• Brookdale Occupancy Stalls

    Brookdale Senior Living released its November occupancy results, and its census growth has stalled this Fall. In its consolidated portfolio, weighted average occupancy fell by 10 basis points from 82.6% in October to 82.5% in November, while month-end occupancy dropped more significantly from 83.7% to 83.4%. Same-community results were not... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Facility Sells for Strong Price

    A rare skilled nursing and behavioral health facility in Tucson, Arizona, sold for a strong price to a partnership between a regional healthcare equity investor and a national skilled nursing operator. Featuring more than 140 beds, the facility is licensed by the state for both medical and behavioral health services, being the only SNF in the... Read More »
  • AL Community with Attached SNF Trades

    An assisted living community with an attached, vacant 65-bed skilled nursing facility in Faribault, Minnesota, sold with the help of Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1998, Pleasant View Estates features 36 units and a 75% elderly waiver census. The community was well-occupied and operated at a strong margin. It was previously... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Funds Dallas Development

    Construction projects, although rare, can still get done these days. Tremper Capital Group successfully secured an $84 million non-recourse loan from a regional bank to fund a development in the Dallas, Texas MSA. The 164-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care project is being built by Harbert South Bay Partners in the... Read More »
  • UMRH Expands Two CCRCs in North Carolina

    Ziegler closed The United Methodist Retirement Homes’ (UMRH) $92.125 million Series 2025A, 2025B and 2025C bonds. UMRH is a North Carolina-based not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates three CCRCs in North Carolina: Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton, and Cypress Glen... Read More »
LTC Properties Announces Another Mezzanine Loan

LTC Properties Announces Another Mezzanine Loan

LTC Properties revealed in its fourth quarter earnings call that it originated a $25 million mezzanine loan for the recapitalization of five seniors housing properties in Oregon and Montana. The transaction is a continuation of LTC’s strategy focused on higher yield structured finance investments.   Coming with a term of five years and two months, with two one-year extension options, the loan bears an 8% interest rate and an IRR of 11%. The properties, which include independent living, assisted living and memory care, total 621 units and will be managed by The Springs Living, a new operator for LTC.   LTC revealed a few other investments and dispositions in its earnings. So far in... Read More »
Portfolio Sale in the Carolinas Receives Financing

Portfolio Sale in the Carolinas Receives Financing

LTC Properties has more than doubled its loan origination volume for the year with a unitranche loan provided to fund the purchase of 13 seniors housing communities in the Carolinas. The $52.5 million loan bears interest at 7.25% for a term of four years, with an IRR of 8%. It also provides for additional commitments of $6.1 million for capital improvements and $650,000 for working capital needs, bringing the total investment commitment to approximately $60 million.   We learned that Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the portfolio sale. Totaling 523 units and 967 beds, the properties include a mix of independent living (2%), assisted... Read More »
LTC Properties Announces Third Quarter Financings

LTC Properties Announces Third Quarter Financings

LTC Properties has announced a number of financings it originated over the third quarter totaling $46 million across four separate investments, including a unitranche loan, a senior loan, a mezzanine loan and a land loan. The investments are believed to generate a future annual interest income of approximately $3.5 million over a combined weighted average term of 3.2 years. First, a $27 million unitranche loan was originated for a regional operator to purchase a skilled nursing facility in Louisiana. The operator was given a loan term of three years with one 12-month extension option.  The second loan was a $12.5 million senior loan for a regional operator to purchase an assisted... Read More »
LTC Properties Divests Three ALFs in Wisconsin

LTC Properties Divests Three ALFs in Wisconsin

In the ongoing plan to reposition its relationship with Senior Lifestyle Corporation, LTC Properties has sold three assisted living communities in Wisconsin. The sales price was $35.0 million, or about $133,100 per unit.   The three communities had a combined net book value of $28.3 million, and the estimated gain for LTC on the sale is approximately $5.6 million. There was no debt on the communities, so the net sales proceeds of $34.0 million were used to pay down the REIT’s unsecured revolving line of credit.   In the first quarter this year, LTC had transitioned 11 Senior Lifestyle assisted living communities in Wisconsin, Ohio and Illinois to two... Read More »
LTC Properties Divests Three ALFs in Wisconsin

SLIB Sells Wisconsin Assisted Living Portfolio

As if their end-of-April activity wasn’t enough, the Senior Living Investment Brokerage team of Bradley Clousing and Ryan Saul kicked off May with a portfolio sale of three assisted living communities in Wisconsin. Located in the towns of Waukesha and Oshkosh, they total 255 units and were built between 2005 and 2009. The Waukesha community consists of 85 units, while the two Oshkosh properties (located one mile apart) feature 134 units and 36 units, respectively. Occupancy averaged around 80%, and the facilities wer estimated to have operated at a roughly 25% margin on over $12.84 million of combined revenues.   Local public filings revealed LTC Properties as the previous owner, and... Read More »