• Q2 Senior Care M&A Falls To Seven-Year Low

    by | Jul 2, 2020 2:41 pm | Statistics | 0 comments

    Well, we can’t say we aren’t surprised. COVID-19 and the economic ramifications stemming from social distancing and quarantine measures took a toll on seniors housing and care M&A, leaving the sector with just 59 publicly announced transactions in the second quarter. Back in early April, we said the second quarter’s deal total would... Read More »

  • Senior Living Investment Brokerage Announces Four Closings

    by | Jul 2, 2020 2:39 pm | Acquisitions | 0 comments

    The floodgates opened at Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Just as we entered July, the firm announced four closings for three skilled nursing facilities and a memory care community. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito first represented a local owner/operator in their sale of a 59-unit memory care community in Springfield, Oregon... Read More »

  • Blueprint Handles Large Pacific Northwest Disposition

    by | Jul 2, 2020 2:37 pm | Acquisitions | 0 comments

    Amy Sitzman, Dan Mahoney and Blake Bozett of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of eight small assisted living communities divided evenly between Washington and Oregon. News of the deal came out in June with two separate acquisition financing announcements from JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital, the first for the Oregon... Read More »

  • Returning Home To Assisted Living

    by | Jun 30, 2020 4:46 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion | 2 comments

    After being pulled out of her assisted living community because of the pandemic, a mother asks to return “home.” In the June issue of The SeniorCare Investor we wrote about how an industry professional lost the argument with his younger sister about moving their mother out of her assisted living community and into the sister’s home.... Read More »

  • Fairstead Acquires Another Section 8 Senior Apartment Community

    by | Jun 30, 2020 4:43 pm | Acquisitions | 0 comments

    It’s been less than a month since Fairstead, a fully-integrated real estate firm focused on the development, acquisition and operation of affordable and mixed-income housing, purchased a 123-unit affordable senior apartment complex in Sunrise, Florida. But, the firm is doubling down on its strategy and acquired another complex in South Florida. ... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust Raises Expensive Debt, Ventas Makes Cuts

Diversified Healthcare Trust Raises Expensive Debt, Ventas Makes Cuts

by | Jun 1, 2020 4:42 am | Financings | 0 comments

Diversified Healthcare Trust Raises Debt Diversified Healthcare Trust tapped the debt markets with a $1.0 billion, five-year senior note offering with a yield of 9.75%. That puts the spread over the 5-year Treasury at about 940 basis points. That has to be the widest spread by a healthcare REIT we have seen in years, if not a decade or two. Proceeds will be used to repay a $250 million term loan expiring in June, as well as to pay down certain amounts outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility.   While the REIT certainly has some credit risk, and it did cut its dividend to just $0.01 per quarter to save $33.3 million each quarter, this still seems to be very expensive... Read More »