• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
A Punzel pair

A Punzel pair

Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage must be racking up airline miles, having crisscrossed the country to close a pair of deals on the West Coast then in the Heartland. In Oroville, California, Mr. Punzel sold a 36-unit memory care community, which was built in 2002 and underwent a renovation/expansion in 2008, for $5.95 million, or $165,278 per unit, with a 9.0% cap rate. There is an additional 2.5 acres available for expansion, but the local owner/operator seller was retiring from the business. Another local owner/operator, with two other facilities in the area, stepped in as the buyer. Mr. Punzel also sold two assisted living communities in South Dakota for $1.978 million,... Read More »
Closing by Clousing

Closing by Clousing

With the help of Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage, Sabal Financial sold its 41-unit assisted living community in Cumming, Georgia. Previously, Sabal had purchased the note on the non-performing property in a large portfolio sale from Synovus Bank, but has subsequently foreclosed on the asset. The community was built in 1997 and managed by Oaks Senior Living, which is owned by the Salabarria family. Under Oaks management, the community actually was performing well, with a 23% operating margin and 80% occupancy, despite the ownership change and bankruptcy. The purchase price came to $3.3 million, or $80,488 per unit, with an 8% cap rate. The buyer, a Midwest-based regional... Read More »
A Keene Eye

A Keene Eye

A week after Matt Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a 110-bed skilled nursing facility located about 30 miles from Odessa, Texas, he struck again in the state, selling an 88-unit independent living/memory care community in the town of Keene. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 56 IL units and 32 units/36 beds of memory care. With the local owner/operator managing under a forbearance agreement with their lender, the community reached occupancy of 99% and a 28% operating margin. The buyer is a hospital provider headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is owned by funds managed by an investment advisor. They paid $7.65 million, or... Read More »
Clousing Closes

Clousing Closes

Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage continued his busy month by facilitating, with Patrick Byrne, the sale of three skilled nursing facilities in Florida. Totaling 436 beds, the properties included a 155-bed skilled nursing facility in Clewiston that was built in 1978 with an addition in 1995 and renovations in 2005 and 2012, a 185-bed facility in Lakeland built in 1960 with renovations in 1980, 1990 and 2014, and a 96-bed facility in St. Petersburg that was built in 1946 and 1964 with a recent renovation. Overall occupancy was 85%. The real estate and operations were sold separately, as the operations sales was the result of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Combined, the purchase... Read More »

SLIB’s successful sale

A New York-based buyer hopped across the border to Connecticut to acquire a 162-bed skilled nursing facility. Built in the 1970s, the facility was lagging slightly in census and quality mix from historical levels. The seller was a regional operator, which enlisted the help of Toby Siefert, Nick Cacciabando and Pat Byrne of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to handle the transaction. Read More »