• Brookdale Occupancy Stalls

    Brookdale Senior Living released its November occupancy results, and its census growth has stalled this Fall. In its consolidated portfolio, weighted average occupancy fell by 10 basis points from 82.6% in October to 82.5% in November, while month-end occupancy dropped more significantly from 83.7% to 83.4%. Same-community results were not... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Facility Sells for Strong Price

    A rare skilled nursing and behavioral health facility in Tucson, Arizona, sold for a strong price to a partnership between a regional healthcare equity investor and a national skilled nursing operator. Featuring more than 140 beds, the facility is licensed by the state for both medical and behavioral health services, being the only SNF in the... Read More »
  • AL Community with Attached SNF Trades

    An assisted living community with an attached, vacant 65-bed skilled nursing facility in Faribault, Minnesota, sold with the help of Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1998, Pleasant View Estates features 36 units and a 75% elderly waiver census. The community was well-occupied and operated at a strong margin. It was previously... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Funds Dallas Development

    Construction projects, although rare, can still get done these days. Tremper Capital Group successfully secured an $84 million non-recourse loan from a regional bank to fund a development in the Dallas, Texas MSA. The 164-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care project is being built by Harbert South Bay Partners in the... Read More »
  • UMRH Expands Two CCRCs in North Carolina

    Ziegler closed The United Methodist Retirement Homes’ (UMRH) $92.125 million Series 2025A, 2025B and 2025C bonds. UMRH is a North Carolina-based not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates three CCRCs in North Carolina: Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton, and Cypress Glen... Read More »
Greystone Closes Sale in Sunny Southern California

Greystone Closes Sale in Sunny Southern California

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors headed to Palm Springs, California for their latest sale, representing a publicly traded REIT in the disposition. Built nearly 20 years ago, the property featured four 15-unit assisted living cottages and two 15-unit memory care cottages, for a total of 90 units. It had a history of strong occupancy, which the new owner, an operator with local market presence, will hope to build on. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Real Estate Advisors closed back-to-back portfolio sales in Canada. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper, together with TD Securities, represented the seller of 10 senior living communities located throughout the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas. The 10 communities had 1,245 units, of which 1,045 were independent supportive living and 200 were assisted living. All but two were built or renovated in the past 10 years. Sienna Senior Living paid $298 million, or $239,400 per unit (C$382 million).   In their second transaction, they sold four communities in the greater Edmonton area in Alberta. The 775-unit portfolio included 450 independent supportive living units, 237 assisted living... Read More »
Greystone Rocks Georgia Deal

Greystone Rocks Georgia Deal

The Greystone Real Estate Advisors team of Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper recently represented a REIT owner in its sale of a 57-unit assisted living community in Marietta, Georgia. The community was considered to be a value-add opportunity for the new owner, a joint venture between an institutional investor and Surpass Senior Living. Built in 1998, it was on the older side in the overdeveloped Marietta market and could improve operationally. But, the new owner plans to invest some capital in the building to spruce it up. No purchase price was disclosed. The deal comes on the heels of two large closings for Greystone north of the border, including Chartwell Retirement Residences’ purchase of... Read More »
Mozart Healthcare’s Texas Portfolio Swells to Four

Mozart Healthcare’s Texas Portfolio Swells to Four

Genesis Healthcare may be exiting Texas right now, but Chicago-based Mozart Healthcare doubled down in the Lone Star State, acquiring a 124-bed skilled nursing facility in El Paso to complement its three existing SNFs (located in Winnsboro, Kennedale and San Augustine) in the state. The new addition is the company’s first in West Texas, and it is in need of an operational turnaround. The facility consists of two buildings: one with 74 beds built in 2013, and a vacant building built in 1960 with 50 inactive licensed beds. The not-for-profit seller maintained census around 90% based on operational beds, but cash flow was negative. Mozart and incoming operator, Dallas-based Paramount... Read More »
Greystone Real Estate Advisors Gets It Done

Greystone Real Estate Advisors Gets It Done

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors just announced a slew of transactions that closed at the end of 2017, advising the seller in each deal. First, the pair closed the sale of a 38-unit/66-bed memory care community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A private equity group sold the community to a joint venture between a public REIT and a national operator. Then, speaking of joint ventures, an institutional private equity group and a private developer/operator teamed up to purchase a 72-unit/78-bed assisted living community in Spring, Texas from a Lone Star State-based developer. And finally, Messrs. Garbers and Tremper went to Vernon Hills, Illinois to sell a 70-unit memory care... Read More »