• 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 »
Ziegler Arranges Bond Financings For Two CCRCs

Ziegler Arranges Bond Financings For Two CCRCs

Ziegler has announced a couple of bond financings for senior care clients. First, the firm arranged $58.4 million in bonds for Capital Manor, a not-for-profit CCRC in Salem, Oregon. Operated by Life Care Services since 2010, Capital Manor features 302 independent living units and 83 assisted living beds with an additional 34 memory care beds. Its new financing will refund bonds from 2012 and fund a renovation project that will include a new façade and refreshed common areas.  The bonds were issued through the Hospital Facility Authority of the City of Salem, Oregon with a yield of 3.030% and a yield to maturity of 3.415% and are callable in 7 years at 103, declining to par in year 10... Read More »
LPCs/CCRCs Do It Again

LPCs/CCRCs Do It Again

According to a new report from investment banking firm Ziegler, based on information provided by NIC, the LPC/CCRC market is on the rebound. Not that it had too far to rebound from, however. Not-for-profit and entrance-fee LPCs/CCRCs (we will refer to them all as CCRCs) had average occupancy between 90% and 92% in the 99 primary and secondary markets for the 10 years prior to the pandemic. Rental CCRCs were not too far behind but started to diverge (trend lower) between 2014 and 2015, according to the data. With the onset of the pandemic, all forms of CCRCs, whether not-for-profit, for-profit, rental or entrance fee, saw similar drops in census that were seen across the industry and all... Read More »
Two Communities Sell By Ziegler Team

Two Communities Sell By Ziegler Team

Ziegler’s Dan Revie and Tedd Van Gorden arranged a couple of recent seniors housing sales. First, the Reserve at Arlington Heights, a 42-unit memory care community located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, sold to Inspired Healthcare Capital (IHC). IHC is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based private real estate investment firm that focuses on the healthcare sector, which also purchased eight assisted living communities across Oregon and Washington in 2020. Built in 2014 by The LaSalle Group as an “Autumn Leaves” community, this campus has over 30,000 square feet and sold for $12.6 million, or $300,000 per unit. It was performing very well at the time of sale, with occupancy near 100%. The... Read More »
Ziegler and M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska Community

Ziegler and M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska Community

Ziegler partnered with M&T Realty Capital Corporation as financial advisor in a $8.5 million Fannie Mae refinancing. On behalf of Essex Communities, the team refinanced the existing debt on Carriage Glen, a 55+ age-restricted independent living community in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The 10-year, fixed-rate loan was structured at 75% loan-to-value with four years of interest-only payments, followed by 30 years of amortization. The loan also carried a declining prepayment schedule, which will provide the borrower with additional flexibility in future years. In addition to refinancing the existing debt, the loan also provided funding for Essex to recover capital expenditures and to pay off the... Read More »
Ziegler Provides Financing for Ohio Not-For-Profit

Ziegler Provides Financing for Ohio Not-For-Profit

Ziegler announced it has priced Series 2022 bonds on behalf of Ohio Living, a not-for-profit owner/operator of twelve seniors housing communities in Ohio. Nine of the properties are full-service life plan communities offering independent and assisted living units, along with skilled nursing beds. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to refund Series 2013A bonds and pay costs of issuance associated with the financing.  The bonds will realize net present value savings on the Series 2013A refunding in excess of $15 million, or greater than 30%. The Series 2022 Bonds consists of tax-exempt fixed interest rate serial bonds and a final term bond. They have a 19-year maturity that “wraps” around... Read More »