Giannini Closes Savage Senior Living Deal

Giannini Closes Savage Senior Living Deal

by | Oct 10, 2017 9:00 pm | Acquisitions

Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin office, along with Associate John Klement, worked on behalf of a local developer to sell a 94-unit senior living community in Savage, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). Why sell a community that since opening in 2015 has seen occupancy soar up to 94% and operating margin stabilize at just over 35% on about $4.2 million of revenues? The seller, which has previously developed a number of seniors housing co-ops in the area, hopes to take the proceeds of this successful transaction to further grow its business in the Minneapolis market. Much of the credit for the quick lease-up can be chalked up to Ebenezer Management Services, which... Read More »

Minnesota Building Boom

by | Oct 18, 2016 7:08 pm | Developments

Construction of seniors housing communities seems to be speeding up in Minnesota, with a slew of groundbreakings announced in the last month. Two developments in the Minneapolis/St. Paul MSA will be managed by Ebenezer Management Services upon completion. The first, a 105-unit community with 80 independent/assisted living and 25 memory care units, is being developed by Oppidan Investment Company. The second is an 84-unit community (with 60 IL/AL and 24 MC units) which is being built at a cost of $16 million, or $190,500 per unit. That is about $27,000 less than the state average for seniors housing ($217,200 per unit), according to our database, which includes developments since late 2013.... Read More »