• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Helios Handles Boston-Area SNF Sale

Helios Handles Boston-Area SNF Sale

Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Advisors represented a family owner in their complete exit from the skilled nursing industry with the sale of their 169-bed SNF in an upscale suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. Consistently achieving a four- or five-star rating from CMS, the facility maintained a good reputation in the local market. It was the preferred provider among the area’s ACOs and hospital systems, and as a result boasted average occupancy above 90% and a strong rehab and private pay census. The family owner had operated it for over 20 years, but the time had come for them to exit the business. The Helios team procured over 10 offers from local and regional providers... Read More »
Titan SenQuest Acquires Ohio Property

Titan SenQuest Acquires Ohio Property

Helios Healthcare Advisors has been on a roll in the last month, closing several acquisitions and financings since mid-November. After about a year in operation, it appears Bill Janis and Mario Wilson have really hit their stride. Most recently, the pair represented an Ohio owner in the sale of their last senior living property (a common theme of 2019) in Summit County (Cleveland area). Since buying the 117-unit community in the 1990s, the previous owner invested capex in the 1980s-vintage property in the late-1990s and again in 2016. And despite occupancy in the low- to mid-80s, with nearly all private pay residents, cash flow was healthy at nearly $1 million in EBITDAR with a roughly 25%... Read More »
Helios Handles Wisconsin SNF Sale

Helios Handles Wisconsin SNF Sale

Helios Healthcare Advisors handled the sale of an 87-bed skilled nursing facility in West Salem, Wisconsin. Originally built in 1963 with additions in 1968 and 1994, the facility is 100% Medicare-certified and provides physical, speech, occupancy and recreational therapy, as well as short-term rehab and traditional long-term care. It was previously owned by a Lakewood, New Jersey investor but was divested as part of a multi-stage strategy to exit the state and focus on markets closer to their headquarters. Mario Wilson and Bill Janis positioned the facility as a value-add opportunity and a found a buyer in a Midwest operator of nearly 30 skilled nursing facilities in four Midwest states.... Read More »
Helios Helps with Short-Term Refinance

Helios Helps with Short-Term Refinance

With a maturing mortgage looming, the owners of a recently expanded assisted living/memory care community in Evansville, Indiana decided to refinance with the help of Mario Wilson and Bill Janis of Helios Healthcare Advisors. Originally purchased in 2012, the community underwent a complete renovation and re-opened in 2015 as Evansville’s first stand-alone memory care community. Shortly after lease-up, ownership decided to then add traditional assisted living units and services. However, their first mortgage was set to mature, and with an incomplete expansion project, the owners needed a short-term refinance solution. So, Helios arranged a 24-month, interest-only loan that took out the... Read More »
Helios Handles California SNF Refinance

Helios Handles California SNF Refinance

Working with a regional bank, Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Advisors structured a 15-year refinance of a 172-bed skilled nursing facility in California. The Golden State-based owner/operator engaged the Helios team to pay off its first mortgage and establish a new line of credit, resulting in the longest possible term and an interest rate fixed at 4.85%. The regional bank was looking to expand its presence in the skilled nursing space, so the deal was a clear win-win. Originally built in 1965 with an addition in 1975, the Los Angeles County facility was well occupied at 98%. It also boasts good clinical and quality of care ratings from the state. Read More »