• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Record M&A Year, Again

    You may start to get tired of hearing us talk about all the records being set, but we will never tire of it. As of November 11, we have passed last year’s record of total acquisitions in the seniors housing and care sector, now standing at over 720 deals, according to LevinPro LTC. And we thought last year was an amazing year! The good news is... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in North Carolina

    A skilled nursing facility with 130 beds recently sold in North Carolina. It was 53% occupied and not stabilized at the time of sale. According to LevinPro LTC, the purchase price was one of the highest per-bed prices we have seen in the state, at $21 million, or $161,500 per bed. The seller, a North Carolina-based owner/developer that had owned... Read More »
  • Tennessee Community Trades in Receivership Sale

    Blueprint recently announced a few closings involving a prominent lender and special services seller. The first was in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was handled by Kyle Hallion, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes. Buzin and Thomes facilitated the second deal, selling Knollwood Point in Mobile, Alabama. The pair also sold The Pointe at Kirby Gate in... Read More »
  • Northeast-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Georgia

    Daniel Geraghty, Bradley Clousing and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged in the sale of a skilled nursing facility with 100 beds in College Park, Georgia. At the time of sale, the facility was operating at a loss. The seller was a national owner of long-term care and seniors housing assets across the country, and... Read More »
  • Provident Bank Funds Portfolio Refinance and Recapitalization

    Tom Cassidy of Provident Bank’s Healthcare Lending team provided funding to a regional owner/operator in the Southeast. The new client, a family business, secured a $29.84 million portfolio refinance and recapitalization of four stabilized seniors housing communities in Florida. The well-performing portfolio totals more than 250 units across a... Read More »
Ziegler Represents CJE SeniorLife in SNF Sale

Ziegler Represents CJE SeniorLife in SNF Sale

Cascade Capital and Legacy Healthcare are acquiring a large skilled nursing facility in Skokie, Illinois, with Ziegler’s Dan Revie and Tedd Van Gorden representing the seller, CJE SeniorLife, in the transaction. Opened in 1981, the seven-story building has all private rooms, with 216 dually certified and 24 set aside for just Medicare patients. CJE Senior Living, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and Cascade/Legacy signed a letter of intent in February 2021 and closed the deal at the end of July. The purchase price was not disclosed.  Read More »
Centra Health Sells Virginia Senior Care Portfolio

Centra Health Sells Virginia Senior Care Portfolio

After deliberation by its board and senior leadership, Centra Health plans on selling its five Virginia senior care facilities. The Lynchburg, Virginia-based not-for-profit healthcare system decided it was time to focus on its core services and hand over its senior care operations to a more senior care-focused operator. Cascade Capital Group agreed to purchase the four skilled nursing facilities and have its subsidiary, Hill Valley Healthcare, operate them going forward. Then, Centra Health sold its CCRC to not-for-profit LifeSpire of Virginia, which owns and operates four CCRCs in Virginia. All parties have signed letters of intent and plan to close the sale around August... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Finances Another Cascade Capital Group Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Finances Another Cascade Capital Group Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop’s Joshua Rosen arranged bridge financing for Cascade Capital Group’s acquisition of a 136-bed supportive living facility in Aurora, Illinois. Totaling over $11.0 million, the debt was structured and provided by W&D’s bridge lending program, which utilizes the company’s own balance sheet. It came with a nine-month term and full term of interest-only payments and allow Cascade to quickly execute on the acquisition. The loan also features flexible prepayment options, and Cascade expects to refinance through HUD later this year. If this sounds familiar, it’s because in August 2019, Walker & Dunlop provided a $12.8 million loan from its balance sheet to cover 100% of... Read More »
Cascade Capital Group Sizing Up South Dakota SNF Market

Cascade Capital Group Sizing Up South Dakota SNF Market

Cascade Capital Group clearly sees something in the South Dakota skilled nursing market, following up on its acquisition of 16 Skyline skilled nursing facilities in the state with the purchase of two SNFs and an assisted living community in Huron and Sioux Falls. Previously owned by a publicly traded REIT, this portfolio features a combined 322 skilled nursing beds and 55 assisted living beds. Two of the properties, the 163-bed SNF and the 55-bed AL community are located on the same campus in Huron, while the Sioux Falls facility is licensed for 159 SN beds. Their owner deemed the facilities to be non-core. Certainly, the properties were on the older side, having been built in the 1960s,... Read More »
Cascade Capital Group Adds to Illinois Portfolio

Cascade Capital Group Adds to Illinois Portfolio

Three acquisitions in the last month counts as a spree, right? Well, Cascade Capital Group is in the middle of one, having announced its acquisition of two Chicagoland skilled nursing facilities through its affiliate Legacy Healthcare. The deal included a 214-bed SNF in Streamwood and a 215-bed facility in Wheeling. Both fall under the Bella Terra brand, which has one other location in the Chicago area (Morton Grove) along with Montana and Utah. Last month, Cascade also added a 156-bed SNF in Aurora, Illinois, and a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities in Florida, which sold for $49 million, or $106,500 per bed, at a 13.3% cap rate. Legacy took over management of the Aurora... Read More »