Continuum Healthcare has been busy growing its portfolio and is now looking for permanent financing for the six of its skilled nursing facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania they acquired over the last three years. In the meantime, Meridian Capital Group has arranged $135.5 million in bridge financing for the facilities. The loan came with a four-year term, six months interest-only, under 15% recourse, and was provided by a balance sheet and mezzanine lender. Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson of Meridian handled the transaction, and expect to take out the bridge financing with a HUD refinance in two years. Built between 1979 and 1999, the skilled nursing portfolio features 920 beds, as well as pediatric medical day care and specialized pediatric skilled nursing ventilator beds.