• Bullish Move by Welltower

    Welltower has been a growth and M&A machine under the leadership of Shankh Mitra. As of October 27, the REIT has closed or has under contract close to $14 billion of pro rata gross investments across the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom this year. These include more than 700 seniors housing properties with more than 46,000 units. Not too... Read More »
  • Welltower Shatters Single-Day Dollar Volume Record

    October was already on its way to setting records for M&A activity in the seniors housing and care industry before Welltower announced the most transaction dollar volume we have ever seen in a single day when it released its third quarter earnings. A couple of the largest portfolio acquisitions took place across the pond, but the REIT also... Read More »
  • South Carolina Portfolio Trades

    Newmark has hit a rich vein of activity, announcing several closings in the last few days. First, the team sold three communities across the Greenville, South Carolina, area on behalf of Atlas Senior Living. The communities were built between 2014 and 2016 and totaled 306 units, including 108 independent living, 144 assisted living and 54 memory... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes in Kentucky and Colorado

    Blueprint has been adding to our record-breaking October M&A haul, announcing a couple of closings in the last week. First, Kyle Hallion handled another sale in his home state of Kentucky, this time on behalf of a local family owner/operator with deep ties to this asset’s local market. The senior care facility features 64 skilled nursing beds... Read More »
  • Southern California Communities Get New Owner

    Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two seniors housing communities in Southern California. The transaction included an 84-unit assisted living and memory care community in the San Diego suburbs and a 72-unit memory care community in the Los Angeles suburbs. These were older vintage properties with some Medicaid census but were very strong... Read More »

Solana sets sights on San Francisco

A California real estate investment company growing its senior living portfolio recently added its third property, a 61-unit assisted living community in Castro Valley, California for $8 million, or $131,100 per unit, with a 9% cap rate. The Solana Company, which also specializes in acquiring hospitality properties, was founded by Steve Barklis and Gary Elam, both with decades of experience in sourcing, developing and asset managing commercial real estate investment properties. Earlier this year, Solana acquired a 72-unit independent/assisted living community in Sacramento, California for $6.85 million, or $120,100 per unit, in a joint venture with Brickstar Capital. The company also... Read More »

Historic deal in Washington State

The state of Washington saw its most expensive (on a per-unit basis) seniors housing transaction ever (according to our data going back to 1991), when a portfolio of three assisted living/memory care communities with 161 units sold for $58.5 million, or $363,000 per unit. The next closest deal value we have seen in Washington was the $298,600 per unit price for a portfolio of four assisted living communities bought by American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust back in June 2014. The Seattle properties were 84% occupied, and have the potential to expand their memory care programs. That is what the publicly traded REIT buyer plans to do at least, with the help of a national seniors housing... Read More »

Upside in Oregon

Dan Mahoney and Tony Cassie of Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of two assisted living/memory care communities in Oregon, both with operational upside. First, Focus Healthcare Partners saw potential in a 58-unit community in downtown Portland, which they snapped up for $10.8 million, or $186,200 per unit. Built in 2007, the community was the last acquisition of Sunwest Management and has been owned by a TIC of 17 different investors ever since who were all very hands off, hiring a management company in the area to operate (the buyer, in fact, uses the same manager for its buildings in Oregon and Washington). There were a small number of Medicaid residents in the building. By making... Read More »

Three high-priced acquisitions in PA

In a sale-manageback transaction, a non-traded REIT purchased three senior living communities with 328 total units in Pennsylvania from Heritage Senior Living for $87.5 million, or $266,800 per unit. Compared to the average price paid for AL/IL communities of $198,800 in the trailing-12 months ending Q1:2015 (according a supplemental report for the Senior Care Acquisition Report), this represents a significant premium. The properties, located in York, Bethlehem and Harleysville, Pennsylvania, offered independent living, assisted living and memory care services, and were well occupied at the time of the sale. Mark Myers of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »

Seven sales in North Carolina

Mike Pardoll of Marcus & Millichap burst out of the gate in July, arranging the sale of seven senior care properties (six assisted living and one skilled nursing facility) in North Carolina in three separate transactions, totaling almost $43 million. The first was the sale by a not-for-profit foundation of five assisted living properties with 300 units (there are 60 units at each) for $22.3 million, or about $74,300 per unit. Meridian Senior Living was the buyer. Second, a group of private investors sold their 60-unit assisted living community in Wadesboro, North Carolina to Meridian Senior Living for $4 million, or $66,700 per unit. Finally, Mr. Pardoll, together with Mark Myers also... Read More »