• Michigan Assisted Living Community Changes Hands

    Harborside Senior Living, a 20-unit/30-bed assisted living community in Luna Pier, Michigan, near the Ohio border and the Toledo MSA, sold to Lamont Jones, a healthcare entrepreneur who is building a seniors housing brand in Michigan. Built in 2023 by a pair of investors, Harborside Senior Living will now operate under the leadership of Luna... Read More »
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care Portfolio Secures Bond Financing

    D.A. Davidson closed $120.04 million in Senior Living Revenue bonds, Series 2026A-1, Series 2026A-2 and subordinated bonds forKingsPath Target Housing of Minnesota, LLC. The bonds financed the acquisition and refinancing of seven assisted living/memory care communities with 224 units in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, MSA. The acquired... Read More »
  • Another Record Year on the Horizon

    The bar keeps rising, and the industry continues to clear it, with a third consecutive annual record for publicly announced senior care M&A activity appearing well within reach. Through the first five months of the year, the industry has averaged 81 publicly announced deals per month. Annualized, that pace would result in just under 1,000... Read More »
  • Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Acquires Land Contiguous to Its CCRC

Not-For-Profit Acquires Land Contiguous to Its CCRC

Ziegler announced the closing of Series 2025 bonds for Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury. Tad Melton and the Mid-Atlantic Team led the transaction on behalf of the sponsor, which has partnered with Ziegler for 20 years. Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury (SVWC) is a Virginia not-for-profit organization that owns and operates a CCRC located in Winchester, Virginia. It was founded in 1982 and provides housing, health care, and other services on its 87-acre campus through the operation of 311 independent living units (257 apartments and 54 cottages), 48 assisted living units, 12 memory care units and 51 skilled nursing beds. Having recently completed a two-phase, 97-unit... Read More »
MidCap Financial and CBRE Originate Refinance

MidCap Financial and CBRE Originate Refinance

MidCap Financial closed a $17.5 million first mortgage loan. The floating rate loan refinanced the existing indebtedness on a stabilized Class-A seniors housing community in the Boise, Idaho, market. The property in Meridian is owned by experienced real estate company Gold Stream Retirement Communities, and it is managed by Grace Management, which has a national presence. The asset offers a full continuum of care with 100 units as well as a full suite of modern amenities. MidCap Financial originated the transaction with Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE. Read More »
Lender Provides Refinance Through HUD’s Express Lane

Lender Provides Refinance Through HUD’s Express Lane

Another HUD Express Lane transaction has closed, with Cambridge Realty Capital providing a $4.3 million HUD 223(f) loan to refinance Elizabeth Care Center, a 36-bed skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Cambridge was able to facilitate the loan and receive its firm commitment just 18 days after submission. The borrower was not disclosed, but in January 2025, Coplin Health Systems announced that it sold Elizabeth Care Center to the in-place operator, Providence Health Group. Providence had operated the facility for the previous four years. Read More »
Regional Bank Provides Refinancing

Regional Bank Provides Refinancing

Grace Hill Capital served as exclusive financial advisor and placement agent on a refinance for a seniors housing community in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. A regional operator/borrower received the $10.33 million five-year loan with a fixed rate and one year of interest only. It was structured as a delayed draw term facility at 70% loan-to-value, including a $2.2 million earnout supporting the community’s recent assisted living expansion. A regional bank provided the loan. Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Construction Funding

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Construction Funding

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. arranged $40.52 million in debt and equity for the construction of The Highlands, a 137-unit affordable development for seniors in Hyattsville, Maryland. PJ McDevitt, managing director of W&D Affordable Debt, arranged the debt, and Macy Kisilinsky, senior managing director of W&D Affordable Equity, arranged the debt placement and equity syndication for the project. The terms were arranged on behalf of Community Housing Initiative, Inc., which is partnering with First Baptist Church of Highland Park (FBCHP) to build the affordable seniors housing project. The Highlands will be financed with an unfunded forward Freddie Mac TEL, including a taxable tail,... Read More »
Class-A Communities Secure Bridge Financing

Class-A Communities Secure Bridge Financing

BWE arranged a $52 million bridge loan for a portfolio of Class-A independent living, assisted living and memory care communities located across the Atlanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan areas. Ryan Stoll, National Director of Seniors Housing and Care at BWE, and Taylor Mokris, Senior Vice President of Seniors Housing and Care, arranged the financing. The three-year loan features a strong floating rate, flexible prepayment structure and competitive terms. Read More »