• Investment Firm Acquires in Missouri

    Investment firm Lapis Advisers purchased a seniors housing asset out of state receivership in Kansas City, Missouri. The CCRC was distressed, having struggled with COVID-related challenges as well as a limited access to capital in recent years.  Kingswood Senior Living features 185 independent living (65 of which are large duplex cottages),... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Sells Community with Strong Momentum

    A global real estate investment firm sold an independent living community in Iowa, engaging Blueprint’s Kory Buzin, Dillon Rudy and Steve Thomes to get the deal done. Built in 2002, the four-story community features 121 units, mostly with two-bedroom options. It appears to be The Arbordale in Urbandale, which was acquired in 2020 by Omaha,... Read More »
  • Large Operator Adds Turnaround Campus to Portfolio

    A senior care campus in Ohio found a new owner with the help of Kiser Group. Set on 26 acres in a rural market east of Cleveland, the property features 76 skilled nursing beds, five assisted living units and three independent living units. It was originally built in 1950 but expanded through multiple additions between 1965 and 2001.  At the... Read More »
  • Texas Skilled Nursing Portfolio Sells

    A portfolio of skilled nursing facilities traded hands in Texas before the end of the year. There are two assets in the Lubbock area and two in Central Texas that are located northwest of Austin. They comprise more than 430 beds, with between 100 to 120 beds at each of the four facilities. Three of the buildings were constructed in the 1970s, and... Read More »
  • CIBC Bank’s Recent Activity

    CIBC Bank USA closed an impressive array of transactions in the last several months, totaling more than $800 million in credit facilities across the country. The largest transaction was an $85 million (with earn-outs) debt package for a senior care portfolio in the Northeast. The debt included a senior term loan and a mezzanine loan to refinance... Read More »
Watermark Retirement Communities and JV Partner Acquire Two Assets

Watermark Retirement Communities and JV Partner Acquire Two Assets

The joint venture between Titan Development and EverWest Real Estate Investors decided to sell two of its “Élan” assets in the Southwest. Each property features 77 assisted living and 36 memory care units, for a total of 220 units with 226 beds. The Austin, Texas property opened in late 2016, and just after, the Albuquerque community opened in early 2017 within the 60-acre Santa Monica Place master plan, which consists of 460 new, Class-A multifamily units (developed by Titan Development and Alliance Residential), a 130-unit independent living community operated by Resort Lifestyle Communities, and 150 new single family homes ranging in price from $275,000 to $400,000. Seems like a good... Read More »
Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Having just undergone a renovation and a rebranding, an assisted living/memory care community in Dallas, Texas obtained a first mortgage loan, courtesy of MidCap Financial. The borrower for the $6.25 million floating-rate loan was a joint venture between private equity firm Artemis Real Estate Partners and Fort Worth-based operator Civitas Senior Living. Read More »
Another Civitas Development in the Lone Star State

Another Civitas Development in the Lone Star State

Civitas Senior Living may have already expanded outside its home state of Texas, with three existing communities and four more on the way in Florida, Kentucky, Colorado and Arizona, but the Fort Worth-based company is coming home for its latest development. The 188-unit community, located in the Red Oak suburb of Dallas, will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care services and will join the 32 other properties currently owned and operated by Civitas. To finance the development, HJ Sims invested $5.85 million of preferred equity, which it funded by placing corporate taxable bonds. The subordinate financing was structured to meet the requirements of the senior lenders... Read More »
Dealing in Dallas

Dealing in Dallas

We’ve all heard the warnings of overdevelopment in Texas, particularly of new assisted living and memory care communities. One of those MSAs that has seen plenty of groundbreakings is Dallas, with nearly 5,000 units built from Q4 2012 to Q4 2016, according to NIC MAP. While the market is in better shape than Austin, Houston and San Antonio in terms of construction versus inventory, occupancy has been consistently low in Dallas, hovering around 85% for the past few years. We wonder how well those new communities have been filling up. That was probably on the mind of an out-of-state buyer when it purchased a recently built assisted living/memory care community in Allen, Texas, an affluent... Read More »
A Flowering Relationship

A Flowering Relationship

Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) is expanding its assets in Texas through a new operating relationship with Civitas Senior Living, which has lately been known for its development activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin markets. While we have not been alone in voicing concerns about overbuilding in these markets, the target property for CSH (developed by Civitas in the DFW MSA) clearly has not felt the effects. Located in Flower Mound, the community was just built in 2015 with 58 assisted living and 34 memory care units, and is already nearly fully occupied with a strong cash flow on top of that. CSH paid $26 million, or $282,600 per unit, for the property. Based on trailing-three month... Read More »