• 60 Seconds with Swett: Getting Realistic with New Development

    The positive mood at the NIC Fall Conference was contagious, as dealmakers were looking forward to a potential record-breaking fourth quarter. We at LevinPro are also gearing up to cover a new elevated level of M&A activity and pricing in the coming months, with our updated valuation tool better accounting for today’s market and the estimated... Read More »
  • NHC Responds to NHI

    National Healthcare Corporation, the tenant of 32 of National Health Investor’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living communities, is disputing NHI’s determination of default after the landlord formally notified the operator that it was in default and must cure the default within 30 days to avoid an Event of... Read More »
  • REIT Acquires High-Quality Continuum of Care Community

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Jasper, Georgia. Built in 2022, The Lodge at Stephens Lake includes 83 units of independent living cottages, assisted living and memory care. It is adjacent to a large active adult development and benefits from significant planned residential and commercial growth. At the... Read More »
  • Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

    A Class-A, well performing property outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, traded to a joint venture between Legend Senior Living and a new capital partner. Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart of Blueprint handled the transaction. Legend previously operated The Vero at Bethlehem, which opened in July 2023 and stabilized within 18 months. At the time of... Read More »
  • CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

    Capital Funding Group financed more than $86 million across six transactions from early to mid-August. The transactions supported two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities, and one psychiatric hospital in Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers, one of which is a... 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 »