• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »

Behavioral Health Provider Buys Hometown Senior Living

A national behavioral health provider acquired a Minnesota-based assisted living/memory care provider and its seven locations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Yet again, we are seeing a combination of these healthcare service sectors, as several of the senior care REITs announced plans to grow their behavioral health holdings in their recent earnings announcements.  The target was Hometown Senior Living, a family-owned and operated provider that has grown over the past 10 years to be one of the largest memory care operators in the Minneapolis area. It was acquired by Beacon Specialized Living, one of the biggest behavioral health providers in the country with over 190 locations.... Read More »

Helios Arranges Sale in Massachusetts

A family-run organization is getting out of the skilled nursing business (along with many other mom & pops across the country) and sold its 63-bed facility in northwest Massachusetts. Built in the mid-1960s, the facility was also operated by the seller but recently experienced a census decline from the mid-80s to the high-60s. That is because the Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently proposed and implemented a removal of all three- and four-bed wards at SNFs in the state. The industry has been moving past wards for a while now, but some operators of older, mostly Medicaid facilities rely on them to fill beds and cover their overhead costs. With Medicaid reimbursement rates... Read More »
Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges Two Transactions

Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges Two Transactions

Helios Healthcare Advisors started 2022 by announcing a couple of transactions in the southern United States. First, Helios procured a Dallas-based owner/operator to operate an assisted living community in northern Texas. The prior operator was located out of state and experienced logistical difficulties operating this community. So, Helios arranged the third-party management transition on behalf of the owner, an investment firm based in San Francisco, California.  Next, Helios arranged the sale of an 82-bed skilled nursing facility on behalf of Tri-State Health Services in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. A new regional owner/operator was selected to take over the real estate and... Read More »
Helios Healthcare Advisors Facilitates Acquisition in Oregon

Helios Healthcare Advisors Facilitates Acquisition in Oregon

Samaritan Health Services, an Oregon-based not-for-profit integrated health system, sold a seniors housing community in Sweet Home, Oregon that it had picked up in a merger but has since deemed to be non-core. Samaritan engaged Helios Healthcare Advisors to market the property and procure a buyer, which ended up being Mosaic Management, a regional operator with a presence in the local market. Mosaic paid $4.2 million, or $65,600 per unit. There was no cap rate on the deal, since the community was losing about $350,000 in EBITDAR.  Built in the late 1990s, it includes 44 assisted living units in one building and 20 independent living units between five buildings. Occupancy was around 70%.... Read More »
Texas-Based Operator Acquires Dallas-Area SNF

Texas-Based Operator Acquires Dallas-Area SNF

Jeff Rhodes, Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged acquisition financing for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the Dallas metro area. This was the only operation for the current Texas-based operator, which is acquiring the facility from the out-of-state landlord.   Newly built in 2014, the facility maintained above average occupancy at the time of the sale. Helping its operations was its location in an affluent suburb near a handful of major hospitals. It also consistently achieves strong clinical ratings.  The Helios team arranged a $12.53 million bridge loan from a regional lender to help cover the $13.06 million, or $108,800 per... Read More »