• Sabra Trims Forecast, Tempering a Solid Quarter

    Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. announced several acquisitions in its third quarter results. The REIT acquired six managed seniors housing properties for $217.5 million with an estimated initial cash yield of 7.8%, three of which were acquired through a consolidated joint venture in which Sabra has a 95% equity interest. The company also purchased... Read More »
  • CareTrust’s Flurry of Acquisitions

    CareTrust REIT, Inc. closed a series of transactions totaling approximately $437 million in late October. In two separate deals, the REIT acquired 12 skilled nursing facilities and one skilled nursing campus located across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. The combined portfolio includes approximately 1,760 licensed skilled nursing beds and... Read More »
  • Ensign Adds to Its Utah and Alabama Footprint

    The Ensign Group, Inc. kicked off November with a couple of new deals. The publicly traded company acquired the real estate and operations of the following seven Stonehedge skilled nursing facilities in Utah: Stonehenge of American Fork (90 beds in American Fork) Stonehenge of Cedar City (50 beds in Cedar City) Stonehenge of Ogden (52 beds in... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Makes Its First Acquisition

    A joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and a global alternative asset manager with over $55 billion in assets under management worldwide acquired The Woods at Merrimack, a 140-unit seniors housing community in Methuen, Massachusetts. This is the first deal between CSH and the asset manager but marks the beginning of a long-term... Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Buys Lansing Campus

    A public REIT engaged Blueprint in the confidential divestiture of a 53-unit assisted living and memory care campus in Lansing, Michigan. The campus features two standalone buildings separately catering to assisted living residents and those requiring memory care. The well-maintained campus was originally built in 1997 and consisted of 19... Read More »
Dekel Capital Funds Latest California Construction Project

Dekel Capital Funds Latest California Construction Project

Who says construction is slowing down? It may very well be, but we keep seeing an active market for construction loans. Dekel Capital arranged one of those totaling $38.7 million for a to-be-built assisted living/memory care community in Glendale, California. East West Bank originated the four-year loan, which came with 36 months of interest-only payments, at 65% loan-to-cost for the developer, Willis Development. Dekel, through its proprietary equity fund Dekel Strategic Investors, also provided $20.7 million in JV equity for the development. Read More »
Dekel Capital Refinances New Development

Dekel Capital Refinances New Development

As a newly developed assisted living/memory care community in Fresno, California, continues its march towards stabilization, its owners refinanced the existing construction loan with the help of Dekel Capital. The Los Angeles-based real estate merchant bank placed a $14.1 million bridge loan, with a 25-month interest-only term, at approximately 65% loan-to-value to provide funding through the lease-up of the remaining units. Mountain Capital Partners and Willis Development opened the community in 2016 with 83 assisted living and 24 memory care units. Read More »