• Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

    Clarion Partners, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. acquired Vitality Living Franklin, a 126-unit seniors housing community in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville MSA). The community was built in 2014, renovated in 2023 and faced little new competition in the area. It was... Read More »
  • Regional Buyer Acquires Community Adjacent to Its SNF

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham recently sold a 42-unit assisted living community in Cashmere, Washington, near Wenatchee in the central part of the state. Epledalen Assisted Living was built in 1999 and was fully occupied, but its local owner/operator wished to exit the industry.... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties and Discovery Buy Large Portfolio

    In an off-market deal, National Healthcare Properties acquired a portfolio of 13 seniors housing communities in eight states through a joint venture with Discovery Senior Living. The new SHOP assets total 592 units of assisted living and will be placed under a RIDEA structure with Discovery, which has been managing and will continue to manage the... Read More »
  • Debtor Sells SNF at Auction

    Blueprint was engaged by the debtor and approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Eastern New York District to sell the real estate of a skilled nursing facility outside of Yakima, Washington. Arcadia Medical Resort of Parkside was built in 1972 and is licensed for 88 beds, providing long-term care, rehabilitation and therapy services. It is set... Read More »
  • Dwight Capital Buys HUD Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio

    Dwight Capital acquired Midland States Bank’s seniors housing HUD mortgage servicing rights portfolio, which includes loans secured by skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and hospitals. The portfolio totals over $500 million in unpaid principal balance from 69 loans across 22 states. Now, following the acquisition, the loan... Read More »
MidCap Refinances Georgia Community

MidCap Refinances Georgia Community

MidCap Financial took out construction debt on a recently completed senior living community in Gainesville, Georgia with a new floating-rate mortgage. Owned by Manor Lake Development LLC, the community opened in 2019 with 88 assisted living and memory care units. It features studio, one-bedroom and companion suites ranging from 421 to 558 square feet. Residents can also receive rehabilitation services, instructor-led daily exercise, concierge services and more. The property leased up quickly under management by Manor Lake.  JLL Capital Markets’ Joel Mendes and Trent Niederberger worked on behalf of the borrower to secure the $18.5 million loan from MidCap, which came with a floating... Read More »
MidCap Provides Liquidity for AlerisLife

MidCap Provides Liquidity for AlerisLife

MidCap Financial announced that it recently closed financing for AlerisLife (formerly Five Star Senior Living). The $95 million floating rate first mortgage loan is secured by 14 high-quality senior living communities totaling 1,477 units in the Southeast, Midwest, and Northeast. The communities are all owned by AlerisLife and operated by their Five Star Senior Living brand. MidCap’s loan enhances AlerisLife’s liquidity position and provides funds for capital improvements across the portfolio.  Read More »
MidCap Closes Acquisition Loan for Community in Georgia

MidCap Closes Acquisition Loan for Community in Georgia

MidCap Financial announced the closing of an acquisition loan for a 92-unit assisted living/memory care community on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. We learned of the deal at the end of September when Newmark disclosed its involvement as the broker representing the seller, a joint venture between AIG Global Real Estate and Thrive Senior Living (also the operator) that had originally developed the property in 2015. Occupancy had fluctuated between 50% and 70% in the last several years, with some key employee turnover prior to COVID contributing to the sub-par census. Winterpast Capital Partners, its affiliate Vitality Living and Broadview Real Estate Partners acquired the property, with... Read More »
MidCap Financial Closes Acquisition Debt For Healthpeak

MidCap Financial Closes Acquisition Debt For Healthpeak

MidCap Financial closed acquisition debt for another Healthpeak divestiture. Announced in May, the REIT sold five of its SHOP communities that were operated by Florida-based Sonata Senior Living. All five communities are in Florida, with locations in Delray Beach (80 units), Boynton Beach (92), Boca Raton (74), Coconut Creek (94) and Vero Beach (104). There was a total of 328 assisted living, 107 memory care and nine independent living units, and the communities averaged around 20 years in age. However, the properties were well maintained, and Healthpeak Properties had invested over $13 million of capex in the past four years.  Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group paid $64... Read More »
Kentucky Community Receives Fannie Mae Refinance

Kentucky Community Receives Fannie Mae Refinance

MidCap Financial, through its correspondent relationship with Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital was able to close a Fannie Mae refinance of a 167-unit senior living community in Lexington, Kentucky. The deal closed in mid-March before huge swaths of the country had been shut down but still a difficult time to get transactions across the finish line.  At the end of 2018, the borrower, Atlas Senior Living, had acquired the community as part of a purchase option from DMK Development. Before that, Atlas had leased and operated the $26 million development, which was nearly stabilized at the time of the sale. Opened in August 2017, it features 114 independent living, 38 assisted living... Read More »