ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of two assisted living communities in Albuquerque. The communities were built in 1972 and 1982, with renovations in 2011 and 2015. The properties are 3,176 and 7,880 square feet and are situated on approximately 0.38 and 0.6 acres of land. The seller was a mom-and-pop owner divesting to retire from the industry. The buyer is an owner-operator expanding its presence in the West. This is the buyer’s first acquisition in New Mexico. The price was not disclosed. Vince Viverito and Matthew Alley of SLIB handled the transaction.
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Emerald Communities Starts $55M Assisted Living Expansion at Emerald Heights in Redmond, Washington
by Amy Works
REDMOND, WASH. — Emerald Communities has broken ground on an assisted living expansion project in Redmond, approximately 10 miles east of Seattle. The development will add 54 one-bedroom units to Emerald Heights, a continuing care retirement community. The project also includes a dining space, activity rooms, an outdoor patio and a centralized courtyard across 67,55 square feet. Development costs are estimated at $55 million. Dean Kelly of the architecture firm Rice Fergus Miller is leading the design, and also recently managed Emerald Heights’ new 42-unit independent living building and earlier expansion projects, which were completed in 2014. GLY Construction has been named as the builder. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2024. Emerald Heights is situated on 38 acres in the Education Hill area of Redmond.
BROCKTON, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $12.9 million in financing for Bixby Brockton Apartments, a 106-unit affordable seniors housing complex located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The complex houses 88 one-bedroom apartments and 18 two-bedroom apartments, with two units occupied by maintenance and security staff. The borrower, Affordable Housing & Services Collaborative Inc., will use the proceeds to fund capital improvements and extend the property’s affordability status. Among the improvements slated for the property are unit repairs, two new heating systems, a new fence, security camera upgrades and the extension of a laundry room.
SAVOY, ILL. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Champaign Urbana Nursing & Rehab in Savoy, located about midway between Chicago and St. Louis. A regional owner-operator sold the asset to Mozart Healthcare, which plans to install Accolade Healthcare as the operator. The sales price was undisclosed. Initially built in 1975, the facility is licensed for 213 skilled nursing beds, and at the time of marketing was 49 percent occupied. The current operator restored the occupancy rate to 67 percent by the time of closing.
CINCINNATI — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of St. Theresa Care Center in Cincinnati for an undisclosed price. A public REIT elected to execute the strategic sale of the facility following an operator transition earlier this year. St. Theresa Care Center is licensed for 92 assisted living beds and 99 skilled nursing beds. Designated as a National Historic Landmark, the property was originally built as an acute care hospital in the mid-1920s and was later expanded in the late 1950s. The building was ultimately converted to its current use, also featuring units available for independent living residents. However, the independent living and assisted living floors were most recently underutilized. The buyer was an owner-operator with a growing presence in the area. The facility has been renamed The Mariemont Care Center. Michael Segal, Connor Doherty, Ben Firestone and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint brokered the sale.
Blueprint Negotiates Sale of Brittany House Memory Care Center in Long Beach, California
by Amy Works
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Brittany House Memory Care Center in Long Beach, just south of Los Angeles. The seller is a San Diego-based developer and operator looking to focus its resources on a newly developed portfolio of communities throughout Orange and San Diego counties. The buyer is a Los Angeles-based high-net-worth family. The price was not disclosed. The buyer plans to convert the memory care community into an affordable housing property using the Assisted Living Waiver program in California. The Blueprint team included Jacob Gehl and Scott Frazier.
Seniors Housing Transaction Activity Will Not Return to Normal Levels This Year, Says InterFace Panel
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — One of the central questions of the investment panel at InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast was: Will transaction activity return in the fourth quarter? When Brooks Blackmon, panel moderator and executive managing director of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, asked the question, there was a quick response from the panel — “no.” “Return to what?” asked Kelly Sheehy senior managing director of Artemis Real Estate Partners. “Higher than today? Yes. Compared to 2019? No, it’s going to take time.” InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast is an annual conference hosted by France Media’s InterFace Conference Group, Seniors Housing Business and Southeast Real Estate Business. The event was held on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta hotel. Blackmon moderated the discussion. The panelists agreed that the fly in the ointment that has stifled investment sales the past few quarters has been the rapid runup in interest rates. The 10-year Treasury yield was at 4.3 percent at the time of this writing, which is the highest level since 2007. The secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) and federal funds rate, two short-term benchmark interest rates, have risen by more than 500 basis points in roughly 16 months. “Until debt markets improve, you’re …
MUSKEGO AND OAK CREEK, WIS. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $16 million in HUD-insured loans for the acquisition of two assisted living properties in metro Milwaukee. Kevin Giusti and Daniel Barone of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a developer. The first property is Caring Alternatives of Muskego, a 30-unit community located on Pioneer Drive in Muskego. The second is Caring Alternatives of Oak Creek, a 45-unit property located on 13th Street in Oak Creek.
IOWA, NEBRASKA AND KANSAS — Tutera Senior Living & Health Care has acquired 10 communities in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, expanding the family-owned company’s footprint by more than 20 percent. The purchase price was undisclosed. The properties total 443 assisted living, memory care and residential care units with an average of 44 units each. Tutera is retaining all employees at the newly added communities to ensure continuity of care for residents. The properties include: Pinicon Place Senior Living in Anamosa, Iowa; Rolling Meadows Senior Living in Carroll, Iowa; Eiler Place Senior Living in Clarinda, Iowa; Amelia Senior Living in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Floyd Place Senior Living in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa; Cottonwood Place Senior Living in Columbus, Neb.; Pathfinder Place Senior Living in Fremont, Neb.; Morton Senior Living in Nebraska City, Neb.; Greene Senior Living in Seward, Neb.; and Abilene Place Senior Living in Abilene, Kan.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Greystone has provided a $16.8 million HUD LEAN 232/223(f) green loan for the refinancing of Plum Creek at Rolling Meadows. The 102-unit supportive living facility is situated in the Northwest Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows. The three-story property was constructed in 1986 as a hotel and converted into supportive living in 2006. The supportive living program in Illinois is an alternative to nursing home care for low-income older persons requiring mid-range care needs as opposed to skilled nursing. Adam Lipkin and Michael Zukerman of Greystone originated the 35-year loan. Brent Connell of Geneva Capital acted as correspondent on the transaction. The owner committed to implementing green improvements that will result in an estimated 15 percent in energy savings and 10 percent in water savings annually, amounting to projected savings of over $20,000 per year. The new HUD-insured green seniors housing program can cut closing costs by 75 basis points and reduce the interest rate by almost half a percent, according to Greystone.