• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »
Washington D.C. Area Community Secures Construction Financing

Washington D.C. Area Community Secures Construction Financing

BWE arranged financing for The Reserve at Falls Church, a 215-unit senior living community in the West Falls mixed-use neighborhood. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris facilitated the construction financing for this project, which is being financed by a syndication of commercial banks including Live Oak Bank and Huntington Bank. The loan features a five-year initial term with 48 months of interest-only payments. The Reserve will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care across 15 stories. It’s being developed by NexCore Group and its seniors housing operator, Experience Senior Living. NexCore partnered with an affiliate of Nuveen Real Estate to capitalize the project. This marks... Read More »
It Takes a Village to Find Construction Funding

It Takes a Village to Find Construction Funding

Construction financing is still not easy to find these days, although it is better than one year ago, so it takes a lot of patience and persistence for the developers, advisors and ultimate lenders to get the job done. One project in Dublin, California (Bay Area), called The Whitford is now set to get off the ground with an $80 million financing package provided by Live Oak Bank and Nuveen Green Capital, with Tremper Capital Group facilitating the transaction.  The borrower, a joint venture between Harbert Senior Housing Fund II and Harbert South Bay Partners, was looking for non-recourse financing to build a 140-unit, Class-A assisted living/memory care community, which limited the... Read More »
It Takes a Village to Find Construction Funding

Joint Venture Secures Construction Financing

Live Oak Bank announced a couple of construction loans closed on behalf of seniors housing borrowers. First, in December, Live Oak Bank provided a $40 million senior loan in partnership with a $39.6 million CPACE loan provided by Nuveen Green Capital for a joint venture between Harbert Senior Housing Fund II and Harbert South Bay Partners. The loan provides financing for the ground-up construction of a 140-unit Class A assisted living and memory care community in California and features a five-year term with 42 months of interest-only payments.  We also learned that Live Oak Bank led, jointly arranged with Huntington National Bank, and closed a construction loan for a joint venture... Read More »
EBSC Lending Funds Los Angeles Development

EBSC Lending Funds Los Angeles Development

EBSC Lending has secured funding for a high-quality seniors housing community under development in Los Angeles. Brian Stark, manager of information technology at EBSC, led the transaction. The community obtained $31.2 million in construction financing The development will feature a new 172,163-square-foot community owned and operated by a senior living provider in the Southeast, with a primary focus on Florida. The community will offer a total of 198 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in three buildings spread over a 7.8-acre campus. It will also feature restaurant-style dining, boutique hotel décor, and a variety of luxury amenities. Based in Irvine, California,... Read More »
Texas Gets New IL Community

Texas Gets New IL Community

The McFarlin Group just broke ground on its newest active adult community in Dallas, Texas, The Blake at Bent Tree. Featuring 200 units, the community is McFarlin’s 17th development in Dallas, and the company is based in the city, as well. The Blake was developed as an active adult community but offers a future buyer the ability to convert it to full-service independent living, if they choose. It will offer food, programming and laundry services, as well as amenities such as an outdoor BBQ and entertainment area, a golf simulator, outdoor pool with hot tub, pickleball court and professional concierge services, among others. Greystar will operate it under the Elate brand. Berkadia announced... Read More »
Ziegler Prices Bonds for North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler Prices Bonds for North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler announced the pricing of Carolina Meadows, Inc.’s Series 2024 bonds. Carolina Meadows is a North Carolina not-for-profit that was incorporated in 1983 to develop, own and manage a CCRC in Chatham County, North Carolina, just south of Chapel Hill. The community comprises 476 independent living units, 78 assisted living units (with 95 beds in operation) and 79 skilled nursing units (with 86 beds in operation). It is the 20th largest not-for-profit single-site CCRC in the United States, according to the 2023 LeadingAge-Ziegler 200.  Carolina Meadows plans to develop, own and operate a replacement skilled nursing facility that will total approximately 122,000 square feet. The... Read More »