• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

Senior Living Investment Brokerage recently facilitated the sale of a successful independent living community in Chubbuck, Idaho. Comprising 82 units and one single-family home, the community was built in 1987 and has 117,828 square feet on five acres. The community, named Cottonwood Cove, was purchased for $3.75 million, or $45,000 per unit, at an 8.75% cap rate. It earned annualized revenues of $1 million and an EBITDA of $328,000. Cottonwood Cove has a 99% occupancy and also has a surplus of land, allowing the new owners to capitalize on their success and expand into this extra space. In fact, the property has consistently performed over the years, even through the pandemic, with an... Read More »
Former Hospice Facility to Transition to Seniors Housing

Former Hospice Facility to Transition to Seniors Housing

After an owner/operator and a group of investors bought a 24-unit hospice facility in Georgetown, South Carolina from a local hospital, then gutted, expanded and converted it to a two-story, 62-unit assisted living/memory care community, the group decided to sell before opening day. There are now all studio units ranging from 255 to 471 square feet, split between 44 assisted living and 18 memory care units.  Patrick Burke, Bradley Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage marketed the property, which received a certificate of occupancy and Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) construction approval prior to the sale. A regional operator with a... Read More »
SLIB Sells Struggling SNF in Pennsylvania

SLIB Sells Struggling SNF in Pennsylvania

The owner of a struggling skilled nursing facility in northwestern Pennsylvania looking to sell has decided to add another performing facility to the deal in order to sweeten the pot. In the end, both sold to a New York-based investor with a growing presence in the Keystone State. Toby Siefert and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  The first facility in Erie features 80 beds and was deemed to be non-core due to occupancy being below 50% and cash flow being negative. It was built in 1963 and 1968 and had a union in place. The other facility, located about two and 1/2 hours away in Clearfield, had 240 beds, but only 180 were functional because one floor... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates AL Transaction in Upstate New York

SLIB Facilitates AL Transaction in Upstate New York

A doctor in the field of gerontology decided to sell her only assisted living community in Saugerties, New York to another private individual owner in a transaction arranged by Dave Balow and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The community is set in a 1900s-era house that was renovated in 2008 and 2014. It now features 40 beds in 30 units, with a license for Enhanced Care, which is a private pay-focused model providing additional care for residents in exchange for additional revenue.  Occupancy was strong (above 90%), so there is an opportunity to expand the current building and increase the unit count. The community operated at a roughly 11% margin on $2.12 million of... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Indiana Community Sells to For-Profit Owner

Not-For-Profit Indiana Community Sells to For-Profit Owner

A not-for-profit assisted living community in Georgetown, Indiana is set to sell to a for-profit owner at the end of this year. Few details were released, but we learned that Senior Living Investment Brokerage was involved in the sale. A New Jersey-based firm, with Joseph Glatzer serving as one of the principals, was revealed as the buyer.   The community opened in 2008 under the ownership of Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries, providing “small house” senior care services. Each 7,100-square-feet villa contains 10 private bedrooms, private bathrooms, a large living room with fireplace, an open kitchen and dining room, a therapeutic spa, a den, a patio/garden and a small office... Read More »