• Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

    Another senior care REIT is eyeing the public markets after filing a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed offering of Class A common stock. National Healthcare Properties’ offering remains subject to market conditions and other customary conditions, and the number of shares and pricing range have not yet been determined. And if... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles High-Quality SNF Sale in Texas

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Built in 2010 and 2013, Crown Point Health Suites features 108 beds and is well maintained. It also performed strongly, with a 20% margin on nearly $14.5 million of revenues, and an 86% occupancy rate. Its independent... Read More »
  • Jaybird Senior Living Acquires Multi-State Portfolio

    An affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, Jaybird Capital, acquired five senior living communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jaybird assumed management of the communities in October and stabilized them before executing on the purchase. The company is currently targeting the addition of 15 more communities to its portfolio throughout the... Read More »
  • Newly Formed Investment Firm Enters Senior Care

    An 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, recently traded with the help of Continuum Advisors, which represented the institutional joint venture seller. Built in 2014, Beach House has 64 assisted living and 20 memory care units, with 100 licensed beds. It is situated on a barrier island near some of the most... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Geographic Outlier to Large Owner/Operator

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced that it sold a well-occupied seniors housing community in Oregon. The building is on an acre in Sheridan, and comprises 44,805 square feet. It was developed in 1996 and features 53 assisted living units. The community was 94% occupied at the time of closing.  Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake... Read More »
Building in Tampa Bay Area

Building in Tampa Bay Area

The Tampa Bay seniors housing market continues to grow, marked most recently by a brand-new assisted living and memory care community developed by Pridgen Development and equity investor Lindell Investments, called Tessera of Brandon. The $28 million, 107,000 square-foot community in the town of Brandon was funded by a $21 million, five-year loan provided by Hancock Bank and designed by Bessolo Design Group to include a total of 138 units, 89 of which are assisted living apartments, and the other 49 units are for memory care, with several different floorplans available. Its per-unit cost (at $202,900) is above the average cost for like-projects in the area, which currently stands at... Read More »
Solvere Senior Living Builds In Its Own Backyard

Solvere Senior Living Builds In Its Own Backyard

Solvere Senior Living is following up on a busy 2017 with a new 195-unit seniors housing development in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, at a cost of nearly $60 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. Opening next month, the community will feature 96 independent living, 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units, with a host of amenities and dining options. Despite Solvere’s being based in nearby Princeton, this will actually be the company’s first foray into the Garden State, with communities already in Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Maryland and Indiana. The opening comes on the heels of several other projects that Solvere has in its pipeline with a number of development partners. It... Read More »
CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

CBRE sold another First Centrum independent living community in Virginia, a couple of years after selling the developer’s 118-unit Glen Allen (Richmond MSA) community for $25.88 million, or $219,280 per unit. The latest deal featured a 120-unit community in Williamsburg. Built in 2010 by First Centrum, it features a range of unit options, from 660- to 940-square foot one bedroom units to 880- to 1,267-SF two-bedroom suites. Current asking rents start at around $2,200 for the one-bedrooms and go up to about $2,900 for two bedrooms. Operations were strong, with a near-50% margin, and it was well-occupied, at 94%, which was certainly helped by the property’s location near historic Colonial... Read More »
Solvere’s Southeast Strategy

Solvere’s Southeast Strategy

Through a number of partnerships, Solvere Senior Living expanded its presence in three states by taking over management of three to-be-built assisted living/memory care communities in Florida (2) and Texas, and two existing independent living communities in Virginia. New Jersey-based Solvere has steadily grown its portfolio since its launch in 2009, with five senior living communities in five states (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New York and Indiana) that it operates as either a third-party manager or an equity partner. However, by the end of 2018, Solvere expects to add five more properties to its portfolio. Lindell Investments, Inc. partnered with Solvere to develop the communities... Read More »
CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

Detroit Dealmaking

Green Courte Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has been one active acquirer in the independent living market, when few other buyers have been investing in the sector. Even though the IL market has been a huge factor in pushing average seniors housing prices to record-highs average (peaking at an average of $248,300 per unit in the four quarters ended March 31, 2016), its share of M&A has been shrinking in the last couple of years. Nevertheless, Green Courte has acquired five IL properties in the last year. Its most recent transaction involved a portfolio of three IL communities located in the Detroit MSA, which it purchased for an undisclosed price. All totaling 371 units,... Read More »