• 60 Seconds with Swett: October Smashes M&A Record

    We were predicting a record-breaking end to the year in terms of M&A activity, but we are not sure we expected a 100+ deal month, with 110 transactions and counting. Just to put that in perspective, the previous record for any month was 77 deals in October of last year, and only four months had previously broken the 70-deal barrier. So this... Read More »
  • Newmark Ends October with Portfolio Closings

    Newmark announced a flurry of transactions at the end of October involving various institutional firms. The largest was a portfolio of seniors housing communities in the Northeast known as “Stars and Stripes.” Word on the street is that the portfolio sold for north of $800 million, and that a sub-portfolio was valued at more than $1 million per... Read More »
  • Stacked Stone Acquires Missouri Portfolio

    Stacked Stone Ventures announced the purchase of a seven-community assisted living/memory care portfolio in Missouri for $71 million, or $212,600 per unit. Totaling 334 units and 405 beds, the Oak Pointe portfolio was developed between 2015 and 2020 by an investor group called ClearPath Senior Housing, which included Jeff Binder of Senior Living... Read More »
  • Blueprint Sells Georgia Community to LTC Properties

    LTC Properties divested seven skilled nursing facilities through two separate deals for $122 million in October. In those transaction announcements, the publicly traded REIT noted that it intended to redeploy proceeds for the acquisition of newer, stabilized SHOP assets. It looks like that’s what the publicly traded REIT did in Georgia at the... Read More »
  • MIG Announces Two Closings

    Montgomery Intermediary Group announced a couple of transactions at the end of October. First, Andrew Montgomery sold a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in southern Illinois in a value-add deal. Built in the 1960s and 1970s, the facility had a roughly 50% Medicaid census, with between 30% and 35% private pay and 5% to 10% Medicare. It was losing... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Sources Financing for Monterey Community

Monarch Advisors Sources Financing for Monterey Community

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors continues his Spring activity with the closing of a bank refinance for a small assisted living community in Monterey, California. Featuring 33 beds in 20 units, the community is owned by Songbird Care Homes, a locally-based family owner/operator. Built in 1992, it typically operates at full capacity.   There was both SBA debt and a seller note on the property, and the borrower wished to reduce its debt service costs. So, to refinance the company’s debt and provide additional growth capital, Mr. Blanc sourced a $4.6 million senior loan from a local bank. It came with a seven-year term and competitive fixed interest rate. Proceeds from the loan will provide... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Secures Revolving Line of Credit

Monarch Advisors Secures Revolving Line of Credit

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors closed a revolving line of credit for the operator of five skilled nursing facilities in southern Illinois, the purpose being to fund working capital costs across the portfolio. The borrower is based in Chicago and has operated the buildings for more than 10 years. They total about 600 beds and tended to be older, more rural facilities.  Mr. Blanc secured a commitment from a national commercial finance company to provide a $2.75 million loan that allows advances up to 85% of the net collective value of accounts receivable. The non-recourse financing also came with a two-year, interest-only term and a floating rate.  Read More »
Northland Networks Funds Louisville-Area Construction Project

Northland Networks Funds Louisville-Area Construction Project

Northland Networks announced that it provided construction debt for a seniors housing project in an Indiana suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. We learned a couple of weeks ago of Monarch Advisors’ involvement in the deal, with Alec Blanc sourcing the loan. Denton Floyd Real Estate Group is responsible for developing the community, which is one of several senior living projects it has planned in the Louisville area. This community will feature 115 assisted living and 16 memory care units, all private pay. Rents are expected to range from $3,970 per month for one-bedroom units, $5,000 per month for two-bedroom units, and $5,138 per month for memory care.   Vitality Senior Services, an... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Finances Kansas SNF Acquisition

Monarch Advisors Finances Kansas SNF Acquisition

A local owner/operator purchased a small skilled nursing facility in rural Kansas with an acquisition loan in hand, secured by Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors. An active, national SBA lender provided the financing, which totaled $721,500 and came with a 25-year, fully amortizing term. It came with an interest rate of Prime + 2.25%, and there was also a five-year declining prepayment penalty.  Built in the 1950s, but well maintained, the 45-bed facility was around 86% occupied by the end of 2020. Given where national average census is for the industry, most operators would happily take that. Including working capital and closing costs, the buyer expects to spend around $800,000, or... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Finances Indiana Senior Living Development

Monarch Advisors Finances Indiana Senior Living Development

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors, the capital advisory affiliate of Senior Living Investment Brokerage, has closed construction financing for the development of a 130-unit senior living community in Jeffersonville, Indiana (Louisville MSA). Denton Floyd Real Estate Group broke ground on the project in December and has brought on Vitality Senior Services to manage it upon completion. They will provide a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care services for only private-pay residents. Rents are expected to range from $3,970 per month for one-bedroom units, $5,000 per month for two-bedroom units, and $5,138 per month for memory... Read More »