• 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 »
Ziegler and M&T Team Up on Freddie Mac Refinance

Ziegler and M&T Team Up on Freddie Mac Refinance

Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, in partnership with M&T Realty Capital Corporation, announced its role as financial advisor in a $105.6 million Freddie Mac refinancing on behalf of The Ridge Senior Living to underwrite the existing debt on The Ridge Pinehurst, its high-end senior living community community in Lakewood, Colorado. The 371-unit community began opening in phases in September 2020 and features independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The original 10-year, fixed-rate loan was structured with five years of interest-only payments, followed by 30-year amortization. The refinance provided The Ridge with a long-term fixed-rate loan to replace the... Read More »
CFG Closes Its Largest Transaction of 2023

CFG Closes Its Largest Transaction of 2023

Capital Funding Group announced its largest transaction of 2023, so far, with the closing of $207 million in financing to support the refinancing of ten skilled nursing facilities. The facilities, which are located in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, consist of more than 1,200 beds.  The deal was closed on behalf of affiliates of The Portopiccolo Group, a New Jersey-based family office with a large portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in the country. Capital Funding Group Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Tim Eberhardt and Senior Associate Ava Julio originated the transaction for the company, which allowed for an equity recapture at closing, a transition to third-party... Read More »
CBRE Helps Finance Chicagoland Acquisition

CBRE Helps Finance Chicagoland Acquisition

Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a large senior living community near Chicago, Illinois, thanks to a bank loan arranged by CBRE. The target, Lexington Square of Elmhurst, was built in 1990 about 20 miles west of downtown Chicago. It features a total of 348 units of independent living and assisted living in an entrance-fee CCRC model. However, after rebranding the community as The Roosevelt at Salt Creek, Focus Healthcare Partners will execute a significant capital improvement plan and convert the community to a rental model. The community will also feature a fitness center, swimming pool, billiards lounge and barber, among other amenities. Aron Will, Matt Kuronen and Michael Cregan... Read More »
Lument Arranges Two Short-Term Debt Transactions

Lument Arranges Two Short-Term Debt Transactions

Lument announced a couple of financings involving short-term debt, one for an acquisition and one to refinance a stabilizing seniors housing property. First, a long-time operator of a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was able to take its ownership interest in the facility from 33% to 100% with the help of acquisition financing arranged by Lument. Bill Wilson led the transaction, and Lument’s debt syndications team, led by Steve McGee and Sangjin Na, placed the $10.7 million loan with a community bank.  The loan features a five-year term, with a minimum of two years of interest only, 25-year amortization and a fixed interest rate. In addition to funding the... Read More »
Ziegler and M&T Team Up on Freddie Mac Refinance

Cushman & Wakefield/Greystone JV Announces Latest Refinance

Cushman & Wakefield and Greystone jointly announced the successful refinance of Kōz on Weaver Road, a 100-unit seniors housing community in Snohomish, Washington. Kōz Development, LLC developed the community in 2020 to feature 40 studios, 40 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom units in five stories. There are also common spaces on each floor and 130 on-site parking spaces.  Cushman & Wakefield served as the exclusive advisor to an affiliate of Kōz Development in arranging approximately $14 million of Fannie Mae financing, which was provided by Greystone. The C&W Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team consisting of Dave Karson, Chris Moyer, Paul Roeter and John Spreitzer... Read More »
New IL Community Funded by Ziegler

New IL Community Funded by Ziegler

Investment banking firm Ziegler just closed a $31.96 million tax-exempt financing on behalf of EveryAge (formerly United Church Homes and Services), which is a North Carolina-based not-for-profit that consists of three retirement communities and other programs. The funds will be used to construct BellaAge Hickory, located in downtown Hickory, North Carolina, which is 15 miles from EveryAge’s Abernathy Laurels, a CCRC. BellaAge will have 95 units consisting of one- and two-bedroom units with monthly rents ranging from $2,043 to $3,632. These units will be considered “affordable” and will fill a void in the local market. There are limited services and the community does not appear to offer... Read More »