• 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 »
  • Active Adult Expansion A Hit With Investors

    How often have we heard that new development is dead? Or that CCRCs (LPCs) are on their way out? Too often. But how often do you hear about an Active Adult expansion on a CCRC campus, and one with entrance fees? Not often enough. That didn’t stop Three Pillars Senior Living Communities and Cain Brothers from putting together a plan that may... Read More »
  • Quarterly Investor Call #1

    Skip the in-person conference, and get the latest senior care M&A and valuations data, market analysis and case studies on notable deals by watching The SeniorCare Investor’s first ever Quarterly Investor Call. Read More »
  • Pacifica Companies Acquires National Portfolio

    Pacifica Companies, LLC, a privately owned real estate private equity firm based in San Diego, California, acquired the majority of the not-for-profit Retirement Housing Foundations’ market-rate seniors housing and skilled nursing assets. Ziegler served as exclusive sell-side advisor to RHF on the transaction, which closed in phases... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

    A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow... Read More »
CIT Provides Financing for Cornerstone Healthcare Group

CIT Provides Financing for Cornerstone Healthcare Group

Cornerstone Healthcare Group Holdings Inc. and its long-term acute care hospital segment recently received $100 million in financing from CIT Group Inc.’s Healthcare Finance business. The funds will be used to refinance existing debt, meet working capital requirements, and for other general company reasons. CIT is also providing a suite of cash management and capital markets services in conjunction with the transaction. The transaction combined multiple financings into a single solution, resulting in a more efficient execution. Created in 1990, Cornerstone Healthcare Group is a diversified healthcare firm in Dallas, Texas, that administers a network of specialized hospitals, senior living... Read More »

Bankruptcy breeds opportunity

After an exceptionally busy month for Texas M&A (details included in the upcoming issue of The SeniorCare Investor), we have one more. Highland Capital Management’s Cornerstone Healthcare Group was the stalking horse and ultimate buyer of a bankrupt not-for-profit senior care company with two senior living communities in Texas and one in Tennessee. The target, UGHS Senior Living, was actually profitable but filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2015 after its not-for-profit parent University General Health System filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2015 and its creditors were seeking repayment through various UGHS subsidiaries, including UGHS Senior Living. The... Read More »