• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »

Not-for-Profit Creates Chief Growth Officer Position

The Kendal Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that supports a system of communities and services for seniors, created a new Chief Growth Officer position and then formed a cross-functional Growth Team. Max Ault has been promoted to serve as the inaugural CGO, a role designed to consolidate strategic efforts in Affiliate development, greenfield expansion, and emerging signature programs and services across The Kendal System. This change marks a shift toward more proactive growth planning.  The newly formed Growth Team will integrate capabilities from development, marketing, finance and operations. This multi-disciplinary team is charged with building expanded growth... Read More »
CCRC Lands Construction Financing

CCRC Lands Construction Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of The Moorings of Arlington Heights’ $162.86 million Series 2025 bonds issued through the Illinois Finance Authority. The Moorings of Arlington Heights (The Moorings) is a CCRC situated on a 45-acre campus in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The community consists of 264 independent living apartments and villas, 73 assisted living apartments, 20 memory care assisted living apartments, 57 skilled nursing and rehab beds, and 39 intermediate and skilled memory care suites. The Moorings is an affiliate of Presbyterian Living, an Illinois not-for-profit organization based in Skokie, Illinois. Presbyterian Living’s portfolio features four communities and... Read More »
Life Plan Community Secures Bond Financing

Life Plan Community Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler closed Meadowlark Hills’ $53.8 million Series 2025 bonds through the City of Manhattan, Kansas. Founded in 1975, Meadowlark is a CCRC on 55 acres in Manhattan with 137 independent living apartments, 50 independent living duplexes and cottages, 38 assisted living apartments, and a 134-bed skilled nursing facility (60 private beds and 74 semi-private). Meadowlark Hills offers primarily “Type B” entrance fee plans to their residents.  Meadowlark most recently came to the bond market in 2022 to fund “The Monarch” expansion, which filled in just 40 days. Meadowlark currently maintains a waitlist of over 400 prospective residents for its current campus. This financing... Read More »
Developer Secures Construction Financing

Developer Secures Construction Financing

JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut. Opening in 2027, the 10.3-acre site will consist of nine residential buildings offering one-bedroom, two-bedroom, two-bedroom-plus-den, and townhome units, including 19 affordable units. Units will feature open floor plans, nine-foot ceilings, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, walk-in closets, double-sink vanities, full-size... Read More »

Protea Capital Partners Finances Florida Development

JLL Capital Markets assisted a developer, Protea Capital Partners, in arranging $34.5 million in financing for the construction of HarborChase of Beachwalk, a 172-unit seniors housing community in St. John’s, Florida. Multiple bids were generated, and Protea was ultimately able to secure a five-year construction loan with a regional bank on favorable terms. JLL’s Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by Olga Walsh, Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker. Slated for completion in October 2027, HarborChase of Beachwalk will offer 82 independent living, 66 assisted living and 24 memory care units across multiple three- and four-story buildings. Floor plans will range from studios to... Read More »
CCRC Lands Construction Financing

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Construction Funding

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. arranged $40.52 million in debt and equity for the construction of The Highlands, a 137-unit affordable development for seniors in Hyattsville, Maryland. PJ McDevitt, managing director of W&D Affordable Debt, arranged the debt, and Macy Kisilinsky, senior managing director of W&D Affordable Equity, arranged the debt placement and equity syndication for the project. The terms were arranged on behalf of Community Housing Initiative, Inc., which is partnering with First Baptist Church of Highland Park (FBCHP) to build the affordable seniors housing project. The Highlands will be financed with an unfunded forward Freddie Mac TEL, including a taxable tail,... Read More »