Senior Housing Capital Markets Update: Bid-Ask Gap on Deals, Bridge Debt Lacking

A gap between asking prices and bids is emerging in senior housing valuations, as the mergers and acquisition landscape begins to stabilize. Capital markets, meanwhile, continue to struggle with imbalance due to tighter loan underwriting and a lack of bridge debt. Signs of growing distress among smaller and struggling operators are contributing to the pricing […]

Transactions & Financings: Columbia Pacific’s $136M India JV; CBRE Arranges $40M Financing Package

Columbia Pacific, Embassy Group to invest $136M in India Columbia Pacific Communities is partnering with Indian real estate developer, Embassy Group, to develop a pipeline of senior housing communities in major population hubs across India, Mint reports. The venture will invest ₹1,000 crore – $136.3 million in U.S. dollars – to develop a pipeline of […]

Transactions & Financings: Healthpeak Selling Atria Property; Welltower Joins Renewable Energy Group

Healthpeak selling Kentucky property managed by Atria Senior Living Healthpeak Properties (NYSE: PEAK) agreed to sell Atria Blankenbaker, a personal care and independent living facility managed by Atria Senior Living, to Wickshire Senior Living, an operator based in Brentwood, Tennessee, Nashville Business Journal reports. Wickshire’s portfolio includes communities in Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. The […]

Transactions & Financings: Midwest Health’s $84M Refinancing; MBK Acquires California Community

KeyBank secures $84M financing for 11-property Midwest Health portfolio. A KeyBank Real Estate Capital team led by Vice President Lee Delaveris secured an $84 financing package through Fannie Mae for an 11-property portfolio consisting of independent living and assisted living facilities owned and operated by Midwest Health. The portfolio comprises 584 units with properties located […]

Transactions & Financings: Welltower, Healthpeak Reportedly Sell South Florida Communities at Steep Discounts

Welltower sells Florida assisted living facility for $56M Welltower (NYSE: WELL) sold Aston Gardens Assisted Living in Parkland, Florida for $55.7 million, The Real Deal Miami reports. The buyer was Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. the property is operated by Discovery Senior Living. The property sold for $78 million in 2015. The latest sale marks a […]

Transactions & Financings: Covid-19 Market Instability Halts About $325M in Acquisitions

Columbia Pacific-Singapore Press Holdings Canadian portfolio deal Columbia Pacific Advisors and Singapore Press Holdings mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced sale of a six-property, 717-unit Canadian senior housing portfolio due to global market instability stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The acquisition price was about $175 million, Deal Street Asia reported Wednesday. Singapore Press Holdings […]

Transactions & Financings: Columbia Pacific’s $177M Canadian Portfolio Sale; New Senior’s $270M Refinancing

Columbia Pacific sells Canadian portfolio for $177M Columbia Pacific Advisors is selling a six-property Canadian senior housing portfolio to Singapore Press Holdings for $176.6 million (C$232.9 million). The properties total 717 units and include: Heritage Meadows Gracious Retirement Living, an independent living community in Cambridge, Ontario The Bradley Gracious Retirement Living, an independent living community […]

Transactions & Financings: ORIX-Hunt Real Estate Capital Merger; Diversified’s $103M Portfolio Sale

ORIX USA acquires Hunt Real Estate Capital ORIX Corporation USA completed its acquisition of Hunt Real Estate Capital, creating a commercial real estate finance platform with annual loan production in excess of $9 billion and a servicing portfolio of more than $40 billion. ORIX will combine Hunt into its existing brands, Lancaster Pollard and RED […]

Transactions & Financings: Five Star Restructuring Complete; HJ Sims Arranges $219M Construction Financing

Cindat, Omega partner on $232M UK portfolio deal Chinese investment firm Cindat Capital Management entered into a joint venture with health care real estate investment trust, Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI), on a 49% stake in a 67-property senior housing portfolio in the United Kingdom from Irvine, California-based health care REIT, Healthpeak Properties (NYSE: PEAK). […]

Transactions & Financings: CBRE’s $615M November; Watermark Grows with Acquisition

Berkadia completes $159M in recent senior housing deals Berkadia’s Senior Housing & Healthcare Group closed on the following senior housing transactions, totaling $158.9 million in transaction value: — Senior Directors Ed Williams and Rafael Nobo arranged a $107.6 million Fannie Mae master credit facility for eight independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in […]