• Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:56 pm | Acquisitions

    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

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:54 pm | Acquisitions

    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

    by | Apr 23, 2024 3:48 pm | 60 Seconds

    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

    by | Apr 22, 2024 9:04 am | Opinion

    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 »

  • Active Adult Expansion A Hit With Investors

    by | Apr 22, 2024 9:02 am | Developments

    How often have we heard that new development is dead? Or that CCRCs (LPCs) are on their way out? Too often. But how often do you hear about an Active Adult expansion on a CCRC campus, and one with entrance fees? Not often enough. That didn’t stop Three Pillars Senior Living Communities and Cain Brothers from putting together a plan that may... Read More »

HJ Sims Helps Volunteers of America

by | Mar 28, 2017 7:07 pm | Financings

Volunteers of America partnered with HJ Sims to issue $39.73 million in tax-exempt bonds to refinance its 268-unit/bed CCRC in Anoka, Minnesota. Originally built in 2012 with 120 skilled nursing beds and 59 assisted/independent living units, this community added 65 IL units and 24 memory care units to the campus, in addition to converting the 59 AL/IL units to all-assisted living. The borrower is an affiliate of Volunteers of America, an interdenominational church and Christian human services organization that has been in operation since 1896. Series 2011 and Series 2014 bonds financed the development of both phases of the community, and the Series 2017 bonds will advance refund only the... Read More »
Florida CCRC operator receives a $160 million refinance

Florida CCRC operator receives a $160 million refinance

by | Jan 27, 2017 8:29 am | Financings

When the largest operator of CCRCs in the state of Florida wanted to refinance in order to take advantage of the low interest rate environment, HJ Sims was happy to oblige. Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Inc., or Westminster Communities of Florida, with 2,025 independent living, 468 assisted living and 751 skilled nursing units in its portfolio, is not only the largest CCRC operator in the Sunshine State (with nine), but is also the 10th largest not-for-profit operator of senior living units in the country. Founded in 1954, the organization targets the middle income market, with entrance fees ranging from $44,100 to $357,000, and averaging at $120,600. Westminster already worked with... Read More »
Cain Brothers and Pilgrim’s Place

Cain Brothers and Pilgrim’s Place

by | Jan 12, 2017 7:55 pm | Developments, Financings

Pilgrim’s Place, a not-for-profit CCRC in Claremont, California was originally established over 100 years ago, and now is planning a $9 million renovation with the help of a $36 million tax-exempt bond issuance from Cain Brothers. The community has grown over the years to feature 182 independent living units, 56 assisted living units and 62 skilled nursing beds on a 32-acre neighborhood campus. Cain Brothers structured the bonds with a 4.25% coupon priced at a discount, and an all-in total interest cost of 4.46% and net present value savings on the advanced refunding portion of more than $1.5 million, or 6.4% of refunded par. Read More »
New bonds for North Carolina CCRCs

New bonds for North Carolina CCRCs

by | Jun 10, 2016 8:30 am | Financings

A not-for-profit owner of three CCRCs, totaling almost 1,000 units in North Carolina, recently refinanced all of its Series 2005 fixed rate bonds with the help of Ziegler. The United Methodist Retirement Homes (UMRH) has partnered with Life Care Services since 2000 to operate its three campuses, which include 622 independent living units, 108 assisted living units and 202 skilled nursing beds. To refinance the outstanding bonds, Ziegler closed a $34.485 million tax-exempt, fixed-rate bond issue, with an aggregate yield-to-maturity of 3.47%. That produces net present value savings of $8.91 million (or 22.47% of the principal amount of the refunded bonds). Davenport & Company served as a... Read More »
From Allen to Ziegler

From Allen to Ziegler

by | Apr 13, 2016 8:30 am | Developments, Financings

Ziegler just closed on a $26.2 million tax-exempt bond financing for Christian Care Centers (CCC), a not-for-profit based in Texas. CCC operates two retirement communities in Texas and is in the process of completing construction of a rental community in Allen, Texas, which will have 22 independent living units, 32 assisted living units and 36 memory care units. Read More »