• Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:56 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »

  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:54 pm | Acquisitions

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »

  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:48 pm | 60 Seconds

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »

  • More Shareholder Activism

    by | Apr 22, 2024 9:04 am | Opinion

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »

  • Active Adult Expansion A Hit With Investors

    by | Apr 22, 2024 9:02 am | Developments

    How often have we heard that new development is dead? Or that CCRCs (LPCs) are on their way out? Too often. But how often do you hear about an Active Adult expansion on a CCRC campus, and one with entrance fees? Not often enough. That didn’t stop Three Pillars Senior Living Communities and Cain Brothers from putting together a plan that may... Read More »
Strawberry Fields REIT Forever

Strawberry Fields REIT Forever

by | Jul 20, 2017 8:14 pm | Acquisitions

Strawberry Fields REIT just added a 58th skilled nursing facility to its growing portfolio, at a price of $1.0 million, or $15,625 per bed, in cash. The company bought the 64-bed facility in Lebanon, Indiana and leased it to The Waters under a 10-year term with two five-year extensions. Strawberry Fields certainly got a good price for the property, but for good reason. Built in the 1970s, it was only 47% occupied with an 80% Medicaid, 7% Medicare and 13% private pay census. We can’t imagine cash flow was high either. And while we hear the facility is in relatively good condition, Strawberry Fields will invest in improvements. The seller is Hickory Creek Healthcare Foundation, a skilled... Read More »