• Eight Wisconsin Senior Care Assets Sell in Four Deals

    Senior Care Realty had an active October, with a handful of deals closed by Chad Wegner and Bob Richards. The four transactions involved senior care assets spread throughout Wisconsin. In one of the transactions, Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty sold four assisted living and memory care communities across two campuses in Wisconsin. The... Read More »
  • Public REIT Offloads SNFs Following Lease Non-Renewal

    Blueprint started the fourth quarter well after selling a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Florida, California and Virginia, on behalf of a public REIT. The existing tenant elected not to renew its master lease, prompting the portfolio divesture. The first closing was completed in Florida for two high-quality SNFs. The two facilities... Read More »
  • Senior Care Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

    Dan Mahoney and Dillon Rudy of Blueprint were engaged by a Louisiana-based not-for-profit owner/operator to market a 40-unit assisted living community in the Inland Northwest region of Idaho. The property maintained a steady resident base and in-place HUD financing. The organization was divesting because the asset no longer geographically aligned... Read More »
  • Developer Divests to Capital Group

    A Class-A seniors housing community near Wichita, Kansas, found a new owner thanks to Evans Senior Investments. The seller developed the community in 2014 and has operated it since then. There are 101 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was consistent around 90%, and the operating margin was in the high-20s,... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Finances Arizona Community

    Marcus & Millichap arranged $22 million in financing for The Springs of Scottsdale, a 143-unit independent living community in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Winterowd secured the financing with a national life insurance company on behalf of Stellar Senior Living. The sponsor secured a five-year loan at 60% loan-to-value, with a competitive interest... Read More »
Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies, an apartment and affordable housing real estate investment firm, has been on an acquisition roll lately in the low-income senior apartments sector. The company followed up its acquisition of a large senior apartment building in Chesapeake, Virginia with the purchase of another community located up the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Built in 1982, the community’s 169 units are supported by Section 8 Housing Assisted Payment (HAP) contracts. Standard paid roughly $28 million, or $165,700 per unit, for the property and plans to spend an additional $10 million to renovate it. The project will update the residents’ units, upgrade the common areas and amenity spaces,... Read More »
NorthMarq Refinances Merrill Gardens Community

NorthMarq Refinances Merrill Gardens Community

A Merrill Gardens-operated senior living community in Rancho Cucamonga, California just refinanced its debt with a $31 million loan arranged by Stuart Oswald and Gordon Mickelson of NorthMarq. Owned by a joint venture between Merrill Gardens and AEW Capital Management, the three-year old community features 112 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care.  A life insurance company provided the debt, which came with a five-year term and 30-year amortization. NorthMarq structured the loan prior to stabilization, but the community was approaching that level upon closing.  Read More »
Northmarq Refinances Washington State Seniors Housing

Northmarq Refinances Washington State Seniors Housing

Northmarq’s Stuart Oswald, senior vice president and managing director of the firm’s Seattle office, arranged a $35 million refinance of a 136-unit senior living community in Tacoma, Washington. Built in phases from the 1980s to the 1990s, the community provides independent living, assisted living and memory care services in a combination of 61 studios, 33 one-bedroom units, five two-bedroom units and 37 units dedicated to memory care. A family has owned and operated it since opening, with the third generation now in charge, and operations have been consistently strong, even during the pandemic. Occupancy was in the 90% range.  Northmarq originally refinanced the property... Read More »
NorthMarq Closes Southern California Transaction

NorthMarq Closes Southern California Transaction

NorthMarq’s Southern California-based investment sales team of Kyle Pinkalla and Shane Safer represented Shefflin Investments in its sale of a 151-unit active adult community in National City, California (San Diego MSA). Originally built in 1999, the three-story building features a mix of studio and one-bedroom units, plus one commercial site. Occupancy was 97% with rents ranging from $1,075 to $1,250 per month. Part of its appeal comes from the property’s location near both Scripps Mercy Hospital and Paradise Valley Hospital, in addition to shopping areas and entertainment. Messrs. Pinkalla and Shafer arranged the property’s sale to Lincoln Avenue Capital, LLC, a leading investor in... Read More »
NorthMarq Finances New York Community

NorthMarq Finances New York Community

The owner of a seniors housing community in Mount Vernon, New York (Westchester County) just refinanced and cashed out of the property with the help of NorthMarq. Built in 2005, the 20-unit community was fully occupied. Robert Ranieri, senior vice president and managing director of NorthMarq’s White Plains office arranged an $800,000 loan through The Westchester Bank that allowed the borrower to realize his long-term equity in the property. The loan came with a seven-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Read More »