling their best performing assets, it makes sense that the pricing would be well below the 2015 average price of $189,200 per unit, but it was also well below the lower quartile price of $141,000... Read More »