• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »
Affordable Seniors Project Secures Construction Financing 

Affordable Seniors Project Secures Construction Financing 

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided a $13 million construction loan to finance the construction of Hawthorne Heights, an 86-unit affordable seniors housing project in Gainesville, Florida. KeyBank Commercial Mortgage Group (CMG) also arranged a $6.53 million Freddie Mac permanent loan for the project. Hawthorne Heights will serve seniors aged 62 and up with five apartment homes specifically set aside for individuals with special needs. The five-story building will be constructed on a 2.9-acre site. The development will set aside three apartments for households earning 22% of the area median income, nine apartments for households earning 40% or below the AMI and 74... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Bonds for Indiana Not-For-Profit

Ziegler Closes Bonds for Indiana Not-For-Profit

Ziegler closed Greenwood Village South’s $27.85 million Series 2025A bonds, $7.4 million Series C-1 (TEMPSSM-50) bonds, and $10.6 million Series C-2 (TEMPSSM-85) bonds issued through the Indiana Finance Authority for the Senior Living Finance Practice. The transaction also includes $25 million of Series 2025B Bank Direct Placement bonds, which closed with the Series 2025A, C1, and C-2 bonds (together totaling $70.85 million and collectively referred to as the Series 2025 bonds). Westminster Village Greenwood, Inc., doing business as Greenwood Village South (GVS), is an Indiana not-for-profit that owns/operates a Type-B CCRC in Greenwood, Indiana, just south of Indianapolis. The community... Read More »
Berkadia Arranges Bridge Loan

Berkadia Arranges Bridge Loan

Steven Muth, Austin Sacco and Garrett Sacco of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare recently utilized Berkadia’s bridge lending program to secure $10 million in bridge financing for a repeat client Pacific Northwest sponsor.  The loan proceeds were used to retire existing debt on a 60-unit memory care community in Sequim, Washington, while also returning equity to the sponsor. At underwriting, the community was 87% occupied with a LTV of 57.5%. The 24-month, interest-only bridge loan was structured to meet HUD’s debt seasoning requirements, with Berkadia anticipating permanent HUD financing for the facility in early 2027. Read More »
South Carolina IL/AL Community Gets New Owner

South Carolina IL/AL Community Gets New Owner

Following its involvement in the sale of Church Hill Village in Newtown, Connecticut, to National Development and Benchmark Senior Living (plus Harrison Street’s sale of a Long Island portfolio), Newmark handled another transaction featuring another high-end asset. Developed by Bayshore Retirement Living in 2019, The Bayshore on Hilton Head Island comprises 126 independent living and assisted living units in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It also expanded in 2023 with 26 additional IL villas.  Occupancy has consistently been strong, and we imagine the operating margin was quite healthy, too. Life Care Services was the in-place operator. The ultimate buyer was not disclosed, but... Read More »
Helios Arranges Refinance of Arkansas Community

Helios Arranges Refinance of Arkansas Community

Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged a $11.63 million refinance for a 191-unit/231-bed portfolio of assisted living and memory care communities in Arkansas on behalf of a regional owner/operator. Spread across four locations in the Ouachita Mountain region of Arkansas and primarily serving a Medicaid population, the portfolio is a sub-set of the borrower’s larger operation. It experienced challenges associated with rising costs and little to no reimbursement rate relief from the Living Choice Medicaid waiver program.  The ask did not pencil out at the time it initially went to market and there was pressure from the borrower’s lender, which had inherited the credit through a recent... Read More »
Class-A Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinance

Class-A Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinance

BWE closed a $330 million financing on behalf of Spectrum Retirement Communities. The transaction refinances an eight-property Class-A seniors housing portfolio developed by the sponsor. They are in major metropolitan areas in four states across the Midwest and Southwest. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris of BWE’s National Seniors Housing and Care team arranged the financing. The transaction attracted strong interest and competition from an array of lenders, including agencies, life insurance companies, banks and private credit firms. Ultimately, a global private credit investor provided the non-recourse financing, which includes full-term interest-only, a highly competitive interest rate, and... Read More »