• 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 »

Capital One Heads To HUD

The future for a 40-year old skilled nursing facility is not rosy, as we have discussed recently, and with every passing year, it becomes bleaker. These facilities face new competition in the form of short-term rehab and transitional care facilities, which feature nearly all private rooms and take a majority of the Medicare patients. And with lengths of stay decreasing, reimbursement tightening and wages increasing, an older SNF has fewer options to remain profitable while still providing quality care. There are potential solutions, however, which the experienced owner/operators of a skilled nursing facility in Gresham, Oregon (Portland MSA) are putting into practice. The 128-bed facility... Read More »
Greystone Centers In On Brooklyn

Greystone Centers In On Brooklyn

Six years since being acquired by Centers Health Care (then Centers for Specialty Care), a 510-bed skilled nursing facility in Brooklyn, New York is refinancing through HUD with the help of Greystone’s Fred Levine. The transaction comes at a good time for the facility, which has significantly improved its operations since Centers took over in 2011. The company has so far invested over $20 million in renovating the facility, which now maintains a five-star rating from CMS. Built in 1973, it is 97% occupied with a 49% Medicaid, 25% Medicare and 26% private pay census. Its services are comprehensive as well, including amputee recovery and training, cardiac care, palliative care, dental... Read More »

Walker & Dunlop Obtains HUD Financing For Senior Living Project

A group of local owners in Colorado went to HUD to receive construction financing for their 137-unit senior living development in Monument, Colorado (between Denver and Colorado Springs). Having just broken ground last month, the community will feature 80 assisted living, 30 memory care (in two separate 15-unit neighborhoods) and 27 independent living units on a scenic 6.4-acre property. It is scheduled to open in late-2018, with a host of amenities, including several dining areas, guest apartments, a barber and beauty salon, community store and concierge services. Lakewood, Colorado-based WellAge Senior Living will manage the community. Ralph Lowen of Walker & Dunlop structured a... Read More »
Two Years After Acquisition, Queens SNF Refinances with Greystone

Two Years After Acquisition, Queens SNF Refinances with Greystone

Greystone just couldn’t get out of Queens this summer (must have hit the Van Wyck). After providing nearly $60 million in HUD financing for a 302-bed skilled nursing facility in the borough last month, Fred Levine of Greystone’s Monsey, New York office closed yet another transaction for a Queens SNF. Located in Flushing, the facility features 227 beds and was recently renovated to include a brand-new rehab room and therapy offerings. It was acquired in 2015 by Sapphire Care Group, with the help of a highly-leveraged bridge-to-HUD loan arranged by Greystone too. With the renovation completed and operations improved, the owner sought to refinance with a $29 million HUD loan, originated by... Read More »
All Business For Berkadia

All Business For Berkadia

The closings keep on coming from Berkadia, which recently facilitated two Freddie Mac financings and a bridge-to-HUD loan for several clients. Heidi Brunet and Chris Honn teamed up to arrange a 10-year, $30 million Freddie Mac loan to refinance a 120-unit independent living community in the Columbus, Ohio area. Recently built in 2015, the community was nearly stabilized, prompting the new client to pay off its existing construction debt with this transaction. Ms. Brunet also assisted an older senior living community to refinance with a 10-year, $44 million Freddie Mac loan. Located in South Florida, the property consists of four buildings with 268 independent living and 55 assisted living... Read More »