• Ensign Acquires Iowa Skilled Nursing Facility

    Nick Cacciabando and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped an industry veteran in Iowa sell his last solely-owned senior care facility, finding a publicly traded buyer in the process. The facility in question was Crystal Heights Care Center, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Oskaloosa, Iowa, about one hour southeast of Des... Read More »
  • Investor Group Enters the Seniors Sector Through Idaho Purchase

    An assisted living/memory care community in Twin Falls, Idaho, traded with the help of Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The campus opened in 1989 with an eight-unit building, and added two 15-unit buildings in 2009 and 2015, respectively. Some units were added to each building in 2023 and 2024, and... Read More »
  • Value-Add Owner/Operator Grows in Texas

    Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint got a seniors housing deal across the finish line in Odessa, Texas. Built in 2013 as part of an expansion to an adjacent CCRC, the building has 67 assisted living and memory care units. It had gone through multiple operator changes over the years. The deal was marketed as an... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Its Only Out-Of-State Asset

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the successful sale of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Built in 1987, the facility was developed by an Ohio-based operator as part of a broader growth initiative. Its occupancy rate was consistently strong, often exceeding 95%. It was the seller’s only out-of-state asset, leading... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Adds to Its Seniors Housing Footprint 

    Foundry Commercial and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group acquired the RoseWood Village Assisted Living and Memory Care communities in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two communities, RoseWood Village at Greenbrier and RoseWood Village at Hollymead, will be operated by Foundry Commercial’s management company, Allegro Living,... Read More »
Capital Health Group Kicks Off Northeast Strategy

Capital Health Group Kicks Off Northeast Strategy

Nearly a decade on from its last New England acquisition, Capital Health Group added three senior living communities in Rhode Island to its portfolio. The private equity firm has big plans for the properties, expecting to reposition them through $14.9 million in extensive renovations and a change to the programming mix to better meet market demand. Totaling 371 units and 385 beds, the communities currently offer independent living, assisted living and memory care units at locations in East Greenwich, Johnston and Riverside. Capital Health Group’s affiliated management company, Milestone Retirement Communities, will take over operations and oversee the repositioning project. This deal... Read More »
KeyBank and Capital Health Group Team For Success

KeyBank and Capital Health Group Team For Success

KeyBank Real Estate Capital pulled doubly duty for its client, Capital Health Group (CHG), in arranging an acquisition loan to fund the company’s purchase of three senior living communities in southeastern Pennsylvania, and then turning around to refinance the loan through multiple Fannie Mae financings. This is not the first we have heard of CHG’s most recent acquisition. Announced in January, the sale of the Keystone Villa Portfolio was arranged by Toby Siefert, Brad Clousing and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The three properties, located between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, were developed by the selling entity, a group of local operators in Pennsylvania looking to... Read More »
The Keys to Success

The Keys to Success

At a time when seniors housing values are still around a record-high (averaging nearly $200,000 per unit for assisted living and over $230,000 per unit for independent living in the four quarters ended September 30, 2016), a group of local operators in Pennsylvania is exiting the market. Of course, owning four recently built, well performing assets helps with capitalizing on value. Developed by the selling group, the Keystone Villa Portfolio is located across three campuses between Harrisburg and Philadelphia and features 509 total units. The Douglassville location was built in two phases in 2004 and 2008 as a 123-unit independent living community, but has since added in 2009 and 2013, 124... Read More »
Freddie and the Queen

Freddie and the Queen

HFF recently announced the closing of a sale that we reported on in the January issue of The SeniorCare Investor (but didn’t have full details). The acquired 93-unit assisted living/memory care community is located in the Upper Queen Anne neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, and sold for $36.25 million, or $390,200 per unit, to Washington D.C.-based Capitol Seniors Housing. The community was originally built in 1908 and 1927, but was purchased by the seller in 2007 for $17.2 million, and underwent an extensive $6 million renovation that also included converting two floors from assisted living to memory care. Milestone Retirement Communities managed the property, which was 96% occupied. In... Read More »
Seattle sale

Seattle sale

Capitol Seniors Housing’s second investment in the Seattle MSA was financed with the help of Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing, who arranged a $20.12 million non-recourse, floating rate loan with a five-year term and 36-months of interest-only, provided by a national bank. The acquired community is located in the town of Mukilteo, Washington and features 107 units of about half independent and half assisted living. It was built in phases in 2000 and 2004, and occupancy has been between 86% and 90% in 2015. On a trailing-12 month basis, the community generated about $2 million of EBITDA on approximately $4.8 million of revenues, for an operating margin of 42%. Capitol Seniors... Read More »