

Heavenrich Closes Sale To Summit Healthcare REIT
Brian Clark of Heavenrich & Company just sold a 77-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chandler, Arizona (Phoenix MSA) for $13.4 million, or about $174,000 per unit. Mr. Clark represented the stand-alone not-for-profit seller, Pennington Gardens, in the community’s sale to Summit Healthcare REIT, a public non-traded REIT. Built in 2000, the community was 87% occupied at the time of the sale. We imagine operations could improve somewhat, as despite its good location and age, it sold for nearly $40,000 per unit less than the national average price of $217,000 per unit, for the 12 months ended June 30, 2017. Summit leased the community to Compass Senior Living, which already... Read More »
Griffin American Gains St. Louis-Area Senior Living Communities
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, Inc., is moving into the St. Louis MSA on a large scale, but on the other side of the Mississippi River. Featuring 221 units and five independent/assisted living properties in Columbia, Millstadt, Red Bud and Waterloo, Illinois, the portfolio is 100% private pay and will be operated by an affiliate of Compass Senior Living under a 15-year absolute net lease with two 10-year renewal options. Annual rent escalators are 5.5% after the first year and 2.5% thereafter. Compass now owns/operates 19 seniors housing communities in Arizona, California, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin. Griffin-American, which is co-sponsored by American Healthcare... Read More »
Recap with MidCap
A few years after acquiring an independent living community in Payson, Arizona (located in the middle of the Tonto National Forest), Compass Senior Living is refinancing the property, with the help of MidCap Financial. Originally built in 2006 by a not-for-profit operator, this 50-unit community was eventually sold to Compass in 2014. Since then, occupancy and operating margin have improved, and the property’s value, thus, increased. The $4.5 million floating rate loan came with a three-year term and not only refinanced existing debt, but also recaptured equity that was originally committed to the 2014 acquisition. Read More »