• 60 Seconds with Swett: DOGE, The Budget and Healthcare Spending

    DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, has been making the biggest splash in Washington, D.C. these days in terms of attention-grabbing headlines, and it appears it will try to target waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid spending as part of its efforts. Such a move could have a major impact on thousands of facilities’ bottom... Read More »
  • Apollo Acquires Bridge Investment Group

    Apollo and Bridge Investment Group Holdings have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo to acquire Bridge in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. Bridge has $50 billion of AUM in complementary sectors aligned with Apollo’s long-term growth strategy. Bridge’s seniors housing portfolio totals 62... Read More »
  • Brightview Divests to Joint Venture in Maryland

    Solera Senior Living, through a joint venture with Focus Healthcare Partners, acquired a seniors housing community in Bethesda, Maryland, from Brightview Senior Living. Built in 2019, Brightview Bethesda Woodmont comprises 92 assisted living and 21 memory care units. Occupancy was around 86% at closing, and Solera will take over operations. It... Read More »
  • Six Active Adult Communities Secure Freddie Mac Financing

    Walker & Dunlop secured a $200 million Freddie Mac financing for six active adult communities. The communities comprise more than 1,100 units in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington D.C. Average occupancy across the communities was 95% at the time of the financing. The fixed-rate, full-term interest-only loan is... Read More »
  • Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
Update to Christian Horizons Bankruptcy

Update to Christian Horizons Bankruptcy

The Christian Horizons bankruptcy deal is coming along, with four stalking horse bidders selected for portions of the Midwest senior care portfolio. The faith-based, not-for-profit organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 16, 2024 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and the live auction is set for November 12, 2024. Christian Horizons’ portfolio offers the full continuum of care and includes more than 1,200 independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing units/beds across 11 communities in four states. There are seven locations in Illinois (Forsyth, Washington, Lincoln, two in Carmi and two... Read More »
Growing PE Firm Acquires California Community

Growing PE Firm Acquires California Community

Haven Senior Investments was engaged by a mom & pop in the sale of their seniors housing community in the Fresno, California MSA. The seller was divesting their business after 30 years of ownership to enter retirement. The buyer was a private equity real estate firm looking to invest and grow, InvestNOW Capital.  The community, which was originally a small community hospital, features 22 high acuity memory care units with 44 beds and was stabilized at the time of sale. The buyer, which brought together an investor group for the transaction, is converting the community to assisted living waiver (ALW), and bringing on Alliance Senior Living to operate it going forward.  Rebecca... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests to Private Owner/Operator

Not-For-Profit Divests to Private Owner/Operator

After 70 years operating a senior care campus in Portland, Oregon, a Jewish not-for-profit organization decided to exit its only physical senior care asset in order to continue its mission serving the Portland Jewish community. That seller was Cedar Sinai Park, a faith-based organization with a reputation for providing care for more than 10 years in southwest Portland. It was established in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods in Old South Portland, and was the first Jewish organization to expand into southwest Portland in 1954 when it built a retirement community.  Over the years, the campus has grown to include 246 beds/units. Robison Jewish Health Center was built in 1956 with 44 skilled... Read More »
Class-A Seniors Housing Community Avoids Foreclosure

Class-A Seniors Housing Community Avoids Foreclosure

JLL Capital Markets announced that it has completed the sale of HarborChase Wellington Crossing, a 134-unit, Class-A seniors housing community in Wellington, Florida. The seller was SGD Wellington Cross LLC, which is affiliated with Silverstone Senior Living, and the property changed hands through a deed in lieu of foreclosure, according to South Florida Business Journal. The deal was valued at $23.5 million, or $175,400 per unit, based on the outstanding balance of the in-place mortgage. Three years ago, MidCap Financial had refinanced the property with a $25 million floating-rate, first mortgage loan. Today, MidCap is providing a new $17.7 million floating-rate first mortgage loan to... Read More »
CON Sale Closed in North Carolina

CON Sale Closed in North Carolina

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated two sales of CONs (Certificate of Need) for adult care beds in North Carolina. An international holding company was looking to sell the CON and deploy capital into other businesses. The deal included 100 adult care beds in Wake County and 120 beds in Mecklenburg County, all of which were affiliated with seniors housing assets that were voluntarily closed. The buyer was a national developer/operator looking to expand their footprint within North Carolina. Patrick Burke, Jason Punzel and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. Read More »
Third Quarter Investor Call

Third Quarter Investor Call

The Third Quarter Investor Call, sponsored by NewPoint Real Estate Capital and moderated by Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, featured a panel of lending experts who offered their capital markets advice to borrowers in several different scenarios: M&A deals, refinancing troubled assets, the costs of construction lending today, and more. The panel included Nick Gesue, CEO of NewPoint, Zach Britton, Director – Originations of Locust Point Capital and Matthew Whitlock, Head of Senior Housing Investments of Berkshire Residential Investments. Read More »