• 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 »
KeyBank Arranges Financing For Low-Income Seniors Housing

KeyBank Arranges Financing For Low-Income Seniors Housing

Working on behalf of Hampstead Development Partners, a San Diego-based real estate company that focuses on developing and preserving affordable housing, KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment secured acquisition, construction and permanent financing for a new affordable senior apartment community in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Originally built in 1916, the four-story building features 80 units and will be renovated by Hampstead. The unit mix features studios and one-bedroom floorplans averaging 416 square feet, and all units cater to residents earning 60% of the area’s median income. In addition, 20% of the units are reserved for non-seniors, while the rest will be restricted to... Read More »
Monticello Announces Memphis-Area Refinance

Monticello Announces Memphis-Area Refinance

A couple of skilled nursing facilities located around Memphis, Tennessee found first lien debt financing through MONTICELLOAM, LLC and its affiliates (Monticello). These facilities averaged around 50 years in age, and totaled 336 beds. No details were released on their operating performance or census.   Their owner, an experienced owner/operator with a portfolio of more than 8,750 licensed beds across the county, had worked with Monticello multiple times in the last several years to fund other skilled nursing acquisitions, and turned to them again to refinance the two facilities with $41.0 million in first lien debt, or $122,000 per bed.   Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Another Bank Bond Financing

Ziegler Arranges Another Bank Bond Financing

We know that the lending market has slowed considerably, and has been perhaps the main reason for M&A coming to a crawl, but just a week after arranging a bank bond refinance for a CCRC client, Ziegler has arranged another one for a CCRC in Texas, resulting in a total of more than $150 million in proceeds across the two transactions. That’s an impressive sum these days.  Most recently, Ziegler refinanced Westminster, a not-for-profit entrance-fee CCRC in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1972, Westminster has grown over the years to include 327 independent living units, 22 assisted living units, 30 memory care units and 55 skilled nursing beds on a 9.3-acre campus. Life Care Services (LCS) has... Read More »
Greystone Secures HUD Refinance for Three Centers Health Care SNFs

Greystone Secures HUD Refinance for Three Centers Health Care SNFs

Greystone got back in the game with a HUD refinance for three skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York. Fred Levine originated the transactions on behalf of the borrower, Bronx, New York-based Centers Health Care.   The facilities include Ontario Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Canandaigua, Steuben Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bath, and Corning Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Corning, all between Rochester and Elmira. They total 323 beds. Centers acquired the Bath facility from Steuben County in 2014 for $11 million, or $104,800 per bed, but it was built in 2008 for a total cost of $19.5 million. Centers Health Care also took over the 45-year... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges “Cinderella” Bank Bond Refinance for Tennessee CCRC

Ziegler Arranges “Cinderella” Bank Bond Refinance for Tennessee CCRC

Working on behalf of a large CCRC in Germantown, Tennessee, Ziegler successfully closed a series of bank bonds for the not-for-profit sponsor. Incorporated in July 2000, the community has grown on its 27.5 campus to include 230 independent living units, of which there are 202 apartments and 28 patio homes, 32 assisted living units, 16 dementia units and 50 skilled nursing beds, along with plenty of common areas and amenities. The one-, two- and three-story buildings are also interconnected with enclosed, air-conditioned hallways.   Ownership was looking to refinance its 2012 bonds using a Cinderella Refunding structure, which consists of taxable bank debt that then converts to non-bank... Read More »
United Community Bank Back to Business

United Community Bank Back to Business

The Senior Care Lending Group of United Community Bank, led by Vice President Dennis Rowlen, has been hard at work this quarter, closing four transactions for clients in the senior care industry. Not only that, but the bank is also actively underwriting several loans, and the rest of the pipeline has been described as robust. These days, that is very promising.  The second quarter activity has included three construction loans and one mini-perm refinance, combining for nearly $60 million in total commitments. Each loan was closed for a different client, and all financed properties in the Southeast.   Read More »