• 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 »
Berkadia Keeps the Closings Coming

Berkadia Keeps the Closings Coming

Within the past 45 days, Managing Director Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare have closed 13 loans totaling $178 million in proceeds. Included in the total were nine HUD 232/223(f) loans for $102 million, plus another five bridge-to-HUD loans amounting to $76 million.  In July, Healy and Lanzaro secured $58.3 million in financing for four skilled nursing facilities in Texas for a Fort Worth-based owner/operator and repeat Berkadia client. The first loan was a $13.7 million HUD 232/223(f) loan for a 104-bed community in Maverick County, Texas, which refinanced a Berkadia bridge loan originated in 2024 to facilitate the acquisition of the... Read More »
Real Estate Investment Firm Obtains Financing

Real Estate Investment Firm Obtains Financing

MidCap Financial closed an $18.7 million first mortgage loan. The four-year, floating-rate loan refinanced the existing indebtedness on a seniors housing community in a coastal Southeastern market. The sponsor is an experienced Southeastern-based real estate investment firm. The community is newer and comprises more than 100 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It is in the process of stabilizing. Read More »
Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges HUD Refinance

Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges HUD Refinance

Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged a $10.71 million HUD refinance for a 76-unit assisted living and memory care portfolio located in San Antonio, Texas. The communities historically performed at stabilized levels. Before completing the HUD refinance, Helios arranged an 18-month bridge loan to recapitalize the communities on behalf of a regional owner/operator with 12 locations and more than 700 units across Texas. The refinance marked the final step in a two-year strategy to arrange the capital structure and secure permanent, non-recourse fixed-rate debt. Read More »
Independent Living Community Gets Refinance from Fannie Mae

Independent Living Community Gets Refinance from Fannie Mae

Aron Will, Vice Chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, Kevin Randles, Senior Vice President of CBRE, and Adam Mincberg, Senior Vice President of CBRE National Senior Housing, successfully arranged the refinancing of Winding Commons Senior Living. CBRE facilitated a new loan for the community through its Fannie Mae DUS Lending Platform on behalf of long-term client, Ray Stone, Inc. This refinancing enabled the sponsor to secure long-term, 10-year fixed-rate debt with the incumbent lender, and marks CBRE’s second successful financing of the community. Originally built in 2003 and featuring 100 independent living units, the community is situated on a 5.10-acre site in Carmichael,... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Secures Funding for CCRC Expansion

Not-For-Profit Secures Funding for CCRC Expansion

Ziegler announced the closing of the PRS Pacific Northwest Obligated Group Series 2025AB bonds issued through the Oregon Facilities Authority. PRS is a repeat sponsor. The proceeds of the bonds, together with other available funds, will be used to fund the construction of the Cascade Manor Project, a 29-unit independent living expansion, fund a portion of interest during construction, and fund certain costs of issuing the bonds. The bonds are secured by a pledge of gross revenues and real estate of the four Obligated Group communities in Oregon and Washington. Cascade Manor, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the CCRC in Eugene, Oregon. Since becoming an affiliate of PRS in... Read More »
QualisTerra Senior Ventures Secures Acquisition Loan for Strong-Performing Community

QualisTerra Senior Ventures Secures Acquisition Loan for Strong-Performing Community

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors closed a new loan for the acquisition of a 42-unit assisted living community in Gaylord, Michigan. Built in two phases in 2019 and 2020, the community was a strong performer, with full occupancy and a healthy margin. The borrower, QualisTerra Senior Ventures, a private seniors housing investment group, engaged Monarch to source senior debt for the transaction. Monarch was successful at securing a three-year non-recourse acquisition term loan commitment from a debt fund lender. The leverage fell between 70% and 75%. Read More »