• Michigan Assisted Living Community Changes Hands

    Harborside Senior Living, a 20-unit/30-bed assisted living community in Luna Pier, Michigan, near the Ohio border and the Toledo MSA, sold to Lamont Jones, a healthcare entrepreneur who is building a seniors housing brand in Michigan. Built in 2023 by a pair of investors, Harborside Senior Living will now operate under the leadership of Luna... Read More »
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care Portfolio Secures Bond Financing

    D.A. Davidson closed $120.04 million in Senior Living Revenue bonds, Series 2026A-1, Series 2026A-2 and subordinated bonds forKingsPath Target Housing of Minnesota, LLC. The bonds financed the acquisition and refinancing of seven assisted living/memory care communities with 224 units in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, MSA. The acquired... Read More »
  • Another Record Year on the Horizon

    The bar keeps rising, and the industry continues to clear it, with a third consecutive annual record for publicly announced senior care M&A activity appearing well within reach. Through the first five months of the year, the industry has averaged 81 publicly announced deals per month. Annualized, that pace would result in just under 1,000... Read More »
  • Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »
CIBC Bank’s Recent Activity

CIBC Bank’s Recent Activity

CIBC Bank USA closed an impressive array of transactions in the last several months, totaling more than $800 million in credit facilities across the country. The largest transaction was an $85 million (with earn-outs) debt package for a senior care portfolio in the Northeast. The debt included a senior term loan and a mezzanine loan to refinance the portfolio and cover corporate needs. Adam Panos, Patrick Garden, Charlie Sheridan and Tom Sheeren worked on the deal for CIBC. Laura Habich and Sam Dendrinos originated a couple of large cash-out refinances for skilled nursing clients. A $27.3 million loan went to a stand-alone SNF, and a $70.7 million loan refinanced a portfolio of four... Read More »
Family-Owned Company Refinances Washington Community

Family-Owned Company Refinances Washington Community

Lument closed a $21.5 million HUD loan to refinance Village Green of Federal Way, a seniors housing community in Federal Way, Washington. The building features 136 licensed assisted living units and 34 independent living cottages. The sponsor, Village Green, is a family-owned company. Lument helped navigate the pending loan maturity through HUD’s Express Lane. The FHA loan has a fixed interest rate and 35-year term. Casey Moore led the transaction. Read More »
Not-for-Profit Secures Financing for Debt and Development

Not-for-Profit Secures Financing for Debt and Development

HJ Sims closed a $105 million tax-exempt bank placement for Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Retirement Services, Inc., the proceeds of which were used to refinance all outstanding bank debt of the organization and provide new money for a start-up campus in Salem, Ohio. The new Salem campus will comprise 36 market-rate independent living villas, 52 middle-market independent living apartments and 36 assisted living apartments.  The financing was accomplished with three series of debt, including two long-term series and one being repaid with initial community fees, across three banking partners, who were all new to Shepherd of the Valley. Lynn Daly, Sean Golden and Justice Onyeugo helped... Read More »

NewPoint Originates Acquisition Financing

NewPoint Real Estate Capital originated $53 million in bridge financing to facilitate Cougar Capital Management’s acquisition of a large portfolio of independent living communities in upstate New York. The 24-month, non-recourse floating-rate loan provided by a debt fund was originated by NewPoint’s Cal Masterson and Kevin Laidlaw. These five communities total 701 units. They were built between 2000 and 2008 and comprise 15 acres in the Rochester MSA. Cougar Capital Management announced that it paid $51 million for the assets, or $72,800 per unit. Property management will be transferred to Willow Ridge Senior Living, which announced that it co-invested in the portfolio, which includes... Read More »

Financing Secured for Skilled Nursing Portfolio

MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $107 million in combined bridge and working capital financing to a four-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Florida. The transaction includes a $100 million bridge loan and a $7 million working capital line of credit. The loan proceeds will be used by the borrower, a returning MONTICELLOAM client, to pay off the existing debt on the portfolio, which comprises 480 beds. Read More »