NEWTON, Mass. — Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC) has completed the sale of three seniors housing communities in California. The portfolio totals 599 units. An undisclosed buyer purchased the properties for $47 million. These sales were part of Newton-based DHC’s previously announced disposition plan to sell up to $900 million of assets in connection with the restructuring of its business arrangements with Five Star Senior Living Inc. DHC expects to use the proceeds from these sales to repay debt and for general business purposes.
Acquisitions
IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has completed the sale of two skilled nursing facilities located in Montana. Genesis Healthcare operates both communities. An undisclosed buyer paid $14.4 million for the properties, and also took on $14.2 million in HUD-insured mortgage debt associated with the properties. As a result of this disposition, the total annual rental obligation from Genesis to Irvine-based Sabra will decrease by approximately $1.1 million.
PEKIN, Ill. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Hallmark House Nursing Center. Located in Pekin, a suburb of Peoria, Hallmark House was built in 1964 and features 71 beds. The property totals 22,588 square feet on a six-acre plot. The seller was a private owner based in California struggling to oversee this single asset in Illinois. Occupancy was 62 percent at the time of sale. The buyer was a regional owner-operator with other facilities in Illinois. The price was not disclosed. Ryan Saul of SLIB …
SEATTLE — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Washington Care Services, a 165-bed skilled nursing community in Seattle, for $10.5 million, or $64,000 per bed. Built in 1974, the community was placed into receivership in June 2019 after the previous owner, a local nonprofit organization, defaulted on its existing HUD loan. At the time of the sale, the property was 77 percent occupied and losing over $500,000 a year in net operating income. The new owner plans to correct course by replacing contracted staffers with full-time workers, …
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a Westlake Village-based REIT that invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties, has completed the sale of its entire portfolio of Preferred Care-operated properties. Preferred Care declared bankruptcy in 2017 amid a slew of personal injury lawsuits against the operator. The combined net proceeds for the portfolio, including one property sold in 2019 and 21 properties sold in the first quarter of 2020, were $77.9 million, resulting in a total estimated gain on sale of $44 million. The 21 properties sold …
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Murray Highland Memory Care in Beaverton, a suburb of Portland. The community features 18 memory care units totaling 24 beds. The 12,048-square-foot community was built in 2018 on a 0.7-acre plot. The average rent is $7,350 per month. The seller is a local owner exiting the seniors housing industry. The buyer is a regional operator with an existing portfolio in California, and is looking to expand to Oregon. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB …
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 207-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Riverside, approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles. The seller, a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and Welbrook Senior Living, completed an $8 million renovation at the property in 2014. The buyer and price were not disclosed.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Lakewood Memory Care, a 46-unit memory care facility, for $8.5 million, or $185,000 per unit. Located 10 miles south of downtown Denver in Lakewood, the facility totals 52 beds. The property was built in 2016 and is 100 percent private pay. It was 75 percent occupied at the time of sale. ESI represented the seller in the transaction, an independent investor group that had partnered with a national operator. This was the investor group’s only seniors housing asset. …
DALLAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 60-unit assisted living and memory care community in Dallas. An institutional owner-operator sold the property to a Dallas-based developer, owner and operator looking to expand. The price and name of the facility were not disclosed. The property was “trending toward 75 percent” occupancy with neutral cash flow at the time of sale, according to Blueprint. The median home price within three miles of the community is 72 percent higher than the state average and 44 percent higher …
Monticello Provides $97.2M Acquisition Financing for 856-Bed Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Virginia
by Jeff Shaw
VIRGINIA — Monticello has provided $97.2 million in first lien debt financing for the acquisition of five skilled nursing properties totaling 856 beds in Virginia. The transaction also includes a $8 million working capital loan to the operating companies of the properties. Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital, provided that capital. The borrower is an owner-operator with a current portfolio of 1,155 licensed beds. The seller, facility names and facility locations were not disclosed.