• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
HHC Finance Closes Four HUD Deals

HHC Finance Closes Four HUD Deals

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) just announced four transactions from its HUD pipeline, totaling more than $44 million. The first deal was closed for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio. Built in the early 1970s, it had occupancy in the low 90s and received a $10 million loan. Another skilled nursing facility in Ohio then obtained a $10.2 million loan from HHC Finance. That 93-bed facility was a little older (built in the mid-1960s) and was also well occupied around 95%.   Next, HHC Finance closed a $10.5 million HUD loan for a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Maryland. And finally, the firm closed its largest deal of the group for a 165-bed skilled nursing... Read More »
HHC Finance’s Busy HUD Month

HHC Finance’s Busy HUD Month

Summer vacation didn’t start at Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance), we suppose, as the firm closed seven HUD loans totaling $119 million in the month of June. The largest deal was a $61 million refinance of a 360-bed skilled nursing facility in New York. Built in the early-1970s but recently renovated, the facility was occupied in the mid-90s. HHC Finance followed that up with a $22 million HUD refinance of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida that was built in 2015 and occupied in the high-80s. Both loans were closed with interest rates in the mid-2s. That makes for some happy long-term clients.  HHC Finance rounded out its June activity with five HUD loan... Read More »
HHC Finance Posts Strong Financing Activity in May

HHC Finance Posts Strong Financing Activity in May

The team at Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) reported a strong May, closed a couple of HUD loans and a number of rate modifications for senior care clients across the country. The two HUD loans totaled $31 million. A 108-unit assisted living community in Minnesota obtained the first.   Built in 1996, it boasted an occupancy rate in the mid-90s. HHC Finance arranged the second HUD loan for a 191-bed skilled nursing facility in California. Built in 1991, it was also occupied in the mid-90s. Both refinances took out higher rate bank debt.  HHC Finance didn’t stop there, taking advantage of near-record-low interest rates by closing five loan... Read More »
HHC Finance Closes Four HUD Deals

HHC Finance Impresses & Lerner Will Chair Englewood Health Boards

Housing & Healthcare Finance impressed in the last week of April, closing $117 million in HUD loan modifications for nine skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. That is one area in the financing world that seems to have not slowed down as a result of COVID-19. That still took HHC Finance to react quickly to improving capital market conditions to lower their clients’ loan rates with almost no out-of-pocket expenses for them. The facilities receiving the rate modifications totaled 1,238 beds.  The good news kept on coming for HHC Finance, as Richard Lerner, Co-Owner and Executive Vice Chairman at the firm, was appointed Board Chairman at Englewood Health... Read More »
Housing & Healthcare Finance Handles HUD Refinance

Housing & Healthcare Finance Handles HUD Refinance

The team at Housing & Healthcare Finance has closed a couple of HUD financings totaling $57 million. There was a $34.1 million loan for a portfolio of five skilled nursing facilities located throughout Minnesota. The experienced borrower was able to replace conventional debt on the portfolio with a substantially higher interest rate. They came with 30- and 35-year terms. The loan amount came in at about $120,000 per bed/unit.  Built from 1958 to 2008, averaging 38 years old, the portfolio totals 464 total beds. Two of the facilities also feature assisted living units. Occupancies ranged from the low-80s to the high-90s.   Finally, HHC Finance closed a $22.8 million rate modification... Read More »