• Sabra Trims Forecast, Tempering a Solid Quarter

    Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. announced several acquisitions in its third quarter results. The REIT acquired six managed seniors housing properties for $217.5 million with an estimated initial cash yield of 7.8%, three of which were acquired through a consolidated joint venture in which Sabra has a 95% equity interest. The company also purchased... Read More »
  • CareTrust’s Flurry of Acquisitions

    CareTrust REIT, Inc. closed a series of transactions totaling approximately $437 million in late October. In two separate deals, the REIT acquired 12 skilled nursing facilities and one skilled nursing campus located across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. The combined portfolio includes approximately 1,760 licensed skilled nursing beds and... Read More »
  • Ensign Adds to Its Utah and Alabama Footprint

    The Ensign Group, Inc. kicked off November with a couple of new deals. The publicly traded company acquired the real estate and operations of the following seven Stonehedge skilled nursing facilities in Utah: Stonehenge of American Fork (90 beds in American Fork) Stonehenge of Cedar City (50 beds in Cedar City) Stonehenge of Ogden (52 beds in... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Makes Its First Acquisition

    A joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and a global alternative asset manager with over $55 billion in assets under management worldwide acquired The Woods at Merrimack, a 140-unit seniors housing community in Methuen, Massachusetts. This is the first deal between CSH and the asset manager but marks the beginning of a long-term... Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Buys Lansing Campus

    A public REIT engaged Blueprint in the confidential divestiture of a 53-unit assisted living and memory care campus in Lansing, Michigan. The campus features two standalone buildings separately catering to assisted living residents and those requiring memory care. The well-maintained campus was originally built in 1997 and consisted of 19... Read More »
CCRC Enters Phase Three of Master Plan

CCRC Enters Phase Three of Master Plan

Ziegler announced the successful closing of Friendship Village of Tempe’s $107.525 million Series 2025AB bonds through the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Tempe, Arizona. Tempe Life Care Village, Inc. owns and operates a CCRC known as Friendship Village of Tempe (FVT) in Tempe, Arizona. FVT consists of a 536-unit retirement center, a 128-bed skilled nursing center, a 67-unit assisted living building, 24 memory care beds and a 14-bed hospice unit in the Health Center that is leased to a hospice provider. The bonds will be used to fund Phase Three of the corporation’s campus master plan.  Phase Three is a new five-story building known as the Ironwood building, with 69... Read More »
Southern California Communities Get New Owner

Southern California Communities Get New Owner

Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two seniors housing communities in Southern California. The transaction included an 84-unit assisted living and memory care community in the San Diego suburbs and a 72-unit memory care community in the Los Angeles suburbs. These were older vintage properties with some Medicaid census but were very strong performers in the market, with an average occupancy rate of 90.5% on average. Managing Directors Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the sale on behalf of a Southern California-based private owner.  Managing Directors Ed Williams and Steve Muth of Berkadia Seniors Housing... Read More »
Dwight Capital’s Q3 Senior Care Financings

Dwight Capital’s Q3 Senior Care Financings

Dwight Capital, its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust (DMT), and Dwight Healthcare Funding (DHF) provided a combined $284 million in seniors housing financings during the third quarter of 2025. The transactions included a mix of HUD, bridge, and revolving line of credit financings across 14 states. One of the featured transactions, originated by Adam Offman, was a $26 million HUD 232/223(f) refinance closed by Dwight Capital for Advanced Center for Nursing and Rehab, a 226-bed skilled nursing facility in New Haven, Connecticut. Proceeds will refinance existing debt and fund capital improvements. In another featured transaction originated by Offman, DMT provided a $24.5 million bridge... Read More »
Separate Sponsors Secure Funding

Separate Sponsors Secure Funding

MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced two separate financings in California and New York. First was a $19.75 million senior bridge financing for the acquisition of an assisted living and memory care community with 141 units in central California, near the Bay Area. The financing carries a 24-month initial term and was completed on behalf of a new client, an established real estate operator. The transaction was originated by MONTICELLOAM Senior Managing Director, Originations, Karina Davydov. In another transaction, MONTICELLOAM financed a $44 million senior bridge loan for a 197-bed assisted living community in the suburbs of New York City. The floating-rate loan, structured with an initial 12-month... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Two Financings for Not-For-Profits

Ziegler Closes Two Financings for Not-For-Profits

Ziegler closed a $72 million Series 2025 bond financing for the benefit of Air Force Enlisted Village, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit organization. The obligor was established in 1968 at the direction of the United States Air Force to house widows of enlisted veterans of the Air Force and currently, if space is available, retired enlisted Air Force couples, single Air Force retirees, enlisted retirees from other branches of the armed services and spouses of enlisted members who die or who were killed on active duty or active-duty members when tragedy or disaster strikes. In 1975, the organization purchased its first seniors housing community and within a few years, local leaders,... Read More »
Berkadia’s Q3 Financing Activity

Berkadia’s Q3 Financing Activity

Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare platform completed over $1.54 billion in financing for seniors housing communities as of the end of the third quarter. Under the leadership of SVP, Head of FHA & Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin, the platform facilitated $350 million in PLG Bridge with participations, $258 million in HUD 232/223(f) financings, and $934 million in GSE and third-party placements. In total, these efforts financed 88 properties, encompassing 10,653 beds/units. Notable third-quarter transactions include Managing Director Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro closing 13 loans totaling $178 million, comprising nine HUD 232/223(f) loans for $102 million and five... Read More »