• 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
  • Two Seniors Housing Sales Close

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage is continuing on its hot streak this month, closing two additional deals in Alabama and Florida. In the Alabama transaction, Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing represented a large national owner/operator that was resizing its portfolio to concentrate on its core market. So, the company divested an assisted... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Exits Georgia

    Selectis Health, Inc. has completed its exit from Georgia with the help of Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint. In the beginning of the year, Selectis Health divested Providence of Sparta Health and Rehab and Warrenton Health and Rehab to Journey, also with the help of Segal and Waldhorn (more on that deal can be found here). The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Divests Third Class-A Asset

    Caddis Partners and Singerman Real Estate have divested another seniors housing community, Heartis Fayetteville. This comes shortly after the joint venture’s sale of Heartis Venice and Heartis Longview. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare represented the seller in all three... Read More »
  • Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

    Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s... Read More »

High value in Seattle

Capitol Seniors Housing saw potential in a well performing senior living community in Seattle, Washington, shelling out $26 million, or $218,500 per unit, for it. Built in 2006, the four-story, 119-unit building has mostly assisted living, with some independent living, as well as 20 memory care units. Also, with the owner both developing the property and running it himself, occupancy has historically been between 85% and 90%. However, there is room for improvement. Capitol Seniors Housing plans to invest up to $2.5 million on remodeling and upgrades and will hire Milestone Retirement Communities to operate. Plus, the buyer plans to convert the IL units to AL and memory care while also... Read More »

Constructing in Chicagoland

Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a pair of construction loans on behalf of a joint venture between Pathway Senior Living and Virtus Real Estate Capital to build two senior living communities. First, the joint venture will build a $34.4 million community in Westmont, Illinois with 75 assisted living units and 34 memory care units to be financed with a $24.075 million loan. And second is a $26.2 million project with 120 assisted living units in Lake Zurich, Illinois funded by $18.313 million in construction financing. Both floating rate loans feature four-year terms with 36 months of interest only and were placed with a regional bank. Pathway will manage the two properties... Read More »

High-acuity community to be built

Aron Will, together with Jim Sellers and Tim Prouty, of CBRE arranged a $25.03 million construction loan for a joint venture between The Freshwater Group and Kayne-Anderson to build a 129-unit/135-bed senior care community in Tucson, Arizona. The loan, placed through a regional bank, featured a three-year floating rate term which then converts to a three-year mini-perm loan. Kayne-Anderson will provide institutional equity for the project, while Watermark Retirement Communities will operate the finished community, which will consist of five buildings with assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services. For the assisted living, it will be fully licensed Directed Care, the highest... Read More »

CareTrust’s Ohio SNF portfolio deal closes

We reported on CareTrust REIT’s acquisition of a particularly large (for them) SNF portfolio in Ohio that included 16 skilled nursing facilities, of which 14 would be owned and two would be leased, for $175 million. With the deal closing, that number has dropped to 15 SNFs (14 owned and one leased), which are selling for $173 million, or about $144,200 per bed, with a 13.3% cap rate. Occupancy across the portfolio averaged 83%, with an 18% quality mix. Dan Baker of CBRE brokered the transaction, which is the fifth largest skilled nursing deal, by price, seen so far in 2015. Read More »

Growth spurt

Sabra Health Care REIT announced a pair of acquisitions, totaling almost $85 million. First the REIT purchased four senior living communities, with 214 total units, in the Pacific Northwest for $65 million, or $303,700 per unit. Three of the properties are located in Oregon and one in Washington, with a total of 122 assisted living units, 74 memory care units and 18 independent living units. Built between 1989 and 1995, with various renovations between 2003 and 2011, the portfolio averaged 96.4% occupancy in 2014 and operated at a 33% margin on $13.9 million of revenues, resulting in a 7.1% cap rate. Sabra leased the properties to Radiant Senior Living, with an initial term of 10 years and... Read More »