• REIT Acquires Two Class-A Assets

    The team at Newmark handled the sale of two Class-A seniors housing assets in Arkansas and Texas. The Rogers community in Northwest Arkansas was built in 2023 with 221 total units, comprising 26 cottages, 109 independent living units, 56 assisted living units and 30 memory care units. The Burleson, Texas, community also opened in 2023 and... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes Inaugural North Dakota Deal

    Ryan Kelly, Steve Thomes, Connor Doherty and Kory Buzin of Blueprint arranged the sale of a 75-bed skilled nursing facility in central North Dakota. At the time of marketing, the facility was generating positive cash flow despite operating at only 50% occupancy, highlighting a compelling opportunity for an incoming operator to drive census growth... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Refinancing

    Grace Hill Capital served as exclusive financial advisor and placement agent on a refinance for a seniors housing community in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. A regional operator/borrower received the $10.33 million five-year loan with a fixed rate and one year of interest only. It was structured as a delayed draw term facility at 70%... Read More »
  • Walker & Dunlop Arranges Construction Funding

    Walker & Dunlop, Inc. arranged $40.52 million in debt and equity for the construction of The Highlands, a 137-unit affordable development for seniors in Hyattsville, Maryland. PJ McDevitt, managing director of W&D Affordable Debt, arranged the debt, and Macy Kisilinsky, senior managing director of W&D Affordable Equity, arranged the... Read More »
  • Class-A Communities Secure Bridge Financing

    BWE arranged a $52 million bridge loan for a portfolio of Class-A independent living, assisted living and memory care communities located across the Atlanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan areas. Ryan Stoll, National Director of Seniors Housing and Care at BWE, and Taylor Mokris, Senior Vice President of Seniors Housing and... Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Group Handles Two Deals

Knapp-Stahler Group Handles Two Deals

The Knapp-Stahler Seniors Housing Group of Marcus & Millichap announced a couple of seniors housing sales, led by Jim and Justin Knapp. Jim first sold a CCRC in Waterville, Maine for $10.2 million, or $69,400 per bed. Located on an entire city block, the campus includes a 111-bed skilled nursing facility plus 27 assisted living/memory care beds and nine independent living units. It was originally built in 1922 and renovated in 1970 and 1995. Five years ago, it was acquired by a regional not-for-profit. Occupancy has consistently been above 90% for all levels of care, and revenues were just below $13.8 million, so the unidentified new owner is coming into a strong operation. They used... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Arranges Refinancing for Arizona Portfolio

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Refinancing for Arizona Portfolio

Marcus & Millichap pulled double duty for a Tucson, Arizona-area owner for several of its assisted living communities, arranging a refinance for their existing AL/memory care portfolio in the area and acquisition financing for two others. Representing a limited liability company and seniors housing operator, Volt Migrino and Alex Snyder of Marcus & Millichap worked on deal, which resulted in total consideration of $4.61 million, for a loan-to-value of 125%. Part of the proceeds will help fund working capital needs at the properties. Both acquired communities feature 30 beds.   Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Arizona Deal

Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Arizona Deal

Nick Stahler and Hap Knowles of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold a memory care community in an attractive submarket of Scottsdale, Arizona at the end of June. The deal is the first of the newly formed partnership between Mr. Stahler’s and Jim Knapp’s respective broker teams to create a truly national brokerage service. Mr. Stahler brings a focus on the West Coast, while Michigan-based Mr. Knapp will concentrate on East Coast deals, but we imagine the two teams will help each other out whenever needed too.   Back to the Scottsdale deal, a 1031 exchange buyer paid $5.1 million, or $127,500 per unit for the property, which was struggling at the time of the sale. Built in... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Sells in Southwest Kentucky

Marcus & Millichap Sells in Southwest Kentucky

The Knapp Group of Marcus & Millichap announced the sale of a 42-unit assisted living community in rural southwest Kentucky. Built in 2014 on over 10 acres, the community boasted occupancy around 90% and strong cash flow. It was previously a family-run business, but the Knapp Group secured a local buyer to take over both ownership and the operations of the property. Justin Knapp and Jeff Hollister, both based in M&M’s Detroit office, were the key advisors on the deal, which featured a purchase price of $8 million, or $190,500 per unit. Read More »
Reis Helps California Assisted Living Owner Exit the Business

Reis Helps California Assisted Living Owner Exit the Business

Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap recently sold a 45-unit assisted living community in Modesto, California, representing the single-asset owner/operator who was looking to exit the business. The seller developed the property in the 1980s, and has operated it ever since. Occupancy was 84%, and it was bringing in nearly $385,000 in NOI on approximately $1.5 million of revenues, for a 25% margin. Not bad for an older building, but it could still be improved. The buyer was Senior Living West, a growing investor/asset manager in seniors housing, which purchased the community utilizing a regional management organization, Cimino Care. They clearly didn’t want to waste any time starting, as the... Read More »