• 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 »
Three More HUD Deals From PGIM Real Estate

Three More HUD Deals From PGIM Real Estate

PGIM Real Estate announced $36.7 million in HUD financings in the last six weeks of the year. Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby first originated a $3.9 million loan for a 49-unit assisted living community in Ohio that was built in 1988 and renovated in 1994. Next, Mr. Fenton and Mrs. Eby were joined by Corley Audorff and Josh Williams to secure an $18.2 million loan for a six-year-old assisted living community in Minnesota.  Finally, Mr. Audorff and Mr. Williams arranged a $14.7 million interest rate reduction loan for a 126-unit skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Colorado, which was built in 2012. These three refinances saved PGIM’s clients a combined $426,000 in... Read More »
Harborview Handles Three Financings And A Sale

Harborview Handles Three Financings And A Sale

The team at Harborview Capital Partners closed several transactions for senior care facilities before the end of the year. First, David Nussbaum and Eli Kutner advised on the sale and arranged acquisition/construction financing for a hotel in Fishkill, New York to be converted to a 200-bed assisted living community. The $10.7 million loan came with a three-year, interest-only term and five-year perm option with a rate of LIBOR+325.  Next, Mr. Nussbaum originated a $23.9 million loan to refinance a 193-bed assisted living community in Brooklyn, New York. The non-recourse loan came with a 30-year amortization and 10-year term.  Finally, Ephraim Kutner and Jonathan Kutner... Read More »
Lument Secures HUD Refinance For Michigan Senior Care Campus

Lument Secures HUD Refinance For Michigan Senior Care Campus

Lument recently helped Advantage Living Centers refinance its 67-bed senior care facility in Armada, Michigan. Set on a 33-acre campus, the 55-year-old facility provides skilled nursing, rehabilitation and memory care, and is the preferred provider for both Henry Ford and McLaren Macomb hospitals. It is one of 11 facilities that Advantage Living Centers owns and operates in the state.   Brad Competty of Lument’s Columbus, Ohio office and Adam Walter of the Overland Park, Kansas office led the $10.8 million HUD refinance, which took out existing bank debt that Advantage Living Centers used to acquire the property in... Read More »
Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Greystone refinanced a trio of assisted living communities in New Hampshire with three HUD loans totaling $23.8 million. Located throughout the southern part of the state in Manchester, Bedford and Nashua, the communities are owned by The Courville Company and represent the company’s entire seniors housing portfolio (they also own a skilled nursing facility in Nashua). There are more than 150 assisted living units across the communities.   Lisa Fischman of Greystone originated the interest rate reduction transaction, which lowered the interest rates on the existing HUD loans while maintaining the existing maturity and loan amount.  Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Utah Seniors Housing Exit

Blueprint Arranges Utah Seniors Housing Exit

A Pacific Northwest-based ownership group decided to divest its only seniors housing community in the state of Utah, working with Giancarlo Riso, Amy Sitzman and Jacob Gehl of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to get the deal done. The well-maintained community was built in 1999 about 10 miles east of Park City. It features 32 assisted living and 10 memory care units, with historically consistent operations.   However, there are some immediate value-add opportunities for the new owner, which is based in Salt Lake City, has an existing portfolio in the state and should be able take advantage of some economies of scale. Blueprint helped arrange the sale and assumption of the in-place... Read More »