Sabra Sues for Control of Senior Care Centers Properties Amid $385M Sale

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) this week filed a lawsuit seeking control over 38 properties operated by Senior Care Centers, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month. In a filing submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, lawyers for the real estate investment trust (REIT) accused Senior […]

Three-SNF Sale in Tennessee; Athena Health Care Systems Buys Connecticut SNF

Benedictine Health System Buys Nursing Home It Operates in Minnesota The ownership transfer of Benedictine Living Community, a nursing home in St. Peter, Minn., to Benedictine Health System was finalized by the City Council last week, The Mankato Free Press reported Tuesday. The move also terminated the old lease for the property. Benedictine Health System […]

CareTrust Buys Colorado SNF for $19.6M, Marking Another Expansion with Eduro

CareTrust REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTRE) on Thursday announced the acquisition of a 154-bed skilled nursing facility in Parker, Colo., which will be operated by the Salt Lake City-based Eduro Healthcare, LLC — the latest step in a growing partnership between the operator and the real estate investment trust (REIT). The SNF, which was built in […]

White Oak Picks Up $700M Portfolio of Skilled Nursing, Senior Housing Loans from Capital One

White Oak Healthcare Finance on Wednesday made another major splash in the long-term care world, announcing the acquisition of a $700 million portfolio of 12 loans associated with skilled nursing and senior housing properties. The investment company — a subsidiary of the San Francisco-based alternative asset management firm White Oak Global Advisors — bought the […]

Looking Ahead to the Top Skilled Nursing Trends of 2019

We’ve made it to the end of 2018, which will likely go down as one of the most eventful years in the history of the long-term and post-acute care industry. Between the first round of Value-Based Purchasing penalties taking effect and the rapid rollout of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), it’s probably a safe bet […]

Wave of PDPM Sell-Offs Has Already Begun in Skilled Nursing

With the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) looming in 2019, some skilled nursing facilities have already decided to make their exit rather than deal with the challenges of the new Medicare payment system. “I know of a number of buildings in northern California that have already started to transition,” Mark Lamb, the chief investment officer at […]

Centers’ $19M Hospital-to-SNF Conversion Moves Forward; $28M Construction in FL

Centers Moves Forward on Hospital Conversion Nearly five years after buying a defunct hospital in Brooklyn, Centers Health Care is nearing completion on a skilled nursing conversion project. Formerly St. Mary’s Hospital, the 280-bed facility in the Crown Heights neighborhood had sat vacant since a 2005 bankruptcy, according to a report on the local news site […]

Private Equity Must Be Nimble, Innovative to Succeed in Skilled Nursing

Tempted by demographic trends and a new reimbursement system, private equity has taken a keen interest in the skilled nursing industry over the past year. But executives at these investment vehicles would be foolish to think they can plug their existing models into nursing home business and expect the same kind of success they may […]

$32M Bridge Loan for TX Portfolio; Nursing Home Breaks Ground in Illinois

Greystone Provides $31.5M Bridge Loan for SNF Portfolio in Texas Greystone provided a $31.5 million bridge loan for a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities in Texas. The non-recourse loan carries an initial term of 24 months with two six-month extension options; it also includes a floating interest rate and interest-only payments for the entire term. […]

ManorCare, ProMedica Leaders Offer First Look Inside New Skilled Nursing Giant

The leaders of the newly merged ProMedica and HCR ManorCare on Tuesday peeled back the curtain on their plans for the future, with a specific focus on using an in-house insurance plan to test ideas for expanded partnerships. Speaking in friendly territory — the stage at new landlord Welltower Inc.’s (NYSE: WELL) investor presentation in […]

HealthPRO Heritage Acquires LTC Therapy Provider Agility

HealthPRO Heritage, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Beecken Petty O’Keefe, announced on Thursday that it had purchased the long-term care division of Alliance Physical Therapy Management for an undisclosed sum. The division, Agility Health, provides services to more than 20 long-term care facilities, HealthPRO vice president of mergers and acquisitions Anton Kuznetsov […]

Long-Term Optimism Boosting Skilled Bed Prices Despite Low Occupancy

Investment in skilled nursing facilities hasn’t slowed down despite persistent dark clouds surrounding the industry’s outlook. One of the overarching themes this past conference season — including at the summits held by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) — is that there’s an ongoing […]

$7.6M Bridge Loan for 3-SNF Portfolio; Nursing Homes in PA, NY Change Hands

Lancaster Pollard Facilitates $7.6M Bridge Loan for 3 SNFs Lancaster Pollard arranged a $7.6 million bridge loan financing for three skilled nursing facilities in Kansas and Missouri owned by Medicalodges, Inc. Medicalodges owns and operates 25 SNFs, eight assisted living facilities, four home health care offices, and two locations serving people with intellectual and developmentally disabilities. […]

KeyBank Lends $36M for Four Properties; Former ManorCare SNF Sells for $5.8M

KeyBank Secures $36.3M in Ohio for Foundations  KeyBank Real Estate Capital financed Foundations Health Solutions’ $36.3 million acquisition of four skilled nursing facilities in Ohio, the lender announced earlier this week. The 442-bed portfolio is spread across the Buckeye State, with the properties built between 1961 and 1984. KeyBank funded the deal through the Federal […]

Diversicare Divests Three Kentucky Properties; Greystone’s $20.9M HUD Financing

Diversicare To Sell Three Kentucky Facilities for $18.7M Executives with the operator Diversicare Healthcare Services Inc. (Nasdaq: DVCR) signed an agreement to sell three Kentucky properties for a combined $18.7 million, Nashville Post reported. The sales are expected to close in the fourth quarter, and will cut Diversicare’s footprint in the state to 10 facilities. The […]

ResMed Acquires MatrixCare for $750M, Expanding Into Long-Term Care

ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) announced Monday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire post-acute software provider MatrixCare for $750 million. “We were looking for another great addition to add a third leg, if you like, to the stool of our out-of-hospital software investments, and MatrixCare just came straight to the top,” ResMed CEO Mick […]

Monticello Pumps $69M into New Jersey Portfolio; Nursing Home Sale Finally Approved

Monticello Provides $69M Financing for New Jersey Portfolio Monticello Asset Management recently raised $69 million for a New Jersey skilled nursing investor and its operating partner. Two of the New York City-based firm’s investment vehicles originated $65 million in first-lien debt financing to HP Intermediate Administrative Services, which is looking to buy a four-asset skilled […]

Bankrupt Preferred Care Offloads Two SNFs; $5.3M Expansion in Nebraska

Preferred Care Selling Two Santa Fe Nursing Homes Preferred Care, which declared bankruptcy in November of last year, is selling two nursing homes in the Santa Fe, N.M. area, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN), based in Kennett Square, Pa., is acquiring the Casa Real nursing home; the major nationwide provider […]

Lancaster Pollard Closes 70 HUD Loans Totaling $619.1M in 2018

Lancaster Pollard closed 70 loans — totaling $619.1 million — that were insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in fiscal 2018. Of the total closed through the program, the Columbus, Ohio-based lender logged 35 for skilled nursing facilities, for a total value of around $349.4 million and an average bed count […]