• 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
  • Two Seniors Housing Sales Close

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage is continuing on its hot streak this month, closing two additional deals in Alabama and Florida. In the Alabama transaction, Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing represented a large national owner/operator that was resizing its portfolio to concentrate on its core market. So, the company divested an assisted... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Exits Georgia

    Selectis Health, Inc. has completed its exit from Georgia with the help of Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint. In the beginning of the year, Selectis Health divested Providence of Sparta Health and Rehab and Warrenton Health and Rehab to Journey, also with the help of Segal and Waldhorn (more on that deal can be found here). The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Divests Third Class-A Asset

    Caddis Partners and Singerman Real Estate have divested another seniors housing community, Heartis Fayetteville. This comes shortly after the joint venture’s sale of Heartis Venice and Heartis Longview. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare represented the seller in all three... Read More »
  • Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

    Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s... Read More »
Capital Square 1031 Manufacturing Success

Capital Square 1031 Manufacturing Success

In the 2020s, seniors housing investors will be forced to invest in communities designed and priced for the middle- to low-income seniors. One company, Capital Square 1031, is doing just that, acquiring an age-restricted manufactured housing community on the Peace River in Port Charlotte, Florida. This is the second such community in Capital Square’s portfolio, but won’t be the last.  The community has 147 units on 26 acres, with rents averaging $448 per month, or about a third less than the area’s average. About 38 units were vacant at the time of the sale, offering a value-add opportunity for Capital Square. Walker & Dunlop originated a $3.6 million loan from Fannie Mae, with a... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield’s Latest Closing in South Carolina

Cushman & Wakefield’s Latest Closing in South Carolina

A new senior living community obtained bank financing from Truist Financial, with the help of Cushman & Wakefield. Richard Swartz, Tim Hosmer and Chris Remeika led the transaction, which featured a $37.1 million loan, coming out to about $200,000 per unit.  Opened in 2018, the 186-unit community is located in the Daniel Island area of Charleston, South Carolina, overlooking the 5th fairway of the Daniel Island Club Beresford Creek course. It features 90 assisted living, 48 memory care and 48 skilled nursing units. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Maxwell Group developed the property, while Wellmore Living operates it. This is the third South Carolina community managed by Wellmore, with... Read More »
Greystone Finances Community Redevelopment in Miami Beach

Greystone Finances Community Redevelopment in Miami Beach

A 12-story senior apartment community in Miami Beach, Florida is undergoing a major redevelopment thanks in part to HUD construction financing arranged by Greystone. Originally built 40 years ago and operating with a Section 8 contract, the affordable community has 250 one-bedroom units. Its owner, Elderly Housing Development and Operations Corporation (EHDOC), and equity partner Stratford Capital, will begin a $78 million project to substantially rehabilitate the building. The 20-month project will include exterior façade and common area renovations, new kitchens and bathrooms in the units, a new roof, elevator modernizations and a paint refresh. All will be completed without displacing... Read More »
Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

The HUD market seems to be the steadiest in the senior care lending world since the onset of COVID-19, after a few hiccups and delays earlier this year. Recently, there was a shake-up in the lending market, as Dwight Capital acquired Love Funding, the HUD lending subsidiary of Midland States Bank.   Love Funding’s platform will be rebranded and integrated within Dwight Capital, while Midland States Bank will retain the existing Love Funding servicing portfolio. Read More »
Senior Capital Advisors Secures Construction Financing For Florida Property

Senior Capital Advisors Secures Construction Financing For Florida Property

Bruce Gibson of Senior Capital Advisors successfully closed construction financing for a to-be-built senior living campus with a unique addition to it. Located in the Westchester suburb of Miami, Florida, The Contemporary will feature 85 units of independent living along with MedSquare Place, a 33,000-square foot medical office component on the first floor of the building.   We have always been a fan of adding services like these to senior care campuses, which not only add a convenience to the seniors living there but also provide some revenue diversification for the building. The added visibility for the community by patrons of the MOB doesn’t hurt either with its... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Closes Hawaii SNF Refinance

Lancaster Pollard Closes Hawaii SNF Refinance

Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company followed up its HUD refinance of an assisted living/memory care community in Minnesota for a deal in a much more hospitable year-round climate. Doug Harper and Casey Moore of Lancaster Pollard headed to Honolulu, Hawaii (lucky guys) to arrange permanent financing for a senior living community located on the slopes of Punchbowl Crater, an extinct volcanic cone in downtown Honolulu.   Owned by MW Group, Ltd., the community was built in 2003 and renovated in 2017. It currently consists of 68 independent living, 20 assisted living and 20 memory care units, and is one of six seniors housing and care properties in Hawaii operated by The Plaza Assisted... Read More »