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SLIB’s strong 2015

Senior Living Investment Brokerage ended an already strong 2015 with eight more announced transactions, totaling over $47 million. All told, there were four skilled nursing sales, with a total of 420 beds in those transactions, located across the country in Chicago,... Read More »

HUD’s record SNF deal

HUD saw its largest single-asset, skilled nursing facility loan ever, when Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) closed an $80.7 million 232/223(f) loan to refinance the existing conventional bank debt at a 520-bed skilled nursing facility in Manhattan, New... Read More »

Five Star Says No Deal

As expected, Five Star Quality Care has rejected the offer by an affiliate of Senior Star to purchase the 33 owned senior living communities for $325 million. Basically, the board said the assets are not for sale, and that the company could improve the value of the... Read More »

Finish with a bang

Shep Roylance of The JCH Group is sprinting to the finish line in 2015, announcing four closings with a fifth on its way. First, earlier this month, Mr. Roylance closed the sale of a 175-bed skilled nursing facility in Sylmar, California for $14.4 million, or $82,300... Read More »