• LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

    LTC Properties released its 2025 fourth quarter results and 2026 guidance, and in it reiterated its shift toward its newly established SHOP segment. During the second quarter of the year, the company established the segment, marking its shift in focus from the skilled nursing sector. Later in Q2, it terminated its Anthem Memory Care triple-net... Read More »
  • Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

    Calaroga Terrace has traded hands, from a national owner/operator to a regional developer. The community sits is north of the Oregon Convention Center, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2016, the 15-story high rise is situated on just under one acre and features 181 independent living and 84 assisted living units. The... Read More »
  • New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

    Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

    Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior... Read More »
  • Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

    Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare... Read More »
CCRCs Are Not Dead, and Happy New Year

CCRCs Are Not Dead, and Happy New Year

Two recent CCRC sales prove the point that this market can thrive. You know one of my favorite refrains by now. CCRCs are not dead. And two recent transactions prove my point. At the end of December, David Reis and his Senior Care Development, together with their equity partner Fundamental Advisors, closed on the sale of The Clare in downtown Chicago. This 338 unit/bed CCRC opened during the Great Recession and was forced to sell for 20 cents on the dollar with occupancy at 34%. Today, occupancy is at 98%, average entrance fees are back to $740,000, and they just sold it to LCS for about $320,000 per unit/bed. Talk about a great return on investment. LCS had been a minority investor and... Read More »
National Health Investors Announces Acquisitions

National Health Investors Announces Acquisitions

National Health Investors wasted no time in making news this 2020. The REIT first announced that it was the buyer in Evans Senior Investments’ latest deal in Minnesota. Built in 2011 next to a lake about 20 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul, the 48-unit assisted living/memory care community was previously owned by Coventry Senior Living and operated by Ebenezer. They left it in good shape, with occupancy around 90% and more than 80% of its census derived from private pay residents. In the trailing-12 months, it was also bringing in more than $660,000 in EBITDAR on more than $3.0 million of revenues, a healthy figure that also offers some room for improvement. NHI, with 41... Read More »
NHI Grows Its Colorado Portfolio

NHI Grows Its Colorado Portfolio

National Health Investors has added another property to its growing portfolio. Paying $7.6 million, or $149,000 per unit (including $100,000 of closing costs), the REIT acquired a 51-unit assisted living community in Pueblo, Colorado. Built in 1997 with an addition in 2008, the community was 96% occupied at the time of the sale. Cappella Living Solutions, which is owned by the not-for-profit Christian Living Communities and operates a portfolio of 26 communities, will take over the lease, under a 15-year term and an annual lease rate of 7.25%. The agreement included a CPI-based escalator with a floor of 2% beginning August 2020. NHI funded the deal with proceeds from its revolving credit... Read More »
NHI Expands Relationship with Senior Living Communities

NHI Expands Relationship with Senior Living Communities

Senior Living Communities (SLC) secured financing from National Health Investors to purchase and renovate a 248-unit CCRC in Columbia, South Carolina, bringing the REIT’s relationship with SLC to 11 properties with either a long-term lease or a mortgage loan. The $35 million, or $141,100 per unit, purchase price was funded by a draw on NHI’s revolving credit facility with a $32.7 million loan. It came with a five-year term and two one-year extension options at an interest rate of 7.25%. Originally built in 2000 and continuously expanded through 2014, the entrance fee community has 76 independent living homes, 60 IL units, 40 assisted living units, eight memory care units and a 64-bed... Read More »
NHI Provides Construction Financing for Wisconsin Development

NHI Provides Construction Financing for Wisconsin Development

A new assisted living/memory care community is being built in Oshkosh, Wisconsin thanks to a construction loan provided by National Health Investors. Totaling 66 beds, this development will be managed by 41 Management upon completion in about a year. 41 Management has been growing steadily since its founding in 2011, with a portfolio now numbering 28 communities throughout the Midwest, not including two other properties currently in development. This is NHI’s first deal with the operator. The $10.8 million loan comes with a five-year term and annual interest rate of 8.5%, plus two one-year renewal options. Funding of the construction will also be provided by periodic draws on NHI’s... Read More »