• NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

    In a move to concentrate its portfolio on private pay seniors housing, National Health Investors divested a large skilled nursing portfolio for $560 million, before estimated transaction costs between $6 million and $8 million. The buyer was the current lessee, National HealthCare Corporation, whose legacy master lease was established in 1991 and... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

    Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

    Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

    Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the... Read More »
  • Public Company Divests in Arizona

    A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking... Read More »

CFG Hit the Ground Running in Q1

Capital Funding Group wasted no time in the first quarter, closing $428.9 million in total financing. The transactions spanned skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, memory care, behavioral health, multifamily and commercial lending on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. Some highlighted transactions include: ● A $17.6 million acquisition bridge loan for the financing of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Nevada, for an existing client. Patrick McGovern and Ryan Hunsicker originated the deal. ● A $9.0 million HUD loan for the refinancing of a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in Montclair, New Jersey. Tommy Dillon originated the deal. ● $42.9 million in financing for... Read More »
Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Cambridge Realty Capital announced a couple separate closings. First, the company provided a $4.31 million HUD refinance of Elizabeth Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Cambridge utilized HUD’s Express Lane, which enabled the loan application to receive its firm commitment just 18 days after being accepted.  According to LevinPro LTC, the facility sold at the end of 2024 to Providence, a not-for-profit, faith-based health care system that had been operating the facility since February 2020. It comprises 36 beds, and was built in 2010 by the seller, Coplin Health Systems. Cambridge Realty Capital also funded $49.67 million in first mortgage financing... Read More »
Ohio AL/MC Community Secures Refinance

Ohio AL/MC Community Secures Refinance

Ziegler served as the lead financial advisor in the placement of a $10.35 million loan to refinance existing indebtedness for an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Toledo, Ohio. Patrick Lee, Managing Director in Ziegler’s Senior Housing & Care Finance Practice, advised and negotiated the transaction for the borrower, a private owner. John Gast, Michael McGinnis and Jake Chivini also supported the transaction.  The loan was placed with Stride Bank with terms designed to support the objectives of the sponsor, borrower and residents. The financing also highlighted Stride’s ongoing relationship with Ziegler, while establishing a new relationship with the sponsor... Read More »
CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

CIBC has been hard at work this Spring, successfully closing several acquisition financings for senior care clients across the country. The largest was a $51.5 million term loan that supported the purchase of four skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 586 beds. Historical performance trended positively over the last two years across the portfolio, and going forward, occupancy is expected to be in the high-70% range, with continued improvement in operating margins. The borrower received the term loan plus a $2.5 million capital expenditure non-revolving line of credit and an $8 million working capital revolving line of credit. Dan Forrer handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA.... Read More »
Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Ziegler Closes Two Bond Transactions

Ziegler announced the closing of two separate bond transactions. First, it closed Mennonite Village’s $86.22 million Series 2026AB bonds through the Hospital Facility Authority of the City of Albany, Oregon. Mennonite Home of Albany, Inc., doing business as Mennonite Village, is an Oregon-based not-for-profit owner/operator in Oregon. It operates a CCRC that is situated on a 275-acre campus in Albany, in the Willamette Valley. The campus began as a 24-unit nursing home in 1947, and today consists of 299 independent living cottages, 18 independent living apartments in a building known as Ashwood Court II, 42 skilled nursing beds in Mennonite Home, 96 assisted living apartments in Quail Run,... Read More »
Not-for-Profit to Expand Its California CCRC

Not-for-Profit to Expand Its California CCRC

Ziegler announced the closing of Odd Fellows Home of California’s $101.7 million Series 2026AB bonds through the California Statewide Communities Development Authority. This financing marks Ziegler’s first with Odd Fellows Home of California.  Odd Fellows Home of California, a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation, owns/operates two senior living communities that provide residential living, assisted living and skilled nursing. One community is in Saratoga, California, doing business as Saratoga Retirement Community (SRC), and the other community is in Napa, California, doing business as The Meadows of Napa Valley (The Meadows).  The borrower has been operating its... Read More »