• Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with... Read More »
  • Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

    A Missouri-based real estate developer engaged Blueprint to facilitate its membership buyout of a joint venture partner. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Four years ago, the firm was brought on to raise capital, ultimately sourcing an institutional capital partner to develop a private pay seniors housing... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Previewing Our Capital Markets Conversation

    We know that the capital markets have made the biggest impact on M&A activity and property valuations in the last several years, changing the size of possible deals, the makeup of the properties sold and the buyers that could actually buy. Now that the capital markets have substantially improved and are getting better, barring a sudden and... Read More »
  • Seller Exits Seniors Industry with Divestment to REIT

    A single-asset seniors housing owner is exiting the industry with the sale of their property in Murrieta, California. Built in 2016 and 2018, Renaissance Village Murrieta has 142 units of assisted living and memory care in three stories. It was operating just below 70% occupancy, so there is plenty of room for a new owner to improve performance... Read More »
  • Deal Closes Following Buyer Withdrawals

    After a long process that saw multiple buyers pull out from the deal, the sale of Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, New York, has closed with the help of Mark Myers at Kiser Group. Owned by a religious not-for-profit organization, The New Jewish Home, the facility features 301 beds and was losing money. Myers had previously... Read More »
Friendly Sale Followed By HUD Financing

Friendly Sale Followed By HUD Financing

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies arranged $28.4 million in HUD financing for a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in Ohio, but the road to closing was more complicated than usual. Located in the towns of Niles and Milan, these facilities were put up for sale by their long-time real estate owner/operator. However, during the marketing period, operations declined, and the owner brought in a new operator under a long-term lease. It was the lessee’s goal to eventually own the facilities, and through its ongoing relationship with them, Cambridge helped arrange a friendly sale. Now, with two 35-year terms and one 33-year term, Cambridge structured a $6.08 million loan, a $6.4... Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Completes Illinois HUD Refinance

Cambridge Realty Capital Completes Illinois HUD Refinance

After Cambridge Realty Capital Companies announced that it funded a $32.75 million acquisition loan through HUD for a 211-unit affordable seniors housing property in Baltimore, Maryland, the firm followed up by refinancing a 162-bed skilled nursing facility in Glenwood, Illinois, also going through HUD. The owner, an Illinois limited liability company, obtained an $11.6 million loan, with a fully amortizing 30-year term. Located about 30 minutes outside of Chicago, the facility features a short-term rehab unit for Medicare and private insurance patients, and dialysis services, in addition to providing long-term care. Read More »
Affordable Housing Complex To Get A Make-Over

Affordable Housing Complex To Get A Make-Over

Cambridge Realty Capital left its comfort zone of financing skilled nursing facilities, arranging a $32.7 million HUD-insured loan that was funded by tax-exempt bonds, with owner’s equity facilitated by low-income housing tax credits. The combination refinanced a 211-unit affordable elderly housing complex in Baltimore, Maryland. The extra funds are to be used to modernize the 40-year old physical plant. We suspect there are many more of these types of buildings that need updating, in addition to more of these buildings in general to help low-income elderly as they age. Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Assists In Illinois SNF Sale

Cambridge Realty Capital Assists In Illinois SNF Sale

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies recently assisted a skilled nursing operator to exercise its purchase option on a 192-bed skilled nursing facility in Glenview, Illinois, with the help of a $20 million bridge loan, plus a $1.0 million asset-based loan to fund the deal. The borrower had taken over operations at the nearly 30-year old facility just nine months prior under a lease, so its own culture was still being implemented at the facility level. However, it decided to go through with the purchase option, utilizing its long-standing relationship with Cambridge to get the job done. Read More »

From Coulterville to California for Cambridge Realty Capital Companies

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies closed a couple of transactions for clients across the country. First up, in Coulterville, Illinois, the Cambridge team arranged a $3.76 million HUD refinance for a 71-bed skilled nursing facility. The owner, a Missouri LLC, received a 35-year, fully amortized term. Then, a California LLC received a $3.7 million HUD loan, courtesy of Cambridge’s Hymie Barber, to refinance its nearly 20-year old 58-bed assisted living community in Arroyo Grande, California. The loan comes with a 27-year term. Read More »