• 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 »
CFG Funds SNF Portfolio Deal in Pennsylvania

CFG Funds SNF Portfolio Deal in Pennsylvania

Capital Funding Group closed $34.7 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania that combine for 299 beds. Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Craig Casagrande and Vice President Andrew Jones originated the transaction for the borrower, which was a regional operator. The announcement follows the company’s recent closing of a $13.4 million HUD loan, which supported the refinancing of an existing bridge loan on a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Vermont. The cash-out bridge loan had seasoned for two years before being brought to HUD. Read More »
Berkadia Arranges Acquisition Financing through Fannie Mae

Berkadia Arranges Acquisition Financing through Fannie Mae

Berkadia helped finance the acquisition of Prairie House, a 105-unit assisted living/memory care community in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Managing Directors Chris Cain and Rafael Nobo of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare secured $16.74 million in acquisition financing through Fannie Mae on behalf of the buyer, Wichita, Kansas-based Legend Senior Living.  The 10-year loan featured a 5.68% interest rate, a 30-year amortization schedule and a 65% loan-to-value ratio, which puts the purchase price at $25.75 million, or $245,300 per unit. Built in 2017 with 73 assisted living and 32 memory care units, Prairie House is Legend’s fourth Tulsa-area community and 11th community in the state. The... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Bond Financing for California CCRC

Ziegler Secures Bond Financing for California CCRC

Ziegler arranged a bond financing for a CCRC in San Rafael, California, to expand its campus and refinance its existing Series 2015A bonds. The borrower, Aldersly, opened Aldersly Garden Retirement Community in 1921 to serve the Danish-American senior population in California and Nevada, although it now welcomes anyone who meets its financial and other admission criteria. Life Care Services has managed the community since 2004.  Aldersley received $61.3 million in bonds, which are rated AA- by Standard & Poor’s based on credit enhancement provided by the Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Program. The bonds were issued through the California Municipal Finance Authority and amortize over a... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures CDFI Refinance

Carnegie Capital Secures CDFI Refinance

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital closed the refinance of two assisted living/memory care communities totaling 130 units about 80 miles outside of San Francisco, California. After acquiring the communities in late-2019 and 2020, the borrower began to renovate and reposition them. However, given the pandemic, repositioning the communities took longer than initially anticipated, and upon closing the refinance, the in-place, portfolio-wide EBITDAR was still negative and occupancy was under 50%. The borrower was still implementing capex projects at one of the properties, which affected census, as well.  The borrower originally purchased the assets with cash but looked to secure a loan to complete... Read More »
Vermont SNF Gets a HUD Refinance

Vermont SNF Gets a HUD Refinance

Capital Funding Group closed a $13.4 million HUD refinance of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Vermont. The new loan replaced an existing bridge loan that had been executed by CFG and had seasoned for two years before being brought to HUD. The nationally recognized borrower was able to take cash out as a result. Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Tim Eberhardt and Senior Associate Ava Julio originated the transaction for the company. The financing follows CFG’s recent closing of $207 million in financing to support the refinancing of 10 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures CDFI Refinance

Meridian Capital Group Reports Latest Activity

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team closed $310 million in transaction volume in May for a combination of 17 facilities in six states. These transactions were negotiated by Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson. The team’s recent closings include a $169 million acquisition loan from a commercial bank and mezzanine lender for seven skilled nursing facilities comprising 1,112 beds in Maryland and New Jersey; a $34.2 million acquisition loan from a commercial bank for three skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 515 beds; and a $31 million acquisition loan from a commercial bank along with a $3.5 million A/R... Read More »