• Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

    Janus Living, a Healthpeak Properties-formed REIT and now the only publicly traded U.S. REIT fully dedicated to seniors housing with its entire portfolio structured under RIDEA, has launched its initial public offering of Class A-1 common stock. The company is now listed on the NYSE under the ticker “JAN.” It plans to pay a quarterly dividend of... Read More »
  • Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

    Two Long Island assisted living communities were sold by their original developer/operator. Village Green Senior Living in Levittown (opened in 2020) and Village Walk Senior Living (opened in 2018) in Patchogue were acquired by a partnership between Fundamental Advisors, Scribner Capital and Atria Senior Living. They will be renamed Atria... Read More »
  • Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

    The developer of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, has passed the torch to a new owner. Pillars of Lakeville, now known as The Crest at Lakeville, sits on 1.8 acres. Oppidan Investment Co., a company that developed multiple Pillars senior living properties in Minnesota, acquired the land from Crossroads... Read More »
  • Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

    1031 CF Properties, a leading DST investor, acquired a stand-alone memory care community in the Spokane, Washington MSA. Built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013, Generations Memory Care offers 48 private units with 28,472 square feet on 2.067 acres. The seller was an investment group based in northern California that purchased the asset in... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Closes First Public Bond Issue in 20+ Years

    Ziegler announced the closing of a $30.0 million tax-exempt fixed rate bond issue for Butterfield Trail Village, Inc. (BTV). The Series 2026 bonds were issued through The Fayetteville Public Facilities Board. BTV is a not-for-profit corporation founded by five local churches in 1981 to own and operate a continuing care retirement community on... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing Breaks Ground in Georgia

Capitol Seniors Housing Breaks Ground in Georgia

Construction is underway at The Outlook at the Exchange, an active adult community in Buford, Georgia. The 200,000-square-foot, four-story community will offer 180 residential units. The community will be part of Fuqua Development’s Exchange at Gwinnett, a $350 million mixed-use development underway near the Mall of Georgia.  Capitol Seniors Housing developed and invested in this project. This venture comes two months after CSH broke ground on Arbor Terrace Marlton, an 87-unit AL community in southern New Jersey. Element Architects is the design firm for The Outlook, and Core Construction is the general contractor. The project is scheduled to open in late 2022. Read More »
CBRE Returns to Seattle Area For Portfolio Refinance

CBRE Returns to Seattle Area For Portfolio Refinance

CBRE Senior Housing arranged a refinance for a portfolio of four senior living communities in the Seattle, Washington area. A joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and The Carlyle Group originally acquired the portfolio in 2016. Featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care services, with 368 units in total, the properties are located on in-fill sites in affluent submarkets. They average around 25 years in age. MBK Senior Living took over operations from Merrill Gardens after the 2016 acquisition and has overseen some significant capital improvements across the portfolio.   Five years ago, CBRE arranged more than $60 million in acquisition/renovation... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing Completes Hotel Conversion

Capitol Seniors Housing Completes Hotel Conversion

Two years after acquiring a former hotel in Nassau County, New York, Capitol Seniors Housing has converted and reopened the property as a new full-service independent living community. Formerly a Residence Inn by Marriott, and now named The Residences at Plainview, the building underwent a full transformation (to the tune of $19.6 million) into an upscale senior living community with a host of amenities. They include many familiar favorites, like indoor and outdoor pools, a putting green, sauna, exercise facilities, a bistro, bar, movie theater, concierge and valet parking, to name a few. There are also 114 residential units, with studio, one- and two-bedroom options. ... Read More »
Blueprint’s April Activity Continues

Blueprint’s April Activity Continues

Continuing Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ busy deal activity in the last week, which included three skilled nursing closings on April 1st, the team of Amy Sitzman, Dan Mahoney and Blake Bozett sold a 36-unit assisted living community in Kennewick, Washington, in the eastern part of the state. Built in 1995 and featuring all private rooms, the private pay community recently struggled with occupancy because of key leadership turnover.   The seller did work to increase census to over 90% throughout the transaction process, which created some good faith between parties that almost surely allowed for a smooth closing in the middle of the COVID-19... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing Flips Ann Arbor Assisted Living Community

Capitol Seniors Housing Flips Ann Arbor Assisted Living Community

It’s only been two years since Capitol Seniors Housing acquired a 75-unit assisted living/memory care community in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but the time has come to sell. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag and Chris Remeika of Cushman & Wakefield found a buyer in Kayne Anderson Real Estate, with Provision Living staying on as the operator. No purchase price was disclosed. Originally built in 2000, the community features 63 assisted living and 12 memory care units. When CSH purchased the community from Provision Living in January 2017, they committed to investing in resident care technology, additional common areas and unit renovations. Those projects also eventually included a brand-new... Read More »