• Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

    A portfolio of Class-A seniors housing communities sold in the Southeast to an undisclosed publicly traded REIT. Featuring six assets in Georgia and South Carolina, the portfolio totaled 156 independent living, 200 assisted living and 70 memory care units. The communities were built between 2017 and 2022 by a Southeast-based developer. Occupancy... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ocala AL Community

    The third and final asset in the Hampton Manor portfolio has sold with the help of Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Hampton Manor Deerwood in Ocala, Florida, was built in 2005 and expanded in 2016 to now feature 61 units of assisted living. The property is stabilized, so the new owner can hit the ground... Read More »
  • Second Generation Operator Divests SNF Portfolio to PE Firm

    A Northeast-based private equity firm engaged Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate in its plan to enter a new state. The firm has an existing skilled nursing footprint, and had specific acquisition criteria, which narrowed the focus down to a few potential targets.  The company ultimately acquired a five-facility, 506-bed skilled... Read More »
  • CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

    CIBC has been hard at work this Spring, successfully closing several acquisition financings for senior care clients across the country. The largest was a $51.5 million term loan that supported the purchase of four skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 586 beds. Historical performance trended positively over the last two years across the... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

    National Healthcare Properties, Inc. launched its public offering of 38.5 million shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share, and the company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to... Read More »
People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank has been on a roll lately. After closing around $445 million in loans across 48 separate transactions in 2019, including eight loans and $132.5 million in volume in the fourth quarter, the bank kept the activity going with a late January refinance closed on behalf of its client, a joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living, the operator’s equity partner, Kuwait Finance House, and Broadshore Capital. Located in Bedford, New Hampshire and featuring 54 memory care units, with 85 beds, the community received a $23.7 million senior mortgage, with a five-year term and 30 years of amortization. This was People’s first transaction with Benchmark since Matt Huber and Ginger... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

A 195-unit senior living community still in lease-up just refinanced its construction debt with the help of its advisors: Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of the Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets team. A partnership between Pike Senior Housing Partners and operator Solvere Senior Living developed the community in Hamilton, New Jersey, about 11 miles from Princeton, at a cost of $59.1 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. They opened the independent living units first, in November 2017, and followed that up with the licensed assisted living and memory care units in April 2018. Rents begin at $2,800 for IL, $3,950 for AL and $5,600 for MC. Occupancy is... Read More »
Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living has partnered again with Eastridge Pacific Holdings, LLC (EPH), this time buying three senior living communities in California from HCP, Inc. that had been leased to Brookdale Senior Living. The 205 units (210 beds) offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The purchase price was $15.7 million, or $76,585 per unit, and came with an approximate cap rate of 8.0%. Mike Garbers, formerly of Greystone and now with JLL, represented the seller, and MidCap Financial provided the mortgage financing. Eastridge Pacific entered the senior living industry in 2016 as an equity partner in Kalakaua Gardens, a 17-story community in Honolulu with 216 beds. It... Read More »
Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Having just undergone a renovation and a rebranding, an assisted living/memory care community in Dallas, Texas obtained a first mortgage loan, courtesy of MidCap Financial. The borrower for the $6.25 million floating-rate loan was a joint venture between private equity firm Artemis Real Estate Partners and Fort Worth-based operator Civitas Senior Living. Read More »
MidCap Making Moves

MidCap Making Moves

More than a year after opening a 167-unit senior living community in Lexington, Kentucky, Atlas Senior Living executed on a purchase option for the property thanks to a $35 million floating-rate loan provided by MidCap Financial. David Sharp, working out of MidCap’s Chicago office, arranged the short-term loan and expects to take it to agency after a seasoning period. The purpose-built community is already near stabilization after opening in August 2017. Atlas had leased it from the developer/owner, DMK Development, which built the community for approximately $26 million, or $155,700 per unit. With the financing, Atlas received working capital for the continued stabilization and will be... Read More »