• 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 »
  • Active Adult Expansion A Hit With Investors

    How often have we heard that new development is dead? Or that CCRCs (LPCs) are on their way out? Too often. But how often do you hear about an Active Adult expansion on a CCRC campus, and one with entrance fees? Not often enough. That didn’t stop Three Pillars Senior Living Communities and Cain Brothers from putting together a plan that may... Read More »
Capital Senior Ventures Acquires Final Kindred Skilled Nursing Facility

Capital Senior Ventures Acquires Final Kindred Skilled Nursing Facility

Capital Senior Ventures made a bet on the Las Vegas skilled nursing market, acquiring a state-of-the-art skilled nursing facility in the city for an undisclosed price. Built in 2015, the facility is the last SNF owned by Kindred Healthcare. It consists of 160 beds, including 118 private and 21 semiprivate rooms. In addition to there being private showers in all patient bathrooms, there were some units with bariatric lifts as well. Other amenities include multiple dining areas, a movie theater, four therapy gyms, outdoor courtyards and a transitional home therapy suite. Sounds like a Marriott we would want to move into. Plus, the facility is ideally located next to Spring Valley Medical... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Portfolio Acquisitions Financed by KeyBank

Skilled Nursing Portfolio Acquisitions Financed by KeyBank

KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing for two skilled nursing portfolios in Nevada and Texas. A joint venture between Capital Senior Ventures and BlueMountain Capital Management was the buyer in both transactions. In the larger deal, Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera provided a $105.8 million bridge loan to fund the purchase of 12 skilled nursing facilities and to refinance the existing debt of four SNFs located throughout Texas. In total, the 16 facilities have 1,924 beds. Then, Messrs. Saunders and Trazzera arranged a $21.9 million loan for the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities and 359 beds in Las Vegas and Carson City, Nevada. Read More »