• Incumbent Operator Secures Two Acquisition Financings

    Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia utilized the company’s balance sheet to provide $39.7 million of bridge-to-HUD financing for a Fort Worth-based skilled nursing owner/operator. The intent is to close the two subsequent HUD 232/223(f) refinancings in the second half of 2026. The loans facilitated the acquisition of three Texas... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM’s 2025 Activity

    MONTICELLOAM reported its 2025 activity, completing 49 senior care and multifamily transactions totaling over $2.2 billion in bridge, mezzanine and working capital financing throughout the year. In one of the notable transactions, one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM funded $470.5 million in bridge and working... Read More »
  • CBRE’s Active 2025 and Q1:26 Projections

    CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced its 2025 activity, with $3.1 billion in total transaction volume. Debt originations and equity placements comprised $1.95 billion of that total, and were completed across 25 states. Meanwhile, the investment sales side closed $1.15 billion in deals, selling 27 properties across 14 states. The... Read More »
  • Underperforming AL/MC Assets Sell in Michigan

    A buyer with operational expertise and capital resources acquired two seniors housing communities that were not stabilized at the time of sale. The new owner intends to stabilize performance, implement targeted management improvements and reposition the assets. Current rates are priced below local competitors, offering upside through rate... Read More »
  • Global Real Estate Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Blueprint revisited a familiar property, selling it on behalf of a joint venture that originally purchased it through another Blueprint-led sales process. The partnership was between a global private equity firm and a seniors housing sponsor, and at the time of its acquisition, the community was struggling. But they renovated all units and common... Read More »
CareTrust Acquires Large Midwest Portfolio

CareTrust Acquires Large Midwest Portfolio

CareTrust REIT, Inc. acquired a 46-facility, 3,820-bed/unit senior care portfolio in the Midwest for a total investment amount of approximately $97 million (inclusive of transaction costs), or $25,000 per bed/unit. Seven of the 46 facilities are skilled nursing and assisted living campuses and an additional seven are assisted living communities. The transaction also commences a new relationship with a skilled nursing investor and operator.  In connection with the acquisition, the company entered into a triple-net master lease with a large skilled nursing investor and operator that will sublease the portfolio to several licensed subtenant operators. The new master lease has an initial... Read More »
Phorcys Divests to Healthcare REIT in Georgia

Phorcys Divests to Healthcare REIT in Georgia

Phorcys Capital Partners, an asset manager focused on distressed debt and equity investments in assets that were financed by municipal bonds, recently divested a seniors housing community in Greensboro, Georgia, after a little more than one year of ownership. Built in 2017, The Glen at Lake Oconee Village comprises 28 independent living, 68 assisted living and 18 memory care units. It was operated by SRI Management, and the community was sold to a leading healthcare REIT in November.  Phorcys purchased this asset in August 2023 for $26.45 million, or $232,000 per unit. The community was performing better than when initially acquired, running close to fully occupied at the time of... Read More »
Public REIT Buys Two Indiana Assets

Public REIT Buys Two Indiana Assets

A publicly traded REIT bought two high-quality seniors housing communities in Indiana markets. Berkadia’s Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers closed the transaction on behalf of the seller, a private equity firm. Traditions Management operates both communities and will continue to manage the properties moving forward. Built in 2014 by Leo Brown Group, Traditions at Reagan Park is located in Avon, Indiana, with 125 independent living, assisted living and memory care units, including 30 independent living villas built in 2016 and 2019. Also built in 2014, Traditions at Solana is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, with 117 IL, AL and MC units, including 24 IL villas added... Read More »
Ziegler Handles CCRC Sale to Nonprofit

Ziegler Handles CCRC Sale to Nonprofit

Not-for-profit organizations have generally been net-sellers in recent years, struggling with expenses in a post-pandemic and post-inflation environment, but one organization is adding a new CCRC to its portfolio. Saint Therese is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based, Catholic not-for-profit that has over 50 years of experience and five other communities in Minnesota (4) and Michigan.  Its latest addition was St. Mary of the Woods, a 179-bed/unit CCRC in Avon, Ohio. The campus was originally acquired out of bankruptcy in 2012 from Atrium Centers, a 100% employee-owned provider of senior care services with over 2,000 beds in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Atrium completed several... Read More »
Ventas Purchases Three-Property Senior Living Portfolio

Ventas Purchases Three-Property Senior Living Portfolio

Berkadia announced the sale of three seniors housing communities offering assisted living and memory care services in the Chicago and Milwaukee MSAs. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, led by Managing Directors Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers, closed the 306-unit transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Dallas-based Caddis Partners and a private equity real estate fund. The properties were purchased by Ventas. The Class-A portfolio transaction closed with just six weeks between LOI execution and closing. Built in 2018, Heartis of Orland Park is approximately 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago and comprises 96 AL/MC units. It is the... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires in Michigan

Joint Venture Acquires in Michigan

Silver Wave Capital and Persimmon Ventures announced their second joint venture acquisition, buying a 102-unit assisted living/memory care community in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Earlier this year, the joint venture had acquired an AL/MC community in Naples, Florida, to mark their first purchase together, and they plan on more in the next year. The Class-A Michigan asset was built in 2018 by First & Main and features 58 AL and 44 MC units. However, the Auburn Hills market was overdeveloped for seniors housing services, and we understand that the property never reached stabilization. It was previously owned by Hudson Advisors, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds that purchased the community as... Read More »