• 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 »
PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

Refinancing a complicated capital stack, PGIM Real Estate Finance secured a $10.7 million HUD loan for a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The facility was built by the not-for-profit St. Margaret’s Foundation in 2013 on the site of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its $33 million construction was initially funded using New Market Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, OCD Loan Funds, FEMA grant money, a bank loan and sponsor equity. PGIM simplified things and significantly reduced the amount of debt with the HUD loan. Located within five miles of seven acute-care hospitals, the facility features 100 units in... Read More »
Monticello Finances Two Tennessee SNFs

Monticello Finances Two Tennessee SNFs

Monticello Asset Management and its affiliates provided $16.7 million in first lien debt to refinance two skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee. Totaling 303 beds, the facilities are owned by an experienced owner/operator with a portfolio of more than 4,630 licensed beds. They were built in 1969 and 1977, respectively. Monticello also had an established relationship with the borrower, having financed its acquisition of a number of facilities in the past several years across multiple transactions. This transaction also included a $3 million working capital loan to the properties’ operating companies. Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital, provided that... Read More »
People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank has been on a roll lately. After closing around $445 million in loans across 48 separate transactions in 2019, including eight loans and $132.5 million in volume in the fourth quarter, the bank kept the activity going with a late January refinance closed on behalf of its client, a joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living, the operator’s equity partner, Kuwait Finance House, and Broadshore Capital. Located in Bedford, New Hampshire and featuring 54 memory care units, with 85 beds, the community received a $23.7 million senior mortgage, with a five-year term and 30 years of amortization. This was People’s first transaction with Benchmark since Matt Huber and Ginger... Read More »
X-Caliber Closes Four Financings

X-Caliber Closes Four Financings

The team at X-Caliber Capital has been putting in the hours lately, with three bridge loans and a HUD refinance to show for the hard work. First, the firm closed a $40 million bridge loan, with a three-year term, for an undisclosed borrower to acquire a 10-facility, 700-bed skilled nursing/assisted living portfolio in Illinois. Next, X-Caliber arranged $32 million in four-year financing to support the acquisition of seven assisted living/independent living communities in four states, with over 650 units across the portfolio. The third bridge loan totaled $1.6 million and came with a three-year term. That was also arranged for an acquisition, this time for a 39-unit assisted living... Read More »
Truist Announces Construction Financing for Charleston CCRC

Truist Announces Construction Financing for Charleston CCRC

SunTrust Bank, now Truist, just announced its first loan under its new name. The bank provided $50 million in financing to support the renovation and expansion of a large, not-for-profit CCRC in Charleston, South Carolina, which is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Originally developed in 1987, with a skilled nursing center added in 1992 and independent living, assisted living and memory care units built in 1999 and 2015, the campus is located on James Island, just south of downtown Charleston. The planned renovation to the assisted living portion will result in 81 one- and two-bedroom units being refurbished. The larger project will see the CCRC add a new 156,000-square foot... Read More »
Monticello Refinances New SNF in Virginia

Monticello Refinances New SNF in Virginia

Monticello Asset Management headed to Rural Retreat, Virginia in the southwest part of the state to arrange first lien debt financing for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility. Working on behalf of the experienced owner/operator, which currently operates 26 facilities in five states (including seven facilities and 915 total licensed beds in Virginia), Monticello and its affiliates provided a $13.5 million loan. It came with a five-year term. The facility was built in 2014, which is quite new for skilled nursing, especially in rural communities. Assuming a standard 70% loan-to-value, that means the per-bed value of the facility surpasses $110,000 per bed. Given its age, that makes... Read More »