• Berkadia Secures Large Portfolio Refinance

    Berkadia closed $627.2 million in agency financing for Project Raven. Project Raven is a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio with 4,395 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The portfolio spans 15 states. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld handled the financing on behalf of an institutional borrower.... Read More »
  • What Does Brookdale’s Proxy Fight Cost?

    It seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another SEC filing by Brookdale Senior Living detailing why its slate of Board candidates is far better for shareholders than the slate submitted by activist investor Ortelius Advisors. But how much are they spending on this? It would be nice to know, and we are sure shareholders would rather have... Read More »
  • Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

    We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on... Read More »
  • BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2014 and with a major renovation and addition completed in 2018, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory... Read More »
  • The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

    On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship... Read More »
CareTrust Acquires 10-Facility Skilled Nursing Portfolio

CareTrust Acquires 10-Facility Skilled Nursing Portfolio

CareTrust REIT, together with a large third-party healthcare real estate owner, acquired a skilled nursing portfolio in the Pacific Northwest. The portfolio comprises 10 facilities with 911 beds across Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The total purchase price was approximately $146 million, or $160,300 per bed, inclusive of transaction costs.  At closing, CareTrust provided common equity and preferred equity investments totaling approximately $141 million at an initial contractual yield on its combined investment in the joint venture of approximately 9.0%. The total investment amount was funded using a combination of cash on hand and a draw from the company’s revolving credit line, which... Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Handles Receivership Sale in Utah

Knapp-Stahler Handles Receivership Sale in Utah

After a prolonged receivership process, an assisted living/memory care community in Sandy, Utah, successfully sold with the help of Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap. Built around 2000, the community features an assisted living component with 44 units and 58 licensed beds plus a memory care community with 21 units and 31 beds.  Census needed improvement, and the community operated at a significant loss. They were previously owned by a DST investor group (before entering receivership) and operated by SAL Management Group. ONELIFE Senior Living took over operations more recently at the direction of the bank. A regional owner/operator... 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 »