• 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 Wisconsin CCRC Deal

Ziegler Closes Wisconsin CCRC Deal

Dan Revie, Don Husi, and Tedd Van Gorden from Ziegler represented Bridge Investment Group in the sale of its entrance-fee CCRC in Mequon, Wisconsin. LCS was the previous operator and will hand over management to the new owner, Iowa-based not-for-profit Lifespace Communities. No purchase price was disclosed, but Ziegler helped arrange acquisition financing for the deal. Built in 2003, the community has 159 independent living units, 36 assisted living units, 16 memory care units and 46 skilled nursing beds on a 52-acre campus. It will join six other Lifespace communities in the Midwest. Read More »
Ziegler Represents CJE SeniorLife in SNF Sale

Ziegler Represents CJE SeniorLife in SNF Sale

Cascade Capital and Legacy Healthcare are acquiring a large skilled nursing facility in Skokie, Illinois, with Ziegler’s Dan Revie and Tedd Van Gorden representing the seller, CJE SeniorLife, in the transaction. Opened in 1981, the seven-story building has all private rooms, with 216 dually certified and 24 set aside for just Medicare patients. CJE Senior Living, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and Cascade/Legacy signed a letter of intent in February 2021 and closed the deal at the end of July. The purchase price was not disclosed.  Read More »
Ziegler Provides Financing For New Texas CCRC

Ziegler Provides Financing For New Texas CCRC

Ziegler announced a $56.85 million bond closing for Westminster, a Texas-based not-for-profit corporation, to expand and renovate its Type-A CCRC in Austin. Set on 9.3 acres, the campus currently comprises 324 independent living units, 22 assisted living units and 85 skilled nursing beds, of which 30 are utilized for memory care. Life Care Services has managed the property since 1981.   LCS will also be providing development services for the expansion, which started in July 2020 and will feature a new five-story building with 43 IL, 36 AL and 38 MC units and another new five-story building with 18 IL units and a wellness center with a fitness center, PT/OT space and clinic. In addition,... Read More »
Ziegler Provides Financing For New Texas CCRC

Ziegler Finances Another CCRC Expansion

Investment banking firm Ziegler just closed on a $115.63 million bond financing for a Florida CCRC called Vicar’s Landing. The not-for-profit community is located in Ponte Vedra Beach on a 24.3-acre site within Sawgrass, a 4,800-acre private resort and residential community. The community currently includes 227 independent living units, 38 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing facilities.   The new funds will be used to pay off some existing bond debt and partially finance a new project that will be located a mile from the current campus, to be called Vicar’s Landing at Oak Bridge. The proceeds will also be used to fund a debt service reserve fund, fund capitalized interest and pay... Read More »
Oregon CCRC Expanding with Bond Financing

Oregon CCRC Expanding with Bond Financing

Friendsview, a Quaker-affiliated not-for-profit CCRC in Newburg, Oregon, is set to break ground on a new expansion and redevelopment project next month. To fund the project, the Type-A, entrance-fee-based community is set to receive $124.22 million in funding from bonds issued through the Yamhill County Hospital Authority and underwritten by Ziegler.   Greystone acted as the development consultant for the project, providing all necessary planning services to implement the project.   Bond financing is expected to be used toward three segments of Friendsview’s redevelopment project – Springbrook Meadows North, Sutton Terrace at University Village... Read More »