IRVINE, CALIF. — Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) has acquired 21 skilled nursing facilities in a sale-leaseback transaction with an undisclosed West Coast operator for $378 million. The Irvine-based, publicly traded REIT plans to buy the operator’s three remaining facilities before the end of the year for $52 million, for an expected total purchase price of $430 million. The acquisitions are one of several mega-deals for Sabra this year. In August, the company completed its acquisition of skilled nursing owner and former Ventas spinoff Care Capital Properties. Just last week, Sabra also announced it had agreed to buy minority interest in a 183-property portfolio of Enlivant-operated seniors housing communities for $371 million. Sabra plans to eventually acquire 100 percent interest in the portfolio. Sabra was the 21st largest owner of seniors housing in the U.S. with 74 communities and 7,624 units as of June 1, according to the American Seniors Housing Association’s 2017 tally. However, that ranking was before any of these three major acquisitions. Concurrent with the new sale-leaseback transaction, Sabra also announced that it has begun the process of marketing for sale the remaining 43 facilities that the company leases to Genesis Healthcare Inc. Sabra predicts the sales …
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Belmont Village Aliso Viejo, a 157-unit assisted living and memory care community in Aliso Viejo, a master-planned community in the San Joaquin Hills between Los Angeles and San Diego. A joint venture between Houston-based operator Belmont Village Senior Living and Boston-based private equity firm Blue Moon Capital Partners is developing the Class A project. Belmont will operate the community once construction is completed. A development timeline was not released. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the non-recourse, four-year, floating-rate loan through a regional bank.
BRUSH, COLO. — OZ Architecture has launched its design plan for phases two through four of the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, located approximately 90 miles northeast of Denver. The new phases are part of a 10-step master plan for redesigning the 100-year-old seniors housing community. Phase II involves designing the new short-term rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing facility, with the addition of two wings of 14 beds each. There will also be a small amenity node with a living room, dining room, country serving kitchen and physical therapy gym. Phase III includes the addition of a commercial kitchen, receiving areas and staff areas for maintenance and management. Phase IV will add 28 memory care units, each with access to a shared living space. Here, residents with a higher level of acuity will have access to a courtyard wandering garden and spa, with a more robust nursing component. The designs have also eliminated dead-end corridors, and increased security elements throughout. Last year, Eben Ezer selected OZ Architecture to complete the design of its two-story building. Spanning 54,000 square feet, the goal is to increase the overall capacity and elevate the design of the existing campus. The new assisted living …
CHICAGO — Belmont Village Senior Living has broken ground on a 149-unit seniors housing community in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. Belmont Village Lincoln Park will feature 120,500 square feet of assisted living and memory care units. The property is being developed on a parcel of land that was originally part of the Children’s Memorial Hospital campus. The building was demolished earlier this year. The project, slated to open in summer 2019, is Belmont Village’s first property in the Chicago proper. The developer has previously completed properties in Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Glenview and Oak Park.
SAN ANTONIO — Greystar is nearing completion of construction of Overture at Stone Oak, a 143-unit, 55-and-older community in San Antonio. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 725 to 1,225 square feet and includes 185 parking spaces for staff and residents. Amenities include a pool, hair and nail spa , café and lounge and a private media room. Meeks + Partners served as the project architect.
BETHESDA, MD. — Seniors housing executives have a generally optimistic view for mergers and acquisitions activity heading into the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a survey by Capital One. Approximately 89 percent of respondents believe M&A activity will maintain its current pace over the next year, with about half of those believing the pace will increase. Bethesda-based lender Capital One conducted the survey in early September 2017. It asked professionals to provide their 12-month outlook on a number of issues in the seniors housing and skilled nursing space. Respondents included 157 senior executives from healthcare companies, including pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, hospitals, healthcare service providers and health systems, as well as other industry participants. In another survey question, respondents were asked to name the greatest financial challenge facing the industry. Labor cost pressure was the top concern at 33 percent, with supply and demand imbalances following close behind at 32 percent. The regulatory and reimbursement environment was the next largest concern at 21 percent. Further fueling the sentiment that M&A activity will be a focal point for the industry, just four percent cited availability or cost of capital as their top financial challenge. “The uptick in acquisition interest …
VISALIA, CALIF. — Living Care Lifestyles has broken ground on Quail Park at Shannon Ranch, a 120-unit independent living and memory care community in Visalia, located in the San Joaquin Valley midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Navigator Development Group is developing the property. Living Care Lifestyles, Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Shannon Senior Care LLC and BTV Senior will be co-owners once the project is completed. Teter A+E and Fresno/Visalia are providing architectural and design services. The project is scheduled for completion in early 2019. Living Care Lifestyles was founded in 1999 and has senior living communities in California, Washington, Texas and Oregon.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Clearwater Living, a Newport Beach-based operator, has been selected to provide management services for The Wolff Company’s 18-community independent living platform located throughout the West. Clearwater Living began management on Sept. 1 at seven Wolff communities in Colorado, Nevada, Washington and California. Additional properties will come under Clearwater’s management as they are further developed. The portfolio consists of all new construction.
SHELBURNE, VT. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged $67.1 million in bond financing for Wake Robin, a continuing care retirement community in Shelburne, located along Lake Champlain just south of Burlington. The community is situated on 136 acres and feature 212 independent living units, 31 assisted living units and 51 skilled nursing units. The nonprofit Wake Robin Corp. was incorporated in 1984 to develop, own and operate the community. It was the first CCRC in Vermont. Wake Robin is undergoing an expansion that will add 38 independent living units, 10 assisted living units and six skilled nursing units, as well as renovate common areas and the skilled nursing facility. The proceeds of the fixed-rate bonds will be used to refinance 2006 bonds, finance the expansion, pay the costs of bond issuance and fund a debt service reserve fund. M&T Bank was the purchaser of the bonds, and Greenbrier Development acted as development consultant on the expansion project.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has agreed to acquire a 49 percent equity interest in entities that collectively own 183 seniors housing communities, all of which are operated by Enlivant. The transaction values the portfolio at $1.62 billion and Sabra’s investment at $371 million. Enlivant is owned by funds managed by private equity firm TPG, which will remain the 51 percent majority owner. Sabra noted, however, that it plans to eventually move toward full ownership of the portfolio over the next three years. The portfolio’s 8,280 units are spread across 20 states and are nearly all private pay. The properties are currently 82 percent occupied. This is an increase from 60 percent in 2013, when TPG acquired troubled operator Assisted Living Concepts and installed Enlivant as the new operator of the portfolio. Sabra, a publicly traded REIT based in Irvine, noted that the acquisition will help diversify its tenant portfolio. Following the transaction, the amount of private-pay seniors housing in Sabra’s portfolio will rise from 16.8 percent to 24.3 percent, while its skilled nursing exposure will fall from 71.1 percent to 64.7 percent. Enlivant is the 10th largest operator of seniors housing in the United …