• 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 »
Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s seventh financing with Ziegler since 2007.  The Series 2026 bonds consist of four tranches of tax-exempt debt: Series 2026A Fixed Rate bonds ($18.85 million), Series 2026B-3 TEMPSSM-50 ($17.05 million), Series 2026B-2 TEMPSSM-70 ($6.83 million) and the Series 2026B-1 TEMPSSM-85 ($5.13 million). Proceeds, along with a $500,000 equity contribution... Read More »
California AL/MC Community Secures C-PACE Financing

California AL/MC Community Secures C-PACE Financing

The owner of a seniors housing community in Simi Valley, California, was evaluating a recapitalization of the asset and worked with Bayview to secure C-PACE financing. The borrower wished to return some equity for future investments while also reducing existing bridge debt. Bayview identified an opportunity to structure a look-back C-PACE loan against approximately $13 million of eligible costs, generating accretive proceeds that supported both sponsor liquidity and paydown of the existing bridge facility (without displacing senior debt). The loan came with a 29-year term and closed approximately six weeks after term sheet execution.  Varenita of Simi Valley has been operated by... Read More »
Bond Proceeds to Fund California Seniors Housing Development

Bond Proceeds to Fund California Seniors Housing Development

JLL and HJ Sims arranged $252.1 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the development of The Marisol, a 214-unit seniors housing community in Huntington Beach, California. It is currently under construction and set to open in 2028. HJ Sims acted as lead book-running manager on the senior bonds and JLL Securities served as co-manager and led the process in securing the investor for the subordinate bonds. JLL’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team, as real estate advisor, also collaborated on the project. The fixed- and floating-rate financing was structured into Series A senior bonds and subordinate Series B and C bonds, and was issued through the California Public Finance... Read More »
Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The financing supports the continued expansion of a high-quality seniors housing platform backed by Braemar Partners and operated by The Arbor Company. Construction projects are still getting done (and financed), as long as they are catering to high-income seniors in high-growth markets, with best-in-class operators, of course. Next, TCG closed... Read More »
Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the transition period. The assisted living community had been foreclosed on by its lender and placed into receivership as a result of operational and financial underperformance under the previous owner. The receiver made incremental improvements, but at the time of sale there was still plenty of upside potential.  The financing was originated through... Read More »
Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is a multi-generational seniors housing owner/operator with a portfolio across the Southeast that offers independent living, assisted living, memory care and active adult units.  Fellowship Wildlight is set to include 125 independent living units, eight active adult cottages, 48 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The community will... Read More »