• Live Oak and Berkadia Team Up on Bridge Loan

    Live Oak Bank recently closed a $34.3 million bridge loan in partnership with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for a two-property portfolio owned and operated by BrightSpace Senior Living. The communities are located in the Nashville, Tennessee, and Boise, Idaho MSAs. The loan was structured in an A/B arrangement, with Berkadia funding the... Read More »
  • California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

    Lument closed two HUD loans totaling $20.7 million to refinance two memory care communities in northern California. Doug Harper, managing director at Lument, co-originated the loan with Grant Goodman of G Capital. The two communities are Crescent Oaks Memory Care, which features 22 units and 36 beds in Sunnyvale, and Silver Oaks Memory Care,... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

    Berkadia closed the sale of two separate assets in Florida and Georgia. First, Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in the sale of a CCRC in South Florida. The property appears to be Abbey Delray, a 505-unit community originally built in 1979 in Delray Beach that features 327 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 30... Read More »
  • Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

    Fortress Investment Group just purchased one of the largest rental seniors housing communities in the country, adding The Village at Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida, to its portfolio. Regionally anchored by the University of Florida and the innovative UF Health network, and located directly across from SantaFe College, the 100+ acre campus... Read More »
  • Interview with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services to talk about the findings from BBG’s annual investor survey. DeBee shares his thoughts on what was surprising about the results and highlights the points he agrees with. You can view the survey results here. Read More »
Owner/Operator Divests Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Massachusetts

Owner/Operator Divests Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Massachusetts

Evans Senior Investments (ESI) facilitated the sale of six skilled nursing facilities comprising 722 beds in Massachusetts. The seller was a Massachusetts-based owner/operator. The buyer is one aligned with the seller’s strategic goals, and emerged through a competitive three-week marketing process that attracted strong interest from institutional investors and regional operators. A key factor in the deal was ESI identifying more than $10 million in potential NOI. Read More »
Kentucky and Connecticut SNF Sell in Separate Transactions

Kentucky and Connecticut SNF Sell in Separate Transactions

Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Properties handled two separate deals, one in Kentucky and one in Connecticut. First, in an off-market transaction, Forest facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility with 150 beds in Lexington, Kentucky. The facility had positive EBITDAR and cash flow at the time of the sale.  After receiving five written offers from regional and local groups, the ultimate emerging buyer was a repeat client of both Forest and the seller, a large private healthcare group with an existing footprint in the state. This was the seller’s only asset in Kentucky. Next, Vegh and Schiff, in another off-market transaction, were engaged by a mom & pop... Read More »
Wachusett Healthcare Acquires in Connecticut

Wachusett Healthcare Acquires in Connecticut

Waschusett Healthcare, a provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in Connecticut, acquired Beechwood Post Acute and Transitional Care. Built in 1898, Beechwood is in New London, Connecticut, with 60 beds. The purchase price was not disclosed. Waschusett has served as a consulting partner to Beechwood for the past three years. Read More »
Ziegler Handles Christian Horizons’ Portfolio Divestment

Ziegler Handles Christian Horizons’ Portfolio Divestment

Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side financial advisor to Midwest Christian Villages (doing business as Christian Horizons) in the sale of its senior living and care portfolio pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The sale of substantially all the company’s assets closed in multiple transactions on or before February 28th, 2025. Nick Glaisner handled the transaction. Christian Horizons was one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit, faith-based organizations and offered a comprehensive continuum of care that included over 1,200 independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing units/beds. The organization served older adults in Illinois,... Read More »
Blueprint’s Recent Activity

Blueprint’s Recent Activity

Blueprint recently closed three transactions involving skilled nursing facilities. First, a legacy owner/operator engaged Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Dayton, Ohio. Grafton Oaks comprises 99 beds and was cash flow negative at the time of sale. The seller was divesting their only asset to retire from the industry. Blueprint targeted a select group of well-capitalized investors and regional operators with a strong understanding of skilled nursing operations and Ohio regulatory considerations. Multiple groups expressed interest with the ultimate buyer being an owner looking to expand its presence in Southwest Ohio. The... Read More »
Brookdale Closes Two Portfolio Acquisitions

Brookdale Closes Two Portfolio Acquisitions

Brookdale Senior Living announced the closing of two portfolio acquisitions, completing the three-portfolio, 41-property acquisition plan initially announced in September 2024. Through ownership of these communities, including the 11-property portfolio acquisition completed in December 2024, Brookdale is coming closer to its year-end goal of owning more than 75% of its consolidated unit count. In one deal, Brookdale acquired five communities (686 units) previously leased from Welltower for $175 million, or $255,100 per unit. Averaging around 25 years in age, the communities are primarily located in affluent or very affluent markets and together comprise 270 independent living units, 170... Read More »