• ESI Closes Two SNF Deals

    Evans Senior Investments handled a sale on behalf of an institutional owner/operator in California. The 64-bed skilled nursing facility is in California. The ultimate buyer was also based in California and entered into a new long-term lease agreement with Sun Mar Healthcare, a regional operator with a portfolio of skilled nursing and post-acute... Read More »
  • 30+ SNFs Sell to Large Owner/Operator

    A portfolio of more than 30 skilled nursing facilities totaling over 4,900 beds has sold, allowing the regional skilled nursing owner/operator to exit the industry. Few details were disclosed, and the deal appears to have been done very quietly, but the portfolio spanned between five and 10 states in the Southeast and featured approximately 35... Read More »
  • Scribner Capital and William James Group Team Up Again

    Scribner Capital and William James Group acquired two assisted living and memory care communities in Georgia. The Haven at Fayetteville, a 62-unit assisted living and memory care community that was rebranded from The Oaks, was built in 1999 and was at about 90% occupancy at closing. Located in Athens, The Haven at Cedar Shoals (formerly The Oaks)... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Cash-Flowing Communities

    A trio of well-run seniors housing communities in the Southeast sold to a partnership that included a national owner and a regional operator. Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage represented another regional owner/operator in the sale. The deal includes two adjacent seniors housing communities in Cumming, Georgia,... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Enters New State

    Vince Viverito and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a distressed skilled nursing facility in rural Colorado. Built as a therapy building in 1912 and converted to a skilled nursing facility in 1964, Lamar Estates features 60 beds on 1.34 acres with 19,394 square feet in the town of Lamar. The non-performing... Read More »
HFF at it again

HFF at it again

After topping our 2015 broker list in terms of dollar volume, with $1.45 billion in transactions closed that year, HFF is off to a strong start in 2016. On the financing side, the company, led by James Fowler, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender, recently arranged $95.5 million in joint venture equity and construction financing for the development of a 201-bed luxury seniors housing community in Orange County, California. The transaction was made on behalf of the developer, Steadfast Companies, to arrange $27.9 million in JV equity capital with Fremont Realty Capital. Plus, HFF secured a $67.6 million construction loan for the JV through a local bank. The community is set to feature 61... Read More »
Freddie and the Queen

Freddie and the Queen

HFF recently announced the closing of a sale that we reported on in the January issue of The SeniorCare Investor (but didn’t have full details). The acquired 93-unit assisted living/memory care community is located in the Upper Queen Anne neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, and sold for $36.25 million, or $390,200 per unit, to Washington D.C.-based Capitol Seniors Housing. The community was originally built in 1908 and 1927, but was purchased by the seller in 2007 for $17.2 million, and underwent an extensive $6 million renovation that also included converting two floors from assisted living to memory care. Milestone Retirement Communities managed the property, which was 96% occupied. In... Read More »

People on the move, November 2015

Clearly in the holiday spirit, several companies have recently announced new hires or promotions. First, REDICO, a real estate development and investment company, promoted Samantha Eckhout to VP of Development and Tim McCafferty to VP of Construction. Both have backgrounds as project managers for REDICO, which is working on building its development pipeline. Next up, HFF hired Peter Rotchford as director of its New York office. Coming from Avison Young, Mr. Rotchford will be focused on fixed- and floating-rate debt and equity placement transactions. Finally, Lancaster Pollard promoted both Robert Baxter and Ryan Miles to senior vice president. Mr. Baxter has been with the firm since 2005,... Read More »

Another $200,000+ transaction

We have written recently about a drop in the average price (on a price per unit basis) for seniors housing transactions from its all-time high in 2014. However, in the midst of some very low transaction prices (one as low as $11,200 per unit/bed), there have been seven deals since the beginning of August with a price above $200,000 per unit. One of them was the acquisition of a 145-unit assisted living community in Park Ridge, Illinois by Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) for approximately $32 million, or $220,700 per unit. Originally built as a hotel and then converted to senior living, the new owners plan to convert 14 AL units into 20 memory care units in a separate wing. The buyer also... Read More »

HFF does double duty

Talk about a one-stop shop. In addition to closing the sale on behalf of an investment client for its 142-unit independent living community in Teaneck, New Jersey, HFF also secured a $33.23 million floating rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The financing came to $234,000 per unit, so the price had to be $300,000 per unit, or higher. Built in 2004, the community, which features 45 one-, 94 two- and three three-bedroom units, was 97.2% occupied and is located just down the street from Holy Name Hospital. There are also a host of amenities, including a restaurant-style dining room, hair and nail salon, and tennis courts. For the buyer, HFF arranged the loan through Investors Bank... Read More »