• 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 »
Juniper Communities Shifts Focus from Florida

Juniper Communities Shifts Focus from Florida

Juniper Communities has completely exited the state of Florida, with Bradley Clousing and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitating the final sale. With the transaction, the assisted living/memory care provider will now focus on its established Northeast and Colorado markets, where it has eight communities in Pennsylvania, two in New Jersey and five in the Centennial State. The Naples community was originally built in 2000, which in the heavily developed southwestern Florida market is certainly on the older side. Age isn’t everything, but it does usually affect the rents you can charge, which has a cascading effect if any fixed or variable costs were to suddenly shoot... Read More »
Juniper Communities Jumps on Pennsylvania Property

Juniper Communities Jumps on Pennsylvania Property

New Jersey-based Juniper Communities added another Pennsylvania senior living property to its portfolio with the acquisition of a 103-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia MSA). With the deal, Juniper now owns or operates 12 properties in the Keystone State. The campus is centered around a stone mansion built in 1865 set alongside sprawling grounds and walking paths. There was an addition in 1986 that added common areas plus AL units, and another addition in 1998 that added memory care units, AL units and even more common areas. Carlyle Senior Living acquired the community in 2006 for $8 million, or $77,700 per unit. How times have changed. We’re unsure... Read More »
Juniper Communities Lands Lakewood Assisted Living Communities

Juniper Communities Lands Lakewood Assisted Living Communities

Juniper Communities added two more properties to its portfolio, which now numbers 23 communities in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Florida and New Jersey. Both new additions are located in Lakewood, Colorado, about 10 miles from downtown Denver, and join Juniper’s three other communities in the metro area. One community was built in 2008 with 65 assisted living and 42 memory care units, while the larger community has 118 assisted living and 19 memory care units, and was built in 1999. The new management contracts give New Jersey-based Juniper scale in the state and enables them to pilot additional ancillary services in the Denver area. Read More »

Bensalem Blues

There is some work to be done for the new owner of an entrance-fee CCRC in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Juniper Communities (headed by CEO Lynne Katzmann) purchased the community for $13.65 million, or $38,343 per unit, which is well off its 2005 (yes, 2005) price of $17.35 million, or $48,464 per unit. Back then, the unit breakdown was very similar to today’s, which is currently 279 independent living units, 60 assisted living units and 17 skilled nursing beds. Plus it was operating at a 16% margin with a 95% occupancy rate. While the community’s current operations were not disclosed, we have to assume they have fallen off some given the 21% decline in price. Built in 1981 with expansions in... Read More »