• Las Vegas SNF Commands Premium

    We had heard of a high-end skilled nursing facility being marketed for sale in Las Vegas, Nevada, at a very high price for a few months now, and it appears that the sale has closed. Evans Senior Investments announced that it sold Sandstone Spring Valley, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility that was built just 10 years ago. It features an 80-unit... Read More »
  • Genesis Stalking Horse Raises Bid

    The stalking horse bidder for Genesis HealthCare’s 298 affiliated holding companies, ancillary businesses and insurance vehicles has upped its offer, and the deal is set for an approval hearing on December 10. Genesis, which previously held the title of largest skilled nursing operator in the country, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in... Read More »
  • SLIB Closes Strong SNF Sale in Colorado

    Two well-run skilled nursing facilities in Colorado sold with the help of Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Ryan Saul and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Located in Fort Collins and Windsor, the facilities were built in 1988 and 2018 and featured 445 beds in total. The facilities also comprised 18 total acres and nearly 270,000... Read More »
  • Ensign Buys Kansas City SNF

    The Ensign Group acquired a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas City, Kansas, that was in need of an operational turnaround. Built in 1974 with additions in 1983 and 1995, Medicalodges Post Acute Care is set on nearly 11 acres in a residential area. It was previously owned by a Kansas-based owner/operator that was divesting in order to... Read More »
  • Communities Pass Between Family Owner/Operators

    A multigenerational family owner/operator recently divested its well-occupied portfolio to a new family owner/operator in Beaverton, Oregon. The all-private pay communities consisted of a 183-unit full-continuum community opened in 2002 and a 58-unit assisted living community opened in 1996. Blueprint handled the sale and financing.  The... Read More »
Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio

Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio

HFF used all of their Southeast expertise to sell an assisted living portfolio located in Georgia (3), Florida and South Carolina. The communities were previously owned by Principal Senior Living Group (PSLG) and operated under the Benton House brand. They were built between 2014 and 2018 and featured strong occupancy, except for the brand-new South Carolina community that was still in lease-up. Close to a third of the 326 units were reserved for memory care residents. Bridge Investment Group paid approximately $79 million, or over $240,000 per unit, for the portfolio, which will continue to operate under the Benton House brand. Ross Sanders and David Fasano along with senior managing... Read More »

Build with Grandbridge Real Estate Capital

A brand-new seniors housing community is being built in Aiken, South Carolina (Augusta, Georgia MSA) with the help of a construction loan arranged by Richard Thomas and Meredith Davis of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group. The 74-unit/80-bed to-be-built community is being developed by Principal Senior Living Group and will feature the “Benton House” brand name. Grandbridge originated a $10.66 million loan through BB&T Bank on behalf of the community. Read More »

Developer investing in Kansas City area

Four years ago, Hunt Midwest, a real estate developer with a focus on industrial, commercial, retail, mission critical, multifamily, residential and senior living, invested $32 million to build four assisted living/memory care communities in the Kansas City metro area, all to be managed by Principal Senior Living Group under the “Benton House” brand. The final community of that investment just opened in Tiffany Springs, Missouri, but Hunt Midwest isn’t stopping there. The developer has already broken ground on two communities in Raymore and Blue Springs that will open later this year. Plus, there are two more set to break ground in Lenexa and Kansas City, which will bring the total for... Read More »