MURFREESBORO, TENN. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI), a Murfreesboro-based REIT, has exercised an $87.5 million purchase option on five assisted living and memory care communities currently owned and operated by Bickford Senior Living. The acquisitions include a 56-unit community in Crystal Lake, Iowa; a 76-unit community in St. Charles, Mo.; a 56-unit community in Oswego, Ill.; a 40-unit community in Omaha, Neb.; and a 49-unit community in West Des Moines, Iowa. The properties total 277 units with an average occupancy of 92 percent and an average age of 12 years. NHI has committed $2.4 million for capital improvements and expansions on the existing facilities. Bickford will continue to operate the communities under a 15-year lease with two five-year renewal options and a 3 percent annual lease escalator. The acquisition was funded with available cash and borrowings on the company’s revolving credit facility. “We are very pleased to exercise our purchase option on these high-quality, high-performing facilities and to expand our existing relationship with Bickford Senior Living,” says Eric Mendelsohn, president and CEO of NHI. National Health Investors specializes in sale-leaseback, joint venture, mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI’s stock price …
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DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — FM Capital has acquired a $5.7 million non-performing loan that is secured by a 37,780-square-foot medical property in Downers Grove, approximately 22 miles west of Chicago. The loan went into default when the borrower failed to make payments last summer. The Greenbriar Medical Office Building was constructed in 1972 and renovated in 2006. The property also includes a 125-space parking lot, conference facility and recently renovated common area. The property is currently 70 percent vacant.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Gyrodyne LLC has sold Fairfax Medical Center, a two-building, 57,621-square-foot medical office complex in Fairfax. JAG Associates LLC purchased the property for $14 million. Gyrodyne’s predecessor, Gyrodyne Co. of America Inc., purchased the property in 2009 for $12.9 million.
IRVINE, CALIF. — HCP (NYSE: HCP), one of the largest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the United States, will spin off its HCR ManorCare portfolio of skilled nursing and assisted living assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT. The company’s board of directors approved the plan today. The newly formed REIT, SpinCo, will be composed of more than 320 properties operated by HCR ManorCare. The portfolio has an expected in-place annual rent of approximately $485 million. “Post spin, HCP will own a stable, private-pay portfolio that has a track record of delivering consistent, attractive returns,” says Lauralee Martin, president and CEO of Irvine-based HCP. “HCP will be able to sharpen its focus on high-growth healthcare sectors.” This is the second major REIT to spin off its skilled nursing portfolio in the past year. In August, Ventas created Care Capital Properties as a way to spin off its skilled nursing assets. “We need to eliminate the overhang that exists from the current challenges facing HCR ManorCare so the rest of our business can flourish,” said Micheal McKee, executive chairman of the board, on the company’s first-quarter earnings call this morning. “As we reviewed our options, for many reasons it became clear …
INDEPENDENCE, OHIO — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has brokered the $10 million sale of a 54,611-square-foot medical office building in Independence, approximately 10 miles south of Cleveland. Dennison Development Group sold the property, located at 6701 Rockside Road, to a healthcare real estate company based in Tennessee. Dennison Development Group built the three-story Rockside Medical Center in 1980. The building features a surgical center, new HVAC system, new roof and recent renovations to common areas. The multi-tenant building is 65 percent leased to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and The Cleveland Clinic. Bob Nosal and Susan Licciardi of NGKF represented the seller in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Bauman & Co. has purchased three medical office buildings in Orlando; Macon, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., for a combined $25 million. The properties include the Lake Lurna Professional Center in downtown Orlando, the Coliseum Cancer Center in Macon that is being renamed the Coliseum Drive Physicians Building and the Spring Creek Medical Center in Chattanooga that is being renamed the Spring Creek Physicians Building. The Orlando and Macon buildings were fully leased at the time of sale and the Chattanooga property was 82 percent leased. Bauman & Co., Siemens Financial Services, Capital One Healthcare and a small group of private investors provided acquisition financing for the portfolio transaction.
MIDLOTHIAN, VA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.4 million sale of Tower Medical, a 20,028-square-foot medical office building located at 13520-13540 Hull St. in the Midlothian suburb of Richmond. Tower Medical’s tenants include Bon Secours Health Systems and Sheltering Arms Hospital. Chandler Pace of Marcus & Millichap led the team in representing the seller, the original developer that built the asset in 2005, and securing the buyer, a 1031 investor based in Washington, D.C. The Marcus & Millichap team included Robert Filley, Christopher Chadwick, Dawson Rinder, Josh Feldman and Ian Ruel.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The Rockefeller Group plans to develop a 130,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art cancer center treatment facility at The Green at Florham Park, a 268-acre, master-planned development in Florham Park. The facility is being developed in partnership with Summit Medical Group and Houston-based University of Texas MD Ander Cancer Center, which recently signed a long-term lease at the property. The Rockefeller Group expects to break ground this summer on the facility. Summit Medical Group, which occupies a 100,000-square-foot medical office building at The Green at Florham Park, is New Jersey’s largest multi-specialty physician group with more than 600 practitioners in 67-plus locations throughout central and northern New Jersey.
NEW YORK CITY — NYU Langone Medical Center has signed a 30-year lease with Columbia Property Trust Inc. for an entire office property located at 222 E. 41st St. in Midtown Manhattan. The triple-net lease encompasses all 389,522 square feet of Class A office space at the building, including all 25 floors, the lobby, common areas and parking garage. NYU Langone is slated to take possession of the property at year end, following the expiration of the current tenant’s lease for 353,541 square feet. The new tenant plans to convert the property into a combination of medical office, ambulatory care facilities and other ancillary uses. Columbia recently upgraded the property, which it acquired in 2007. Paul Amrich, Neil King, James Ackerman and Jackie Marshall of CBRE represented the landlord, while Bruce Mosler and Mark Mandell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. Financial terms of the transaction were not released.
GLENVIEW, ILL. — The Missner Group has completed a medical office build-out for Illinois Bone & Joint Institute (IBJI) OrthoAccess. The property, located at 2401 Ravine Way in Glenview approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago, is a walk-in clinic designed to treat sports injuries and minor auto accident injuries. The build-out included the addition of an entire floor of exam rooms, nursing stations and three waiting areas. The new space for IBJI also features an on-site X-ray suite and renovated reception area. Stephen Rankin Associates provided the architectural services for the project.