• 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 »
Greystone Takes Over Rosewood Care Centers Portfolio

Greystone Takes Over Rosewood Care Centers Portfolio

Greystone Healthcare Management Corp. formally took over ownership of a portfolio of 13 senior care facilities in Illinois and Missouri, and entered two new states as a result. Before February 3, the skilled nursing owner/operator managed over 30 long-term care and rehab facilities, all in Florida. But it has expanded into two new states in a big way. Comprising 1,662 total beds, there are 11 skilled nursing facilities and one supportive living community in Illinois, and one SNF in St. Louis, Missouri, all of which have been renamed. They were formerly operated by Rosewood Care Centers but were taken over by HUD after Rosewood defaulted on $146 million in FHA-backed loans. The default made... Read More »
PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

Refinancing a complicated capital stack, PGIM Real Estate Finance secured a $10.7 million HUD loan for a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The facility was built by the not-for-profit St. Margaret’s Foundation in 2013 on the site of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its $33 million construction was initially funded using New Market Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, OCD Loan Funds, FEMA grant money, a bank loan and sponsor equity. PGIM simplified things and significantly reduced the amount of debt with the HUD loan. Located within five miles of seven acute-care hospitals, the facility features 100 units in... Read More »
X-Caliber Closes Four Financings

X-Caliber Closes Four Financings

The team at X-Caliber Capital has been putting in the hours lately, with three bridge loans and a HUD refinance to show for the hard work. First, the firm closed a $40 million bridge loan, with a three-year term, for an undisclosed borrower to acquire a 10-facility, 700-bed skilled nursing/assisted living portfolio in Illinois. Next, X-Caliber arranged $32 million in four-year financing to support the acquisition of seven assisted living/independent living communities in four states, with over 650 units across the portfolio. The third bridge loan totaled $1.6 million and came with a three-year term. That was also arranged for an acquisition, this time for a 39-unit assisted living... Read More »
PM Advisors Refinances Oregon AL Community

PM Advisors Refinances Oregon AL Community

KC Peterson of PM Advisors successfully closed a HUD refinance of a 30-unit/36-bed assisted living community in Sutherlin, Oregon. Built in 1996 and in good condition, the community was owned and operated by an established group in the state. They had originally financed the community with bonds that contained an affordability period for 20% of the resident population through 2032. Those units could be occupied by Medicaid residents as well as private pay residents who had spent down their wealth. In addition, ownership had two additional layers of IOI promissory notes on the property. However, the bonds came with a high interest rate of 7.375%, leaving the owners to look for a refinancing... Read More »
Cambridge Closes Slew of HUD Financings

Cambridge Closes Slew of HUD Financings

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies has been quite prolific this month in the HUD market. Just last week, the firm closed two loans totaling $24 million for two senior care campuses in Ohio. Then, in Merced, California, Cambridge provided a $16.3 million HUD loan to refinance a 72-bed transitional care facility. The property offers units with private restrooms, nutrition services, therapy, and physical therapy services, a physical therapy center, two restaurant-style dining venues, courtyard dining facilities plus an on-site beauty salon. The California limited partnership borrower received a fully amortizing 35-year loan. Finally, Cambridge headed across the country to refinance a 104-bed... Read More »