• 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 »
Healthpeak Properties Nears Seniors Housing Exit

Healthpeak Properties Nears Seniors Housing Exit

Healthpeak Properties has nearly completed its exit from the rental seniors housing business, selling another $1 billion of assets in the first quarter of 2021, according to its latest earnings release. This comes after approximately $2.5 billion of seniors housing dispositions in the fourth quarter of 2020, so they are clearly antsy to get out.   The latest tranche of divestments included 12 properties in PEAK’s SHOP portfolio operated by Oakmont Senior Living and totaling 1,043 units. At $564 million, or $540,750 per unit, it represents the largest deal of the quarter. And considering Healthpeak’s haste to get out, commanding that sort of per-unit... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Former Brookdale Community in Florida

Joint Venture Acquires Former Brookdale Community in Florida

Owner/operator Inspirit Senior Living and investment/asset management firm Venue Capital co-sponsored a joint venture with Drake Real Estate Partners to acquire a seniors housing community in Lecanto, Florida. Immediately after the deal, the three parties are also planning a substantial renovation and rebranding of the property. Built in 1988, the community consists of 79 assisted living and memory care units. Welltower previously owned the property, with Brookdale Senior Living operating it.   However, Inspirit will take over management going forward, bolstering its presence in the Southeast. In early 2020, Inspirit and Venue Capital also acquired a portfolio of four... Read More »
Is Brookdale Bottoming Out

Is Brookdale Bottoming Out

Even though Brookdale Senior Living reported its lowest census levels ever in February, the month-to-month declines were low and may signal a bottom soon. As most of you know, I have been pretty negative about where things were going last year, and how long it might take for the industry to dig out of its hole. But my gut tells me things are beginning to turn around. Brookdale Senior Living just reported on its February occupancy, and I believe it is the first major seniors housing company to report average occupancy for the month below 70%. It hit 69.4%. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the monthly decline of 60 basis points was the smallest since last March. And the month-end... Read More »
SLIB Starts March With Six Closings

SLIB Starts March With Six Closings

What a month it has been for Senior Living Investment Brokerage, and it’s only been a few days. After a stellar start to February when the firm announced five transactions comprising eight seniors housing properties across the country, SLIB brokers announced six closings on the first two days of March. Four deals closed in the Southeast, starting with the sale of a 46-unit assisted living/memory care community in Gainesville, Georgia, north of Atlanta. Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing handled the deal on behalf of a group of five TIC investors that originally bought the property in 2006. The TIC sponsor had since filed for bankruptcy and subsequently took control of the... Read More »
Brookdale Selling Home Health & Hospice Business

Brookdale Selling Home Health & Hospice Business

While not a surprise, since rumors had been floating around for a while, Brookdale Senior Living announced with its fourth quarter earnings that it has agreed to sell an 80% interest in its home health and hospice business (including its outpatient therapy business) to HCA Healthcare, the hospital giant. The sales price is $400 million, implying a $500 million valuation for 100% interest. This comes to about 1.36x revenues for the trailing four quarters ended December 30, 2020, and perhaps 18x to 20x 2021 normalized EBITDA. Last year, we wrote that it would be a home run if they could get any price north of $400 million, so maybe this is a grand slam since they got that... Read More »