• Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Takes on Stabilization Project

    Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint closed a deal on behalf of an institutional seller that was looking to divest its assisted living/memory care community. The purpose-built asset was constructed in 2000 by a national developer and comprises 52 units. It sits in West Bloomfield, Michigan, which is Michael Segal’s... Read More »
  • Large SNF Portfolio Secures Acquisition Financing

    Marking another milestone for MONTICELLOAM in a banner first quarter, the firm funded $435 million in bridge and working capital financing for a skilled nursing portfolio that encompasses 14 facilities in Maryland. Of the total, $400 million supported the acquisition of the 1,890 beds. The sponsor group is a returning client that owns/operates... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Secures Acquisition Financing

    A joint venture between Winterpast Capital Partners, Vitality Senior Living Management and Virtus Real Estate Capital acquired an assisted living/memory care community, securing bridge financing through Coastal States Bank. The financing includes reserves to support the joint venture’s ongoing repositioning of the community and was structured... 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 »