• Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

    Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped... Read More »
  • Morgan Stanley and Foundry Commercial Exit Spring Arbor Portfolio

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and Foundry Commercial have completed their exit from the Spring Arbor Senior Living portfolio through the sale of the remaining 11 assets. The seniors housing communities, located in Maryland and Virginia, comprise 795 assisted living and memory... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector Through Recapitalization

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Countryside of Wichita Falls, a 50-unit assisted living community in Wichita Falls, Texas. The asset offered value-add potential through renovations, rebranding and a planned memory care addition. As occupancy began to improve, Blueprint launched a marketing process,... Read More »
  • Public REIT Divests to National Provider

    A publicly traded REIT recently completed the wind down of its relationship with an outgoing operator through its sale of a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint handled the deal, targeting local, regional and national investors. A growing national provider was selected as the... Read More »
  • Multiple Buyers Acquire Skilled Nursing Beds

    Under Ohio’s certificate of need regulations, skilled nursing beds can be transferred from counties deemed over-bedded to those experiencing a shortage. Taking advantage of this window, 12 separate sellers, motivated by downsizing, closures or strategic repositioning, transferred their beds with the help of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors. Ben... 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 »