• 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 »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales arranged the sale of a class-A active adult community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The W&D Seniors Housing team including Jordyn Berger and Joshua Jandris, as well as the W&D Atlanta Multifamily Team including Kris Mikkelsen, Pat Jones and Chris Goldsmith, collaborated on the transaction. Just built in 2020, Everleigh Halcyon Village features 160 units on 1.9 acres. It includes one-bedroom units with 848 square feet and two-bedroom units with 1,195 square feet.   The community is integrated within the mixed-use village, Halcyon, which has over 535,000 square feet of office and retail space and over 100 single-family homes selling at between... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Hire Dedicated Housing Expert in Southern California

Walker & Dunlop Hire Dedicated Housing Expert in Southern California

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has hired Gideon Orion as Managing Director on its investment sales platform. Most recently working for Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, Mr. Orion is based in Los Angeles and will join the firm’s national seniors housing property sales team led by Managing Director Joshua Jandris. Mr. Orion will be focused on originating and executing seniors housing property sales opportunities across the United States.  He has a strong track record and brings additional skill to Walker & Dunlop’s seniors housing sales team, in addition to expanding the firm’s existing footprint in Southern California. In fact, Mr. Orion represents the first dedicated... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Provide Funds to SNF Portfolios Struggling During COVID

Walker & Dunlop Provide Funds to SNF Portfolios Struggling During COVID

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced that it structured a little over $77 million in financing for two skilled nursing portfolios totaling ten properties and 848 units. The Cascades Portfolio, located throughout Utah, totals seven properties and 693 units. The Rollins-Nelson Portfolio includes three properties and 155 units located in Englewood, Long Beach, and Perris, California. Walker & Dunlop’s Kevin Giusti, Brian Neal, and Andrew Westling arranged financing from HUD, a regional bank and a finance company to provide for the Cascades portfolio. For the Rollins-Nelson portfolio, the team refinanced the existing HUD loan, capitalizing on a low interest rate and extending the term... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Facilitates Refinancing of Six Illinois SNFs

Walker & Dunlop Facilitates Refinancing of Six Illinois SNFs

Walker & Dunlop recently announced a $43.2 million refinancing for six skilled nursing facilities located across Illinois: Aperion Care Bridgeport, Aperion Care Burbank, Aperion Care Dekalb, Aperion Care Litchfield, Aperion Care Wilmington, and Rock River Health Care. Totaling 640 beds across 277 units, the portfolio received HUD financing, with Aperion Care Dekalb also transferring its physical assets through Walker & Dunlop. AC Bridgeport received $3.88 million, AC Burbank received $6.88 million, AC Dekalb received $6.28 million, AC Litchfield received $3.55 million, AC Wilmington received $16.24 million and Rock River Health Care received $6.4 million.  Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Advise Joint Venture on Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop Advise Joint Venture on Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop has advised an equity partnership on a $300 million construction financing arranged by Huntington National Bank for a luxury life plan community in Tysons, Virginia.  Tysons LPC, LLC is a 50/50 partnership between Mather Investments and Westminster Capital. It will own the to-be-built CCRC entitled The Mather — a two-building project consisting of 300 independent living apartments, 60 assisted living apartments, 20 memory care suites and 42 skilled nursing suites. The community will be completed in two phases, with the first phase expected to open in early 2024.  The Mather has been designed for transit accessibility, a walking lifestyle and environmental... Read More »