WISCONSIN — Helios has structured the sale and recapitalization of an assisted living and memory care provider in Wisconsin. A publicly traded regional lender provided the funds. Helios arranged the sale of non-performing assets assets in the portfolio to regional operators, including behavioral health providers in Wisconsin. The broker then repackaged the remaining performing assets, brought in a new operator, and arranged the debt to recapitalize the portfolio keeping the existing financial partner involved and retiring the operating partner and lender.
PHILADELPHIA — Berkadia has arranged the sale of two assisted living and memory care communities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Berkadia closed the 142-unit transaction on behalf of a publicly traded REIT. A private equity group purchased the assets for an undisclosed price.
BARRINGTON, Ill. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of a 45-unit assisted living and memory care community in Barrington, approximately 35 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. The Berkadia team of Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders represented the seller, a publicly traded REIT. A regional owner-operator acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Further details were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of three value-add seniors housing communities in western suburbs of Chicago. Opened between 1994 and 2000, the portfolio consisted of three geographically clustered communities, with two distinct managers, offering approximately 290 assisted living and memory care units and approximately 40 Medicare-only skilled nursing units. The communities struggled post COVID and presented a meaningful value-add opportunity, despite some recent capital improvements. Ultimately, the seller elected to divest the communities to preserve liquidity and simplify the portfolio. The buyer was a …
TOPEKA, Kan. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Providence Living Center, a 78-bed, 24,000-square-foot nursing facility in Topeka. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price. The Marcus & Millichap team included Rod Llanos and Colby Haugness.
FRESNO, Calif. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has arranged a $6 million acquisition loan for Twilight Haven Senior Living in the San Joaquin Valley city of Fresno. Twilight Haven comprises 60 independent living units, 116 assisted living beds and 50 skilled nursing beds. A California-based LLC was the borrower. A Utah-based industrial bank provided the capital. The seller was a nonprofit operator facing bankruptcy. The 25-year loan is fully amortizing.
Although 2023 was a down year for property sales, the seniors housing industry fared better than other real estate sectors, and many investors are already switching to ‘buy’ mode. By Jeff Shaw At first blush, 2023 looks like a bad year for seniors housing property sales. Total transaction volume fell 23 percent to $10.6 billion, the sector’s lowest mark in over a decade, according to data from MSCI Real Assets. “I’m not surprised to see transaction volume down from 2022,” says Kelly Sheehy, senior managing director of Artemis Real Estate …
GREENVILLE, S.C.; SEATTLE; SPRINGFIELD, Mo.; TUKWILA, Wash.; and HILLSBORO, Ore. — Seattle based Merrill Gardens has added four existing communities to its portfolio, along with one new community under construction. The privately held company now operates 65 communities in 17 states. The first community is Merrill Gardens at Greenville. The newly opened independent living community features 129 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Also acquired was Murano Senior Living in Seattle. The high-rise community features 243 apartments with waterfront and city skyline views. The property offers independent living, assisted living and …
NEWARK, Del.; HAMILTON and WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Juniper Communities has taken over management of three Leisure Care senior living properties providing assisted living and memory care. The three properties are part of Columbia Pacific Advisors’ seniors housing portfolio. The move adds 397 assisted living and memory care units and approximately 300 associates to Juniper’s current portfolio. Juniper Communities now owns and operates 28 communities in Colorado, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Delaware. Juniper Village at Newark, formerly known as The Vero at Newark and built in 2023, offers assisted …
SALT LAKE CITY and ST. GEORGE, Utah — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of two communities in Utah. The seller was a national developer/investor seeking an exit from more than a dozen geographically disparate, older-vintage communities. The communities were purchased in a sizeable portfolio transaction pre-COVID, under a value-add thesis of operator transitions to create regional groupings coupled with renovations and repositioning. Unfortunately, the cumulative impact of COVID followed by the unprecedented rise in interest rates created meaningful headwinds to the original thesis and drove a …