• 60 Seconds with Swett: Navigating the Next Five Years in Seniors Housing M&A

    Are we entering the golden age of seniors housing? Next year, the first baby boomers will start turning 80, and with the current lack of new construction, occupancy rates are already rising before the real demographic wave hits. Many investors, both veterans and those new to our space, will feel pressure to grow their seniors housing holdings to... Read More »
  • Blackstone Sheds Another Asset from Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint handled a couple of sales in Florida and Nevada. The first in Florida involved a global private equity firm selling a 145-unit assisted living and memory care community in Boca Raton, Florida. Ben Firestone, Dillon Rudy and Jacob Ghel of Blueprint facilitated The Atrium at Boca Raton’s ownership transfer. The community presented certain... Read More »
  • CareTrust REIT Establishes SHOP Platform

    Three Texas seniors housing communities with 270 assisted living and memory care units were acquired by CareTrust REIT, Inc. The publicly traded REIT purchased the communities for $40 million, or $148,100 per unit. This marks the first investment of CareTrust’s SHOP platform. The communities were 86% occupied at the time of acquisition and will... Read More »
  • Ensign Grows Through Separate Transactions in Three States

    The Ensign Group, Inc. increased its portfolio through three separate acquisitions in Kansas, Arizona and Colorado. The publicly traded provider expanded its growing Midwest footprint through its Kansas acquisition of the real estate and operations of Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas... Read More »
  • Developer/Operator Divests to PE Firm

    A developer and operator sold Rivertown Ridge, a Class-A seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, Michigan, to a private equity firm. This community, built in 2020, features 152 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, and has exhibited strong performance.  The seller, Redstone Homes, was... Read More »
PGIM Refinances Senior Care Facility Debt in Ohio

PGIM Refinances Senior Care Facility Debt in Ohio

The owner of a 108-unit senior care facility in Brook Park, Ohio, refinanced its HUD debt with the help of PGIM’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group, lowering its annual debt service costs by more than $65,000. David Strachan and Troy Buckley originated a $5.5 million loan, which came with a new rate of 2.78%, which is well below the previous rate of 4.2% (hence that notable debt service savings). Plus, the term returned to 30 years, and the borrower, North Park Properties LLC, also increased the funding to their reserve for replacement account.  Built in 1967 with additions in 1994 and 2010, the community was over 90% occupied. It has 30 skilled nursing beds and 78 assisted living beds... Read More »
PGIM Arranges Two HUD Refinances

PGIM Arranges Two HUD Refinances

PGIM’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group arranged refinances for two seniors housing communities in the Southeast, the third and fourth properties refinanced for the same client during the pandemic. Christopher Fenton, Catherine Eby, Adrian Hartman, and Robyn Cunningham originated the loans.  The first, totaling $7.93 million, went to a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Bastrop, Louisiana. Rather than a loan modification, Mr. Hartman and Ms. Cunningham secured a loan to maximize annual cash flow through term extension and a rate savings of 0.8% when considering the lowered MIP.  In the other deal, Mr. Fenton and Mrs. Eby provided a $15.94 million loan for a... Read More »
PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Real Estate’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group refinanced a 57-unit seniors housing community in Lynchburg, Virginia with a new HUD loan, providing the owner with substantial annual loan payment savings. That makes for a happy client. Family-owned and operated Runk & Pratt was the borrower, closing its second transaction with PGIM in the last 10 months.   The community was built in the 1980s and boasted 95% occupancy. It previously had a HUD mortgage holding an interest rate of 4.25%. However, Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby arranged a new $13.2 million loan that both extended the borrower’s loan maturity and lowered the interest rate to 3.03%. That results in annual debt... Read More »
PGIM Arranges Array of HUD Financings

PGIM Arranges Array of HUD Financings

PGIM’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group was busy on the HUD front this month, closing three loans totaling more than $33 million for three senior care facilities. Christopher Fenton, Corley Audorff, Catherine Eby and Josh Williams originated the loans and all worked on the largest transaction, which was a $21.9 million loan for a 238-unit assisted living/skilled nursing campus in Connecticut. Utilizing HUD’s 232/223(a)(7) program, the not-for-profit owner was able to lower its current interest rate by 81 basis points, and the loan term was extended to 35 years.  Then, Messrs. Audorff and Williams funded a $10.9 million loan for a 141-unit senior care... Read More »
HealthPeak Sells 10 Aegis Living Communities

HealthPeak Sells 10 Aegis Living Communities

HealthPeak Properties continues its exit from the seniors housing business, both its sale/leaseback portfolio as well as its RIDEA assets. In a large transaction, HealthPeak has sold 10 assisted living and memory care communities to its tenant, Aegis Living, which partnered with Blue Moon Capital Partners in the deal. The purchase price for the real estate (to HealthPeak) was $350 million, but the total price for the entire transaction was closer to $440 million, or about $626,700 per unit. Not too bad during a pandemic.   The 10 properties are located in California (6), Washington (3) and Nevada (1). Average occupancy in the third quarter... Read More »