• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
BWE Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

BWE Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

BWE, a national commercial and multifamily mortgage banking company, arranged a $1.28 million loan through Freddie Mac’s Targeted Affordable Housing program to refinance an 81-unit affordable housing community for seniors. Cottonwood Senior Apartments in Placerville, California, restricts all units in the building to residents earning at or below 40% of the area median income (AMI).  The fixed-rate loan has a 15-year term with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization. The borrower intends to use the loan to pay off an existing line of credit. Jon Killough, Executive Vice President in BWE’s Alabama office, and John Roberts, Vice President in the firm’s Dallas, Texas,... Read More »
New Active Adult Community Refinances Its Construction Debt

New Active Adult Community Refinances Its Construction Debt

JLL Capital Markets arranged $47 million in financing for Amaranth at North Brunswick, an active adult community in North Brunswick, New Jersey, that was recently constructed. The community has 222 units, and experienced strong lease-up. It is a luxury community with amenities such as a demonstration kitchen, yoga room, dog park and dog day spa.  To retire the property’s existing construction loan, Nuveen Real Estate provided the seven-year, fixed rate loan for the borrower, Kaplan Companies. JLL’s team was led by Michael Klein, Matthew Pizzolato and Michael Meisner. Read More »
Institutional Sellers Divest Three Tennessee Properties

Institutional Sellers Divest Three Tennessee Properties

Tennessee has been a popular acquisition destination in seniors housing in the last couple of months, with six deals featuring nine properties since mid-May. Brooks Blackmon of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors took part in a couple of recent Tennessee transactions. He and Kyle Hallion teamed up on the sale of a 48-unit assisted living community in Chattanooga, working on behalf of a repeat institutional REIT seller. Originally built in 2000, the community had historically operated strongly and showed well. Blueprint conducted a targeted marketing campaign and received several competitive offers within 30 days of initial marketing. An undisclosed party acquired the property as part... Read More »
CBRE Refinances West Coast Community

CBRE Refinances West Coast Community

CBRE arranged the refinance of The Springs at Tanasbourne, a Class-A seniors housing community in Hillsboro, Oregon, on behalf of a joint venture between an institutional partner and The Springs Living. Aron Will, Matt Kuronen and Michael Cregan of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the financing. The community was originally developed in 2009 by Springs and is situated within the affluent west-Portland submarket of Hillsboro. It features 148 independent living, 70 assisted living and 12 memory care units. CBRE originated a $57.5 million, five-year loan with five years of interest only through its Fannie Mae DUS lending platform. Read More »
Institutional Sellers Divest Three Tennessee Properties

VIUM Capital Announces Q2 Financing Activity

VIUM Capital closed 11 financings totaling over $350 million in the second quarter of 2023, including bridge, HUD and tax-exempt bond financings for 57 separate properties in 10 states. One of the bridge loans was arranged to finance a family partner buy-out of a 329-bed skilled nursing portfolio in Missouri. The loan totaled $13.25 million and should be ready to be submitted to HUD in six to nine months.  Another bridge loan, totaling $20 million, funded the acquisition of an assisted living portfolio in Oregon and its subsequent conversion to memory care. There were 140 units across 10 small communities.  One of the HUD highlights was a $17.874 million loan arranged for a... Read More »
The Vitality Living Nashville Portfolio Sells

The Vitality Living Nashville Portfolio Sells

CBRE arranged acquisition financing for The Vitality Living Nashville Portfolio, featuring two assisted living communities in Tennessee. The buyer was a joint venture between Winterpast Capital Partners, Scribner Capital and its institutional partner, and Broadview Real Estate Partners. Aron Will, Tim Root and Michael Cregan of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the financing. Vitality Living, Winterpast’s wholly-owned operating platform, will operate the communities under a third-party management agreement. Located within two high-growth suburbs of Nashville, Vitality Living Franklin and Vitality Living Hendersonville offer a combined 256 assisted living and memory care units. CBRE... Read More »