• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Northeast Developer Acquires Land for Active Adult Development

Northeast Developer Acquires Land for Active Adult Development

North Reading, Massachusetts-based developer Habitech Acquisitions completed its purchase of a 37.32-acre, four-parcel lot in Stow, Massachusetts for $930,000, with plans to develop an active adult community consisting of 141 units. Jake Parsons of SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston represented the seller, EFMC Associates, and procured the buyer. The project, called The Cottages at Wandering Pond, is in its final stages of permitting. It will consist of two neighborhoods that will be connected by a wetland area. Plans also include a recreation area facing public-access walking trails, a clubhouse, small pool, activity lawn, and a pickleball court. Read More »
Harbert South Bay Partners Planning Orange County Community

Harbert South Bay Partners Planning Orange County Community

Harbert South Bay Partners released plans for The James, a 350-unit, eight-story seniors housing community in Irvine, California (Orange County). The site is walkable to The District at Tustin Legacy, a popular shopping and restaurant area, and will feature 210 independent living, 110 assisted living and 30 memory care units. The leasing office for The James is scheduled to open early 2024, with occupancy planned for summer 2025. Momentum Senior Living, which is based in Orange County, will be the operator. At the end of 2021, Harbert Management Corporation, which has over $8 billion in assets under management across multiple asset classes, bought the majority interest in Texas-based... Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living Develops in Florida

Sunrise Senior Living Develops in Florida

Sunrise Senior Living announced it has broken ground on its first community in Coral Gables, Florida. Sunrise of Coral Gables is expected to open in the fall of 2024 and will offer 141 units, including 66 independent living, 54 assisted living and 21 memory care units. Sitting on 1.8 acres, the site will also feature a range of amenities, including a bistro, a fitness center, a salon, a spa, and outdoor spaces. The new community in Coral Gables is part of the company’s ongoing expansion plans. Read More »
The New Team at Tremper Capital Group

The New Team at Tremper Capital Group

The former Greystone, and now Tremper Capital Group (TCG), team placed a couple of bank loans to refinance Merrill Gardens communities in California and South Carolina. The larger loan totaled $30 million and came with a five-year term, 30-year amortization and a floating interest rate. There are also three years of interest-only payments and a mid-200 bps loan spread. A regional bank provided the loan to AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens to refinance their West Covina community, which has 111 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Tyler Armstrong of TCG represented AEW and Merrill Gardens in the transaction. Mr. Armstrong also placed a $27.05 million... Read More »
Harbert South Bay Partners Planning Orange County Community

Northmarq Arranges Construction Loan

Northmarq’s debt and equity team of Keith Wells, Hunter Wood, Reina Abboud and Mike Lowry arranged a $38.1 million loan for the construction of Lake Forest at Swift Creek in Midlothian, approximately 15 miles west of Richmond. Set on 11.7 acres, the active adult community will have 176 units in four stories, and is being developed by The Holladay Corp., a real estate development and investment firm based in Washington, D.C. The community will open in 2024. Sandy Spring Bank provided the debt for the development. Read More »
Berkadia Announces Three Hires

Berkadia Announces Three Hires

There was some big news out of Berkadia, which announced the addition of Managing Directors Austin Sacco, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers to its Seniors Housing & Healthcare team. Tremper and Garbers will report to SVP and Co-Head of Investment Sales and Production Mike Miner, and Sacco will report to SVP and Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. The trio bring a combined 48 years in the seniors housing industry with experience across a variety of asset classes. Coming from JLL, Garbers has over 20 years of experience in the seniors housing industry and has been involved in developing, acquiring and selling over $8 billion in seniors housing properties throughout the... Read More »