• 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 »
  • Local Operator Acquires Vacant Seniors Housing Community

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a recently renovated, vacant seniors housing community in Sandy, Oregon. Built in 1962 and renovated in 2022, Mount Hood Senior Living features 44 assisted living and memory care units with 50 beds. It is situated on a 2.35-acre campus with 26,000 square feet.  This was the seller’s only... Read More »
  • Ohio IL Community Trades for Value-Add AL Conversion

    Blueprint was engaged in the sale of a 110-unit seniors housing community in Perrysburg, Ohio. It operated as an independent living community, but was positioned for conversion to assisted living, with a focus on serving waiver-eligible residents. Ben Firestone, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction. A buyer with a proven track... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Arranged for Regional Owner/Operator

    Ziegler announced its role as the capital structure advisor and hedge advisor in the placement of a $52.5 million acquisition loan on behalf of a regional owner/operator. The acquisition financing was used to acquire five enhanced independent living communities in Michigan. The portfolio surrounds the Detroit, Michigan MSA, and has a total of 631... Read More »
  • Oregon AL Community Secures HUD Refinance

    In May 2025, Berkadia closed a $7.6 million 232/223f HUD loan to refinance Whitewood Gardens, a 39-unit assisted living community built in 2013 in Portland, Oregon. The fully amortizing, 35-year term represents 78% LTV and allowed the sponsor to avoid a loan maturity.  Ed Williams and Rob Affleck handled the transaction. Early in the... Read More »
GEM Realty Capital Expands Its Active Adult Portfolio

GEM Realty Capital Expands Its Active Adult Portfolio

The CBRE Capital Markets Houston Multifamily Group and CBRE National Senior Housing handled the sale of an active adult community in Houston, Texas. Built in two phases in 2006 and 2012, Elate Royal Oaks, previously known as Camden Royal Oaks, consists of 340 units (236 were built in Phase 1, and 104 were built in Phase II). Clint Duncan, Matt Phillips, Jock Naponic, Nolan Mainguy and Philip Kerr of the Multifamily Group, as well as Aron Will and John Sweeny on the seniors housing side, represented the seller. CBRE National Senior Housing also acted as the advisor in securing acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer through its Debt & Structured Finance team. Aron Will and Michael... Read More »
New Venture Secures Acquisition Financing and Purchases Active Adult Community

New Venture Secures Acquisition Financing and Purchases Active Adult Community

Newmark arranged the sale and financing for a seniors housing community in Huntington Beach, California. The seller, Bascom Group, was represented by Newmark Vice Chairman Dean Zander, who worked on the deal with Voit Real Estate Services’ Joe Leon and Nick Ingle. Huntington Breeze is a 114-unit, 103,000-square-foot active adult community that was built in 1987 and renovated in 2017.  Newmark Executive Managing Directors Vincent Punzi and Lowell Takahashi facilitated acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, WSW Property Ventures, a new venture headed by Steve Wasserman, Pamela Scott and George Wu. WSW plans to unlock additional value through strategic initiatives, including the... Read More »
SLIB’s Strong Start to August

SLIB’s Strong Start to August

There is certainly no summer slump for Senior Living Investment Brokerage, which started off August well with three closings. That activity included a portfolio of three well-performing seniors housing communities in Montana and Oregon selling to a West Coast not-for-profit. The properties are located in Sweet Home and Cottage Grove, Oregon, and Great Falls, Montana. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito and Jake Anderson represented the regional operator seller, which developed and recently remodeled the communities. Two were built in the late-1990s, and one opened in 2001. There are 190 assisted living, 77 memory care and 23 independent living units, with 332 total beds.  The three... Read More »
Ensign Adds to Its Footprint

Ensign Adds to Its Footprint

The Ensign Group announced three transactions, growing in Wisconsin, Iowa and California. First, through two separate transactions on the same day, Ensign acquired the real estate and operations of Pine Crest Health and Memory Care, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Merrill, Wisconsin (with 70% occupancy and a 19.5% quality mix), and Crystal Heights Care Center, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Subsidiaries of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Ensign’s captive real estate company, acquired the real estate for both facilities, which are operated by Ensign-affiliated tenants. The Giannini Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the Merrill sale.  Also on the same... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Class-A Community

Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Class-A Community

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A, cash-flowing seniors housing community in Glendale, Arizona. Built in 2015, the 85-unit assisted living and memory care community reflects institutional-quality construction and design, and has benefited from consistently strong occupancy. There was a competitive bidding environment, with nine offers secured. The seller was an institutional joint venture. The asset was ultimately acquired by a well-established regional owner/operator with a portfolio of nearby, directly competing properties. Their local presence and market familiarity are expected to unlock synergies and performance upside. Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso handled the... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Acquisition and Bond Financings

Ziegler Closes Acquisition and Bond Financings

Ziegler announced that it advised on an acquisition loan and closed a bond financing. Ziegler was the capital structure advisor and hedge advisor in the placement of a $52.5 million acquisition loan on behalf of a regional owner/operator. The acquisition financing was used to acquire five independent living communities in Michigan. The portfolio surrounds the Metro-Detroit MSA and has a total of 631 units and 695 beds. Christopher Utz advised and negotiated the transaction for the borrower and placed the loan with Oxford Finance. Ziegler’s Structured Products Practice placed an interest rate cap through a competitive bid process, ultimately executing the cap with Goldman Sachs. Ziegler... Read More »