• 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 »
Cambridge Realty Capital Closes HUD Deal

Cambridge Realty Capital Closes HUD Deal

The HUD pipeline is still flowing these days, and Cambridge Realty Capital Companies announced a loan closing for a 115-bed skilled nursing facility in northeast Texas in the city of Longview. Built in the 1980s but well maintained, this facility has so far been spared from COVID-19. The New York-based owner decided to refinance and, with the help of Cambridge, obtained a $3.907 million HUD loan. The interest rate came in under 3%, and the loan came with a fully amortized 29-year term.   Read More »
Live Oak Bank Secures Credit Facility for JEA Senior Living

Live Oak Bank Secures Credit Facility for JEA Senior Living

Live Oak Bank is expanding its balance sheet offerings for senior care clients and recently closed a credit facility for national operator JEA Senior Living. The $25 million facility will support JEA’s senior housing acquisitions nationwide as the company continues to grow its portfolio. The structure also allows JEA to both add and remove individual assets within the financing pool, giving them flexibility to move quickly to pursue acquisitions as well as manage future refinancing plans.  The first funding under the facility supported JEA’s acquisition of a 38-unit memory care community in Peoria, Illinois, from its REIT landlord. Built in 2012 and licensed for 66 beds, the community has... Read More »
Four Refinancings From Lancaster Pollard

Four Refinancings From Lancaster Pollard

Lancaster Pollard announced a series of refinancings for both skilled nursing and seniors housing clients, for over $70 million in total volume across four transactions. First up, Oriol Health Care, a family-owned business, obtained a $16.2 million HUD loan to consolidate their debt with one lender, eliminate interest rate risk associated with a swap, fund repairs and also reimburse capital expenditures at its 123-bed skilled nursing facility in Holden, Massachusetts. The Oriol family built the facility in 1965 but recently expanded it to include a respiratory care unit, a home health care business and therapy services. They own one other facility in the state. Aaron Becker and Adam Walter... Read More »
CIBC Bank Closes Two Cash-Out Refinances

CIBC Bank Closes Two Cash-Out Refinances

CIBC Bank USA announced a couple of cash-out refinances for skilled nursing clients, both deals closing last week. The first was arranged for Strawberry Fields REIT to recapture equity at its 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Muncie, Indiana, which the REIT acquired in November 2019 for $3.15 million in cash.   Built in 1972, the facility was operating at the time of the sale at 72% occupancy, with a 72% Medicaid, 19% private pay and 9% Medicare census. It is also part of an Indiana county hospital UPL tie-up with Henry County Hospital and is being consulted by Infinity Healthcare Management. Strawberry Fields REIT had been leasing and subletting the property from the seller since... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Short-Term and Long-Term Debt for CCRC Client

Ziegler Secures Short-Term and Long-Term Debt for CCRC Client

The bank bond placements keep coming from Ziegler, and the specialty investment bank has already announced several in the last few weeks for not-for-profit CCRC clients. The latest was arranged for a 362-bed/unit CCRC in Manheim, Pennsylvania, that is sponsored by the not-for-profit Pleasant View Communities. Just like Ziegler’s refinance of a CCRC in Texas announced last week, Truist was involved in the deal, as was Fulton Bank, to provide both short-term and long-term debt.  A couple of planned expansion projects spurred the refinance. Opened in 1954 and growing to include 152 independent living apartments and cottages, 95 personal care (assisted living) units and 115 skilled nursing... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures Acquisition Financing For Washington State Portfolio

Carnegie Capital Secures Acquisition Financing For Washington State Portfolio

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital is at it again, returning to the Pacific Northwest to close on acquisition financing for a portfolio of assisted living communities in Washington State. This closing comes just a couple of weeks after Mr. Stettin arranged $7.74 million in acquisition financing for four assisted living communities in rural Oregon. The details of that deal can be found here.  Back to Washington State, where the four other assisted living communities are located. Previously owned by Enlivant, they totaled 185 units, but the new owner, a private fund based in Arizona, will initiate a conversion project resulting in 193 units, split between 87 for assisted living... Read More »