• WesBanco Launches New Healthcare Vertical

    WesBanco Bank recently launched its dedicated healthcare vertical, under the leadership of Suzanne Myers as EVP-Commercial Healthcare Director, and is already off to the races with a handful of senior care transactions closed. The strategic initiative will provide financing across the continuum of care, including seniors housing, skilled nursing,... Read More »
  • LTC Properties Acquires Class-A California Community

    JLL Capital Markets completed the sale of Loma Clara, an 89-licensed-bed, Class-A seniors housing community in Morgan Hill, California. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Steadfast Senior Living, and procured the buyer, LTC Properties. The REIT acquired the community within its SHOP segment... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Texas Standalone MC Community to Family-Owned Company

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced another Lone Star State deal, selling a 20-unit memory care community in Sugar Land, Texas. Built in 1998, the community was the only seniors housing asset of a not-for-profit organization, which decided to divest. It was 80% occupied but losing around $30,000 a year on $1.26 million... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Purchases Vacant Community for Reopening

    Blueprint was engaged to market a 100-unit vacant assisted living community located 10 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio, that had been taken offline following operational challenges. The community sustained profitability during prior operations. Blueprint generated four competitive offers from sophisticated owner/operators with proven capabilities... Read More »
  • Frank Cassidy Officially Nominated as FHA Commissioner

    Frank Cassidy, most recently a Walker & Dunlop senior managing director of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Finance where he originated loans for multifamily, nursing home and seniors housing properties, has been officially nominated by President Trump as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the HUD. He... Read More »
Green Courte Acquires Active Adult Community

Green Courte Acquires Active Adult Community

CBRE National Senior Housing acted as the exclusive advisor on the sale and debt placement of 55 Resort at Water Valley, a 120-unit active-adult community in Windsor, Colorado, just north of Denver. John Sweeny and Aron Will represented the seller, while Will and Adam Mincberg originated a 10-year fixed-rate loan through CBRE’s Fannie Mae DUS Lending Platform on behalf of the Chicago-based private equity buyer.  Built in 2019, the community is highly-amenitized and set on a 5.9-acre site. Being rebranded as Eagle’s Peak at Water Valley, it sits within a larger master-planned community, Water Valley, which comprises 1,800 single-family and multi-family residential units, as well as... Read More »
Ventas Acquires in Florida to Expand Relationship with SRI

Ventas Acquires in Florida to Expand Relationship with SRI

Ventas acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Jacksonville, Florida, in partnership with SRI Management as the operating company. The deal is an expansion of the relationship between the REIT and the Tallahassee-based operator. Brad Clousing, Dan Geraghty and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, a local group of investors and developers. This was their only seniors housing asset. Built in 2017 on 14 acres in Atlantic Beach, Anthem Lakes Waterview Senior Living features 91 assisted living/independent living and 28 memory care units with lakefront views and direct access to a nearby nature preserve.  The... Read More »
IRA Capital Buys San Diego Community

IRA Capital Buys San Diego Community

Ziegler served as exclusive financial advisor in the successful sale of St. Paul’s Plaza, a 155-unit seniors housing community located in Chula Vista, California. The seller was St. Paul’s Senior Services, a not-for-profit organization that was looking to expand in PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) as well as provide more affordable seniors housing and healthcare solutions. Built in 2015 on 4.5 acres in the affluent suburb of San Diego, the Class-A community features 155 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. There are 71 studio, 81 one-bedroom, and two two-bedroom options. Plus, there is room for expansion. It was decently occupied and generated... Read More »
Strawberry Fields Acquiring 9 SNFs

Strawberry Fields Acquiring 9 SNFs

Strawberry Fields REIT entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated seller to acquire nine skilled nursing facilities. The facilities comprise 686 beds and will be purchased for $59 million (including certain consulting fees), $86,000 per bed, payable at closing. The company intends to utilize its current working capital and funds provided by a third-party lender to make payment for the purchase. Closing is anticipated to occur on or before July 1.  Eight of the facilities will be leased to the Tide Group and added to the master lease Strawberry Fields entered into in August 2024. The master lease will remain materially unchanged other than resetting the lease... Read More »
Institutional Group Acquires in Wisconsin and Assumes HUD Debt

Institutional Group Acquires in Wisconsin and Assumes HUD Debt

Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The seller was a local group of individual owners with long-standing ties to the facilities. Seeking an exit from the skilled nursing sector, they engaged ESI to identify a qualified operator capable of assuming the HUD-insured mortgages and navigating the approval process in Wisconsin.  The facilities, which feature 172 beds and were operating at breakeven at the time of sale, garnered interest from both regional and national buyers. The ultimate buyer, an established institutional group with a growing footprint in the Midwest, saw the transaction as an opportunity to expand its... Read More »
SLIB Handles Missouri Sale to Willow Ridge

SLIB Handles Missouri Sale to Willow Ridge

Willow Ridge Senior Living acquired another seniors housing community, adding Garden Plaza to its growing portfolio. Built in 2011, the community features 102 assisted living/memory care units and 12 independent living patio homes in Florissant, Missouri. It will be rebranded as Fields of Florissant. Willow Ridge made the acquisition in partnership with a growing private equity group. Jeff Binder and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage represented the seller, a regional owner/developer of senior care properties that was exiting to focus on other real estate holdings. The purchase price was not disclosed.  In recent months, Willow Ridge has also added Village at Maiden... Read More »