• Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with... Read More »
  • Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

    A Missouri-based real estate developer engaged Blueprint to facilitate its membership buyout of a joint venture partner. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Four years ago, the firm was brought on to raise capital, ultimately sourcing an institutional capital partner to develop a private pay seniors housing... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Previewing Our Capital Markets Conversation

    We know that the capital markets have made the biggest impact on M&A activity and property valuations in the last several years, changing the size of possible deals, the makeup of the properties sold and the buyers that could actually buy. Now that the capital markets have substantially improved and are getting better, barring a sudden and... Read More »
  • Seller Exits Seniors Industry with Divestment to REIT

    A single-asset seniors housing owner is exiting the industry with the sale of their property in Murrieta, California. Built in 2016 and 2018, Renaissance Village Murrieta has 142 units of assisted living and memory care in three stories. It was operating just below 70% occupancy, so there is plenty of room for a new owner to improve performance... Read More »
  • Deal Closes Following Buyer Withdrawals

    After a long process that saw multiple buyers pull out from the deal, the sale of Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, New York, has closed with the help of Mark Myers at Kiser Group. Owned by a religious not-for-profit organization, The New Jewish Home, the facility features 301 beds and was losing money. Myers had previously... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales arranged the sale of a class-A active adult community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The W&D Seniors Housing team including Jordyn Berger and Joshua Jandris, as well as the W&D Atlanta Multifamily Team including Kris Mikkelsen, Pat Jones and Chris Goldsmith, collaborated on the transaction. Just built in 2020, Everleigh Halcyon Village features 160 units on 1.9 acres. It includes one-bedroom units with 848 square feet and two-bedroom units with 1,195 square feet.   The community is integrated within the mixed-use village, Halcyon, which has over 535,000 square feet of office and retail space and over 100 single-family homes selling at between... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Hire Dedicated Housing Expert in Southern California

Walker & Dunlop Hire Dedicated Housing Expert in Southern California

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has hired Gideon Orion as Managing Director on its investment sales platform. Most recently working for Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, Mr. Orion is based in Los Angeles and will join the firm’s national seniors housing property sales team led by Managing Director Joshua Jandris. Mr. Orion will be focused on originating and executing seniors housing property sales opportunities across the United States.  He has a strong track record and brings additional skill to Walker & Dunlop’s seniors housing sales team, in addition to expanding the firm’s existing footprint in Southern California. In fact, Mr. Orion represents the first dedicated... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Provide Funds to SNF Portfolios Struggling During COVID

Walker & Dunlop Provide Funds to SNF Portfolios Struggling During COVID

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced that it structured a little over $77 million in financing for two skilled nursing portfolios totaling ten properties and 848 units. The Cascades Portfolio, located throughout Utah, totals seven properties and 693 units. The Rollins-Nelson Portfolio includes three properties and 155 units located in Englewood, Long Beach, and Perris, California. Walker & Dunlop’s Kevin Giusti, Brian Neal, and Andrew Westling arranged financing from HUD, a regional bank and a finance company to provide for the Cascades portfolio. For the Rollins-Nelson portfolio, the team refinanced the existing HUD loan, capitalizing on a low interest rate and extending the term... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Facilitates Refinancing of Six Illinois SNFs

Walker & Dunlop Facilitates Refinancing of Six Illinois SNFs

Walker & Dunlop recently announced a $43.2 million refinancing for six skilled nursing facilities located across Illinois: Aperion Care Bridgeport, Aperion Care Burbank, Aperion Care Dekalb, Aperion Care Litchfield, Aperion Care Wilmington, and Rock River Health Care. Totaling 640 beds across 277 units, the portfolio received HUD financing, with Aperion Care Dekalb also transferring its physical assets through Walker & Dunlop. AC Bridgeport received $3.88 million, AC Burbank received $6.88 million, AC Dekalb received $6.28 million, AC Litchfield received $3.55 million, AC Wilmington received $16.24 million and Rock River Health Care received $6.4 million.  Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Advise Joint Venture on Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop Advise Joint Venture on Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop has advised an equity partnership on a $300 million construction financing arranged by Huntington National Bank for a luxury life plan community in Tysons, Virginia.  Tysons LPC, LLC is a 50/50 partnership between Mather Investments and Westminster Capital. It will own the to-be-built CCRC entitled The Mather — a two-building project consisting of 300 independent living apartments, 60 assisted living apartments, 20 memory care suites and 42 skilled nursing suites. The community will be completed in two phases, with the first phase expected to open in early 2024.  The Mather has been designed for transit accessibility, a walking lifestyle and environmental... Read More »