• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »
People on the Move, January 2020

People on the Move, January 2020

There were a few high-profile moves in the senior care world in the last month. JLL announced the addition of a new advisory and investment transaction services practice, to be led by Deborah Street. Coming from CBRE, where she was previously the Vice President of the National Senior Housing group, Ms. Street will join JLL as a Senior Vice President and leader of the new practice, which will provide on-demand underwriting, strategic planning, transaction structure/return analysis, transaction management, and due diligence, as well as ongoing asset management services. She will work with Managing Directors Brian Chandler and Bryan Lockard, JLL’s Co-Leads for the Seniors Housing Valuation... Read More »
JLL Capital Markets Secures JV Equity

JLL Capital Markets Secures JV Equity

A brand-new age-restricted town home community is going up in the Long Island hamlet of Mount Sinai, thanks in part to $18 million of joint venture equity secured by Evan Pariser, Rob Hinckley, Nicco Lupo and Sophie Cohen of JLL Capital Markets. Sculptor Capital Management Inc., formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, provided the equity. Ornstein Leyton Company (OLC) is developing the community, which will feature 91 for-sale homes. It is OLC’s fifth active adult community branded under “The Vineyards.” In 2018, Messrs. Pariser and Hinckley (when they were with HFF) also helped raise equity for the development of another community in Center Moriches,... Read More »
Long Island 55+ Developer Gets Equity Investment

Long Island 55+ Developer Gets Equity Investment

A brand-new age-restricted town home community is going up in the Long Island hamlet of Mount Sinai, thanks in part to $18 million of joint venture equity secured by Evan Pariser, Rob Hinckley, Nicco Lupo and Sophie Cohen of JLL Capital Markets. Sculptor Capital Management Inc., formerly known as Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, provided the equity. Ornstein Leyton Company (OLC) is developing the community, which will feature 91 for-sale homes. It is OLC’s fifth active adult community branded under “The Vineyards.” In 2018, Messrs. Pariser and Hinckley (when they were with HFF) also helped raise equity for the development of another community in Center Moriches, New York (also Long... Read More »
White Oak Healthcare REIT Acquires Again

White Oak Healthcare REIT Acquires Again

Earlier this week, we highlighted White Oak Healthcare REIT’s acquisition of four senior living properties in Arkansas (2), Florida and Pennsylvania, but the REIT’s recent run of activity doesn’t end there. White Oak also acquired two senior living communities in Loganville and Conyers, Georgia. Both considered to be value-add investments, the properties were built in the 1990s and total 156 independent living, 140 assisted living and 32 memory care units. They were operated by Senior Lifestyle and owned by an undisclosed private equity group, which hired Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of JLL Capital Markets to market and sell the properties. White Oak’s joint venture partner on the deal,... Read More »
Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living has partnered again with Eastridge Pacific Holdings, LLC (EPH), this time buying three senior living communities in California from HCP, Inc. that had been leased to Brookdale Senior Living. The 205 units (210 beds) offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The purchase price was $15.7 million, or $76,585 per unit, and came with an approximate cap rate of 8.0%. Mike Garbers, formerly of Greystone and now with JLL, represented the seller, and MidCap Financial provided the mortgage financing. Eastridge Pacific entered the senior living industry in 2016 as an equity partner in Kalakaua Gardens, a 17-story community in Honolulu with 216 beds. It... Read More »