• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Sonata Senior Living Announces Women-Only Memory Care Program

Sonata Senior Living Announces Women-Only Memory Care Program

Sonata Senior Living has announced the expansion of Serenades for her, a new, women-only memory care lifestyle option. This program, originally launched in Serenades at West Orange, Florida, will now be offered in two neighborhoods in Serenades at the Villages and Serenades at Longwood, both in Florida. Serenades for her will also be a brand-new lifestyle option at Sonata Boynton Beach in South Florida. Read More »
Another Active Adult Development Opens in Texas

Another Active Adult Development Opens in Texas

In December of 2020, a Houston-based joint venture between Buckhead Investment Partners and Zane Segal Projects started construction of Arista Riverstone, a 143-unit active adult community in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land. Johnson Capital Multifamily Inc. provided the construction financing for the project. Gonzalez Newell Bender Architects provided architectural design services, and the general contractor was Galaxy Builders. Greystar was also set to handle lease-up and management of the community. That active adult community is now complete. Arista Riverstone includes one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and community amenities such as a full-service salon, game room, conference... Read More »
2023 Seniors Housing Development Outlook: Equity and Debt

2023 Seniors Housing Development Outlook: Equity and Debt

On November 17, our Editor Ben Swett sat down with Paul Griffin III of Griffin Living, Ari Adlerstein of Meridian Capital Group and Ken Assiran of Capital Health Group to discuss the current state of the seniors housing development market, and what financing options were available to those still looking to build. Read More »
MedCore Partners Expands Houston-Area Senior Living Community

MedCore Partners Expands Houston-Area Senior Living Community

Active adult development activity continues at a steady pace. MedCore Partners announced the construction of the second phase of its senior living project in Cypress, Texas (Houston MSA), along with a new partner, ACRON USA. Opened in 2018 with the help of The National Realty Group, Phase I of Spring Cypress Senior Living includes 80 units of assisted living and memory care, but Phase II will include 138 new active adult and independent living units. The new units will consist of apartments, cottages and townhomes, plus a 12-unit expansion of the existing memory care portion. MedCore is partnering with Orcutt Winslow for architectural and engineering services, Faulkner Design Group for... Read More »
MedCore Partners Expands Houston-Area Senior Living Community

Toll Brothers Develops in Texas

Toll Brothers announced the grand opening of its latest 55+ housing community, Regency at Esperanza in San Antonio, Texas. The company has so far developed over 66 55+ communities across 14 states and is showing no sign of slowing down its growth in the active adult-adjacent space. Regency at Esperanza is a luxury community for seniors within Esperanza, a 1,700-acre master-planned community. Regency at Esperanza consists of three groups of one- and two-story single-family homes priced from the mid-$400,000s, and marks the first 55+ community in Boerne, Texas. The community will be equipped with resort-like amenities including a state-of-the-art amenity center, a swimming pool, fitness... Read More »
Urban Developments Keep Rising in Seniors Housing

Urban Developments Keep Rising in Seniors Housing

Minnesota-based developer Ryan Companies in collaboration with Harrison Street and Cadence Living have announced its latest seniors housing community in Arizona, Acoya Shea of Scottsdale. Construction has begun on the $64 million community which will comprise 147 units of independent and assisted living. At a cost of $435,000 per unit, the latest community by the development trio will encompass 197,000 square feet on 2.5 acres just miles from Phoenix. The project received a construction loan from Regions Bank. The buyers of the land were represented by Keith Mishkin of Cambridge Properties and Jim Riggs of Platinum Advisors. Daniel Raimer, the vice president of real estate development for... Read More »