HUNT VALLEY, Md. — In a blockbuster transaction between publicly traded REITs, Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) has acquired 24 seniors housing communities from Healthpeak Properties (NYSE: PEAK) for $510 million. Brookdale operates the entire portfolio, which is located across Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. OHI is taking on the in-place master lease, with total rent in 2021 of $43.5 million and a 2.4 percent annual escalator. The announcement came through Omega’s fourth-quarter earnings report, released late on Thursday, Feb. 4. Further …
MASSACHUSETTS — Oxford Finance LLC has provided a $23.5 million senior credit facility and revolving line of credit to Prosper Life Care Inc. The proceeds were used for the acquisition of two assisted living/memory care facilities located in Massachusetts totaling 214 units. Further details were not disclosed.
EL PASO, Texas — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of three seniors housing communities — SunRidge of Cambria, Cielo Vista and Desert Springs — in El Paso totaling 167 units of assisted living and memory care. The communities were built in 1995, 1998 and 2000 and maintained 89 percent, 87 percent and 90 percent occupancy, respectively, at an early point of the onset of COVID-19. The seller is a debt and equity capital provider looking to divest of a non-core market, while the buyer is a …
KING CITY, Ore. — An affiliate of Livingston Street Capital has acquired King City Senior Village, an independent living community in the Portland suburb of King City, Oregon. This is the first West Coast addition to the firm’s active adult and independent living portfolio. The property was recently renovated. The number of units and other details were not disclosed. “We’re focused on identifying core, core-plus and light value-add communities throughout the country that facilitate the lifestyles today’s 55+ residents desire, based on our expertise in the active adult and independent …
HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has negotiated the sale of Plantation Oaks of High Springs, a 66-unit assisted living and memory care community in High Springs, approximately 20 miles northwest of Gainesville. An independent owner-operator sold the community to a regional owner-operator for $9.2 million, or $139,000 per unit. The buyer secured a loan from the in-place lender on the property. Originally built in 1988 with a 36-unit expansion in 2014, Plantation Oaks of High Springs is licensed for 52 assisted living beds and 20 memory care …
ELK GROVE and ROSEVILLE, Calif. — National operator Pegasus Senior Living has added two Brookdale communities, located in the Sacramento suburbs of Elk Grove and Roseville, to its portfolio of communities. The additions bring Pegasus’ total portfolio to 38 communities. Both offer assisted living and memory care services. Elk Grove Park totals 88 units while Sterling Court features 101 units.
SAN ANTONIO — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the operations of San Pedro Manor, a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in San Antonio. The acquisition was effective Feb. 1, and will be subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. The seller and landlord were not disclosed. This acquisition brings Ensign’s growing portfolio to 232 healthcare operations, 24 of which also include assisted living operations, across 13 states.
CODY, Wy., and GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of two assisted living communities, located in Cody and Great Falls. The portfolio totals 107 units of assisted living and independent living. The buyer is an Oregon-based regional owner-operator familiar with the region. The seller and price were not disclosed. Bradley Clousing, Jason Punzel and Jeff Binder of SLIB handled the transactions.
Seniors housing investors may be switching from development to acquisitions in the near term, as highly motivated sellers seek to unload existing properties at a lower price than the cost of building a new community. The prospect of highly motivated sellers has largely come as a result of the stresses of operating seniors housing during a global pandemic. “We’re starting to see valuations that are well below what we can develop for,” said Bill Pettit of R.D. Merrill Co. “If it’s the right business model and the right locations, we’ll …
KERRVILLE, Texas — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Villagio of Kerrville, a 36-unit seniors housing community in Kerrville, approximately 65 miles northwest of San Antonio. The community has maintained occupancy levels more than 90 percent and operational margins around 30 percent over recent historical periods (adjusted for COVID-19). The community is well located near Kerrville’s primary retail corridor and less than three miles from two large hospitals — Peterson Regional Medical Center and the Kerrville State Hospital. Local senior demographics are projected to grow significantly …