Texas-Based Operator Establishes Footprint in Oklahoma 

Texas-Based Operator Establishes Footprint in Oklahoma 

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate kicked off his 2025 M&A activity by representing an institutional owner in its sale of an assisted living community in Edmond, Oklahoma. The seller was divesting because the community was an outlier in its portfolio, and it is focusing on core assets. The transaction closed approximately 10 weeks after signing the LOI.  Built in 1996, Oxford Springs Assisted Living comprises around 25 units with 29 beds, with the smaller size of the community creating operational challenges. There was a competitive bidding environment, with the ultimate buyer being a Texas-based operator that focuses on AL communities ranging in size from 25 to 60... Read More »
Forbright Bank Reports Active 2024

Forbright Bank Reports Active 2024

Forbright Bank’s Healthcare and HUD lending teams closed 2024 with strong deal activity. Last year the Healthcare and HUD lending teams provided more than $400 million in financing to organizations in more than 12 states.  In one recent transaction, Forbright provided a $40 million bridge loan for the acquisition of three seniors housing facilities in Oregon. Underwriting was done in conjunction with Forbright’s HUD team. In another recent transaction, the bank provided a $38 million term loan and $5 million revolver for the acquisition and renovation of two skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts by an experienced regional operator with a strong presence in the state.... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Detroit Transaction

Blueprint Handles Detroit Transaction

Blueprint announced its role in the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in an affluent suburb of Detroit. We learned of the deal in December, when Silver Wave Capital, Persimmon Ventures and Synergy Senior Management announced that the buying group acquired Avalon at Auburn Hills. Built in 2018, the community features 58 assisted living and 44 memory care units. The Auburn Hills market was overdeveloped for seniors housing services, and we understand that the property never reached stabilization, with occupancy below 50%. It was previously owned by Hudson Advisors, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds that purchased the community as part of the five-property Great Lakes Portfolio in... Read More »
CIBC Provides SNFs Financing

CIBC Provides SNFs Financing

CIBC Bank USA provided a $67 million term loan to finance the acquisition of five skilled nursing facilities and the refinance of 21 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities located throughout Wisconsin. CIBC also provided an aggregate $21 million of working capital via multiple revolving lines of credit to 53 skilled nursing/assisted living facilities primarily located in Wisconsin. The borrowing group had recently received substantial reimbursement support from the state. Peter Kane and Michael Velazquez handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA. Read More »
Local Operator Secures Acquisition Financing

Local Operator Secures Acquisition Financing

JLL Capital Markets arranged $39.98 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio of three seniors housing communities totaling 344 units in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, on behalf of a local operator. JLL secured the three-year, floating-rate financing from a regional bank. The JLL Seniors Housing Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by Senior Director Alanna Ellis and Associate Alex Sheaffer.  The portfolio comprises Evergreen Senior Living, Timber Pointe and Woodside Senior Living, which together offer 43 independent living, 245 assisted living and 56 memory care units. All of the properties were built between 1996 and 2006 and were fully renovated in... Read More »

60 Seconds with Swett: 2025 Set for Healthcare M&A Growth

The word from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, which kicked off in San Francisco this week, is that M&A activity in the biopharma/life sciences space will likely grow in 2025 after a relative downturn in 2024. A more business-friendly administration in D.C. combined with an enormous amount of dry powder set to do deals, including some bigger billion-dollar-plus ones too. Indeed, our own M&A data from LevinPro HC, which tracks all the healthcare services and tech deals, showed the 2024 total decline to just under 2,000 deals for the year, a 10% decrease from 2023’s activity and a 19% decrease from 2022’s. Dollar volume also dropped below $200 billion in total disclosed purchase... Read More »