• 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 »
Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group shot out of the gates in 2025, closing three separate transactions in the Pacific Northwest so far this year. The largest was for an 88-unit seniors housing community in central Washington which closed this week. Owned by a regional operator based in Washington, this community consists of 36 independent living units that were built in 1987 but were non-operational at the time of the deal and 52 assisted living units built in 1997. Emerging from a pool of Pacific Northwest buyers was a single-asset owner/operator based in central Washington that paid $6.2 million, or $70,500 per unit and $114,000 per operational unit. That is a nice price for an... Read More »
The Fellowship Family Grows in Georgia

The Fellowship Family Grows in Georgia

Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of LaGrange Heritage Senior Living, a 100-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in LaGrange, Georgia. Built in 2021 on 14.10 acres, the property is best in class within the local market. It is immediately adjacent to LaGrange Heritage, a Publix, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A and a new apartment complex recently opened in late 2023. That helps boost visibility to the community. The seller is a Georgia-based developer, and the buyer is The Fellowship Family and its institutional capital provider partner. The Fellowship Family intends to improve marketing efforts to boost... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires High-Quality Asset Near Philly

Joint Venture Acquires High-Quality Asset Near Philly

Alex Florea, Steve Thomes, Kevin Lukehart and Kory Buzin of Blueprint were engaged by a national private equity investor in its divestment of a Class-A, newer-vintage seniors housing community in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Built in 2021, the high-rise community offers 190 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Despite the modern physical plant and desirable sub-market, the community was not stabilized at the time of sale. That makes for an attractive turnaround opportunity that likely drew a healthy bidding environment. Blueprint targeted a subset of experienced and well capitalized investors, owner/operators and REITs and received multiple all-cash offers from a... Read More »
Meridian Senior Living Enters Colorado

Meridian Senior Living Enters Colorado

JLL Capital Markets completed the sale of Pine Grove Crossing, a 127-unit assisted living and memory care community in Parker, Colorado. Built in 2018, Pine Grove offers 100 AL and 27 MC units in a three-story building across 4.41 acres. At the time of sale, it was 90% occupied.  The seller was a real estate private equity group, while an affiliate of Meridian Senior Living purchased the community in a joint venture with a state pension fund institutional investor. The plan is to implement capital improvements to enhance resident amenities, including upgrading dining areas and outdoor spaces.  Meridian now operates more than 46 seniors housing and care properties in 16 states.... Read More »
Legend Senior Living Acquires in OK and Secures Financing

Legend Senior Living Acquires in OK and Secures Financing

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare facilitated the sale and financing of a 90-unit assisted living and memory care community in Edmond, Oklahoma. Built in 2016, the community features 58 AL and 32 MC units and is among the newest seniors housing communities within the Oklahoma City market, which has seen minimal new development over the past four years.  The buyer was Legend Senior Living, which will rebrand the community as Legend of Edmond. It was formerly known as StoneCreek of Edmond Assisted Living and Memory Care. Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders and Mike Garbers of Berkadia represented the seller, StoneCreek Real Estate Partners. Rafael Nobo and Alex Rosenfeld of... Read More »
SLIB’s Recent Activity

SLIB’s Recent Activity

Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced a couple of closings involving older assisted living communities. First, Daniel Geraghty, Bradley Clousing and Dave Balow represented a Northeast-based owner that was looking to recycle capital and focus on its core assets. It chose to divest Brookside Stone Mountain, a 40-unit assisted living/memory care community in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Built in 1995 and renovated in 2016, the community features an outdoor courtyard with walking paths as well as an outdoor garden area. Occupancy was around 73% based on units, and the community was operating close to breakeven at the time of the sale. SLIB had previously sold this asset two separate times... Read More »