• Michigan AL Communities Trade with Turnaround Potential

    Madison Meiser and Bill Meiser of Meiser Commercial Real Estate completed two separate seniors housing transactions in Michigan. All parties involved had experience in the senior care sector, making the transactions smooth, aside from routine negotiations. The first transaction to close was in Plymouth.  Built in 1980, the assisted living... Read More »
  • Not-For-Profit SNF Owner Expands in Texas

    A large not-for-profit owner of skilled nursing facilities in Texas added another facility to its portfolio in the Lone Star State. Set in the town of Georgetown just north of Austin, The Wesleyan was founded in 1962 in collaboration with The Methodist Church, but the current 40-acre campus was built in 2008 and expanded its offerings to include... Read More »
  • Phorcys Capital Partners Acquires AL/MC Community Through Receivership Sale

    Phorcys Capital Partners acquired Village Veranda at Lady Lake, a 125-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lady Lake, Florida, adjacent to The Villages. Opened in 2019, the community was developed by Gordon Cos., Village Veranda Lady Lake LLC and SRI Management, which has operated the community since the start. SRI will stay on as... Read More »
  • Ensign Acquires Iowa Skilled Nursing Facility

    Nick Cacciabando and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped an industry veteran in Iowa sell his last solely-owned senior care facility, finding a publicly traded buyer in the process. The facility in question was Crystal Heights Care Center, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Oskaloosa, Iowa, about one hour southeast of Des... Read More »
  • Investor Group Enters the Seniors Sector Through Idaho Purchase

    An assisted living/memory care community in Twin Falls, Idaho, traded with the help of Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The campus opened in 1989 with an eight-unit building, and added two 15-unit buildings in 2009 and 2015, respectively. Some units were added to each building in 2023 and 2024, and... Read More »
Cascade Capital Group Sizing Up South Dakota SNF Market

Cascade Capital Group Sizing Up South Dakota SNF Market

Cascade Capital Group clearly sees something in the South Dakota skilled nursing market, following up on its acquisition of 16 Skyline skilled nursing facilities in the state with the purchase of two SNFs and an assisted living community in Huron and Sioux Falls. Previously owned by a publicly traded REIT, this portfolio features a combined 322 skilled nursing beds and 55 assisted living beds. Two of the properties, the 163-bed SNF and the 55-bed AL community are located on the same campus in Huron, while the Sioux Falls facility is licensed for 159 SN beds. Their owner deemed the facilities to be non-core. Certainly, the properties were on the older side, having been built in the 1960s,... Read More »
SLIB Hits Q4 Running

SLIB Hits Q4 Running

Senior Living Investment Brokerage burst out of the gates in the fourth quarter, announcing three skilled nursing sales in just the first couple of days. Patrick Byrne, Jeff Binder and Ryan Saul first represented the not-for-profit Christian Horizons in the sale four skilled nursing facilities in central and southern Illinois for $20 million, or $37,500 per bed. Three of the facilities (in Decatur, Herrin and Washington) were built in the early-1970s with more recent renovations, while the fourth in Neoga was originally built in 1992. They total 506 skilled nursing beds and 12 independent living duplexes, or 27 units. Occupancy ranged from 68% to 85% for the three older facilities and was... Read More »
SLIB Handles Small Pennsylvania Portfolio Sale

SLIB Handles Small Pennsylvania Portfolio Sale

Ryan Saul and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of two senior care facilities in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Local media reported the acquisition in March, naming Allied Services Integrated Health System, a locally based not-for-profit health system, as the buyer. Located less than one mile apart, these were the only skilled nursing/seniors housing assets owned by the not-for-profit seller, the Diocese of Scranton, which cited the industry’s increased complexity as its reason to exit. One of the properties was built in 1975 and 1998 with 133 skilled nursing beds and an attached 60-unit personal care community. The other property was built in the mid-1970s... Read More »
SLIB Closes Florida and Georgia Sales

SLIB Closes Florida and Georgia Sales

Cedar Communities, a New York-based private equity firm that targets undervalued, small to mid-sized assisted living communities, continued its expansion in the Southeast with the purchase of two personal care homes in northern Georgia. Built in the 1990s, both communities were recently updated, have good local reputations and limited competition in the area. Their owner decided to exit the seniors housing industry, prompting the sale. The Commerce location features 54 units, 12 of which are independent living cottages, and the Stone Mountain property has 40 personal care units. They were well occupied at 93% and operated at a 25% margin on approximately $3.34 million of revenues. That... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Funds Development in South Carolina

Monarch Advisors Funds Development in South Carolina

A Charleston, South Carolina-based developer, WV Ventures, engaged Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors (an affiliate of Senior Living Investment Brokerage) to close construction financing for a to-be-built senior living community in southern Georgia. The 80-unit project received senior and mezzanine debt equal to 75% of its total development cost. Monarch secured the senior loan from a regional bank with a five-year term and competitive rate. The loan was structured as interest-only for the first three years and also includes a recourse requirement, which will start to burn down upon certificate of occupancy. As for the mezzanine financing, Mr. Blanc sourced the loan from a firm deploying funds... Read More »