• Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Takes on Stabilization Project

    Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint closed a deal on behalf of an institutional seller that was looking to divest its assisted living/memory care community. The purpose-built asset was constructed in 2000 by a national developer and comprises 52 units. It sits in West Bloomfield, Michigan, which is Michael Segal’s... Read More »
  • Large SNF Portfolio Secures Acquisition Financing

    Marking another milestone for MONTICELLOAM in a banner first quarter, the firm funded $435 million in bridge and working capital financing for a skilled nursing portfolio that encompasses 14 facilities in Maryland. Of the total, $400 million supported the acquisition of the 1,890 beds. The sponsor group is a returning client that owns/operates... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Secures Acquisition Financing

    A joint venture between Winterpast Capital Partners, Vitality Senior Living Management and Virtus Real Estate Capital acquired an assisted living/memory care community, securing bridge financing through Coastal States Bank. The financing includes reserves to support the joint venture’s ongoing repositioning of the community and was structured... Read More »
Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital commitment and to benefit from the operational gains across the sector.  The principals of one operating company were looking to reduce their ownership stakes in the business while also hoping to realize some of the real potential for growth across their communities. So, Northstar Senior Living, a California-based national senior living operator,... Read More »
In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a $36.5 million floating rate loan through a debt fund. The campus comprises Wingate at Silver Lake with 164 skilled nursing beds, The Inn at Silver Lake with 63 assisted living and memory care units, and The Residences at Silver Lake with 34 independent living and assisted living units. It is in Kingston, Massachusetts, in the Boston MSA. Wingate... Read More »
Joint Venture Takes on Stabilization Project

Joint Venture Takes on Stabilization Project

Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint closed a deal on behalf of an institutional seller that was looking to divest its assisted living/memory care community. The purpose-built asset was constructed in 2000 by a national developer and comprises 52 units. It sits in West Bloomfield, Michigan, which is Michael Segal’s hometown and close to Blueprint’s Michigan office. We are sure he put that local knowledge to use in the deal. The competitive marketing process generated interest from a range of regional owner/operators drawn to the upside potential through occupancy growth and rate adjustments. A local partnership with proven experience stabilizing senior living... Read More »
Large SNF Portfolio Secures Acquisition Financing

Large SNF Portfolio Secures Acquisition Financing

Marking another milestone for MONTICELLOAM in a banner first quarter, the firm funded $435 million in bridge and working capital financing for a skilled nursing portfolio that encompasses 14 facilities in Maryland. Of the total, $400 million supported the acquisition of the 1,890 beds. The sponsor group is a returning client that owns/operates more than 115 skilled nursing and assisted living assets with more than 15,000 beds across the Eastern United States and Sunbelt.  Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Acquisition Financing

Joint Venture Secures Acquisition Financing

A joint venture between Winterpast Capital Partners, Vitality Senior Living Management and Virtus Real Estate Capital acquired an assisted living/memory care community, securing bridge financing through Coastal States Bank. The financing includes reserves to support the joint venture’s ongoing repositioning of the community and was structured with competitive terms. The 97-unit asset is in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, and was previously acquired in December 2023 by a joint venture. According to LevinPro LTC, that joint venture was between Winterpast, Vitality and Marcus Investments. At the time, it was known as Crystal Creek at Preston Hollow and comprised 119 assisted... Read More »
Bridge-to-HUD Refinance Provided for Undisclosed Borrower

Bridge-to-HUD Refinance Provided for Undisclosed Borrower

Greystone provided a $35 million bridge-to-HUD refinance for a 102-unit high-quality assisted living portfolio in Southern California. The financing was originated by Christopher Clare, with David Young, Ryan Harkins, Ben Rubin, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher assisting in the transaction. The interest-only bridge financing refinanced existing debt on the portfolio and provided significant cash out to the borrower, while creating a path toward permanent FHA/HUD-insured financing through Greystone’s integrated bridge and HUD lending platform. Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the story originated in 2016, when a spilled cup of coffee that resulted in a “dime-sized” burn on a SNF resident in Virginia led to a surveyor alleging a violation at the “immediate jeopardy” level based on the allegation that, “The facility staff failed to ensure safe coffee temperatures.” Mind you, the survey occurred seven months after the... Read More »
Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial target, and it will target high-quality assets across seniors housing, medical offices and student housing.  In 2024, Kayne Anderson launched Kayne Anderson Real Estate Partners Fund VII with an initial target of $3 billion in capital commitments. The first round closed with $1.53 billion in capital commitments, and the second round in 2025... Read More »
Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a five-mile radius, and Blueprint brought the asset to market amid strong performance and an increase in in-place cash flow. Further enhancing the investment story was the opportunity to expand the community’s desirable IL cottage product, a segment that had demonstrated strong demand and lease-up success.  The seller received nearly a dozen offers from... Read More »
Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style tuberculosis sanatorium and converted to seniors housing in the late-1990s. Rents start at $1,600 a month with full financial aid, go to $2,250 without financial aid for its smallest units, and up to three-bedroom, two-bath units at $5,900 a month. Cedarwood Group is a boutique investment firm with a broad range of asset ownership across multiple sectors,... Read More »
Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board, effective on that date. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Bob Stephenson, is also retiring, effective August 1, 2026, with Neal Ballew, Omega’s Chief Accounting Officer of six years, succeeding Stephenson.  Pickett has been Omega’s CEO for 25 years, and during that time, Omega achieved a total shareholder return of more than 10,000%, the... Read More »