• Evans Arranges New SNF Lease

    Evans Senior Investments arranged a new lease for a skilled nursing facility in Denver, Colorado, securing a 293% increase in rent on a per-bed, per-month basis in the process. At the time of marketing, the facility was 62% occupied with minimal Medicare Part A referrals. However, the 1960s-built facility has 16 private units and is proximate to... Read More »
  • Cross River Bank Closes Large Acquisition Loan

    Cross River Bank recently closed a large acquisition loan for a portfolio of seven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri. Raina Yoo was the Loan Officer on the transaction. The portfolio features a total of 1,339 licensed beds, and occupancy stood at 88%, overall.  Read More »
  • Local Operator Closes Lease-to-Purchase Deal

    A skilled nursing facility in Mississippi faced a time-sensitive CHOW with frozen Medicaid rates under appeal after the outgoing operator was planning to leave before the ownership transfer occurred, posing meaningful risk to the facility’s financial performance and operational continuity. The facility was older and around 50% occupied at the... Read More »
  • Mainstay Senior Living Grows in Georgia

    Mainstay Senior Living acquired two seniors housing communities in Savannah, Georgia. The properties are located about five miles apart from each other. Grace Manor Savannah was built in 1997, while Habersham Manor was built in the late-1980s. They feature a total of 143 assisted living and memory care units. Florida-based Mainstay now has 46... Read More »
  • Private Equity Firm Divests Portfolio to Chicago Investor

    Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity firm, sold a 224-unit portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Alabama that it acquired in tranches between 2022 and 2023 with a regional owner/operator. After the portfolio stabilized and capital was injected into the communities, Trinity recapitalized the venture in March 2025 with... Read More »
Dekel Capital Refinances New Development

Dekel Capital Refinances New Development

As a newly developed assisted living/memory care community in Fresno, California, continues its march towards stabilization, its owners refinanced the existing construction loan with the help of Dekel Capital. The Los Angeles-based real estate merchant bank placed a $14.1 million bridge loan, with a 25-month interest-only term, at approximately 65% loan-to-value to provide funding through the lease-up of the remaining units. Mountain Capital Partners and Willis Development opened the community in 2016 with 83 assisted living and 24 memory care units. Read More »
New Seniors Housing Investor In The Old Dominion

New Seniors Housing Investor In The Old Dominion

There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry by the name of Bonaventure Realty Group. Coming from the multifamily space, like many new seniors housing investors these days, Arlington, Virginia-based Bonaventure plans to open its first independent living community further south in the town of Henrico (Richmond MSA). Featuring 148 one- and two-bedroom units, the community (called Aspire at Carriage Hill) will host a number of amenities, including an indoor pool, salon and spa, fitness center, patio, gazebo and outdoor dining with a fire pit, among others. Amenities from the adjacent gated 55+ apartment complex will also be available to residents. The total cost is estimated to be... Read More »
New Skilled Nursing Construction in Florida

New Skilled Nursing Construction in Florida

Most of the attention in the Florida development market has gone to assisted living and memory care. Rightfully so. But a brand-new skilled nursing facility is going up in Lakeland, Florida, courtesy of Greystone Healthcare Management and Lake Gibson Village. The 120-bed facility will be located within the existing Lake Gibson Village independent living/assisted living community and will feature a mix of private and semi-private rooms, along with programs that range from orthopedic and cardiac to stroke rehabilitation. Lake Gibson Village is also undergoing a 64-bed memory care expansion on the 45-acre site in addition to massively expanding its independent living services. At a cost of... Read More »
CBRE Rocks Plymouth, Michigan Deal

CBRE Rocks Plymouth, Michigan Deal

After opening in 2017, and already filling up, a senior living community in Plymouth, Michigan (Detroit MSA) refinanced its construction debt with the help of Aron Will of CBRE. Developed by a joint venture between Boston-based private equity firm Blue Moon Capital Partners and Troy, Michigan-based operator Cedarbrook Senior Living, the community features 98 independent living, 43 assisted living and 41 memory care units, in addition to 19 IL cottages. It was developed at an approximate cost of $45 million, or around $225,000 per unit, which is slightly above the regional average for senior living communities of $215,000 per unit, according to our in-house database of developments dating... Read More »
Blake Management Group’s Back At It

Blake Management Group’s Back At It

Construction has begun at a brand-new senior living community in Fort Mill, South Carolina (Charlotte MSA). Mississippi-based Cardinal Ventures is developing the $15 million project, which will be called The Blake at Baxter Village. Frampton Construction Company, based in South Carolina, will be building the facility, and Blake Management Group will manage the property. Between these companies, this is their fourth senior living community they will have completed together, the others being The Blake at Edgewater, The Blake at Carnes Crossroads, and The Blake at Woodcreek Forest, all in South Carolina. The Baxter Village community is expected to have 68 assisted living units, 33 memory care... Read More »
Contemporary Healthcare Capital Does Mezz

Contemporary Healthcare Capital Does Mezz

Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) completed two mezzanine loans to help buyers fund the purchase of skilled nursing facilities. The Portopiccolo Group, based in New Jersey, bought a 165-bed facility in Covington, Tennessee and borrowed a combined $8.755 million. CoastalStates Bank of Hilton Head provided the senior loan and CHC provided a $2.25 million mezzanine loan. In addition to funding the acquisition, proceeds were also used for about $600,000 in capital improvements.   In a larger deal, Citadel Care Centers bought a 246-bed skilled nursing facility in the Miami area of South Beach, Florida. New York City-based Valley National Bank provided the senior debt of the total $33.9... Read More »