• Owner/Operator Acquires Its Second Community

    Unbridled Living, an owner/operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities across the United States, acquired its second seniors housing community, The Reserve at North Dallas. The Class-A community is in Dallas, Texas, with 247 independent living and 26 assisted living units.  The building was in good shape, as... Read More »
  • Not-For-Profit Sells Distressed SNF to Regional Owner/Operator

    A not-for-profit seniors housing provider with a century-long legacy of serving seniors divested an underperforming skilled nursing facility in Marietta, Ohio. The non-core asset no longer aligned with the seller’s strategy.  After a confidential marketing process, Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly and Michael Segal of Blueprint identified a... Read More »
  • Public REIT Closes Out Multi-Transaction Portfolio Divestment

    Blueprint advised a public REIT on the sale of a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities across California, Florida and Virginia. The transactions were trifurcated by state, with the final closing in California. This SNF serves San Bernardino County, which has significant barriers to new development.  At the time of marketing, the facility... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Revived Assisted Living Community

    Helios Healthcare Advisors represented Investcor in its divestment of an assisted living community that it acquired in 2019. The community had sat vacant after its closure in 2007 until Investcor’s purchase. Post-acquisition, the company invested more than $8 million in renovations, with the building reopening in 2020.  Fairhaven Denton... Read More »
  • VIUM’s Slew of Financings

    We have written about the uptick of liquidity in the seniors housing and care market, and the willingness among lenders to write bigger and bigger checks to finance larger portfolios. Well, VIUM Capital just announced a slew of financings totaling more than $180 million for four senior care portfolios.  The largest was arranged for three... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Several Sales

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Several Sales

The Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales team, including Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Brett Gardner and Jordyn Berger, is off to a good start to their year, already announcing a few closings with another four set to close in the next six weeks. In total, the team has about $1.0 billion of listings under contract and scheduled closings in its pipeline.   They first closed the sale of an independent living portfolio in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. Operated by The Mansions Group and owned by a group of investors and developers, the four communities are newly built, considered to be “A” quality and combine for 559 units. Most were stabilized with occupancy above 90%, but the newest... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Announces Georgia Portfolio Sale

Walker & Dunlop Announces Georgia Portfolio Sale

The Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales team including Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Brett Gardner and Jordyn Berger has closed the sale of an independent living portfolio in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. Not only that, but Russ Dey of Walker & Dunlop secured acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on three of the properties.   More details on the transaction will be revealed next week, but what we know is that the portfolio comprises four newly built, “A” quality communities, with a combined 559 units. Dubbed “The Mansions Portfolio,” the communities were previously owned by a consortium of local and out-of-state developers. Focus Healthcare Partners was the buyer. Stay tuned next... Read More »
CBRE Originates Second Fannie Mae Financing for NC Community

CBRE Originates Second Fannie Mae Financing for NC Community

The CBRE team of Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root arranged a refinance of a 100-unit independent living community in Durham, North Carolina, just two years after financing the property’s acquisition. Originally built as a hotel in 1985 but renovated and converted to IL in 2013, the community was purchased by Focus Healthcare Partners in October 2017 for $15.8 million, or around $160,000 per unit. At the time, it was fully occupied and operated at close to a 30% margin on over $3.1 million of revenues. The deal resulted in a cap rate of about 6.3%. Amenities include an interior courtyard with an in-ground pool, bocce court, putting green, theater, library, coffee/juice bar and community... Read More »
CCRC With Potential Sells in Northern Virginia

CCRC With Potential Sells in Northern Virginia

The team at IPA Seniors Housing highlighted a CCRC’s highly desirable location in the affluent Washington, D.C. suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, to sell the asset to an affiliate of Focus Healthcare Partners. Andrew Hilding, Mark Myers and Joshua Jandris represented the seller, Thompson Associates, in the sale, which did not disclose a price. The property, built in phases from 1980 to 1986, consisted of 306 total beds, including 96 skilled nursing beds and the rest coming with either independent living or assisted living services. Age apparently is holding the community back from competing well in the high-income market, so Focus plans to complete a substantial renovation of it. It has the... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Several Sales

Cushman & Wakefield’s Strong Start to February

Cushman & Wakefield’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team has been closing a lot of business in the shortest month of the year, negotiating the sale of a couple of portfolio transactions on opposite sides of the country. First, out West, the team of Rick Swartz and Jay Wagner advised Focus Healthcare Partners in their sale of two seniors housing communities in Portland, Oregon. Including a 127-unit independent living community built in 2006 and a 58-unit assisted living/memory care community built in 2007, these communities both recently received significant capital improvements. The AL community interestingly was the last acquisition of Sunwest Management before the company went into... Read More »