ILLINOIS and MISSOURI — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has secured a tenant and executed a 10-year lease agreement for a large skilled nursing and supportive living portfolio spanning across Illinois and Missouri. The portfolio comprises 13 communities located totaling over 1,600 licensed beds. The lease consisted of a ten-year term with a purchase option. Evans Senior Investments selected a regional Midwest group as the tenant. Neither the tenant nor landlord were disclosed.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of San Clemente Villas by the Sea, a 140-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Orange County city of San Clemente. The facility was built in 2002 and totals 131,765 square feet on approximately 3.3 acres of land. The seller’s family developed and managed the property, but now plan to exit the seniors housing space. The buyer was private equity group based in Southern California, which selected an experienced West Coast operator. The price was …
APPLETON, Wis. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of an 80-unit assisted living and memory care community in Appleton, near Lake Winnebago southwest of Green Bay. A national developer/investor engaged Blueprint to create an exit strategy in order to maximize value for more than a dozen geographically disparate, older-vintage communities. These communities were purchased in a sizeable portfolio transaction pre-COVID, under a value-add thesis contemplating operator transitions to create regional groupings coupled with the intent to invest in renovations and repositioning. Unfortunately, the cumulative impact of …
ST. LOUIS — Lutheran Senior Services (LSS), a nonprofit provider of care, services and senior living for older adults in Missouri and Illinois, has agreed to acquire St. Louis Home Health (SLHH) for an undisclosed price. LSS, which already provides home health services among its offerings, cited the SLHH’s orthopedic expertise as a key reason for the acquisition, as well as its extended footprint in Illinois. The transaction is expected to close at the end of this month.
PHILADELPHIA — The wants and needs of the labor force in seniors housing are different today than they were pre-pandemic, forcing operators to adapt on many levels, said Lynne Katzmann, founder and CEO of Juniper Communities. “The gig economy has created a new set of demands on us that we haven’t had to face before.” Katzmann has her finger on the pulse. Bloomfield, New Jersey-based Juniper is an owner and operator of 29 senior living communities in four states with a resident capacity of 2,300 and 1,750 employees. Ultimately, workers …
The last few years have been a time of unpredictability in seniors housing, as the combined factors of pandemic recovery, rapidly rising interest rates, high inflation and labor shortages weighed heavily on investors and operators. “There have been a lot of predictions and forecasts since 2020,” said JP LoMonaco, executive vice president at CBRE. “A lot have been spot on; a lot have been way off base. As we approach the end of 2023, it seems like forecasts about what the American economy will do in 2024 are more varied …
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Kisco Senior Living has opened The Newbury of Brookline, a 159-unit seniors housing community in the first-ring Boston suburb of Brookline. Part of Kisco’s upscale portfolio, the development is situated on the historic Newbury College site. Welltower purchased the campus in 2019 and announced at that time its plans to convert the site into seniors housing. The development is scheduled to open in fall 2024. With 190,000 square feet of new construction and 20,000 square feet of restoration to the historic Mitton House, the project includes 81 independent living, …
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Ziegler, as exclusive financial advisor to Marquee Capital (formerly Berengaria Development), has arranged the sale of BrightStar Senior Living Fort Wayne. The community offers 41 units of assisted living and memory care in Fort Wayne. Marquee Capital developed the property, which BrightStar Senior Living has operated since it opened in 2018. The 3.25-acre asset is located in the Pine Valley neighborhood, eight miles north of downtown Fort Wayne. Lutheran Life Villages (LLV) purchased the property and took over operations. LLV is a local, faith-based, nonprofit organization …
SAN ANTONIO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Franklin Park Alamo Heights, a seniors housing community in San Antonio. The transaction involves Artemis Real Estate Partners taking over as equity partner from Harrison Street, while retaining Franklin Park as part owner in the joint venture. JLL also placed the acquisition financing with a Freddie Mac loan for the buyer. Neither the price nor the amount of the financing were disclosed. Franklin Park Alamo Heights features 117 independent living units, 64 assisted living units and 40 memory care …
AURORA, Colo. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Renew Saddle Rock Memory Care in Aurora, approximately 20 miles southeast of Denver. The asset features 40 units and 52 beds and was built in 2015. The property totals 38,585 square feet on approximately 4.7 acres of land. The seller was an out-of-state private equity group with a third-party operator divesting the asset to exit the senior living space. The buyer was an experienced Denver-based owner-operator looking to grow its portfolio. The price was not disclosed. Vince …