• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Great Debates of Senior Care

    Next week for our Second Quarter Investor Call, sponsored by Ziegler, we’ll be trying something different that is sure to be both entertaining and useful for our audience of operators, investors, brokers, lenders and everyone else. We’ll be tackling The Great Debates of Senior Care, covering some of the most important issues facing the industry.... Read More »
  • Thank You Ortelius?

    Brookdale Senior Living just reported June occupancy, and the increases were much better than we expected for a second quarter, which historically has been a mixed bag for the industry. Let’s just say, we were impressed. June’s same-community weighted average occupancy was 81.1%, up 220 basis points year over year and up 50 basis points... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

    Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage got a skilled nursing sale in New Jersey over the finish line after survey issues caused a buyer switch-up. Built in 1980, Medford Care Center is located in the town of Medford (about an hour east of Philadelphia) and features 180 beds on an 11-acre campus. Operations were not strong, and the... Read More »
  • Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

    Carnegie Capital, the national seniors housing debt brokerage founded and run by JD Stettin and David Farhadian, celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a $124 million, or $117,100 per bed, portfolio acquisition transaction. Carnegie provided a combination of advisory work and debt placement for the nine-skilled nursing facility portfolio with... Read More »
  • 12 Oaks Senior Living Appoints New CFO

    12 Oaks Senior Living appointed Elliott Westerman as CFO, effective immediately. Westerman has more than two decades of leadership experience across senior living, healthcare, and real estate sectors. As CFO, Westerman will oversee all aspects of financial management, including financial planning and analysis, capital structure strategy,... Read More »
Luthercare Secures Bond Financing

Luthercare Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Luthercare’s $31.52 million Series 2025A and 2025B bonds (together the “Series 2025 bonds”). Luthercare is a Pennsylvania-based not-for-profit that currently operates two communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Luther Acres and St. John’s Herr Estate. They collectively feature 678 units.  Luther Acres is on 55 acres in Lititz and comprises 357 independent living units, 70 personal care units and 86 skilled nursing beds. St. John’s Herr Estate is on 48 acres in Columbia and includes 125 independent living units and 40 personal care units. Residents of St. John’s Herr Estate have priority access to the skilled nursing beds at Luther Acres, which... Read More »
Colliers Mortgage Closes HUD Loan in Maryland

Colliers Mortgage Closes HUD Loan in Maryland

Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of Colliers Mortgage, in partnership with Health Financing Consultants, closed a $10.4 million HUD loan for the refinance of The Cottages of Perry Hall in Parkville, Maryland. The 64-unit seniors housing community features private residential units within four 16-unit cottages and provides assisted living and memory care. The project is situated on 3.2 acres. Occupancy was around 95%. The new loan, which replaced a combination of bank and mezzanine debt on the property, carries a 35-year term/amortization and was arranged for Charter Senior Living. Read More »
California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

Forbright Bank closed a $44.2 million HUD loan for a skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care facility in California. The financing, provided under the HUD 232/223(f) program, will support a 318-bed facility in the San Jose area. The loan was closed in partnership with Forbright Bank’s Healthcare Lending team, which provided bridge financing for the acquisition of the facility in 2022. The loan refinanced existing Forbright Bank bridge and partnership debt, reimbursed the borrower for recent capital expenditures, funded critical repairs and covered all transaction costs associated with the HUD loan. The 35-year fully amortizing term loan will provide the borrower with long-term... Read More »
California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

CFG’s H2 2024 Activity

With 2024 in the books, Capital Funding Group announced the company executed or arranged more than $1.3 billion in bridge and HUD loans across 68 deals throughout the year. These financings included 41 healthcare bridge loans and other lending products, 12 multifamily bridge loans and 15 HUD loans for CFG’s clients throughout the nation. Several CFG senior living transactions closed in H2 of 2024. First was the closing of a $207.1 million bridge-to-HUD term loan to support the partnership buyout of a portfolio of thirteen skilled nursing facilities featuring 1,423 beds in Florida. Next was an $185.0 million construction loan to support the first phase of construction of a 501-unit... Read More »
Class-A Community Secures Financing

Class-A Community Secures Financing

Walker & Dunlop arranged $25.9 million in permanent financing for Rivertown Ridge, a seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids, Michigan MSA. Built in 2019, Rivertown comprises 152 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It is a Class-A community that sits on a larger, 120-acre master-planned community. Mary Stuart Hurst and Russell Dey of W&D partnered with Inner Circle Holdings to structure the 10-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan with three years of interest-only payments to Redstone Group Management Inc. Read More »
Georgia Community Secures Refinancing

Georgia Community Secures Refinancing

EBSC Lending provided $23.7 million to refinance a 201-unit seniors housing community in Union City, Georgia. The financing includes a three-year, fixed-rate loan with extension options that replaces the existing construction loan. The community, completed in phases between 2016 and 2017, offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Unit options include studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts. Read More »