• Sabra Trims Forecast, Tempering a Solid Quarter

    Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. announced several acquisitions in its third quarter results. The REIT acquired six managed seniors housing properties for $217.5 million with an estimated initial cash yield of 7.8%, three of which were acquired through a consolidated joint venture in which Sabra has a 95% equity interest. The company also purchased... Read More »
  • CareTrust’s Flurry of Acquisitions

    CareTrust REIT, Inc. closed a series of transactions totaling approximately $437 million in late October. In two separate deals, the REIT acquired 12 skilled nursing facilities and one skilled nursing campus located across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. The combined portfolio includes approximately 1,760 licensed skilled nursing beds and... Read More »
  • Ensign Adds to Its Utah and Alabama Footprint

    The Ensign Group, Inc. kicked off November with a couple of new deals. The publicly traded company acquired the real estate and operations of the following seven Stonehedge skilled nursing facilities in Utah: Stonehenge of American Fork (90 beds in American Fork) Stonehenge of Cedar City (50 beds in Cedar City) Stonehenge of Ogden (52 beds in... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Makes Its First Acquisition

    A joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and a global alternative asset manager with over $55 billion in assets under management worldwide acquired The Woods at Merrimack, a 140-unit seniors housing community in Methuen, Massachusetts. This is the first deal between CSH and the asset manager but marks the beginning of a long-term... Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Buys Lansing Campus

    A public REIT engaged Blueprint in the confidential divestiture of a 53-unit assisted living and memory care campus in Lansing, Michigan. The campus features two standalone buildings separately catering to assisted living residents and those requiring memory care. The well-maintained campus was originally built in 1997 and consisted of 19... Read More »
NewPoint Acquires HHC Finance’s HUD Businesses

NewPoint Acquires HHC Finance’s HUD Businesses

NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC, a joint venture between Meridian Capital Group and Barings, announced that it has acquired certain assets of Housing & Healthcare Finance, including its FHA multifamily and healthcare origination business and its loan servicing portfolio. This deal augments NewPoint’s existing HUD lending services and also its healthcare and seniors housing financing capabilities. For HHC Finance, the firm gains the backing of NewPoint’s scale and its own range of services offered, now including a multifamily bridge lending program which was launched earlier this month to provide loans of $5 million to $50 million with... Read More »
HHC Finishes September With Several HUD Refinances

HHC Finishes September With Several HUD Refinances

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) is having a strong September, closing another $58 million in HUD refinance loans. The transactions included a $42 million loan for a 260-bed skilled nursing facility followed by $11 million in financing for a 100-bed skilled nursing facility. Both facilities are located in southern California, and the two HUD loans refinanced substantially higher rate conventional debt while also providing the experienced regional owner with longer-term financing.  HHC Finance followed those closings with a $5 million HUD refinance for a 70-bed skilled nursing facility located in Missouri. Elan Magence, Senior Vice president at HHC Finance, originated all... Read More »
HHC Finance’s Latest Closings

HHC Finance’s Latest Closings

Housing & Healthcare Finance finished 2019 with a bang, closing four HUD loans worth over $62 million. The package refinanced four skilled nursing facilities in Maryland (2), Pennsylvania and Arkansas, all totaling 597 beds. The Mid-Atlantic facilities were built in the mid-1970s, while the Arkansas one opened in the early 2000s. The loans, which refinanced higher rate conventional debt, came with interest rates in the low- to mid-3s and terms between 30 and 35 years. Housing & Healthcare Finance’s Capital Advisory Group, led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, also impressed this December, placing 13 loans totaling over $172 million for clients in nine states. There were 10 bridge loans... Read More »
HHC Finance Wraps Up HUD Fiscal Year with Two Closings

HHC Finance Wraps Up HUD Fiscal Year with Two Closings

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) had an impressive fiscal year for HUD LEAN closings, wrapping up 26 transactions that totaled $336.4 million in volume, good enough for fifth place in both categories. It got to that level with two last closings for skilled nursing clients. The first transaction saw the firm arrange $15.8 million for a 174-bed skilled nursing facility in Georgia. Originally built in the mid-1960s but thoroughly renovated over the years, the facility was occupied in the low- to mid-90s. Then, HHC Finance went to Missouri to close a $4.7 million HUD loan for a 99-bed SNF. Also on the older side (having been built in the early 1980s), this facility was around 80%... Read More »
HUD Lean Volume Hits an All-Time High

HUD Lean Volume Hits an All-Time High

The HUD LEAN program had quite a fiscal year 2019, topping $3.7 billion in transaction volume across 288 transactions. The transaction number may be 1% down from the 292 closings in FY2018, but the dollar volume is up 3.6% to reach a record high for the program. HUD used to be the “lender of last resort,” but given the attractiveness of the debt (where else can you get a sub-3% rate for a 30+ year term?), it’s no wonder the program is growing like gangbusters. ORIX Real Estate Capital/Lancaster Pollard put their combined resources to work this year, closing an impressive $903.8 million in HUD closings, with 78 total transactions. That kind of dollar volume hasn’t been seen before, even... Read More »