• PGIM Divests Two Arizona Assets

    JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team completed the sale and financing of three assets across two separate deals. First, it announced that it sold The Watermark at Morrison Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona, and Acoya Mesa in Mesa, Arizona. Both communities were stabilized at the time of the deal. JLL marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller,... Read More »
  • Underperforming Asset Trades in California

    A seniors housing community in Vacaville, California, sold with the help of Nick Stahler and Chad Mundy of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. At the time of LOI, the asset was underperforming and financially strained. Built in 2004, it features more than 80 assisted living and memory care units and is licensed for over 90 beds on... Read More »
  • Communities Sell in California and Missouri

    Haven Senior Investments closed a deal right before year-end and announced a couple of others from the preceding months. First, an assisted living community was facing a hard closing deadline, with a 30-day escrow and commercial loan that would have been canceled if the transaction did not close by December 31. Rebecca Van Wieren and Scott Fuller... Read More »
  • Cambridge Provides HUD Construction Financing

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided $6.5 million in construction financing for a 20-bed memory care addition to The Pointe at Pontiac, an existing 60-bed supportive living facility in Pontiac, Illinois. The borrower is an Illinois limited liability company. The financing is insured by HUD under its Section 241(a) program and will be used to fund... Read More »
  • SNF Portfolio Receives Bridge Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $60 million in bridge financing to a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Illinois. The two-year loan was originated by Karina Davydov. The returning healthcare client, who operates over a dozen skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, will use the loan proceeds to acquire the portfolio,... Read More »

Here’s hoping for smooth sailing

A 50-unit memory care community in Costa Mesa, California is hoping for a more stable, and successful, future following its recent sale to Pacifica Senior Living. Built in 1992, the community underwent a substantial $1.72 million renovation to its common areas and units in 2011. However, in the past five years, a number of operational changes damaged the facility’s brand name as each operator had different visions of how to run the property. Occupancy ultimately suffered, falling to 70% early this summer, and the community was losing money. But for Pacifica, there is plenty of upside. Rents are currently below market rates at nearby competitors, and with nearly all semi-private units... Read More »
Only in Oregon

Only in Oregon

Evans Senior Investments sold a portfolio of three seniors housing properties in McMinnville, Oregon, for $36.5 million, or $272,388 per unit. Built in 2008, 2014 and 2015 all within four miles of each other, the properties consist of 134 total units and 181 beds of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The two stabilized communities have occupancies in the mid- to high-80s, while the third is currently in lease-up. All three have majority Medicaid censuses. National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) acquired the portfolio from FirCrest Community Living. Chancellor Health Care will operate the communities under a lease with NHI. Read More »
Five years on…

Five years on…

A 94-unit senior living community in Covington, Louisiana changed hands five years after its last sale, more than doubling in value in the time. Granted, the community added a 24-unit memory care wing in 2014, which helped push the value. Nevertheless, after purchasing the community for $11 million, or $142,857 per unit, Arcadia Communities brought occupancy up from 91% to 99% in five years (even with the expansion) and nearly doubled the EBITDA. Now, the regional operator is selling the community to a national private equity firm for $22.2 million, or $236,170 per unit, with a 7% cap rate. Evans Senior Investments handled the transaction. Read More »
A graceful exit

A graceful exit

Grace Healthcare has made a clean break from both the Arizona and California markets, selling three skilled nursing facilities for a combined $14.7 million. There were two California facilities located about 10 miles from each other in the San Francisco area, which sold for $8.24 million, or $64,600 per bed. Sold to a California-based investor and leased to an operator with a California presence, they included a 50-year old 49-bed facility that offers dementia and rehabilitate care (with a 75% occupancy rate and 34% quality mix), and a 51-bed facility that was built in 1958 and underwent renovations in 2012 (with a 90% occupancy rate and 34% quality mix). Plus, Grace sold its 100-bed... Read More »

CareTrust’s buying spree

What has gotten into CareTrust REIT this year? When most other REITs are taking a significant step back in terms of buying, the California-based CareTrust has made 11 acquisitions, for 21 facilities, so far in 2016 (which already equals the number of facilities acquired in 2015). First, the company purchased two communities in North Carolina for $11.7 million, or $113,592 per unit, handled by Evans Senior Investments. The deal included a 16-year old 46-unit assisted living/memory care community and a 17-year old 21-unit memory care community. Premier Senior Living Group will operate the two stabilized properties. Next up, CareTrust bought a 175-unit independent/assisted living community in... Read More »