• 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 $133 million in HUD loan modifications

HHC Finance closed about $133 million in HUD loan modifications in March and another $80 million in April across 26 separate transactions, which resulted in significant overall interest rate reductions on the loans, all for skilled nursing facilities. With interest rates set to increase, some of the modifications would not have been feasible, but HHC was prepared and was able to close them. Since introducing the program just in January, that is a lot of business. Read More »

Capital One arranges HUD loan

Capital One Multifamily Finance announced today that it provided a $10.9 million fixed-rate HUD loan for an experienced owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities to refinance its 133-bed facility in Northern Illinois. Joshua Rosen, out of Capital One’s Chicago office, originated the loan, which will refinance existing debt on the property at a lower, long-term rate. The facility was built in 1962, expanded in 1985, and substantially renovated between 2005 and 2012. Also, the current owners, who purchased the facility in 2012, renovated the residents’ rooms and bathrooms since taking over, so the facility is relatively modern. It is also well occupied and well positioned in its market.... Read More »

HHC Finance continues HUD lending

After it finished HUD’s FY2014 as the top HUD lender in the country, HHC Finance continued by facilitating HUD refinancing for a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in California, closing the three loans simultaneously. The borrower, an owner/operator of SNFs throughout the state of California, locked in 30-year fixed rates in the mid-3%s on each of the facilities, including a $27.5 million loan (for a 139-bed facility) and a $28.8 million loan (180 beds) for two facilities in Northern California. The third loan was $20.1 million for a 163-bed facility in Southern California. Across the facilities, all of which had a five-star rating, average occupancy was in the mid to low... Read More »

To expand or not to expand with HUD?

Obtaining construction lending for addition or expansion projects from HUD is rare and is difficult. In fact, in fiscal year 2013, the Department insured mortgages for only 3 projects with 398 units, totaling $16.9 million. The time it takes to go through HUD alone, because it is longer than traditional or commercial financing, steers many away from that option. Plus, the property to be expanded must already have a HUD mortgage on it, and it has to be stabilized. But, if you are willing to wait it out, it may be worth it. Governor’s Village, a 48-unit assisted living community which includes 24 units for residents in need of memory care, was built in 2001, but has been itching to expand... Read More »