• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Republican Budget and Medicaid Cuts

    There will be significant political interest in what happens to Medicaid funding as Republicans work to pass a budget and tax bill with their very slim majority. Touching entitlements remains politically risky, and the party is divided on whether any Medicaid cuts would be acceptable heading into an election cycle. At this stage, per-capita caps... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Continues Upward Trend

    We are at the end of the first quarter 2025 earning roll call, and Sonida Senior Living posted another solid quarter. Weighted average occupancy for its same-community portfolio (56 communities) increased by 100 basis points year over year to 86.8%, which is at the top end of many of its competitors. In addition, same-community RevPOR increased... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Turnaround SNF

    Evans Senior Investments was engaged by a regional owner in a partnership with the University of Michigan Health-West Hospital to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Wyoming, Michigan. Opened nearly 10 years ago, Healthbridge Post Acute comprises 65 beds and was experiencing operational challenges, including an annual net... Read More »
  • Family Owner Divests CCRC to Not-For-Profit

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold a family-owned/operated CCRC in Maumee, Ohio, to a not-for-profit organization. The community had been in the seller’s family for 75 years, but they are divesting to enter retirement. Established in 1949, Elizabeth Scott Community spans 51 acres and offers independent living, assisted living, memory care... Read More »
  • HUD-Backed Seniors Housing Community Opens on Long Island

    A HUD-financed seniors housing project has celebrated its grand opening in Bay Shore, New York. Netherbay at Bay Shore is a state-of-the-art assisted living/memory care community located at the historic Gulden family’s summer homestead on Long Island. It features 72 units and is operated by Meridian Senior Living. Greystone’s Lisa Fischman had... Read More »
Naples Senior Living Community Secures Refinancing

Naples Senior Living Community Secures Refinancing

BWE arranged a $76 million refinance on behalf of a joint venture between Harbert Management Company and Senior Resource Group for The Carlisle Naples, a Class-A senior living community in Naples, Florida. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris facilitated the financing. Built in 1998, The Carlisle features 257 independent living and 93 assisted living units on more than 18 acres and is operated by SRG. After acquiring the community in September 2021 for $101.5 million, or $290,000 per unit, when it was just 68% occupied, the joint venture completed an extensive capital improvement plan during the pandemic, driving both occupancy and rates post-renovation. The community is in a prime Naples location... Read More »
Montgomery Intermediary Group Closes First Loan

Montgomery Intermediary Group Closes First Loan

A few months after Montgomery Intermediary Group announced it was adding a healthcare real estate debt placement vertical alongside its investment sales platform, Jeremy Warren (the man hired to develop the new vertical) closed the group’s first loan. He successfully sourced and closed a refinance for a portfolio of three assisted living communities in Kansas. Built more than 20 years ago, the communities each feature between 20 and 30 units with a mostly Medicaid waiver census. Occupancy was nearly full at three of the locations, with very strong operating margins. The portfolio also benefited from a recent Medicaid waiver rate increase. There were three other similar communities that... Read More »
Montgomery Intermediary Group Closes First Loan

VIUM’s Recent Financings

As part of its record-breaking 2024, VIUM Capital closed three HUD 232/223f refinancing transactions totaling approximately $70 million for Texas-based Priority Management Group. The HUD loans paid off existing bridge debt and owner’s notes from acquisitions that occurred three years ago. Priority Management Group is a senior living owner/operator in Texas and Louisiana, and is a long-time client. The transaction was led by Scott Blount of VIUM.  Additionally, in November, VIUM closed a $21 million bridge loan ($17 million initial and a $4 million earnout) for a 134-bed SNF in North Carolina. The recapitalization was used to pay off existing debt and a shareholder note, and to provide... Read More »
VIUM Capital’s Record 2024

VIUM Capital’s Record 2024

VIUM Capital recorded its highest revenue producing year in the firm’s young history, closing 56 transactions totaling nearly $900 million in par in 2024. The financings varied from bridge to permanent debt (both taxable and tax-exempt) and funded 82 separate properties in more than a dozen states across the country. Of the financings, 37 were HUD/GNMA loans through HUD’s 232/223(f) program, totaling over $450 million of par. VIUM finished the 2024 fiscal year as the #2 ranked HUD healthcare lender in the country in both total volume and number of transactions closed.  The year also witnessed VIUM’s HUD/GNMA servicing book surpassing $1 billion, securing multiple HUD Corporate Credit... Read More »
CIBC’s Recent Activity

CIBC’s Recent Activity

CIBC Bank USA provided a $16 million acquisition financing term loan and a $2 million working capital revolving line or credit for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Vermont. Historical performance trended positively over the last year, as the facilities improved census and operating leverage. Fritz Kieckhefer and Kyle Doran handled the transaction for CIBC. Additionally, Kieckhefer and Doran of CIBC provided an Illinois owner/operator with a $5.2 million term to finance the owner’s recent acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in central Illinois. The tenant had taken over operations in the middle of 2024 from a small local operator, and has since improved performance... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

CBRE National Senior Housing closed a HUD 232/223(f) refinance for Cordia at Grand Traverse Commons on behalf of a joint venture between Cordia Senior Living and Cypress Partners. CBRE had previously arranged financing for the community in 2017 and 2021. Cordia at Grand Traverse Commons is a 110-unit independent living and assisted living community in Traverse City, Michigan. The community has a Home for the Aged license exemption, therefore, it is unlicensed and all of the beds/units are considered board and care. It will continue to be operated by Cordia.  The community is within the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, one of the largest historic preservation and adaptive reuse... Read More »