• 60 Seconds with Swett: Getting Realistic with New Development

    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

    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

    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

    A Class-A, well performing property outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, traded to a joint venture between Legend Senior Living and a new capital partner. Legend previously operated The Vero at Bethlehem, which opened in July 2023 and stabilized within 18 months. At the time of marketing, the 124-unit assisted living/memory care asset achieved... Read More »
  • CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

    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 »
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 »