• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Laying the ground work

Laying the ground work

After a solid end of year in deal volume for The JCH Group, as detailed in the January issue of The SeniorCare Investor, which also included the sale, arranged by Jim Hazzard and Nick Stahler, of a 35-unit memory care community in Orange County for $6.25 million, or about $179,000 per unit, the firm is looking forward. And while the fourth quarter was a healthy one for JCH, Q1:16 should see quarterly sales volume of up to $75 million. So, stay tuned to follow those closings. Read More »

Finish with a bang

Shep Roylance of The JCH Group is sprinting to the finish line in 2015, announcing four closings with a fifth on its way. First, earlier this month, Mr. Roylance closed the sale of a 175-bed skilled nursing facility in Sylmar, California for $14.4 million, or $82,300 per bed, with a 12.9% cap rate. The property was originally bought by the seller, LifeHOUSE Healthcare Services, when it had 141 beds in 2007 for $9.3 million, or $66,000 per bed. The current buyer, Independence Healthcare Management, also purchased an additional three acres planned for future assisted living and memory care development. Next up, Mr. Roylance arranged a sale/leaseback of a 59-bed SNF in Fresno, California for... Read More »

Selling in Sylmar

Shep Roylance, of The JCH Group, closed the sale of a 175-bed skilled nursing facility in Sylmar, California, on behalf of the seller, LifeHOUSE Healthcare Services, which was looking to exit Los Angeles County and focus their efforts in other areas of the state. The facility is running well, with a 97% occupancy, 18.6% operating margin on $10.0 million of revenues, and successful pulmonary transitional care and stroke care programs. Also, prior to the sale, the facility received about $2.4 million in capex. Independence Healthcare Management was the buyer, purchasing the property for $14.4 million, or $82,300 per bed, with a 12.9% cap rate based on EBITDARM. Plus, included in the sale... Read More »