• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Republican Budget and Medicaid Cuts

    There will be significant political interest in what happens to Medicaid funding as Republicans work to pass a budget and tax bill with their very slim majority. Touching entitlements remains politically risky, and the party is divided on whether any Medicaid cuts would be acceptable heading into an election cycle. At this stage, per-capita caps... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Continues Upward Trend

    We are at the end of the first quarter 2025 earning roll call, and Sonida Senior Living posted another solid quarter. Weighted average occupancy for its same-community portfolio (56 communities) increased by 100 basis points year over year to 86.8%, which is at the top end of many of its competitors. In addition, same-community RevPOR increased... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Turnaround SNF

    Evans Senior Investments was engaged by a regional owner in a partnership with the University of Michigan Health-West Hospital to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Wyoming, Michigan. Opened nearly 10 years ago, Healthbridge Post Acute comprises 65 beds and was experiencing operational challenges, including an annual net... Read More »
  • Family Owner Divests CCRC to Not-For-Profit

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold a family-owned/operated CCRC in Maumee, Ohio, to a not-for-profit organization. The community had been in the seller’s family for 75 years, but they are divesting to enter retirement. Established in 1949, Elizabeth Scott Community spans 51 acres and offers independent living, assisted living, memory care... Read More »
  • HUD-Backed Seniors Housing Community Opens on Long Island

    A HUD-financed seniors housing project has celebrated its grand opening in Bay Shore, New York. Netherbay at Bay Shore is a state-of-the-art assisted living/memory care community located at the historic Gulden family’s summer homestead on Long Island. It features 72 units and is operated by Meridian Senior Living. Greystone’s Lisa Fischman had... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Bond Financing

Ziegler Closes Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Series 2024 bonds for Southwest Florida Retirement Center, Inc., a not-for-profit that owns/operates an entrance fee based CCRC, Village on the Isle. Ziegler has served as a strategic partner for the community since the late 1980s. Village on the Isle opened in 1982 and is situated on a 16-acre campus on the barrier island of Venice, Florida, less than one mile east of the Gulf of Mexico. The community currently comprises 234 independent living, 48 assisted living, 16 memory care and 64 health care units. Southwest Florida will use the proceeds of the Series 2024 bonds to construct 54 new independent living units to be known as Emerald Terrace – Tides... Read More »
Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

BMO Healthcare Real Estate closed a $156.5 million bridge loan for the recapitalization of five seniors housing communities totaling over 700 units in Washington, Oregon and Colorado. The near-stabilized portfolio is owned, operated and originally developed by Bonaventure Senior Living, a family-owned company based in Salem, Oregon. Bonaventure’s seniors housing portfolio is comprised of 28 communities and 3,900 units in Washington, Oregon and Colorado. Read More »
Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Jay Healy of Berkadia announced a series of financing closed on behalf of seniors housing clients in North Carolina and the West Coast. The largest was a $29 million HUD loan closed for a Scottsdale, Arizona-based owner/operator. The loan facilitated the release of a 117-unit assisted living/memory care community in Bakersfield, California, that was part of a collateral package for a bank loan secured by multiple properties. The borrower began operating the 1998-built community in May of 2019 when occupancy was 79% and subsequently purchased it from the REIT landlord in April of 2022. Occupancy at the time of the HUD closing had increased to the low 90% range. Healy also closed two bridge... Read More »
SNF Portfolio Receives Financing

SNF Portfolio Receives Financing

CIBC Bank USA provided a $15 million working capital revolving line of credit for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Maryland. 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 for CIBC Bank USA. Read More »
California Communities Secure Financing

California Communities Secure Financing

MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, closed an $87.15 million bridge loan for 39 residential assisted living communities in Fresno, California. Expanding their relationship with MonticelloAM, the borrower plans to use the bridge loan proceeds to refinance the existing debt on the properties with the intent to secure long-term financing.  Read More »
Illinois Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing

Illinois Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a term loan that refinanced a trophy seniors housing asset owned by a joint venture between Dial Senior Living and Harrison Street. The Landings was built in 2021 by the joint venture in Batavia, Illinois (Chicago MSA). It features 62 independent living, 56 assisted living and 24 memory care units, and was over 98% occupied at the time of closing. In order to take out the original three-year (with a one-year extension option) construction loan, BMO provided the new loan. The non-recourse loan has a three-year term and a full term of interest only. Newmark arranged the debt. Read More »