• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »

HHC’s bridge to success

Since its launch in the Fall of 2015, Housing & Healthcare Finance’s (HHC) bridge lending program has brought in a lot of business so far in the last year, with the lender brokering 13 transactions and over $250 million in loan volume. Included in those closings were mostly skilled nursing facilities, except for a 183-unit CCRC in Cincinnati, Ohio, a SNF/assisted living community in Sacramento, and a SNF/ALF portfolio in Arkansas. The largest transaction totaled $60 million, while the smallest was approximately $4.2 million. Apart from brokering these transactions, HHC also provides bridge loans through its partner, Congressional Bank. The program is led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss,... Read More »
Blueprint for 2016

Blueprint for 2016

Making a splash so far in 2016, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently announced five end-of-year closings, including two leases. First (and the largest) was the sale of a 206-unit independent/assisted living community in O’Fallon, Missouri to CNL Healthcare Properties for $54 million, or $262,100 per unit. Originally built 10 years ago with 116 IL units and 40 AL units, the seller, a joint venture between AEW and First Capitol Group, after purchasing the community in 2011 for $26 million, invested nearly $10 million to add a new 50-unit AL building and to convert 22 AL units to 24 memory care units. The MC units were fully leased by closing, but the community historically has... Read More »

Trio of transactions

The Healthcare Lending group of Congressional Bank recently announced that it closed three separate transactions (with five loans) totaling $11.6 million, which all helped facilitate acquisitions for the borrowers. First, Congressional provided a $3 million bridge-to-HUD loan and a $1.5 million revolving line of credit, both with three year terms, to fund the purchase and ongoing capital needs of a 107-bed skilled nursing facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The buyer, a regional owner/operator, paid $3.21 million for the 40-year old facility, which was losing money and was 82% occupied. Second, Birchwood Health Care Properties received a $2.6 million bridge-to-HUD loan and a $500,000... Read More »