• 60 Seconds with Swett: Getting Realistic with New Development

    by | Sep 16, 2025 3:42 pm | 60 Seconds

    The positive mood at the NIC Fall Conference was contagious, as dealmakers were looking forward to a potential record-breaking fourth quarter. We at LevinPro are also gearing up to cover a new elevated level of M&A activity and pricing in the coming months, with our updated valuation tool better accounting for today’s market and the estimated... Read More »

  • NHC Responds to NHI

    by | Sep 16, 2025 3:39 pm | Uncategorized

    National Healthcare Corporation, the tenant of 32 of National Health Investor’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living communities, is disputing NHI’s determination of default after the landlord formally notified the operator that it was in default and must cure the default within 30 days to avoid an Event of... Read More »

  • REIT Acquires High-Quality Continuum of Care Community

    by | Sep 16, 2025 3:35 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Jasper, Georgia. Built in 2022, The Lodge at Stephens Lake includes 83 units of independent living cottages, assisted living and memory care. It is adjacent to a large active adult development and benefits from significant planned residential and commercial growth. At the... Read More »

  • Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

    by | Sep 16, 2025 3:33 pm | Acquisitions

    A Class-A, well performing property outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, traded to a joint venture between Legend Senior Living and a new capital partner. Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart of Blueprint handled the transaction. Legend previously operated The Vero at Bethlehem, which opened in July 2023 and stabilized within 18 months. At the time of... Read More »

  • CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

    by | Sep 16, 2025 3:32 pm | Financings

    Capital Funding Group financed more than $86 million across six transactions from early to mid-August. The transactions supported two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities, and one psychiatric hospital in Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers, one of which is a... Read More »

How HCP Will Deal With Its Largest Tenant

by | Mar 13, 2015 3:12 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion

HCP plans to sell up to 50 HCR ManorCare SNFs, but will it really work? The REIT HCP announced in February that it will try to sell up to 50 of its HCR ManorCare skilled nursing facilities to try to improve on the property level lease coverage ratio that is below 1.0x. The way it is going to work is that HCP will credit the annual lease payments in an amount equal to 7.75% of the sales proceeds. Using an example of a current 0.80x lease coverage on a facility to be sold, if it sold at a market cap rate of 12% to 12.5%, there would be no improvement in lease coverage. In fact, the coverage would decline slightly, so HCP would really not be any better off. One equity analyst did the math and... Read More »