• Berkadia Secures Large Portfolio Refinance

    Berkadia closed $627.2 million in agency financing for Project Raven. Project Raven is a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio with 4,395 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The portfolio spans 15 states. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld handled the financing on behalf of an institutional borrower.... Read More »
  • What Does Brookdale’s Proxy Fight Cost?

    It seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another SEC filing by Brookdale Senior Living detailing why its slate of Board candidates is far better for shareholders than the slate submitted by activist investor Ortelius Advisors. But how much are they spending on this? It would be nice to know, and we are sure shareholders would rather have... Read More »
  • Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

    We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on... Read More »
  • BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2014 and with a major renovation and addition completed in 2018, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory... Read More »
  • The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

    On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship... Read More »
Institutional Property Advisors Sells Iowa SNF Portfolio

Institutional Property Advisors Sells Iowa SNF Portfolio

In a strategic move to build its presence in the Midwest, Beacon Health Management acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities in Iowa last month. Ryan Fleming of Institutional Property Advisors represented the seller in this $24.2 million, or $42,600 per bed, transaction. Todd Lindblom was the broker of record.  The targeted properties within the Pearl Valley Rehab & Healthcare portfolio include 568 beds and currently generate total revenue of $35 million and EBITDA of $3.5 million. That results in a 14.5% cap rate on the deal.  Occupancy across the portfolio fluctuated around 75 to 80% during the sale process. Some COVID cases towards the end of the transaction resulted in a delay in... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Pittsburgh Portfolio

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Pittsburgh Portfolio

Chicago Pacific Founders announced its second acquisition for July, following up on its purchase of a senior living community in Scottsdale, Arizona by picking up three senior living communities in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. One of the communities, in North Versailles, was opened in 2009 and is fully stabilized. The other two were opened more recently, in April 2017 for the Bethel Park community and just earlier this year for the community in Pittsburgh. So, cash flow was uneven across the portfolio. The two older properties are independent living communities, while the newest property also features personal care units. As usual, Chicago Pacific Founders’ operating subsidiary,... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Again

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Again

A week after it was announced that Chicago Pacific Founders acquired a new senior living community in Conroe, Texas, the firm followed it up with another purchase, this time in Scottsdale, Arizona. Featuring 101 units of independent living and assisted living, the community will now be managed by CPF’s operating subsidiary, Grace Management. The community was originally built in 1998 and is located close to numerous shopping and medical centers. Chicago Pacific Founders plans to invest in improvements to the community in addition to renaming it. The final purchase price came to $27 million, or about $267,300 per unit. Steve Gebing, Hamid Panahi, Cliff David and Tony Cassie of Institutional... Read More »
New York Investment Fund Wins Bid For Knoxville Property

New York Investment Fund Wins Bid For Knoxville Property

In late November, the team of Mike Surak, Joshua Jandris and Mark Myers of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, closed on the sale of a 69-unit assisted living and memory care community in Knoxville, Tennessee. The community opened in early 2017 with 54,000 square feet on 6.91 acres. Of the total, 51 units are assisted living and 18 are memory care. Occupancy had reached 90% by closing, and was forecasted to reach 95%. The IPA team obtained five offers, and the winning bid was $16.8 million from an upstate New York investment fund. This came to just over $243,000 per unit, and a 6.6% cap rate on annualized EBITDA.    Read More »