• 60 Seconds with Swett: Navigating the Next Five Years in Seniors Housing M&A

    Are we entering the golden age of seniors housing? Next year, the first baby boomers will start turning 80, and with the current lack of new construction, occupancy rates are already rising before the real demographic wave hits. Many investors, both veterans and those new to our space, will feel pressure to grow their seniors housing holdings to... Read More »
  • Blackstone Sheds Another Asset from Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint handled a couple of sales in Florida and Nevada. The first in Florida involved a global private equity firm selling a 145-unit assisted living and memory care community in Boca Raton, Florida. Ben Firestone, Dillon Rudy and Jacob Ghel of Blueprint facilitated The Atrium at Boca Raton’s ownership transfer. The community presented certain... Read More »
  • CareTrust REIT Establishes SHOP Platform

    Three Texas seniors housing communities with 270 assisted living and memory care units were acquired by CareTrust REIT, Inc. The publicly traded REIT purchased the communities for $40 million, or $148,100 per unit. This marks the first investment of CareTrust’s SHOP platform. The communities were 86% occupied at the time of acquisition and will... Read More »
  • Ensign Grows Through Separate Transactions in Three States

    The Ensign Group, Inc. increased its portfolio through three separate acquisitions in Kansas, Arizona and Colorado. The publicly traded provider expanded its growing Midwest footprint through its Kansas acquisition of the real estate and operations of Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas... Read More »
  • Developer/Operator Divests to PE Firm

    A developer and operator sold Rivertown Ridge, a Class-A seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, Michigan, to a private equity firm. This community, built in 2020, features 152 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, and has exhibited strong performance.  The seller, Redstone Homes, was... Read More »
Tucson Senior Community Sells

Tucson Senior Community Sells

An active adult community in Tucson, Arizona found a new owner thanks to Alex Snyder, Hamid Panahi and Lane Schwartz of Marcus & Millichap’s Tucson and West Los Angeles offices. The team represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the deal. Built in 1963, Coronado Vista Courtyard features 40 units and 21,600 total square feet. It sold to a private investor (procured by the M&M team) for $3.2 million, or $80,000 per unit. No other details were disclosed.  Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Facilitates Virginia Acquisition

Marcus & Millichap Facilitates Virginia Acquisition

English Meadows Senior Living, a Mid-Atlantic owner/operator of 11 communities, added another community to its Virginia portfolio with the purchase of White Oaks at Williamsburg. Built in 2015 and opened in early 2017, the 48-unit memory care community is located in Williamsburg. It features three buildings with 16 units in each. Phoenix, Arizona-based New Dawn Assisted Living was the original developer of this property (plus another in Richmond) but filed for bankruptcy protection before finishing either project.   A private investor with a seniors housing portfolio in the Midwest had purchased the Williamsburg project in 2016 for $7.5 million and finished construction soon... Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Sale in Northern California

Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Sale in Northern California

Nick Stahler and Justin Knapp of Marcus & Millichap’s Knapp-Stahler Group recently closed the sale of a 57-unit assisted living/memory care community in rural Northern California. The community struggled through the pandemic, like many other senior care businesses, but it also found itself in a declining demographic market before the pandemic.   Owned by a public REIT, the community was leased by a regional operator from its inception. A seasoned regional owner/operator bought it and has plans to complete significant capital upgrades and expand the property with affordable housing units.  Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Handles Two Transactions in Wisconsin

Marcus & Millichap Handles Two Transactions in Wisconsin

Two small but stabilized senior care facilities in Wisconsin sold to out-of-state buyers. Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap handled both transactions. The larger property is a 50-bed skilled nursing facility in the rural town of Shell Lake. Built in 1985 with an addition in 1994, it was 86% occupied with an almost 20% Medicare census. Helping the facility is the fact that it is the only SNF in town and is located next to a hospital. An out-of-state partnership sold the facility for $1.5 million, or $30,000 per bed, at a roughly 12.0% cap rate based on recent trailing financials.  Mr. Giannini followed that up with the sale of a 16-unit assisted living community in Kenosha (Chicago... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Arranges Construction Financing in Iowa

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Construction Financing in Iowa

A new seniors housing development is getting off the ground in Davenport, Iowa thanks in part to construction financing arranged by Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation. Frank Montalto, vice president of capital markets in M&M’s Chicago office, and Dean Giannakopoulos, senior vice president of capital markets, secured the debt, which totaled $20.25 million. At 75% loan-to-value, that puts the cost of the development at $27 million, or $255,000 per unit.   The loan comes with a five-year term and an attractive 3.75% interest rate. When completed, Meadowview of Davenport will include 106 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care.  Read More »