• Eight Wisconsin Senior Care Assets Sell in Four Deals

    Senior Care Realty had an active October, with a handful of deals closed by Chad Wegner and Bob Richards. The four transactions involved senior care assets spread throughout Wisconsin. In one of the transactions, Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty sold four assisted living and memory care communities across two campuses in Wisconsin. The... Read More »
  • Public REIT Offloads SNFs Following Lease Non-Renewal

    Blueprint started the fourth quarter well after selling a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Florida, California and Virginia, on behalf of a public REIT. The existing tenant elected not to renew its master lease, prompting the portfolio divesture. The first closing was completed in Florida for two high-quality SNFs. The two facilities... Read More »
  • Senior Care Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

    Dan Mahoney and Dillon Rudy of Blueprint were engaged by a Louisiana-based not-for-profit owner/operator to market a 40-unit assisted living community in the Inland Northwest region of Idaho. The property maintained a steady resident base and in-place HUD financing. The organization was divesting because the asset no longer geographically aligned... Read More »
  • Developer Divests to Capital Group

    A Class-A seniors housing community near Wichita, Kansas, found a new owner thanks to Evans Senior Investments. The seller developed the community in 2014 and has operated it since then. There are 101 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was consistent around 90%, and the operating margin was in the high-20s,... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Finances Arizona Community

    Marcus & Millichap arranged $22 million in financing for The Springs of Scottsdale, a 143-unit independent living community in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Winterowd secured the financing with a national life insurance company on behalf of Stellar Senior Living. The sponsor secured a five-year loan at 60% loan-to-value, with a competitive interest... Read More »
The Ensign Group Acquires Five-Property Portfolio

The Ensign Group Acquires Five-Property Portfolio

The Ensign Group has acquired a five-property portfolio from Invesque Inc. for $93 million. Spanning California, Kansas and Arizona, the transaction includes four skilled nursing facilities totaling 436 beds and a 144-bed assisted living community. The SNF portfolio was operated by Ensign, and The Pennant Group operated the AL community up until this sale. BMO Capital Markets advised Invesque on the deal. The portfolio sale was part of Invesque’s Jaguarundi Ventures, LP joint venture between Invesque and Magnetar Capital, of which Invesque owns an approximately 65% ownership interest. Jaguarundi Ventures will receive $22 million of net proceeds from the sale after the repayment of... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Debt For Invesque Illinois Sale

Ziegler Arranges Debt For Invesque Illinois Sale

Ziegler served as capital structuring advisor in the $48.95 million debt placement to support the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities and one supportive living facility in the Lincoln Park and South Shore neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. Symphony Care Network is the buyer, after having already operated the communities for some time on behalf of the landlord, Invesque. There are 475 licensed skilled nursing beds and 118 supportive living beds.   The deal is part of Invesque’s plan to streamline its relationship with Symphony. These three facilities sold for approximately $55.5 million, or $93,600 per bed, providing about $10.5 million of net cash proceeds... Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates Royal Senior Care’s Invesque Exit

Blueprint Facilitates Royal Senior Care’s Invesque Exit

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors helped Invesque exit its entire Royal Senior Care portfolio. That included the sale of two properties and transition of the other four properties to another existing operating partner.   One of the sold properties was a 60-unit assisted living/memory care community in Eatonton, Georgia. Built in 2014 with 42 AL and 18 MC units, this community was originally purchased by Care Investment Trust for $15.5 million, which was then taken over by Invesque. Royal also owned a 35% interest in the property and is acquiring the remaining interest for an undisclosed price. The other property was located in Florida and sold to a third party.   The four... Read More »
People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank has been on a roll lately. After closing around $445 million in loans across 48 separate transactions in 2019, including eight loans and $132.5 million in volume in the fourth quarter, the bank kept the activity going with a late January refinance closed on behalf of its client, a joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living, the operator’s equity partner, Kuwait Finance House, and Broadshore Capital. Located in Bedford, New Hampshire and featuring 54 memory care units, with 85 beds, the community received a $23.7 million senior mortgage, with a five-year term and 30 years of amortization. This was People’s first transaction with Benchmark since Matt Huber and Ginger... Read More »
Invesque Procures Credit Facility from People’s United Bank

Invesque Procures Credit Facility from People’s United Bank

People’s United Bank’s Healthcare Finance and Capital Markets Divisions led the way in arranging an $80 million senior secured credit facility for Invesque, Inc. to refinance existing debt associated with four senior living communities in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey owned in a joint venture with Heritage Senior Living. So far this year, Invesque (formerly Mainstreet Health Investments) has been one of the most prolific acquirers of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets, announcing four deals that comprised 27 total properties. The largest of those deals was the REIT’s purchase of the Commonwealth Senior Living portfolio for $340.4 million, or $236,400 per unit, which... Read More »