• Ensign Continues To Rock

    When quarterly earnings season hits, we have always been nervous about some company reporting unexpected bad news and maybe sending shock waves through the industry. The one exception is The Ensign Group, which rarely, if ever, has had a negative surprise. They did not disappoint us with their second quarter results. We have been waiting for... Read More »
  • Family Office Acquires Florida Seniors Housing Portfolio 

    Berkadia facilitated the sale of a four-property assisted living and memory care portfolio along Florida’s West Coast. Brooks Minford closed the transaction on behalf of two separate sellers. The buyer of all four properties, a Central Florida-based family office looking to expand its existing footprint, finalized the closings on July 23. The... Read More »
  • Forest Facilitates Florida SNF Acquisitions

    Forest Healthcare Properties handled two separate skilled nursing transactions in Florida. First, engaged by a regional owner/operator looking to exit the Tampa and Orlando MSAs, Forest helped facilitate the sale leaseback for a portfolio of seven SNFs. Built in 1980, the portfolio encompassed 866 beds with an occupancy rate above 90%. At the... Read More »
  • The Zett Group’s Summer Surge

    The Zett Group, a brokerage firm focused on the Pacific Northwest, has hit a rich vein of activity, closing four separate transactions in recent weeks. Blake Bozett handled the transactions, with even more deals to be announced soon. First, built in 2006, Streamside Assisted Living and Memory Care features 79 assisted living and memory care units... Read More »
  • StoryPoint Acquires in Michigan

    Alex Vice, Josh Jandris and Thomas Falkenberg of Walker & Dunlop facilitated the sale of two seniors housing communities in Oakland County, Michigan, which included Blossom Ridge (Rochester) and Blossom Village/Blossom Springs (Oakland Charter Township). In total, the communities encompass 245 units: Blossom Ridge features active adult,... Read More »
BWE Secures Refinance for Virginia IL/AL/MC Community

BWE Secures Refinance for Virginia IL/AL/MC Community

BWE secured $47 million to refinance a seniors housing community in Richmond, Virginia. Built in 2015, Discovery Village at the West End comprises 219 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. There is a 124-unit independent living building and a 95-unit assisted living and memory care building. Discovery Senior Living manages the community, which was 93% occupied at the time of the refinancing.  Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris of BWE arranged the financing on behalf of a large private equity investor. There was strong interest in the financing opportunity from a variety of capital sources. Read More »
Pace Secures Financing for Minnesota CCRC

Pace Secures Financing for Minnesota CCRC

Pace Loan Group closed a $7.1 million PACE loan on a 134-unit new construction, market-rate senior living community in St. Francis, Minnesota. The 20-year loan complements a $30 million qualified tax-exempt loan on the project using Series 2023A bonds with Sunrise Bank as the senior lender. The project team also included Pope Architects and Bauer Design Build.  Vista Prairie at Eagle Point comprises 59 independent living, 43 assisted living and 24 memory care units as well as eight skilled nursing beds. Construction began in June and is expected to be completed by 2025, with a total project cost of $46.58 million, or approximately $350,000 per unit. Vista Prairie Communities, which... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Acquisition Financing for CCRC Group

Ziegler Closes Acquisition Financing for CCRC Group

Ziegler announced the closing of New Jersey-based FellowshipLIFE’s Series 2024 bonds and taxable term loan in an aggregate par amount of $42.5 million for the Senior Living Finance Practice. FellowshipLIFE, a not-for-profit provider of seniors housing, has an obligated group (subject of this financing) that currently consists of only Fellowship Village and is rated “BBB-” by Fitch Ratings. In connection with this financing, the obligated group will purchase a CCRC in Freehold, New Jersey, and bring it into the obligated group, which will result in no change to the current rating. Before the acquisition, the obligated group only included the Fellowship Village CCRC in Basking Ridge, New... Read More »
CBRE Secures Bridge Financing for CPF

CBRE Secures Bridge Financing for CPF

CBRE secured bridge financing for four seniors housing communities on behalf of CPF Living Communities, which has 51 communities under ownership, totaling 6,537 units across 18 states. The communities are currently managed by Grace Management, CPF’s wholly owned management affiliate. Aron Will and Tim Root secured a large loan through a national bank.  The four communities are Acacia Springs (Las Vegas, Nevada MSA), Camellia at Deerwood (Jacksonville, Florida MSA), Northgate Park (Cincinnati, Ohio MSA) and Sedgwick Plaza (Wichita, Kansas MSA). The portfolio totals 329 independent living units, 281 assisted living units and 16 memory care units. Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes Out Strong Q2

Meridian Capital Group Closes Out Strong Q2

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed over $850 million in transaction volume in the second quarter of 2024 across 26 transactions, following $525 million closed in the first quarter of the year across a mix of investment sales and financings. In their most recent transactions, the platform successfully sold four skilled nursing facilities comprising 800 beds in Massachusetts and Connecticut for $60.6 million, or $75,750 per bed. They also sold two skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee with 276 beds for $28 million, or $101,450 per bed, also arranging $22.4 million in financing from a REIT for the acquisition.... Read More »
CIBC Finances Wisconsin SNF Portfolio Deal

CIBC Finances Wisconsin SNF Portfolio Deal

CIBC Bank USA provided an $85 million acquisition financing term loan and a $2 million working capital revolving line of credit for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Wisconsin. The size of the portfolio was not disclosed, but historical performance trended positively over the last year, as the facilities improved census and operating leverage. Going forward, occupancy and operating margins are expected to further improve. Dan Forrer handled the transaction on behalf of CIBC. Read More »