• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

Fifty Stones Capital Group closed a $39.3 million construction loan for a seniors housing community in Chandler, Arizona. The proposed development comprises 147 units with 150 beds. The opportunity came to Fifty Stones Capital Group through a local broker.  The sponsor, an experienced local developer with a focus on multifamily and senior care, had already invested over $4.2 million of their own capital. This included acquiring the land without any debt and completing horizontal site improvements, leaving the site shovel-ready for construction. The development is adjacent to the sponsor’s existing, profitable seniors housing community, creating operational synergies. Fifty Stones... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

Walker & Dunlop originated $68.312 million in HUD 232/223(f) loans to refinance seven skilled nursing facilities with 380 units in Illinois and Wisconsin. The transaction replaced existing short-term, variable-rate debt. Walker & Dunlop’s FHA Finance team arranged the refinancings, led by Joshua Rosen, Brad Annis and Johnny Rice. The borrower was not disclosed. Read More »
Class-A Minnesota Community Retires Its Construction Financing

Class-A Minnesota Community Retires Its Construction Financing

EBSC Lending arranged a $31 million loan for a 160-unit Class-A seniors housing community in Elk Grove, Minnesota. Proceeds from the five-year, floating-rate, non-recourse loan were used to retire the property’s existing construction financing, with the structure providing an initial interest-only period. The sponsor was repeat-client David Ross.  The community includes independent living, assisted living and memory care services, offering studios, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging between 410 and 992 square feet. Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living Development Secures Bond Financing

Sunrise Senior Living Development Secures Bond Financing

JLL Capital Markets and HJ Sims collectively closed $80.07 million in tax-exempt bond financing for a new Sunrise Senior Living community in Long Beach, California, Sunrise of Long Beach. On behalf of Quality Senior Housing Foundation, Inc. and Sunrise Senior Living, JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, in collaboration with the bond underwriting teams of HJ Sims and JLL Securities, secured financing through California Public Finance Authority Senior Living Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A. The two-story, 78,227-square-foot community will feature 62 assisted living and 24 memory care apartments across 102 licensed beds. Assisted living accommodations will include studio layouts with... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

Giancarlo Riso and Amy Sitzman of Blueprint advised a client on a sale and HUD 232 process of five skilled nursing facilities located in central and west Texas. The facilities totaled 424 beds and featured positive cash flow. They had attractive, fixed-rate HUD debt of 2.8% and long remaining terms with maturity dates starting in 2035 through 2044, presenting an incoming investor with significant cash-on-cash returns, especially if they invested in a targeted capex program to raise the facilities’ competitive profiles. Further upside potential existed by improving the CMS star rating at each facility, and establishing additional referral relationships with nearby acute care hospitals.... Read More »
CFG Recapitalizes Skilled Nursing Portfolio

CFG Recapitalizes Skilled Nursing Portfolio

Capital Funding Group closed a $50.3 million delayed draw bridge-to-HUD loan to support the recapitalization of 13 skilled nursing facilities. The deal was secured by first-priority collateral on a single asset in California, as well as mezzanine collateral on twelve additional assets in California, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The funding provided for an immediate recapitalization of one real estate asset in California and for additional delayed draw proceeds that will be used to further capitalize the other 12 assets which are part of an existing HUD portfolio. CFG intends to refinance into permanent HUD debt. Andrew Jones originated the transaction for the company. Read More »