• 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 »
BMO Provides ReNew REIT Financing

BMO Provides ReNew REIT Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group closed on a $57.8 million credit facility to a joint venture between ReNew REIT and Heritage Senior Living for the recapitalization of existing debt on Keystone Villa at Douglassville, a Class-A seniors housing community in Douglassville, Pennsylvania.  BWE’s Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris secured the loan featuring a non-recourse structure prepayment flexibility, a competitive rate and full term of interest-only payments. The transaction represents a new lending relationship for the borrower. Originally built in 2011 as a 125-unit assisted living/memory care community before a 123-unit independent living building was added in 2015, the... Read More »
Financing Secured for a Virginia SNF

Financing Secured for a Virginia SNF

CIBC Bank USA recently closed a new $35 million commercial mortgage term loan and $1.5 million working capital line of credit for a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Virginia to refinance its debt. The 101-bed facility, which has an effective age of 15 years, posted very strong operating results, with occupancy around 92% and an EBITDAR margin historically at 25%.  With those results, it is no wonder the facility was able to obtain nearly $350,000 per bed of debt. An experienced Virginia owner/operator was the borrower. Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel handled the financing on behalf of CIBC. Read More »
CFG Closes Five Transactions

CFG Closes Five Transactions

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of five transactions totaling more than $54 million from mid-October through mid-November. The financing supported five skilled nursing facilities, one senior care community and two multifamily properties throughout the country and was executed on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers.  First was a transaction that involved a $2.72 million bridge-to-HUD junior term loan for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities featuring a total of 194 beds in Maryland and Delaware. Andrew Jones originated the deal and the financing closed October 8. The transaction had a total senior and junior debt capital stack of $27.83 million.  The... Read More »
Class-A Community Secures Refinancing

Class-A Community Secures Refinancing

BWE secured a refinance for Keystone Villa at Douglassville, a Class-A seniors housing community in Douglassville, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia suburb), that is owned by a joint venture between ReNew REIT and Heritage Senior Living. Originally built in 2011 as a 125-unit assisted living/memory care community before a 123-unit independent living building was added in 2015, the community was 92% occupied at the time of closing and was a strong operator. ReNew purchased the property from Capital Health Group in 2019 as part of a four-community portfolio. BWE’s Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris secured the $57.8 million loan from a national commercial bank, featuring a non-recourse structure... Read More »
Record-Setting Bond Financing Closed

Record-Setting Bond Financing Closed

JLL and HJ Sims teamed up to close the largest tax-exempt senior living financing of 2024, and the largest not-for-profit, single-site senior living bond issue in history. The financing is helping to fund the ground-up development of a luxury seniors housing community in Irvine, California. The James will feature 350 rental units and will be the first new seniors housing community in the Irvine market in 28 years. The plan includes 210 independent living, 110 assisted living and 30 memory care units, with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom options. Such a high-end community will also have multiple dining venues, an indoor pool and spa, wellness gym and yoga studio, therapy rooms, hair... Read More »
Ziegler Refinances Westchester Campus

Ziegler Refinances Westchester Campus

Ziegler closed a new taxable loan on behalf of Wartburg, a senior care provider in Westchester County, New York. Wartburg’s 103-unit assisted living community in Mt. Vernon had an outstanding 2015 series of Public Fixed Rate Bonds that it wished to advance refund. The sponsor also wished to raise additional new money without materially altering its annual debt service requirements.  So, after analyzing various capital alternatives, Ziegler arranged an $8.4 million taxable loan that will defease the outstanding bonds via a funded escrow account, fund new money to be used for various capital expenditures, and pay for costs of issuance associated with the financing. The Ziegler... Read More »