• Genesis HealthCare’s Legacy Liabilities Lead to Bankruptcy Filing

    Genesis HealthCare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing its 298 affiliated holding companies, ancillary businesses and insurance vehicles in its submission to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division. It is one of the largest skilled nursing operators in the country and operates 218... Read More »
  • Cindat Capital Management Invests in Colorado Community

    Cindat Capital Management, a middle-market real estate private equity platform focused on seniors housing and opportunistic investments, announced its first investment from its Senior Housing Credit Platform. It was a unitranche debt investment in The Pearl at Boulder Creak, a 116-unit, Class-A independent living and assisted living community... Read More »
  • MedCore Divests to Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT

    Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side financial advisor to MedCore on the sale of Parkview on Hollybrook, a 189-unit rental CCRC in Longview, Texas. The property has been on a long road to stabilization. It was originally bought in a bankruptcy auction in 2016 for $20.7 million by Thrive FP when it was in the middle of development. 12... Read More »
  • Forbright Bank’s H1 Activity

    Forbright Bank reported its activity for the first half of the year from its healthcare and HUD lending teams, announcing more than $500 million in loans closed for acquisitions, recapitalizations, working capital, and HUD financings for healthcare providers across the country. One of the largest transactions was a $60 million revolving loan to... Read More »
  • Large SNF Portfolio Secures Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced the closing of $218.3 million in combined bridge, mezzanine, and working capital financing for 18 skilled nursing facilities across Kentucky. The transaction includes a $179.3 million senior bridge loan and a $29 million mezzanine loan, which the sponsor plans to use to restructure and upsize the existing debt on the... Read More »

Griffin-American starts small

After a busy year during which it made over $1.55 billion in healthcare acquisitions, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT-III recently made a relatively small deal in central Pennsylvania, acquiring a 120-unit independent/assisted living community in Palmyra for an undisclosed price. Built in 2007, this community was owned by AMC Delancey Group, Inc. and Heritage Senior Living, which will continue to operate under Griffin-American. Occupancy stood at 93% at the time of the sale. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Charles Hilding and Andrew Hilding of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »

Keeping the pace

Aron Will of CBRE had yet another prolific month (after an already busy 2015), closing four transactions. Included in his totals were two acquisition financings (for the MorningStar Senior Living Colorado portfolio and Capitol Seniors Housing’s Seattle-area acquisition) already detailed in previous weeks. Mr. Will also recently arranged a $32.3 million 10-year Fannie Mae loan, with a fixed interest rate and 54 months of interest-only. The borrower, Westmont Living, will use the funds to refinance its 138-unit independent/assisted living community in Chico, California. Already with a 94% occupancy rate at the community, Westmont may look to convert a number of units to memory care in order... Read More »

Three high-priced acquisitions in PA

In a sale-manageback transaction, a non-traded REIT purchased three senior living communities with 328 total units in Pennsylvania from Heritage Senior Living for $87.5 million, or $266,800 per unit. Compared to the average price paid for AL/IL communities of $198,800 in the trailing-12 months ending Q1:2015 (according a supplemental report for the Senior Care Acquisition Report), this represents a significant premium. The properties, located in York, Bethlehem and Harleysville, Pennsylvania, offered independent living, assisted living and memory care services, and were well occupied at the time of the sale. Mark Myers of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »