• Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

    Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped... Read More »
  • Morgan Stanley and Foundry Commercial Exit Spring Arbor Portfolio

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and Foundry Commercial have completed their exit from the Spring Arbor Senior Living portfolio through the sale of the remaining 11 assets. The seniors housing communities, located in Maryland and Virginia, comprise 795 assisted living and memory... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector Through Recapitalization

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Countryside of Wichita Falls, a 50-unit assisted living community in Wichita Falls, Texas. The asset offered value-add potential through renovations, rebranding and a planned memory care addition. As occupancy began to improve, Blueprint launched a marketing process,... Read More »
  • Public REIT Divests to National Provider

    A publicly traded REIT recently completed the wind down of its relationship with an outgoing operator through its sale of a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint handled the deal, targeting local, regional and national investors. A growing national provider was selected as the... Read More »
  • Multiple Buyers Acquire Skilled Nursing Beds

    Under Ohio’s certificate of need regulations, skilled nursing beds can be transferred from counties deemed over-bedded to those experiencing a shortage. Taking advantage of this window, 12 separate sellers, motivated by downsizing, closures or strategic repositioning, transferred their beds with the help of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors. Ben... Read More »
KeyBank Secures Financing For Six Heartis Properties

KeyBank Secures Financing For Six Heartis Properties

KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured $105.9 million in financing to recapitalize a portfolio of six assisted living/memory care communities operating under the Heartis brand, on behalf of their owner, Caddis Partners. The financing structure consists of an $80 million syndicated senior credit facility and a $25.96 million mezzanine loan provided by an institutional partner. The portfolio has a combined 631 units and 642 total beds, including both assisted living and memory care services. Five Heartis properties are located in Clear Lake, Longview, San Antonio, Arlington and Waco, Texas, while the sixth property is located in Peoria, Illinois. This financing will allow for stabilization of... Read More »
The Assisted Living Investors Speak

The Assisted Living Investors Speak

On November 9, 2017, we held a webinar titled “Assisted Living: Buying, Selling and Valuing in a Market Peak,” which you can watch here. Over the course of 90 minutes, our Editor, Steve Monroe, led a discussion featuring Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage, Kevin Kreshover of KeyBanc Capital Markets, Chris Kronenberger of Blue Moon Capital Partners, and Chris Wettig of Legend Senior Living, covering topics that varied from selling AL communities in today’s market, to the added value of adding memory care to an AL community, to whether it is cheaper to build or buy now. And of course, are we currently in, passed, or heading towards a market peak? The webinar yielded some... Read More »