• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm successfully turned around the communities, stabilizing operations and investing in physical plant upgrades.  Silver Oaks was built in 1956 with 25 units and 43 beds, while Crescent Oaks was built in 1989 with 22 units and 36 beds. They were acquired for a combined $17 million, or $361,700 per unit, in 2018 by a fund and leased to Calson with a purchase... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Closes Acquisition Financing

Live Oak Bank Closes Acquisition Financing

Live Oak Bank closed $24.3 million in acquisition financing for an independent living community in St. Peters, Missouri. The community was acquired by Unbridled Living through a fund backed by Unbridled Living and its capital partner, Providence Capital Group. The fund is Providence Senior Lending Fund LP. The loan has an initial term of three years with two one-year extension options.  Built in 2001 and renovated in 2022 and 2025, The Emerson at St. Peters has 182 independent living units, 20 of which can flex to assisted living. It was 82% occupied with strong margins around 34.4% at closing. The community’s physical plant presents well, as the seller invested approximately $10 million... Read More »
CIBC Completes Several Financings

CIBC Completes Several Financings

CIBC Bank USA announced a handful of senior care financings across multiple states. First, the company closed a $17.5 million cash-out refinancing for a regional operator’s portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities with 235 total beds in northeast and southeast Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire. The facilities have an effective age of 20 years and reported an average occupancy rate of 88%. Financing was arranged by Matthew Tyler and Daniela Miranda. Separately, CIBC closed $40.5 million in acquisition financing for a regional operator’s purchase of two skilled nursing facilities totaling 248 beds in Pennsylvania that were 86% occupied. Financing was arranged by Dan Forrer and... Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Financing Activity

Berkadia’s Recent Financing Activity

In the past 30 days, Berkadia’s Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro have closed $111.5 million across four financings for four separate sponsors, encompassing eleven properties in six states. The activity included three bridge financings totaling $69.6 million from Berkadia’s proprietary balance sheet and a $41.9 million HUD refinance. The first transaction was a $9.1 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a repeat client based in El Segundo, California. Proceeds were used to retire senior debt and a portion of related-party acquisition financing in advance of a HUD refinance. The collateral is a 79-unit, 2006 vintage assisted living and memory care community in Nampa, Idaho, which the sponsor acquired... Read More »
Developers Divest Class-A Seniors Housing Portfolio

Developers Divest Class-A Seniors Housing Portfolio

A portfolio of seniors housing communities sold, with the six assets located across two states in the Kansas City, Kansas MSA. The seller was a joint venture between Hunt Midwest, a Kansas City-based real estate development company, and Principal Senior Living, a Georgia-based developer/owner/operator of senior living communities. The portfolio comprises 413 assisted living/memory care units in Kansas City, Blue Springs and Raymore, Missouri, and Olathe and Lenexa, Kansas. The Class-A buildings were built between 2015 and 2019, and at the time of closing they were over 90% occupied.  Berkadia’s Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers handled the deal on behalf of the... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Full-Continuum Community in Las Vegas

Joint Venture Acquires Full-Continuum Community in Las Vegas

After acquiring two Class-A seniors housing communities in March through separate transactions, Clarion Partners made another purchase, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The previous two additions to its portfolio were Vitality Living Franklin in Tennessee, and The Gallery at Spokane in Washington. The Washington deal was done through a joint venture with Franklin Templeton.  Completed in two phases in 2008 and 2010, San Martin Senior Living in Las Vegas consists of a two-story building comprising 144 independent living and assisted living units, plus a single-story building with 30 memory care units. The community, which will be rebranded as The Grand at Southern Hills, is located within a large... Read More »