• The Saga of Genesis HealthCare Continues

    Genesis HealthCare was once one of the largest and most successful skilled nursing companies. But it grew too quickly, made some bad investments over the years (did we mention the billion-dollar merger with The MultiCare Companies?), and it always played the leverage game, whether with leases or debt, and usually both. Last summer, it filed for... Read More »
  • Blue Moon/StepStone Finalize Large Recapitalization

    Blue Moon Capital Partners completed a large recapitalization of five seniors housing communities that it developed over the years and were the last remaining assets within its fund, Blue Moon Senior Housing I. CBRE National Senior Housing acted as transaction advisor in the recap and arranged acquisition financing for the deal. StepStone Real... Read More »
  • Evans Closes Another High-Priced SNF Sale in NV

    Just a month after selling a skilled nursing facility in Nevada for the highest per-bed value ever seen in the state, Evans Senior Investments returned to sell another facility in the Las Vegas MSA for the second-highest per-bed price. That is some momentum. Little was disclosed on the deal, but the 1970s-built facility has approximately 150... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Communities Secure Refinances

    Berkadia recently refinanced Allegro Parkland, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Parkland, Florida. A joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management and Allegro Senior Living was the borrower. The community opened in March 2020 (perhaps not the best timing) and features 61 independent living, 88 assisted... Read More »
  • PACS Group Expands in Four States

    After Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced the sale of three assets in Soldotna and Kenai, Alaska, and Caldwell, Idaho, PACS Group announced its addition of three seniors housing communities in the same locations. The Utah-based provider purchased the real estate and operations of the Alaska properties, and closed on a lease option for... Read More »
Two Utah Assisted Living Communities Sell

Two Utah Assisted Living Communities Sell

Paying $26.5 million, or $236,500 per unit, a real estate investment firm acquired two assisted living communities in southern Utah. Under “The Retreat” brand, these communities are both located in the town of St. George (in Washington County). Built in 2012, The Retreat at SunRiver has 48 units (36 assisted living and 12 memory care) on 1.72 acres, and the 64-unit Retreat at Sunbrook (50 AL and 14 MC units) sits on 2.38 acres and features unique amenities such as a putting green, bocce ball court and water landscaping. Occupancy exceeded 90% at both communities, and the operating margin was above 40% throughout the transaction period. Meridian Senior Living will lease the communities from... Read More »
Acquiring in the Acela Corridor

Acquiring in the Acela Corridor

As we are about to travel from the New York City area to Washington, D.C. for the upcoming NIC Fall Conference, we must take note of two teams that did that trek probably a number of times recently. Grandbridge Real Estate Capital provided through its proprietary lending platform, BB&T Real Estate Funding, a $43.5 million non-recourse acquisition/bridge loan for a joint venture between Blue Vista Capital Management and Meridian Senior Living. Owned by Holladay Corp., a D.C.-based real estate developer/owner, the targets included an 88-unit assisted living/independent living/respite care community built in 1976 in Yorktown Heights, New York and a 131-unit (147 units post-renovation)... 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 »

Berkadia secures $93 million in financing

We wrote last month of ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager’s purchase of 14 senior living properties with 1,038 units from a joint venture between Iron Point Partners and Meridian Senior Living for an undisclosed price. The portfolio was mostly assisted living (719 units), with 208 memory care units and 111 independent living units as well. To fund the acquisition, ROC turned to Berkadia to arrange an $84 million, three-year floating-rate loan through BBVA Compass Bank. Berkadia also contributed $20 million of the overall financing through its Proprietary Bridge Lending Platform. In addition, earlier this year ROC purchased a 76-unit assisted living and memory care community in Canton, Ohio,... Read More »

ROC’s busy 2015

It’s been a busy 2015 for ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager, which is part of Salt Lake City-based Bridge Investment Group Advisors. So far this year, ROC has acquired 21 senior living communities in nine different states, totaling 2,247 units, coming on the heels of a 14-property, $230 million-deal announced in September 2014. Not all of the 2015 transactions had revealed prices, but the price per units ranged from $77,700 per unit for a 345-unit senior living community in Glendale, Arizona, up to $246,700 per unit for a portfolio of 4 assisted living communities in Texas. The most recent transaction, announced last week, was the purchase of 14 senior living properties (with 1,038 units of... Read More »