• Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

    A portfolio of Class-A seniors housing communities sold in the Southeast to an undisclosed publicly traded REIT. Featuring six assets in Georgia and South Carolina, the portfolio totaled 156 independent living, 200 assisted living and 70 memory care units. The communities were built between 2017 and 2022 by a Southeast-based developer. Occupancy... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ocala AL Community

    The third and final asset in the Hampton Manor portfolio has sold with the help of Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Hampton Manor Deerwood in Ocala, Florida, was built in 2005 and expanded in 2016 to now feature 61 units of assisted living. The property is stabilized, so the new owner can hit the ground... Read More »
  • Second Generation Operator Divests SNF Portfolio to PE Firm

    A Northeast-based private equity firm engaged Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate in its plan to enter a new state. The firm has an existing skilled nursing footprint, and had specific acquisition criteria, which narrowed the focus down to a few potential targets.  The company ultimately acquired a five-facility, 506-bed skilled... Read More »
  • CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

    CIBC has been hard at work this Spring, successfully closing several acquisition financings for senior care clients across the country. The largest was a $51.5 million term loan that supported the purchase of four skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 586 beds. Historical performance trended positively over the last two years across the... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

    National Healthcare Properties, Inc. launched its public offering of 38.5 million shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share, and the company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to... Read More »
Philly-Area CCRC Goes from Bank to Bond Debt

Philly-Area CCRC Goes from Bank to Bond Debt

Facing rising short-term interest rates, a not-for-profit CCRC in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, market turned to Ziegler to refund its existing bank debt with a tax-exempt bond issue. The community is located on a 63-acre campus about 10 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia in the town of Gladwyne, offering 151 independent living units, 69 IL villas, 33 personal care units, 16 memory care units and 49 private skilled nursing beds. It had benefited from variable-rate debt over the last decade, investing in expansions and improvements over the years. However, when short-term rates were on the rise, but declining at the long end of the yield curve, they decided to refinance the bank... Read More »
Florida CCRC Secures Bond Debt

Florida CCRC Secures Bond Debt

A not-for-profit CCRC in Lakeland, Florida is now able to further its mission and strategic plans thanks to $32.8 million in bond financing placed by Ziegler. Approximately $18 million of the community’s outstanding Series 2008 bonds had become callable, and the property also wanted to finance about $17.4 million in future capital expenditures. So, working with the not-for-profit client for the first time, Ziegler stepped in to secure a low interest rate and reduce their annual debt service. This community was originally built in 1986 and currently operates 337 independent living, 49 assisted living and 72 skilled nursing units on its campus. All of its health care units, which maintain a... Read More »
De Paul Health Care Divests Three Philly-Area SNFs

De Paul Health Care Divests Three Philly-Area SNFs

De Paul Health Care sold three of its Philadelphia-area skilled nursing facilities, leaving the New Jersey-based provider with four SNFs in its portfolio, in addition to its existing medical office building and residential community businesses. Mark Myers and Joshua Jandris of IPA Seniors Housing represented the De Paul family in the transaction, which included a 49-bed skilled nursing facility and a 120-bed SNF in Philadelphia, and a 162-bed facility in Absecon, New Jersey (adjacent to Atlantic City). These facilities were operating at breakeven, despite solid occupancy, which leaves some room for added value for the new owner, Paramount Care Centers. Christopher Utz of Ziegler Seniors... Read More »
Ziegler Issues Bonds For Large CCRC Acquisition

Ziegler Issues Bonds For Large CCRC Acquisition

A large CCRC portfolio sold to The Trousdale Foundation, a Boston-based not-for-profit owner/operator, thanks in part to a $200.57 million bond financing arranged by Ziegler. Totaling nearly 1,600 beds and units, the portfolio features three CCRCs in Dayton, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, and Sebring, Florida, and one skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were originally acquired from 2001 to 2011 by the seller, Covington Senior Living. In those transactions, the CCRCs sold for between $35,000 and $40,000 per bed/unit, while the fourth facility was originally purchased for close to $100,000 per bed/unit. The communities are on the older side (built in the 1970s... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Austin Acquisition

Ziegler Arranges Austin Acquisition

Ziegler’s Investment Banking Senior Living team served as exclusive advisor to Brazos Presbyterian Homes, Inc. in its purchase of an entrance-fee CCRC in Austin, Texas. Featuring 173 independent living units, 41 IL villas, 20 assisted living units, 16 memory care units and 60 skilled nursing beds on about 55 acres, the community had previously been sponsored by The Ex-Students’ Association of the University of Texas, known as the Texas Exes. In a blind competitive national search to find the best candidate for affiliation, not-for-profit Brazos Presbyterian emerged as the winner, adding to its two existing communities in Houston. After signing a letter of intent in October 2017, Brazos... Read More »