• 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 »
SentosaCare Refinances in Staten Island

SentosaCare Refinances in Staten Island

Following up on a bridge loan it closed a couple of years ago, Greystone successfully refinanced a 238-bed skilled nursing facility in Staten Island, New York. Owned by SentosaCare, the facility has a five-star rating from CMS and offers services that include long-term care, physical therapy, occupational and speech therapy, and neuro and orthopedic rehabilitation. Two years prior, Greystone had arranged a bridge loan for the facility, which it will take out with a $20.66 million, 35-year HUD loan. Fred Levine originated the transaction. Read More »
Cohen Financial Closes Michigan Financing

Cohen Financial Closes Michigan Financing

In northern Michigan, Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, arranged more than $4.1 million in HUD financing for an assisted living community in the town of Alma. The 41-unit community is owned and operated by Grand Rapids-based Leisure Living Management, and as recently as 2013, it added a 12-bed memory care unit to its services. On behalf of the community, Cathy Bronkema, managing director of Cohen Financial’s Grand Rapids office, and Joshua Hausfeld, managing director of SunTrust CRE Seniors Housing & Healthcare Finance, secured a fixed-rate $4.116 million loan, with a 35-year term and 35-year amortization schedule. Read More »
$196 Million HUD Refinance Closed By Harborview Capital Partners

$196 Million HUD Refinance Closed By Harborview Capital Partners

Harborview Capital Partners arranged a $196 million HUD refinance for a portfolio of 13 skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities. Comprising 1,700 licensed beds, the portfolio is owned by a large regional operator. To replace the existing short-term debt, Ephraim and Jonathan Kutner of Harborview arranged multiple loans with 30 and 35-year terms, adding up to the $196 million. Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Completes Illinois HUD Refinance

Cambridge Realty Capital Completes Illinois HUD Refinance

After Cambridge Realty Capital Companies announced that it funded a $32.75 million acquisition loan through HUD for a 211-unit affordable seniors housing property in Baltimore, Maryland, the firm followed up by refinancing a 162-bed skilled nursing facility in Glenwood, Illinois, also going through HUD. The owner, an Illinois limited liability company, obtained an $11.6 million loan, with a fully amortizing 30-year term. Located about 30 minutes outside of Chicago, the facility features a short-term rehab unit for Medicare and private insurance patients, and dialysis services, in addition to providing long-term care. Read More »
Capital One Refinances Massachusetts Skilled Nursing Portfolio

Capital One Refinances Massachusetts Skilled Nursing Portfolio

Just 18 months after they were purchased, three skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts refinanced through HUD, with the help of Joshua Rosen of Capital One. The 2016 transaction involved these three facilities in Chelsea (195 beds), Fall River (152 beds) and Brockton (169 beds). There was a fourth facility involved in the sale that is not being refinanced in this transaction. Two principals who are experienced owner/operators of SNFs mainly in the Midwest ended up as the buyers, financing that deal with bank debt. Now, through Capital One, they received three fixed-rate loans, each with a 35-year term, totaling $47.2 million through HUD to refinance the portfolio. Read More »