• 60 Seconds with Swett: Navigating the Next Five Years in Seniors Housing M&A

    Are we entering the golden age of seniors housing? Next year, the first baby boomers will start turning 80, and with the current lack of new construction, occupancy rates are already rising before the real demographic wave hits. Many investors, both veterans and those new to our space, will feel pressure to grow their seniors housing holdings to... Read More »
  • Blackstone Sheds Another Asset from Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint handled a couple of sales in Florida and Nevada. The first in Florida involved a global private equity firm selling a 145-unit assisted living and memory care community in Boca Raton, Florida. Ben Firestone, Dillon Rudy and Jacob Ghel of Blueprint facilitated The Atrium at Boca Raton’s ownership transfer. The community presented certain... Read More »
  • CareTrust REIT Establishes SHOP Platform

    Three Texas seniors housing communities with 270 assisted living and memory care units were acquired by CareTrust REIT, Inc. The publicly traded REIT purchased the communities for $40 million, or $148,100 per unit. This marks the first investment of CareTrust’s SHOP platform. The communities were 86% occupied at the time of acquisition and will... Read More »
  • Ensign Grows Through Separate Transactions in Three States

    The Ensign Group, Inc. increased its portfolio through three separate acquisitions in Kansas, Arizona and Colorado. The publicly traded provider expanded its growing Midwest footprint through its Kansas acquisition of the real estate and operations of Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas... Read More »
  • Developer/Operator Divests to PE Firm

    A developer and operator sold Rivertown Ridge, a Class-A seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, Michigan, to a private equity firm. This community, built in 2020, features 152 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, and has exhibited strong performance.  The seller, Redstone Homes, was... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing for Colorado Operator

Ziegler Closes Financing for Colorado Operator

Ziegler announced the closing of Series 2021 bonds for Christian Living Neighborhoods (CLC), a Colorado not-for-profit that provides housing, healthcare and community outreach programs for over 1,000 seniors and their families. CLC owns and operates three communities under the Christian Living Neighborhoods brand, comprising 782 units. Proceeds of the bonds will be used to refinance existing Series 2011 and 2021 bonds, fund $11.8 million of capital expenditures at its Someren Glen property in Centennial, fund a deposit to the common reserve fund and pay the cost of issuance. The bonds will be non-rated with a maturity date in 2042, and will help better position CLC to pursue long-term... Read More »
Ziegler Refinances Two AL Communities

Ziegler Refinances Two AL Communities

Columbia Pacific Advisors refinanced two of its seniors housing communities, enlisting Ziegler as its exclusive financial advisor to close the transactions. The communities in question are The Landing at Lake Worth in Lake Worth, Florida, and The Linden at Stonehaven Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Each 134-unit community offers assisted living and memory care services. Chicago Pacific Advisors developed the Florida property in late 2018 and the Oklahoma property in late 2017 as part of its strategy to expand into the southern United States. To refinance existing the construction loans, Ziegler’s Senior Housing & Care Finance Practice closed two bridge debt placements totaling $37.75... Read More »
Ziegler Continues Active Month with Virginia Financing

Ziegler Continues Active Month with Virginia Financing

Ziegler is continuing its active month with the arrangement of $71.33 million of Series 2021A and 2021B bonds for a life plan community in Williamsburg, Virginia. Williamsburg Landing, founded in 1982, consists of 317 independent living apartments, 72 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 73 skilled nursing units.  Prior to this loan, Williamsburg Landing had 14 separate debt obligations provided by three banks totaling nearly $100 million. These new bonds will refinance nine of the existing bank obligations in an effort to simplify their capital structure.   The proceeds of the bonds will be used to refund nine existing bank obligations, pay swap termination payments,... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Two More Financings

Ziegler Arranges Two More Financings

Ziegler has closed two financings for communities in Wisconsin and Virginia. First, Ziegler arranged $38.68 million of Series 2021 fixed-rate revenue bonds for the construction of a new seniors housing community in Muskego, Wisconsin. The financing was provided to PHW Muskego, Inc., a not-for-profit affiliate of Presbyterian Homes and Services. They are non-rated, tax-exempt serial and term bonds with a 40-year maturity. Proceeds of the bonds will be used to finance the construction of Stair Crest community, fund a debt service reserve fund, fund 18 months of interest on the bonds and pay costs of issuance associated with the loan. Stair Crest is set to contain 80 independent living units,... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing for Atlanta CCRC

Ziegler Closes Financing for Atlanta CCRC

Ziegler closed $124.8 million in Series 2021A/B fixed-rate bonds and $45,800,000 in Series 2021C Direct Bank Bonds for an Atlanta, Georgia-area CCRC. Opened in the early 1960s, Canterbury Court is a CCRC located in the Buckhead-Brookhaven neighborhood. It was started by the All Saints Episcopal Church and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church when they noticed a need for “persons of mature years to live in comfort, with a secure future.” Since opening its doors in 1965, Canterbury Court has grown to include 187 independent living units, 18 personal care (assisted living) units and 42 skilled nursing beds. It is undergoing a major expansion project that will replace the existing healthcare... Read More »