• Senex Foundation Divests SNFs to Owner/Operator

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by Senex Foundation, a Denver, Colorado-based owner/operator, to help with the disposition of a four-property portfolio and recently closed the second tranche involving two skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. The deal included the... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The REITs’ Acquisition Appetite

    With most of the Q1 earnings results in, we’ve been sifting through a lot of good news on occupancy growth, resident rate increases, expanding NOI margins and the phenomenal long-term outlooks. But our main takeaway had to be the major M&A plans that almost every publicly traded company has completed so far this year and plans to close... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

    Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Secures Refinance

    At the end of 2021, Alta Senior Living acquired Tequesta Terrace Senior Living (at that time, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace), a 106-unit assisted living/memory care community in Palm Beach County, Florida. After executing its value-add capex, operational turnaround and lease-up plan, Alta engaged Blueprint to run a full debt process. A... Read More »
  • All-Cash Skilled Nursing Deal Closes

    An undisclosed buyer acquired a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio through an all-cash transaction after the seller’s senior lender pushed for an exit. Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate handled the deal. An initial buyer walked away from the deal after a conversion from a lease-only structure was declined by the lender. Another... Read More »
REIT Joint Venture Divests Oklahoma Asset

REIT Joint Venture Divests Oklahoma Asset

A joint venture between a large national REIT and a regional owner based in the Tulsa, Oklahoma MSA divested a small assisted living community in Tulsa for an undisclosed price. Built in 1997, The Arbors features 25 beds in 20 units on a 2.07-acre plot. It was just 70% occupied, but no financials were disclosed. An Oklahoma-based private owner stepped in to purchase the property and has plans to convert it to skilled nursing, with a hospice specialty. Nick Cacciabando and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage marketed the property, helped source the buyer and closed the transaction. Read More »
​​SLIB Sells Portfolio in Arkansas

​​SLIB Sells Portfolio in Arkansas

Nick Cacciabando and Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a portfolio of three properties located in Arkansas. Consisting of 175 units of private pay assisted living, the properties average 6 acres and 52,000 square feet each and were built in the late 1990s. The seller, a local family owner/operator, developed the three properties and retired from the seniors housing industry with this divestiture. The buyer is a private national company based in New York who will enlist an operating partner to manage the property. This is their first acquisition in the state of Arkansas, but they own and operate communities in several neighboring states. No purchase price was... Read More »
Illinois-Based Owner/Operators Exchange Underperforming SNF

Illinois-Based Owner/Operators Exchange Underperforming SNF

An undisclosed Illinois owner/operator recently purchased Cotillion Ridge in Robinson, Illinois. Located three hours east of St. Louis and two hours west of Indianapolis, this smaller, 67-bed skilled nursing facility was an outlier for its previous owner, also an Illinois-based owner/operator. The property was built on two acres in 1972 with additions in 1982 and 2001, and was 54% occupied at the time of sale. The buyer plans to bring ancillary services into the facility and focus on building census. Whereas the seller was focused on quality mix (29% private pay and 24% Medicare), the buyer specializes in operating with all types of payors and should be able to improve occupancy though... Read More »
SLIB Sells AL Community in Florida

SLIB Sells AL Community in Florida

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Bradley Clousing and Daniel Geraghty handled the sale of a 98-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Orlando, Florida MSA. Built in 1998, a publicly-traded REIT sold Savannah Grand of Maitland to a regional owner/operator. The buyer is planning a significant renovation to the community to stabilize operations and census. No other details or the purchase price were disclosed.  Read More »
SLIB Sells Pennsylvania SNF

SLIB Sells Pennsylvania SNF

Toby Siefert and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed out 2021 with the sale of a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in a tertiary market of northeastern Pennsylvania. Built in 1976 and renovated in 2012 and 2015, Athens Health and Rehabilitation was initially purchased by a private owner as a vacant, unlicensed asset and went through the process of relicensing, restaffing and lease-up. It sits on two acres across 23,924 square feet. The facility was on an upward trajectory of lease-up until the pandemic and staffing shortages made it difficult to attain occupancy above 70%. At the time of sale, the facility had 62% occupancy, $6.06 million of revenue and negative... Read More »