• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »
Maryland Acquisition Update

Maryland Acquisition Update

We previously reported on the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Maryland, but had few details. Now we do. Both facilities are located in Baltimore and have a total of 307 beds, one with 225 beds with a 16-bed ventilator care unit which was built in 1990 and 1996, and the other with 82 beds, which was built in 2004. All things considered, these can be considered to be fairly new. The seller, Brinton Woods Management Company, did a very good job operating these facilities, which had a four-star and five-star CMS rating. In addition, overall occupancy was 92.5%, and they operated with a 13.4% margin in 2018, not too bad in today’s environment. Actually, quite good. Revenues in 2018... Read More »
CREATIVCAP Closes First Loan

CREATIVCAP Closes First Loan

Scott Kavel of Greystone fame has set up his own lending shop at CREATIVCAP, and less than two months since forming the business, he has already closed his first transaction. On behalf of Vista Pointe, an Oregon-based senior living operator, Mr. Kavel arranged $8 million in financing from a life company that featured a seven-year term and an all-in fixed interest rate under 5%. With the financing, Vista Pointe will be able to enter the Washington State market with a to-be-built, 56-unit senior living community, expected to open in early 2020. CREATIVCAP’s correspondent, GG Finance, also made a small equity investment in the project, adding to its portfolio of equity and mezzanine... Read More »
Greystone Goes Big on Long Island

Greystone Goes Big on Long Island

A huge skilled nursing facility on Long Island, New York just refinanced through HUD, with the help of Fred Levine of Greystone. Totaling 588 beds, this facility provides clinical care, physical, occupational and speech therapies, amputee rehabilitation, and pulmonary, ventilator, cardiac and memory care. It also received multiple significant renovations to its five inter-connected buildings. In June 2016, the borrower had obtained a high-leveraged bridge loan also from Greystone to finance its purchase of the facility. To take out that loan, Mr. Levine arranged $78.53 million in HUD financing, with a 30-year term and amortization schedule. Read More »
Great Financing Product For Acquisitions

Great Financing Product For Acquisitions

Bridge loans are becoming increasingly important for acquisitions and renovations projects. Find out the details on this important webinar. If you are in the market for acquisitions, especially value-add acquisitions, or you want to do some major renovations on your existing building, do I have a financing product for you. I am talking about bridge loans, which are basically short-term loans to get you from point A to point B with your real estate. Their popularity has been increasing in the past few years, with more lenders and more types of products, providing even more liquidity to the seniors housing and care sector than before. Plus, some of the bridge lenders have created their own... Read More »
Greystone Centers In On New York Refinances

Greystone Centers In On New York Refinances

Working on behalf of skilled nursing operator Centers Health Care, Fred Levine of Greystone arranged over $100 million in HUD financing to refinance a couple of their New York SNFs. Located on opposite sides of the state, these facilities were each acquired a few years ago from not-for-profit owners. Built in 1974, the 475-bed facility in the Bronx was formerly owned by the Daughters of Jacob Nursing Home Company. After operating the facility since 2013 and significantly improving performance, Centers acquired it in 2016. Now that the facility is fully stabilized with a 96% occupancy rate, Greystone provided a $71.78 million loan, or $151,000 per bed, with a 35-year term, to both refinance... Read More »