• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
Majestic Care Acquires Toledo Campus

Majestic Care Acquires Toledo Campus

Genacross Lutheran Services has sold its Toledo Campus to owner/operator Majestic Care, an affiliate of MDG Real Estate Global Ltd. The historic Toledo Campus, which opened in 1953 and has been expanded and renovated many times, needs significant capital improvements that Genacross has been unable to fund. So, the sale provides future financial flexibility and an improved financial position for Genacross while the campus can continue providing a continuum of senior care services. Cain Brothers brokered the deal. Headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Genacross changed its name from Lutheran Homes Society in 2016. They are a not-for-profit corporation that has operated in northwest Ohio and... Read More »
Cain Brothers Finances CCRC Repositioning Project in Wisconsin

Cain Brothers Finances CCRC Repositioning Project in Wisconsin

A not-for-profit CCRC in Dousman, Wisconsin is following the will of its patients and converted a number of its skilled nursing beds to community-based residential facility-licensed beds and secured financing with the help of Cain Brothers to fund it. Three Pillars Senior Living Communities, a not-for-profit founded in 1905 and affiliated with the Masonic Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, owns and operates the campus.   Occupancy was consistently above 96% across its independent living and assisted living units, but census at its 84-bed skilled nursing facility began softening in 2018 due to the lack of private rooms. Management also took notice of higher acuity residents’... Read More »
Cain Brothers Finances CCRC Construction On College Campus

Cain Brothers Finances CCRC Construction On College Campus

Many have extolled the advantages of senior care communities partnering with universities. Through collaborative programming, the relationship helps keep seniors engaged with other generations, and students in turn can benefit from the residents’ years of wisdom and experiences. With that in mind, a partnership between an affiliate of Arizona State University (ASU) and Pacific Retirement Services (PRS) is building a 20-story CCRC on ASU’s main campus in Tucson. Under PRS’s “Mirabella” high-rise CCRC brand, this community will have four levels of care and around 252 total units. The first floor will feature a public restaurant and retail space, while three restaurants will likely be placed... Read More »
Cain Brothers and Pilgrim’s Place

Cain Brothers and Pilgrim’s Place

Pilgrim’s Place, a not-for-profit CCRC in Claremont, California was originally established over 100 years ago, and now is planning a $9 million renovation with the help of a $36 million tax-exempt bond issuance from Cain Brothers. The community has grown over the years to feature 182 independent living units, 56 assisted living units and 62 skilled nursing beds on a 32-acre neighborhood campus. Cain Brothers structured the bonds with a 4.25% coupon priced at a discount, and an all-in total interest cost of 4.46% and net present value savings on the advanced refunding portion of more than $1.5 million, or 6.4% of refunded par. Read More »

Partner in post-acute

To finance its recent acquisition of Spectrum Professional Services, an investor group led by healthcare M&A investor Beecken Petty O’Keefe and Company recently received a $110.5 million senior secured credit facility arranged by Capital One Healthcare, which served as administrative agent and lead book-runner. Spectrum is a rehabilitative therapy management consulting business catering its services to post-acute care, skilled nursing and assisted/independent living providers. It was acquired in December 2015 by a joint venture headed by Beecken Petty O’Keefe and including Sunrise Senior Living plus existing investors at Spectrum. Cain Brothers had served as Spectrum’s exclusive... Read More »