• Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with... Read More »
  • Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

    A Missouri-based real estate developer engaged Blueprint to facilitate its membership buyout of a joint venture partner. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Four years ago, the firm was brought on to raise capital, ultimately sourcing an institutional capital partner to develop a private pay seniors housing... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Previewing Our Capital Markets Conversation

    We know that the capital markets have made the biggest impact on M&A activity and property valuations in the last several years, changing the size of possible deals, the makeup of the properties sold and the buyers that could actually buy. Now that the capital markets have substantially improved and are getting better, barring a sudden and... Read More »
  • Seller Exits Seniors Industry with Divestment to REIT

    A single-asset seniors housing owner is exiting the industry with the sale of their property in Murrieta, California. Built in 2016 and 2018, Renaissance Village Murrieta has 142 units of assisted living and memory care in three stories. It was operating just below 70% occupancy, so there is plenty of room for a new owner to improve performance... Read More »
  • Deal Closes Following Buyer Withdrawals

    After a long process that saw multiple buyers pull out from the deal, the sale of Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, New York, has closed with the help of Mark Myers at Kiser Group. Owned by a religious not-for-profit organization, The New Jewish Home, the facility features 301 beds. Myers had previously facilitated the 2016... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Dayton Senior Care Facility

Evans Senior Investments Sells Dayton Senior Care Facility

A newly renovated senior care facility in Dayton, Ohio that was struggling with census issues sold to a Midwest-based owner/operator with the help of the team at Evans Senior Investments. Featuring 60 skilled nursing beds and 30 assisted living units, the facility was previously owned by an independent owner/operator looking to exit the long-term care industry. It was originally built in 1988 but received a $1.3 million renovation from 2019 to 2020.   The updated physical plant and number of private rooms certainly helped its attractiveness, but the facility was averaging just 37% occupancy at the SNF and 45% in the assisted living portion. Plus, the previous owner had not licensed the SNF... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Profitable SNF in Indiana

Evans Senior Investments Sells Profitable SNF in Indiana

The transactions keep on coming from Evans Senior Investments, which followed up on its value-add deal in Pennsylvania with a skilled nursing sale in Indiana. This facility was built in three phases in 1964, 1978 and 1998, and now features 204 licensed beds, although 180 are currently functional. The owner/operator has other skilled nursing facilities but primarily on the West Coast. This was its only Indiana facility, the closest facility in its portfolio being 122 miles away. So, it was slated for sale.  At the time of marketing, the facility was 60% occupied and profitable, generating $2.2 million of NOI at a 22.1% margin. Helping that strong margin (despite the low census) was the $1.9... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Value-Add Property in Pennsylvania

Evans Senior Investments Sells Value-Add Property in Pennsylvania

The team at Evans Senior Investments represented an independent owner/operator in the sale of its value-add senior care campus in Rochester, Pennsylvania. Numbering 122 skilled nursing beds and 22 operational personal care units (out of a total of 62), the property sold for $9.2 million, or $63,900 per functional bed/unit.   Originally built in 1965, the campus received a $2.5 million renovation from 2015 to 2019, leaving it with a modern physical plant and all rooms being either private or semiprivate. However, it was not profitable at the time of marketing, with occupancy averaging 69% and the community generating an NOI loss of over $1.0 million on $10.45 million of revenues. High... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Vacant Community in Indiana

Evans Senior Investments Sells Vacant Community in Indiana

The team at Evans Senior Investments sold a vacant seniors housing community in Valparaiso, Indiana for $9.15 million, or $93,000 per unit, which at first glance is a strong value for an empty building. After opening its doors in March 2018, the community struggled to lease up and went through two different management companies. The pandemic only made things worse, and ownership decided to shutter the community in September 2020.   It currently features 98 units that were set aside for assisted living and memory care. A regional private equity group was able to buy the property at below replacement cost and hired Priority Life Care to operate and oversee the leasing of it. Before Priority... Read More »
CareTrust REIT Acquires Rental CCRC Portfolio

CareTrust REIT Acquires Rental CCRC Portfolio

CareTrust REIT acquired four former Marriott rental CCRCs in Southern California for a combined purchase price of $125.2 million, or $196,500 per unit. That just about equals the average price per unit for seniors housing properties in the 2020 M&A market, according to 26th Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report.  Originally developed by Marriott in 1999 and 2000, these communities total 360 assisted living units, 97 memory care units and 180 skilled nursing beds. They are all located in high-income markets in Camarillo, Carlsbad, Rancho Mirage and San Juan Capistrano. An institutional owner hired Evans Senior Investments to market and sell the... Read More »