• Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with... Read More »
  • Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

    A Missouri-based real estate developer engaged Blueprint to facilitate its membership buyout of a joint venture partner. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Four years ago, the firm was brought on to raise capital, ultimately sourcing an institutional capital partner to develop a private pay seniors housing... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Previewing Our Capital Markets Conversation

    We know that the capital markets have made the biggest impact on M&A activity and property valuations in the last several years, changing the size of possible deals, the makeup of the properties sold and the buyers that could actually buy. Now that the capital markets have substantially improved and are getting better, barring a sudden and... Read More »
  • Seller Exits Seniors Industry with Divestment to REIT

    A single-asset seniors housing owner is exiting the industry with the sale of their property in Murrieta, California. Built in 2016 and 2018, Renaissance Village Murrieta has 142 units of assisted living and memory care in three stories. It was operating just below 70% occupancy, so there is plenty of room for a new owner to improve performance... Read More »
  • Deal Closes Following Buyer Withdrawals

    After a long process that saw multiple buyers pull out from the deal, the sale of Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, New York, has closed with the help of Mark Myers at Kiser Group. Owned by a religious not-for-profit organization, The New Jewish Home, the facility features 301 beds and was losing money. Myers had previously... Read More »
Omega Healthcare Investors Announces Development in D.C.

Omega Healthcare Investors Announces Development in D.C.

In its third quarter earnings report, Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) revealed a $68 million property purchase in Washington, D.C. for a major seniors housing development. The existing 173,932-square-foot building was previously home to The Fairfax Embassy Row, a historic hotel that will now become a luxury 174-unit assisted living community called Inspir Embassy Row. OHI has entered into a single-facility lease for the property with Maplewood Senior Living through August 2045, which will be its second Inspir location after first opening a community in New York City. But this also represents Maplewood’s entry into the Washington, D.C. market. Substantial construction of the community is... Read More »
OHI Sells Two Michigan Properties

OHI Sells Two Michigan Properties

Omega Healthcare Investors divested a couple of small assisted living communities in the state of Michigan, hiring Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to handle the sale. Built in the late 1980s and 1990s with renovations in the early 2000s, the communities are located in Marshall and Mt. Pleasant, operating under the Maplewood brand by Laurel Health Care. They were well maintained with occupancy surpassing 95% prior to the pandemic. Laurel decided to exit its only assisted living communities in order to focus on its skilled nursing business, prompting the exit. Several in-state operators submitted competitive offers but an entrepreneur with a... Read More »
H2C Secures Loan For Florida SNF Acquisition

H2C Secures Loan For Florida SNF Acquisition

Matthew Tarpley and Mitch Levine of H2C Securities, Inc. (or Hammond Hanlon Camp) has secured an $8.25 million loan for Mainstay Senior Living to acquire a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Lakeland, Florida. The one-year, interest-only loan came with a rate of 4.125%.  Built in the 1990s, the facility was delicensed by the state in 2017 but was allowed to reopen in early 2020 to accommodate COVID-19 residents. The operator received a new license to operate, however, its publicly-traded REIT owner (revealed to be Omega Healthcare Investors based on a web search) decided to sell, since the asset was nearly vacant once the initial COVID wave subsided. The facility is located adjacent to an... Read More »
Omega Health Investors Makes M&A Moves In Q1

Omega Health Investors Makes M&A Moves In Q1

On May 6, Omega Healthcare Investors released their first quarter earnings report, and it was a period of major acquisition activity and balance sheet improvements that position the REIT well for the recovery that is surely coming soon in senior care. In the first quarter, Omega closed nearly $600 million of acquisitions and $16.8 million in capital renovations and new construction projects.   The largest deal by far was its $511.3 million acquisition of 24 senior living communities from Healthpeak Properties, which closed in January. The acquisition included the assumption of an in-place master lease with Brookdale Senior Living that provides for 2021 contractual rent of $43.5... Read More »
Healthpeak Properties Completes More Sales

Healthpeak Properties Completes More Sales

As the healthcare REITs start their quarterly reporting season, of course all eyes will be on the occupancy trend, which for most of them will not be so great. But one aspect about what is happening, and often little noticed, is that the news is showing that the demand for seniors housing assets is still quite strong, pandemic be damned.   Obviously, Healthpeak Properties would rather not be selling off its seniors housing portfolios, especially if they had been performing well, since in years past they provided the highest yield to support the REIT’s dividend and growth. But performance had suffered, and the decision was made to sell. No one is crying for them,... Read More »