• PACS Gets Trading Period Extension

    PACS Group is trying to right the ship as it works to restate its prior financial statements amid an investigation into its Medicare billing practices, and return to providing regular quarterly earnings statements. The New York Stock Exchange Listing Operations Committee did agree to provide PACS with an additional trading period through November... Read More »
  • Outcome Healthcare Acquires Pennsylvania SNF

    Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of Mahoning Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 142-bed skilled nursing facility in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The seller, an independent owner, faced increasing financial and operational pressures in today’s skilled nursing environment. The selected buyer was a regional operator with a... Read More »
  • Full Continuum Community Obtains Refinancing

    CBRE National Senior Housing refinanced The Pointe at Meridian, a 100-unit seniors housing community in Meridian, Idaho. Built in 2022, The Pointe at Meridian was built in 2022 and consists of 60 independent living units, including 14 townhome units, 30 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Grace Management took over management of the... Read More »
  • Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

    Fifty Stones Capital Group closed a $39.3 million construction loan for a seniors housing community in Chandler, Arizona. The proposed development comprises 147 units with 150 beds. The opportunity came to Fifty Stones Capital Group through a local broker.  The sponsor, an experienced local developer with a focus on multifamily and senior... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Sends Default Notice to NHC

    National Health Investors is addressing violations under its longstanding lease agreement with one of its largest tenants, National HealthCare Corporation. In July, NHI notified NHC/OP, L.P., an affiliate of National HealthCare Corporation and the tenant of 32 of NHI’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living... Read More »
Ziegler Facilitates Campus Expansion in Wisconsin 

Ziegler Facilitates Campus Expansion in Wisconsin 

Ziegler closed bond financing for Cedar Crest, Inc. to expand its 274-unit CCRC campus in Janesville, Wisconsin, and to refund outstanding debt. The financing is comprised of $57.46 million of Series 2022A fixed rate revenue bonds issued through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority and $30 million of bank debt directly purchased by BMO Harris Bank. Proceeds of the debt will pay off the outstanding Series 2013 bonds and also fund a debt service reserve fund, fund interest on the bonds and pay certain costs of issuance.  The expansion project will add a new 24-unit independent living building and a replacement 76-unit assisted living building on the campus. In addition,... Read More »
Del Webb Adds To Tennessee Portfolio 

Del Webb Adds To Tennessee Portfolio 

One of the pioneers of the growing active adult sector announced the groundbreaking of a new community in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The project will be of typical Del Webb size: so, 1,100 single-family homes with an abundance of amenities. Del Webb Southern Harmony will offer 12 single-story home designs with 2-4 bedrooms, large kitchen islands, tall sliding glass doors to maximize natural light and flow easily between indoor and outdoor living, and spacious owner’s suites with spa-like baths.  The open-concept residents’ clubhouse will be anchored by a great room leading to a large patio and event lawn with fire feature. Adjoining the great room will be a fully equipped... Read More »
Attention to Wellness in Active Adult Living

Attention to Wellness in Active Adult Living

New construction in the senior care industry dropped during the pandemic for a variety of reasons, but we may be in the midst of a construction boom for active adult communities. We are reminded of 2014, when our inbox was starting to fill with many developers announcing their latest assisted living/memory care community groundbreakings. Not only that, investors and operators started to launch new development pipelines (some a little too ambitious), touting the unstoppable force of “demographics.” Eight years later, we are much closer to the baby boomers aging into seniors housing, and most of the new construction announcements have been in the lower-acuity, low-service active adult... Read More »
Attention to Wellness in Active Adult Living

Knighthead Funds Active Adult Construction

Knighthead Funding, LLC has provided The Northwind Group with a $34.5 million first mortgage construction loan for the development of an active adult community in Selden, New York. The loan was underwritten to a roughly 69% “as-complete” value, and the property is fully permitted, planned and approved. Situated on 13.84 acres, the complex will comprise 124 two-bedroom, two-bath units, including 36 affordable homes in 15 two-story residential buildings. Considering the supply/demand imbalance and the limited prospects for new construction in the area, Knighthead’s capital will help Northwood bring needed quality senior housing to a market with high barriers to entry.  This is the... Read More »
Monarch Funds New Ohio Development

Monarch Funds New Ohio Development

We haven’t seen much construction lending these days, with construction costs and interest rates rising, but Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors secured an $18.9 million loan to fund a 105-unit/116-bed senior care project in Bowling Green, Ohio. The community is being developed by Trilogy Opportunity Fund I, an affiliate of Louisville, Kentucky-based Trilogy Health Services, at a cost of $23.625 million, or $225,000 per unit. Construction costs went up during the process, but the bank modified the loan to main an 80% loan-to-cost. There are 50 skilled nursing beds, 34 assisted living/memory care units and 25 independent living units.  Monarch secured a senior loan commitment from a... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Hire Dedicated Housing Expert in Southern California

Walker & Dunlop Hire Dedicated Housing Expert in Southern California

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has hired Gideon Orion as Managing Director on its investment sales platform. Most recently working for Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, Mr. Orion is based in Los Angeles and will join the firm’s national seniors housing property sales team led by Managing Director Joshua Jandris. Mr. Orion will be focused on originating and executing seniors housing property sales opportunities across the United States.  He has a strong track record and brings additional skill to Walker & Dunlop’s seniors housing sales team, in addition to expanding the firm’s existing footprint in Southern California. In fact, Mr. Orion represents the first dedicated... Read More »