• Ventas Posts Healthy Q3 With Robust Acquisition Activity

    Among the earnings results trickling out this month, it will be impossible to overshadow Welltower’s announcement with $14 billion in new investment activity and another great quarter of seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) performance improvements. But Ventas reported healthy results, too, and some significant acquisition volume.  Ventas... Read More »
  • Senior Care Campus Components Sell to Separate Buyers

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated two separate transactions involving the assisted living and skilled nursing components of a senior care campus in Mansfield, Ohio. The seller, a local not-for-profit, faced significant operational and financial challenges, prompting an urgent need for a transition. Senwell was engaged to identify... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures Funds

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced that the firm, along with firm affiliates, funded $48.10 million in combined bridge and working capital funding for a three-facility skilled nursing portfolio in North Carolina. The transaction included a $45.6 million bridge financing and a $2.5 million working capital line of credit. The borrower, a returning client,... Read More »
  • Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

    First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided $338 million in financing to affiliates of Autumn Lake Healthcare for the acquisition of 12 Maryland skilled nursing facilities with over 1,500 beds. Based in Howell, New Jersey, Autumn Lake Healthcare’s portfolio includes 66 skilled nursing facilities totaling more than 8,200 beds... Read More »
  • Central Florida Portfolio Secures Financing

    Grace Hill Capital, a seniors housing capital advisory firm founded by Adam Shealy, closed a refinance and recapitalization of a four-community independent living, assisted living and memory care portfolio in Central Florida. The portfolio comprises five buildings totaling 257 units, operated by a regional provider with a proven record of... Read More »
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler Handles Atlanta-Area Sale

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler Handles Atlanta-Area Sale

Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender and Jason Nettles of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) sold a brand-new senior living community in the Atlanta MSA, working on behalf of the previous owner, Village Park Senior Living. Built in 2017, the community features 66 independent living, 43 assisted living and 18 memory care units, with four housing options available for residents, including cottages, bungalows, flat-style apartments and dedicated memory care units. Its location is superb, within 20 miles of downtown Atlanta (in the suburb of Alpahretta), five miles of two medical centers and near a mixed-use, 86-acre development. Harbert Management Corp. acquired the community for an undisclosed price,... Read More »
More Seniors Housing in Sarasota

More Seniors Housing in Sarasota

Sarasota, Florida, is getting another seniors housing development, set to open in 2019. The resort-style community will feature 82 independent living, 56 assisted living and 34 memory care units, along with a host of amenities that include a variety of dining options, a clubroom with a fireplace, a spa and fitness center with an outdoor pool, a theater and massage/exam rooms for rotating wellness providers. Ryan Companies is developing the property, with Grand Living as the operator. The team of David Fasano, Sarah Anderson, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler worked on behalf of Ryan Companies to arrange a $16.7 million joint venture equity partnership with Eagle... Read More »
Buyers See Potential In Wildwood Independent Living Community

Buyers See Potential In Wildwood Independent Living Community

Joint venture partners Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, REDICO and American House Senior Living Communities clearly eyed potential at a newly built independent living community in Wildwood, Florida (near The Villages). Built in 2013, the community features 173 units ranging in size from 500 to 1,090 square feet. Based on a 30% operating margin on approximately $5.3 million of in-place revenues, and occupancy of 90% at the time of sale, we have estimated the cap rate to be about 5.2%.  Both occupancy and margins could be improved, with a good amount of hard work, of course. Since assuming management, American House has added private duty personal care services through Allegiance... Read More »

Sentio Healthcare Properties Agrees To Sell

In breaking news, Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors announced that it entered into a definitive merger agreement to buy Sentio Healthcare Properties, which is partly owned by KKR (NYSE: KKR), in a transaction valued at $825 million.  Kayne is paying $14.37 per Sentio share in cash about 11.5 million shares) with some upward adjustments that will most likely take the price to $14.65, with the deal expected to close in the third quarter. Sentio is a public, non-traded REIT that owns a mix of seniors housing properties and MOBs. Citigroup Global Markets and Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (nice month they are having) were the financial advisors to Kayne, and Robert A. Stanger & Co. and UBS... Read More »
Acquiring in the Acela Corridor

Acquiring in the Acela Corridor

As we are about to travel from the New York City area to Washington, D.C. for the upcoming NIC Fall Conference, we must take note of two teams that did that trek probably a number of times recently. Grandbridge Real Estate Capital provided through its proprietary lending platform, BB&T Real Estate Funding, a $43.5 million non-recourse acquisition/bridge loan for a joint venture between Blue Vista Capital Management and Meridian Senior Living. Owned by Holladay Corp., a D.C.-based real estate developer/owner, the targets included an 88-unit assisted living/independent living/respite care community built in 1976 in Yorktown Heights, New York and a 131-unit (147 units post-renovation)... Read More »