For over two years, a persistent bid-ask spread between buyers and sellers of seniors housing properties prevented many deals from getting done. Seniors Housing Business (SHB) caught up with Brian Chandler, senior managing director and national practice leader for seniors housing for Raleigh, N.C.-based Partner Valuation Advisors. As an appraiser in the seniors housing and care sector, he is privy to in-progress deals months before closing, including transaction data. He says a growing number of buyers and sellers are agreeing to close transactions and shares more here. SHB: Some experts say a growing number …
Memory Care
PLANO, Texas — Eastern Union has secured two loans totaling $20.4 million to finance the conversion of a former hotel property in Plano, Texas, into an assisted living community. Totaling 137 room across six stories, the building was most recently operated as a Deluxe Inn and was previously a Comfort Inn. Built in 1984 and renovated in 2005, the property has been owned and operated by Maheshbhai Patel since 2022. Meir Abrahamson of Eastern Union arranged the transaction, which included a construction loan, as well as the refinancing of an existing …
With Seniors Housing Positioned for Growth, Financing Activity Begins to Stir
Slowly but surely, the performance of seniors housing assets is improving. While rent growth in 2022 in the sector represented a period of catch-up after the pandemic stymied the ability of operators to raise lease rates, continuing rent increases in 2023 began contributing to more meaningful net operating income recovery, according to Walker & Dunlop’s recently released Senior Housing Outlook report. Now, seniors housing owners are positioned for a sustained period of significant revenue expansion amid improving occupancy and a shortfall of new inventory, reports the Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial real …
MANALAPAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a Class A seniors housing facility located in Manalapan Township, roughly 45 miles outside New York City. Delivered in 2022, the community includes 60 residences and features both assisted living and memory care units. Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes and Kory Buzin of Blueprint represented the New Jersey-based seller in the transaction. Springpoint, the tenant in place at the property, acquired the community for an undisclosed price. According to Blueprint, the facility experienced occupancy issues during its first …
De-Risking Elevator Emergencies: Why Senior Living Facilities Need Modern Elevator Communication Solutions
Any property owner knows the headaches that arise when an elevator malfunctions. In senior living facilities, such problems have the potential to escalate into a crisis very quickly. Emergency communications in senior care facilities are vitally important, not only to protect the health and safety of residents and visitors but also to minimize disruptions to staffing resources. If there is an emergency, that call has to go somewhere. In senior living facilities, that destination is often the nursing station. “We consistently hear about nursing shortages, with staff being pulled in …
CHICAGO — Chicago Pacific Founders has sold a 20-property seniors housing portfolio to Ventas for $725 million. JLL brokered the all-cash transaction. The portfolio comprises communities in the Sun Belt, Northeast and Midwest markets. Roughly two-thirds of the properties are independent living communities, with the remainder of the assets falling into the categories of assisted living and memory care. The communities are spread across 14 states including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Chicago Pacific Founders owned the portfolio properties in …
GRAND JUNCTION AND GREELEY, Colo. — JLL has brokered the $30 million sale of a seniors housing portfolio located in Colorado. The portfolio comprises two private pay communities — The Lodge at Greeley and The Lodge at Grand Junction — totaling 140 units. Bow River Capital sold the properties to an undisclosed buyer. JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction. Delivered in 2020, The Lodge at Greeley in Greeley offers 92 residences, with 20 independent living units, 48 assisted living units and 24 memory care units in studio and …
WELLINGTON, Fla. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of HarborChase Wellington Crossing, a 134-unit, Class A seniors housing community in Wellington, located about 15 miles southwest of West Palm Beach. A partnership between Scarp Ridge Capital Partners and Walton Street Capital acquired the community and selected Agewell Solvere Living as the operator. The buyer has also rebranded the property, which now operates under the name Alamar Senior Living. The name of the seller was not disclosed. Completed in late 2018, HarborChase Wellington Crossing consists of 76 assisted living units and 58 memory care units. …
MONTVALE, N.J. — Mesa West Capital has provided a joint venture entity with a $57 million loan to refinance Thrive at Montvale, a 203-unit seniors housing community in Montvale, an affluent New York City suburb located 30 miles north of the city. The joint venture is comprised of AEW Capital Management, Thrive Senior Living and Pike Construction. The five-year, floating-rate loan is secured by the 11.5-acre community built in 2022 by Thrive, an Atlanta-based senior living development and investment firm, and Pike, a New Jersey-based developer and general contractor. Thrive at Montvale is …
NOKOMIS, Fla. — The Goldton at Venice — a seniors housing community located in Nokomis, roughly 20 miles south of Sarasota — recently sheltered 200 individuals during Hurricane Milton. Located in a non-flood zone approximately two miles from Sarasota Memorial Hospital, the community hosted staff, family members and loved ones of residents and evacuees from Venice Island and flood zones. Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday, Oct. 9, with most of the guests departing the community by the following Friday, Oct. 11. Totaling 167 apartments, The Goldton at Venice offers 114 independent …