• 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 »
Pacific Northwest AL Portfolio Gets Acquisition Financing

Pacific Northwest AL Portfolio Gets Acquisition Financing

Monarch Advisors closed an acquisition loan for a portfolio of assisted living communities in the Pacific Northwest. The buyer, the current manager of the properties, engaged Monarch to source $7.3 million of senior debt for the transaction. Monarch’s Alec Blanc successfully secured a commitment from a national SBA lender, consisting of a $4.3 million, 10-year bank loan, fixed at 8.45% for the first five years, and a $2.6 million SBA Debenture expected to be fixed at around 6.3% for 25 years.  In addition, there was a $300,000 SBA 7(a) loan floating at Prime plus 0.70% for 10 years.  The debt covered approximately 80% of the transaction costs, putting the purchase price at roughly... Read More »
CFG Closes Acquisition Loan for Washington State SNF

CFG Closes Acquisition Loan for Washington State SNF

Capital Funding Group closed a $3.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Washington. Combining for 108 beds, the facilities were built in 1966 and 1964, respectively. CFG’s Managing Director, Long-Term Care Tim Eberhardt and Senior Associate Ava Julio originated the transaction for the company. The announcement follows the company’s recent closing of a $27.2 million construction loan for the conversion of a partially completed hotel to a 191-unit assisted living community in Sunrise, Florida. The financing was executed through CFG’s Seniors Housing Lending Platform. Read More »
MidCap Financial Funds Illinois Refinance

MidCap Financial Funds Illinois Refinance

MidCap Financial, a commercial finance company focused on middle market transactions, closed a first mortgage loan with affiliates of Harrison Street and Banner Real Estate Group. The floating-rate loan refinanced the original construction loan on a Class-A, 240-unit independent living community located in Deerfield, Illinois. Wells Fargo provided the original construction debt. The community has steadily leased up since opening in 2020 and benefits from its affiliation with CJE SeniorLife. The transaction was arranged by Sarah Anderson of Newmark. Read More »
VIUM Capital and Merchants Bank Close $1.1 Billion Synthetic Securitization

VIUM Capital and Merchants Bank Close $1.1 Billion Synthetic Securitization

VIUM Capital and its joint venture partner Merchants Bancorp, the parent company of Merchants Bank of Indiana, completed a synthetic securitization referencing over $1.1 billion of first-lien, floating-rate bridge loans on skilled nursing and seniors housing properties. ATLAS SP Partners acted as structuring agent and sole bookrunner on the transaction. As part of the deal, Merchants Bank issued and sold $158 million aggregate principal balance of senior credit linked notes representing approximately 14% of the reference pool. The bank’s wholly owned subsidiary, Merchants Capital Corp., will continue to service the loans. The transaction involved multiple institutional buyers and did not... Read More »
CFG Closes Construction Loan for Hotel Conversion

CFG Closes Construction Loan for Hotel Conversion

Capital Funding Group closed a $27.2 million construction loan for the conversion of a partially-completed hotel to a 191-unit assisted living community in Sunrise, Florida. SGSL Fee Owner LLC, based in Coral Gables, Florida, originally acquired the 291-room Sawgrass Grand Hotel and Suites and the 11.6-acre site in 2019 for $15.13 million and had started converting it into a 184-unit assisted living/memory care community, thanks to a $35.8 million bond. However, UMB Bank, which was the trustee for the bond, filed a lawsuit against SGSL Fee Owner over allegations that it missed bond payments and wasn’t paying its project contractors and suppliers.  A judge appointed Travis Grody of Aurora... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures SNF Bank Refinance

Carnegie Capital Secures SNF Bank Refinance

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital closed a bank refinance for a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in north central Texas. Built in the 1980s, the facility was acquired by the borrower less than two years ago. It was occupied in the high-80s, and while cash flow was positive (with around 30% of its NOI derived from QIPP revenue), it did not cover debt service yet. So, ownership sought a bank refinance totaling $7.0 million. The loan came with an interest rate of 8% fixed for five years, and the borrower could prepay without penalty after year three. Read More »