• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
KeyBank Arranges Financing for Foundations Health Solutions

KeyBank Arranges Financing for Foundations Health Solutions

KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured an $11 million HUD loan for Foundations Health Solutions to pay down acquisition debt it used to buy a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Ohio. KeyBank had provided the original $87.5 million bridge loan, which supported the acquisition of this Columbus facility plus eight other facilities previously owned by Welltower. The facility was originally built in 1968, with renovations in 1995 and 2007. To this point, KeyBank has closed $47 million of HUD loans for the portfolio, including a $36.3 million loan for four facilities totaling 442 licensed beds located throughout Ohio. As with that transaction, John Randolph of KeyBank’s Commercial... Read More »
Foundations Health Solutions Refinances SNF Portfolio

Foundations Health Solutions Refinances SNF Portfolio

KeyBank Real Estate Capital is not slowing down after they claimed the top spot for HUD Lean volume in FY2018, going back to a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities to arrange a HUD refinance. The facilities were part of a nine-SNF portfolio acquired by Foundations Health Solutions with the help of an $87.5 million bridge loan arranged by KeyBank. These four facilities are located in Ohio and were built between 1961 and 1984 with 442 total licensed beds. The $36.3 million HUD loan, which was facilitated by John Randolph, Henry Alonso and Brandon Taseff, will pay down a portion of that debt. Read More »