• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow decreased steadily since the pandemic, and the community could not cover its debt costs from operations despite cash flow being above breakeven. It did not help that some key staff members at the community had unexpectedly left. Like so many lenders did during and after the pandemic, the existing bank extended the maturity of its loan several times but... Read More »
The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

Northmarq handled a $35 million refinance of a senior care campus in Gig Harbor, Washington. Built in two phases from 2010 to 2015, The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing features 147 private pay independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The three-story main building comprises 98 IL/AL units and 24 IL cottages. The separate, two-story memory care building has 25 units. Occupancy hovered over 95%. The Lodge has been managed for over 10 years by Tacoma-based Senior Services of America. The six-year loan had a fixed rate at just under 6% and was arranged by Northmarq through its relationship with a correspondent life insurance company. It features an earn-out component allowing the... Read More »
Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

The Bascom Group, a private equity firm specializing in value-add multifamily, commercial and non-performing loans, real estate-related investments and operating companies, acquired a seniors housing community in Boulder City, Nevada, to expand its portfolio. This marks its fifth acquisition of 2024, but first in seniors housing, following the purchase of three multifamily communities and one student housing community. Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  Built in 1999, Homestead at Boulder City is an assisted living community with 72 units on 6.39 acres that comprises 55,305 square feet. The... Read More »
Forbright Bank Closes Three Bridge Loans

Forbright Bank Closes Three Bridge Loans

Forbright Bank’s Healthcare Lending team closed three new bridge loans in the first quarter of 2024 to help finance the acquisition of two assisted living communities and two skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast and Midwest. In total, the properties comprised around 500 beds and ranged in age from a few years to 15 years old. Renovations are also planned across the locations. In these transactions, Forbright closed more than $50 million of bridge and bridge-to-HUD financing for several well established owner/operators. Read More »
Berkadia Secures $48 Million in HUD Refinancings

Berkadia Secures $48 Million in HUD Refinancings

Berkadia announced the closing of $49.4 million in 232/223f HUD refinancings across five transactions in four states. The loans carried an average loan-to-cost of 75% and an average term of 33 years. Four of the loans refinanced bridge loans closed from Berkadia’s proprietary balance sheet. Steven Muth and Rafael Nobo originated a $15.95 million 232/223f HUD loan on a 73-unit seniors housing community in Northern Virginia for a Mid-Atlantic-based owner/operator. The community featured primarily assisted living and memory care services, with some independent living units. Occupancy was 94% at the time of closing. The 35-year fixed rate loan represented 77% LTC and retired a Berkadia bridge... Read More »
VIUM Capital Raises Its HUD Activity

VIUM Capital Raises Its HUD Activity

Fresh off celebrating its four-year anniversary on April 1, VIUM Capital announced its first quarter transaction activity, which included 14 debt financings closed for 31 total properties. In total, the firm arranged $337 million in total financing during the quarter. Located across nine states from North Carolina to Oregon, 16 of the properties were seniors housing communities, two were rental CCRCs and 13 were skilled nursing facilities.  VIUM closed nine HUD 232/223f refinancings, taking out VIUM bridge debt in all but one of the transactions. That marked the first quarter that VIUM’s HUD closings exceeded their bridge loan closings, and we know there are many more bridge loans... Read More »