Portopiccolo Group Adds to Its Skilled Nursing Portfolio
The Portopiccolo Group has been one of the most active investors in the skilled nursing space in the last couple of years, with four acquisitions in 2019 and three in 2018. It looks like that growth is continuing in a big way into 2020, with the New Jersey-based private equity firm announcing the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina (2) and Maryland. The acquisition consisted of a total of 450 skilled nursing and 50 assisted living beds. It did not disclose a purchase price, but Oxford Finance secured a $64.6 million term loan and a revolving line of credit. This was the second transaction between Oxford and Portopiccolo, and it may not be the last. Just last... Read More »
Senior Housing Properties Trust Divests More Five Star SNFs
Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) continued its Five Star Senior Living (FVE) portfolio restructuring with the sale of 15 skilled nursing facilities in the Midwest. Mike Segal, Ben Firestone and Steve Thomes of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the transaction for SNH, which made a strategic decision to sell the entire portfolio in one deal to one buyer. The sale was part of SNH’s previously announced disposition plan to sell up to $900 million of assets in connection with the FVE restructuring. The portfolio consists of 10 facilities in Nebraska, four in Iowa and one in Kansas, and sold for a combined $8 million. According to FVE’s 2018 Annual Report, the Nebraska... Read More »
Oxford Finance Funds Sterling Senior Care Acquisition
Maryland-based operator of senior care facilities across the Mid-Atlantic, Sterling Senior Care, acquired another Maryland skilled nursing facility, following its 2018 acquisition of a 129-bed Boonsboro facility for $15.55 million. The most recent transaction featured a 129-bed facility in Belkamp, located in northeast Maryland. To fund the deal, Sterling turned to Oxford Finance, which closed a term loan and a revolving line of credit for the company. With that financial flexibility going forward, we expect to hear of more acquisitions from Sterling Senior Care. Read More »
Cascade’s building blocks
New entrant Cascade Capital Group recently acquired three skilled nursing facilities in Colorado and Utah, as reported in the February issue of The SeniorCare Investor, and turned to Oxford Finance to fund it. Formed in January 2016 by the leadership team that built Illinois-based Legacy Healthcare, Cascade is a private equity firm that invests in long-term care facilities, with Legacy managing. The three acquired facilities were relatively new, being built between 1999 and 2013, but operated at a 12% margin and were just 58% occupied overall. Cascade paid approximately $31.8 million in total for the two Utah facilities and the one Colorado facility, or about $70,000 per bed. Ryan Saul and... Read More »Schedule a demo
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