• Senex Foundation Divests SNFs to Owner/Operator

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by Senex Foundation, a Denver, Colorado-based owner/operator, to help with the disposition of a four-property portfolio and recently closed the second tranche involving two skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. The deal included the... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The REITs’ Acquisition Appetite

    With most of the Q1 earnings results in, we’ve been sifting through a lot of good news on occupancy growth, resident rate increases, expanding NOI margins and the phenomenal long-term outlooks. But our main takeaway had to be the major M&A plans that almost every publicly traded company has completed so far this year and plans to close... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

    Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Secures Refinance

    At the end of 2021, Alta Senior Living acquired Tequesta Terrace Senior Living (at that time, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace), a 106-unit assisted living/memory care community in Palm Beach County, Florida. After executing its value-add capex, operational turnaround and lease-up plan, Alta engaged Blueprint to run a full debt process. A... Read More »
  • All-Cash Skilled Nursing Deal Closes

    An undisclosed buyer acquired a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio through an all-cash transaction after the seller’s senior lender pushed for an exit. Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate handled the deal. An initial buyer walked away from the deal after a conversion from a lease-only structure was declined by the lender. Another... Read More »
X-Caliber Arranges Financing for SNF Portfolio in New England

X-Caliber Arranges Financing for SNF Portfolio in New England

A portfolio of 10 skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut has been sold to an experienced and highly regarded owner/operator with financing in hand from X-Caliber Capital. The $100 million loan comes to about $70,000 per bed in debt, placing the purchase price somewhere above that. Built in the 1980s and 1990s and totaling 1,416 skilled nursing beds, the properties are cash flowing and have occupancy around 85%. The purchase price and other details are undisclosed. Read More »
X-Caliber Capital Secures Bridge Loan in Keystone State

X-Caliber Capital Secures Bridge Loan in Keystone State

X-Caliber Capital helped fund the purchase of a large skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania with an acquisition bridge loan closing. Located in Harrisburg, the facility has 400 beds and about 200,000 square feet. It was occupied in the low-90s at the time of the sale. The undisclosed buyer obtained the $45 million bridge loan, with a three-year term. That debt comes out to $112,500 per bed, putting the value of the facility surely above that. We know buyers put a premium on larger SNFs, since these properties can better scale the higher labor and care costs, but this facility must have been operating well. Read More »
X-Caliber Closes Four Financings

X-Caliber Closes Four Financings

The team at X-Caliber Capital has been putting in the hours lately, with three bridge loans and a HUD refinance to show for the hard work. First, the firm closed a $40 million bridge loan, with a three-year term, for an undisclosed borrower to acquire a 10-facility, 700-bed skilled nursing/assisted living portfolio in Illinois. Next, X-Caliber arranged $32 million in four-year financing to support the acquisition of seven assisted living/independent living communities in four states, with over 650 units across the portfolio. The third bridge loan totaled $1.6 million and came with a three-year term. That was also arranged for an acquisition, this time for a 39-unit assisted living... Read More »
X-Caliber’s Excellent First Year in Bridge Lending

X-Caliber’s Excellent First Year in Bridge Lending

After only being in operation since March, X-Caliber Capital’s bridge lending group had an impressive 2018, closing $250 million in healthcare and seniors housing financings. Those transactions included everything from acquisition financings and recapitalizations to value-add and cash-out refinances. Plus, the firm will look to bring all of these loans to HUD for a permanent take-out. X-Caliber also closed out 2018 strong with three transactions in the last 45 days, including a $32 million acquisition loan for a Connecticut skilled nursing portfolio. We’ll see what’s in store for 2019. Read More »