OHIIO and PENNSYLVANIA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of five skilled nursing facilities totaling 347 beds in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The seller was a public REIT and its operating partner. The seller and price were not disclosed.
MADISON, N.J. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $10.7 million HUD-insured loan for Pine Acres Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, a 102-bed skilled nursing facility in Madison, approximately 40 miles west of Manhattan. Pine Acres is a long-term care facility and rehabilitation center offering a variety of post-operative services and amenities, including private and semi-private rooms. The loan refinances existing debt.
DECATUR, Ill. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired The Imboden Creek Living Center, Gardens and Villas, a skilled nursing campus in Decatur, approximately midway between Chicago and St. Louis. The campus features 95 licensed skilled nursing beds, 46 assisted living units and five independent living units. The acquisition was a “tack-on” to CareTrust’s existing eight-property master lease with Harrisburg-based operator WLC Management Firm LLC, which will replace the outgoing operator. CareTrust’s initial investment in the facility, inclusive of capital expenditure commitments and transaction costs, was approximately $13.1 million. …
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Good Shepherd Village, a skilled nursing facility in Springfield. The community was built in the 1960s and was renovated in the 1990s. A private equity owner-operator based in New York was the buyer. Although the seller, price and number of beds were not released, the purchase price equated to approximately $83,000 per bed.
TYLER, Texas — The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the real estate and operations of The Waterton Healthcare and Rehabilitation, a 74-bed skilled nursing facility in Tyler. In a separate transaction on the same day, Ensign announced that its affiliates acquired the operations of Amarsi Assisted Living, a 103-bed assisted living facility in Glendale, Arizona, and Citadel Assisted Living Facility, a 180-unit independent living and 150-bed assisted living facility in Mesa, Arizona. Both of these operations are part of a healthcare campus that includes skilled nursing services operated …
FLORIDA — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the bankruptcy disposition of two skilled nursing communities in Florida. The bankruptcy stemmed from a medical whistleblower whose case resulted in a civil fraud judgment of $256 million. Both communities operated under the brand of Consulate Health Care, and filed for bankruptcy when the skilled nursing operating entities could not afford to pay the judgment against them. ESI was hired to represent the debtors in the sale of their assets, obtaining debtor-in-possession financing and providing a confidential valuation. Ultimately, after an auction, …
TULSA, Okla. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of The Arbors, a 20-unit assisted living community in Tulsa. The 15,688-square-foot property was built in 1997 on approximately two acres of land. The seller is a regional owner based in Tulsa. The buyer is a Oklahoma-based private owner, looking to expand its portfolio, and plans to convert the facility to skilled nursing with a hospice specialty. Jason Punzel and Nick Cacciabando of SLIB handled the transaction. The price was not disclosed.
UTAH and CALIFORNIA — Walker & Dunlop has structured $77.1 million in financing for two large skilled nursing portfolios totaling ten properties and 848 units. The Cascades Portfolio, located throughout Utah, totals seven properties and 693 units. The Rollins-Nelson Portfolio includes three properties and 155 units located in Englewood, Long Beach and Perris, California. Walker & Dunlop’s Kevin Giusti, Brian Neal and Andrew Westling arranged the transactions. The team utilized three different capital solutions for the Cascades Portfolio, including financing through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a …
OHIO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of 17 skilled nursing facilities in Ohio for $145 million. The seller was joint venture between an Ohio-based operator and an investment partner, which acquired the portfolio in 2018. The seller was an East Coast-based owner-operator. The portfolio historically has been stabilized with over $100 million in yearly revenue, but saw performance decline due to COVID-19. While further details on the properties were not disclosed, the per-bed price of $73,000 equates to nearly 2,000 beds across the portfolio.
Occupancy trends, the impact of the Omicron variant, development, investment, vaccine mandates and labor shortages were just some of the pressing topics panelists discussed during the “Seniors Housing Policy Outlook: What Will Impact Operations, Investment & Development in 2022?” webinar, hosted by Seniors Housing Business. Industry experts weighed in on the policies and priorities shaping the future of senior living communities, as well as their own legislative agendas for 2022. Regarding investment and development, Dave Schless, president of American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), explains Capital markets have remained committed and robust …
