• Omega Invests in Saber Healthcare Joint Venture

    Omega Healthcare Investors released its third quarter earnings and made some news when it disclosed the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in a joint venture with Saber Healthcare. The JV will own and lease 64 skilled nursing facilities that were previously wholly owned by affiliates of Saber, which will retain a 51% equity interest in the JV... Read More »
  • Health Systems as Sellers in Three Transactions

    Cain Brothers advised on a trio of senior care transactions involving health systems as sellers, which could be a growing trend, particularly among any resource-constrained systems. Conversely, other systems may see the need to own skilled nursing beds in the future in order to control the transfer of their post-acute patients to SNFs and free up... Read More »
  • Large Ohio Operator Takes on Vacant SNF Beds

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the sale of 26 skilled nursing beds from a facility in Ohio and coordinated the repurposing of the real estate for future behavioral health services. The owners made the decision to close the facility after determining that the small size of the building prevented it from achieving the operational... Read More »
  • Not-For-Profits Secure Bond Financings

    Ziegler announced the successful pricing of $34.0 million Series 2025 bonds for The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement Center, Inc. d/b/a Carol Woods. Carol Woods is a North Carolina not-for-profit organization incorporated in July 1972 by a group of local citizens to develop, own and operate a CCRC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Currently,... Read More »
  • Ventas Posts Healthy Q3 With Robust Acquisition Activity

    Among the earnings results trickling out this month, it will be impossible to overshadow Welltower’s announcement with $14 billion in new investment activity and another great quarter of seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) performance improvements. But Ventas reported healthy results, too, and some significant acquisition volume.  Ventas... Read More »
SLIB Handles Sale of Three Communities

SLIB Handles Sale of Three Communities

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated two sales at the end of September in Missouri and Kansas.  The first, handled by Jack Kemper and Jeff Binder, is for the sale of two sister residential care (assisted living) properties in Kennett, Missouri for $7.5 million. The two communities were fully occupied in 2020, with The Haven participating in the Department of Mental Health network of facilities, allowing it to always maintain nearly-full census. The Haven was built in 2011, while its affordable sister property Southaven, was constructed in 2005.  The communities contain a total of 100 beds across 31,500 square feet, with the price-per-bed coming to $75,000. Combined revenues... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates Sale in New York

SLIB Facilitates Sale in New York

An assisted living community also enrolled in New York State’s ALP program changed hands from one owner/operator to another, with Patrick Burke and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the deal. Built in 1988 and 1998 in upstate New York, the community features 76 licensed beds in 46 units, with 25 of the beds in the ALP program, which is a Medicaid program that provides high-acuity, skilled nursing care in a lower-cost setting.  Historically well occupied above 90%, the community had been able to keep COVID out for most of 2020 but unfortunately had an outbreak at the end of the year. Occupancy and revenues dipped, but the seller was able to get COVID out and improve... Read More »
SLIB Assists on REIT Divestment From Indiana Community

SLIB Assists on REIT Divestment From Indiana Community

A REIT divested an underperforming outlier from its portfolio with the help of Brad Clousing and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 120-unit community was purpose-built for independent living in 1997. However, it was deemed to be non-core by the REIT owner, and a private regional owner with extensive experience in Indiana saw an opportunity to convert the community to a higher-acuity, all-Medicaid facility. The transaction closed in 30 days from start to finish, with no purchase price disclosed.  Read More »
SLIB Handles SNF Sale in Connecticut

SLIB Handles SNF Sale in Connecticut

No skilled nursing deal comes easily these days, and one facility in Connecticut went over a few hurdles to find a new owner. That buyer played a big role in getting the deal done too, other than writing the check. The deal was under LOI before the pandemic and closed at the end of September. Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  Built in stages in 1955, 1975 and 1994, the 62-bed facility in Plainfield had been family-owned and operated since it opened. It had historically run at high occupancy (at 90% before the pandemic), with a strong quality mix. Also, the facility had managed to stay COVID-free throughout much of 2020, a feat for any SNF in the... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates SNF Closing in Florida

SLIB Facilitates SNF Closing in Florida

A few months after selling a an 87-unit assisted living community in Lakeland, Florida, Brad Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to the campus to represent the same buyer of the adjacent skilled nursing facility. The buildings are actually only separated by a set of fire-rated doors. The campus, which previously had two different real estate owners and two different operators, will now be owned by one company, Mainstay Senior Living.   The skilled nursing facility has 120 beds and was delicensed by the state in 2017. However, with the onset of the pandemic, the facility was allowed to reopen in early 2020 to accommodate... Read More »