• More Shareholder Activism

    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

    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 »
  • Quarterly Investor Call #1

    Skip the in-person conference, and get the latest senior care M&A and valuations data, market analysis and case studies on notable deals by watching The SeniorCare Investor’s first ever Quarterly Investor Call. Read More »
  • Pacifica Companies Acquires National Portfolio

    Pacifica Companies, LLC, a privately owned real estate private equity firm based in San Diego, California, acquired the majority of the not-for-profit Retirement Housing Foundations’ market-rate seniors housing and skilled nursing assets. Ziegler served as exclusive sell-side advisor to RHF on the transaction, which closed in phases... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

    A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow... Read More »

WMD’s in Williamsburg!

What would you pay for an empty assisted living/memory care community? What about a nearly-finished 48-unit memory care community in Williamsburg, Virginia whose previous owner filed for bankruptcy? Well, Jacksonville, Florida-based investment bank/brokerage firm WM Dougherty & Co. (WMD) purchased that unfinished site for $7.5 million, and has plans to invest another $2 million to finish the community. All in, the WMD will end up paying nearly $200,000 per unit for a brand-new, but empty, memory care community. That may seem high, given that according to the 2016 Senior Care Acquisition Report, assisted living/memory care communities sold on average for $207,400 per unit, compared with... Read More »