KENNEWICK, Wash. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 36-unit assisted living community in Kennewick, located near the Oregon border in the eastern half of the state. The property was over 90 percent occupied at the time of sale, though it has struggled in recent years due to key leadership turnover, according to Blueprint. For this reason it was still marketed as a value-add opportunity. The buyer was well capitalized and local, and this is the company’s fourth acquisition in Washington. The seller and price …
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TACOMA, Wash. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Heartwood Extended Healthcare, a 120-bed skilled nursing community in Tacoma. A joint venture between an East Coast capital group and a Los Angeles-based operator acquired the facility for for $8 million, or $66,000 price per bed. The seller was a local owner-operator. Built in 1986, the community was 69 percent occupied and not profitable at the time of sale. The new buyers plan to replace contracted staff with full-time employees. In addition, Medicaid rate increases have already been …
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, …
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How One Lender is Expanding to Meet the Evolving Needs of Seniors Housing Borrowers
If they haven’t already, it may be time for investors to reject the notion that seniors housing is a niche asset class. To meet surging demand for the properties brought on by the aging baby boomer population, sophisticated owners have spent years building modern, amenity-rich properties that feel like home, a far cry from 20th century versions of the model, which were often bare-boned and sterile environments. Despite the complex nature of underwriting healthcare operators, the number of lenders serving seniors housing developers has ballooned over the years given the …
Lancaster Pollard Provides $7.2M Financing for Rosewood Courte Memory Care in Edmonds, Washington
by Jeff Shaw
EDMONDS, Wash. — Lancaster Pollard has provided $7.2 million in refinancing for Rosewood Courte Memory Care in Edmonds, approximately 15 miles north of downtown Seattle. The Fannie Mae loan provides long-term, fixed-rate financing. The borrower will use the funds for capital improvements. Although the borrower was not disclosed, the property is listed on Northwest Care Senior Living’s website. Grant Goodman, Casey Moore and Doug Harper led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
PMB Completes 159-Unit Community as Part of Mixed-Use Development in Tacoma, Washington
by Jeff Shaw
TACOMA, Wash. — PMB has opened the doors on GenCare Lifestyle at Point Ruston, a 159-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Tacoma. The 144,000-square-foot, six-story senior community is located on the southern edge of Puget Sound in Point Ruston, a master-planned, mixed-use urban village. The location puts residents within walking distance of retail establishments, restaurants, a luxury hotel, residential developments, a movie theater, local and organic food, walking paths, meeting spaces and seasonal public events. The site was formerly home to a copper mill for decades …
CIT Arranges Financings Totaling $93.7 Million for New Generation Health, Genesis Healthcare
by Jeff Shaw
NEW YORK CITY — CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) has served as the lead arranger of $93.7 million in combined financing for 19 healthcare facilities in California, Nevada and Washington between New Generation Health LLC and affiliates of Genesis Healthcare Inc. New Gen, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in the operation of skilled nursing facilities in the Western portion of the United States, will provide management and/or consulting services for the 19 healthcare facilities. Affiliates of Genesis will continue to provide certain administrative, back-office and therapy services to the facilities. …
TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has agreed to sell a portfolio of seniors housing properties in California, Nevada and Washington for more than $740 million. The announcement was made on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Very few details have been released, however, with Welltower not disclosing the names, locations, buyers or number of properties. The portfolio was 97 percent occupied with a net operating income of $36.7 million in 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare group has closed $57.2 million in loans for skilled nursing facilities in Alabama, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland and Washington. Berkadia refinanced a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in Washington state for $26.2 million, or $120,212 per bed, utilizing HUD’s 232/223(f) program. Jay Healy arranged the financing on behalf of the Washington-based owner and operator, which used the loan proceeds to pay off short-term debt, fund improvements to the properties and reduce their debt service payments. The communities are located in Brewster, …
NHI, LCS Form Joint Venture to Acquire Timber Ridge Life Plan Community in Washington for $133M
by Jeff Shaw
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — National Health Investors (NHI) has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Life Care Services (LCS) to acquire and operate Timber Ridge at Talus, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Issaquah. The buyers will acquire Timber Ridge from a joint venture between Westminster Capital and LCS for $133 million, exclusive of closing costs that are estimated to be approximately $2 million. Originally built in 2008 and expanded in 2017, the property features 401 units, including 330 independent living apartments, 14 assisted living apartments, 12 memory …