• 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 »
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 »