• 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 »
Freddie Mac Provides Financing for NY Seniors Housing Campus

Freddie Mac Provides Financing for NY Seniors Housing Campus

A large seniors housing campus in upstate New York secured permanent Freddie Mac financing thanks to the team of Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ of Lument. Located in Rochester, The Village at Unity consists of 272 independent living units and The Village at Hamlet features 40 assisted living units and 20 memory care units. The property was originally built in 1990 with renovations in 2000, 2012 and 2022.  Rochester-based real estate investment firm Wegman Companies acquired the communities in 2018 through a partnership with Columbia Pacific Advisors and in a strategic alignment with Rochester Regional Health. Leisure Care took over management of the campus.  Lument... Read More »
Forbright Bank’s Financing Closings

Forbright Bank’s Financing Closings

Forbright Bank’s healthcare lending team closed nearly $100 million in financings across six transactions. The largest was a $35 million term loan syndication arranged for the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities across three states. Another highlight included an $18 million bridge-to-HUD loan that refinanced existing debt and provided an equity return to the sponsor of a seniors housing community in Arizona. The loan was structured for a near-term HUD submission by Forbright’s HUD team. There was another bridge loan, totaling $10 million, which supported an equity recapitalization for a seniors housing property in Oregon. Finally, Forbright arranged three separate working... Read More »
California and Pennsylvania Assets Secure Separate Financings

California and Pennsylvania Assets Secure Separate Financings

Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF) ended the year with a HUD closing for RiverPointe Post-Acute, a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Carmichael, California. Affiliates of Links Healthcare Group LLC own and operate the facility. Links’ portfolio comprises 42 skilled nursing facilities with 4,675 beds. The existing bank loan was structured with A and B tranches and issued in August 2019 to finance the purchase of the asset. Forbright Bank held the A tranche, and an affiliate of SMF’s parent company, HJ Sims, issued the B tranche. SMF structured the deal so that the HUD-insured loan fully paid off the A/B tranches, and reimbursed Links for $731,000 in equity used for the acquisition and $1.168... Read More »
CCRC Secures Funding for Expansion

CCRC Secures Funding for Expansion

Ziegler announced the closing of Friendship Village of Kalamazoo’s $103.585 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 bonds issued through the Economic Development Corporation of the City of Kalamazoo. Lifecare, Inc., doing business as Friendship Village Kalamazoo, is on approximately 72 acres within Kalamazoo, Michigan. The 364-unit CCRC comprises 230 independent living units (180 apartments and 50 garden homes), 54 assisted living units in its Woodside facility, 23 memory care units, and 57 skilled nursing beds. LCS will manage the community. A portion of the Series 2026 bonds will be used to add new and upgraded amenities to the campus, add more independent living units, and replace the... Read More »
Omega Reports Continued Momentum

Omega Reports Continued Momentum

Omega Healthcare Investors announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, completing approximately $334 million in fourth quarter investments, which consisted of $52 million in real estate acquisitions, $16 million in real estate loans and $266 million in unconsolidated entities. In 2025 Omega completed $1.1 billion in new investments, with $680 million in real estate acquisitions, $69 million in real estate loans and $342 million in investments in unconsolidated entities. The Q4:25 real estate transactions totaling $52 million include Omega’s purchase of four seniors housing communities in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Indiana for $36.9 million. They will be operated by two new... Read More »
Senior Lifestyle Recapitalizes Two Communities

Senior Lifestyle Recapitalizes Two Communities

Senior Lifestyle participated with its capital partners in the recapitalization of North Shore Place in Northbrook, Illinois, and The Sheridan at Eastside in Snellville, Georgia. Both communities were developed by Senior Lifestyle and will continue to be operated by the company following the transaction. North Shore Place is a 188-unit assisted living/memory care community located in Northbrook, Illinois. Originally opened in 2014 with 156 units, the community expanded in 2019 to meet strong market demand. The Sheridan at Eastside is a 214-unit community located in Snellville, Georgia, on a 15 acre campus. Opened in 2019, it offers independent living villas and apartments, assisted living... Read More »