• 60 Seconds with Swett: DOGE, The Budget and Healthcare Spending

    DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, has been making the biggest splash in Washington, D.C. these days in terms of attention-grabbing headlines, and it appears it will try to target waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid spending as part of its efforts. Such a move could have a major impact on thousands of facilities’ bottom... Read More »
  • Apollo Acquires Bridge Investment Group

    Apollo and Bridge Investment Group Holdings have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo to acquire Bridge in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. Bridge has $50 billion of AUM in complementary sectors aligned with Apollo’s long-term growth strategy. Bridge’s seniors housing portfolio totals 62... Read More »
  • Brightview Divests to Joint Venture in Maryland

    Solera Senior Living, through a joint venture with Focus Healthcare Partners, acquired a seniors housing community in Bethesda, Maryland, from Brightview Senior Living. Built in 2019, Brightview Bethesda Woodmont comprises 92 assisted living and 21 memory care units. Occupancy was around 86% at closing, and Solera will take over operations. It... Read More »
  • Six Active Adult Communities Secure Freddie Mac Financing

    Walker & Dunlop secured a $200 million Freddie Mac financing for six active adult communities. The communities comprise more than 1,100 units in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington D.C. Average occupancy across the communities was 95% at the time of the financing. The fixed-rate, full-term interest-only loan is... Read More »
  • Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Acquisition Financing for CCRC Group

Ziegler Closes Acquisition Financing for CCRC Group

Ziegler announced the closing of New Jersey-based FellowshipLIFE’s Series 2024 bonds and taxable term loan in an aggregate par amount of $42.5 million for the Senior Living Finance Practice. FellowshipLIFE, a not-for-profit provider of seniors housing, has an obligated group (subject of this financing) that currently consists of only Fellowship Village and is rated “BBB-” by Fitch Ratings. In connection with this financing, the obligated group will purchase a CCRC in Freehold, New Jersey, and bring it into the obligated group, which will result in no change to the current rating. Before the acquisition, the obligated group only included the Fellowship Village CCRC in Basking Ridge, New... Read More »
CBRE Secures Bridge Financing for CPF

CBRE Secures Bridge Financing for CPF

CBRE secured bridge financing for four seniors housing communities on behalf of CPF Living Communities, which has 51 communities under ownership, totaling 6,537 units across 18 states. The communities are currently managed by Grace Management, CPF’s wholly owned management affiliate. Aron Will and Tim Root secured a large loan through a national bank.  The four communities are Acacia Springs (Las Vegas, Nevada MSA), Camellia at Deerwood (Jacksonville, Florida MSA), Northgate Park (Cincinnati, Ohio MSA) and Sedgwick Plaza (Wichita, Kansas MSA). The portfolio totals 329 independent living units, 281 assisted living units and 16 memory care units. Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes Out Strong Q2

Meridian Capital Group Closes Out Strong Q2

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed over $850 million in transaction volume in the second quarter of 2024 across 26 transactions, following $525 million closed in the first quarter of the year across a mix of investment sales and financings. In their most recent transactions, the platform successfully sold four skilled nursing facilities comprising 800 beds in Massachusetts and Connecticut for $60.6 million, or $75,750 per bed. They also sold two skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee with 276 beds for $28 million, or $101,450 per bed, also arranging $22.4 million in financing from a REIT for the acquisition.... Read More »
CIBC Finances Wisconsin SNF Portfolio Deal

CIBC Finances Wisconsin SNF Portfolio Deal

CIBC Bank USA provided an $85 million acquisition financing term loan and a $2 million working capital revolving line of credit for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Wisconsin. The size of the portfolio was not disclosed, but historical performance trended positively over the last year, as the facilities improved census and operating leverage. Going forward, occupancy and operating margins are expected to further improve. Dan Forrer handled the transaction on behalf of CIBC. Read More »
AOG’s Foray into The Active Adult Sphere

AOG’s Foray into The Active Adult Sphere

A few years ago, we were preparing for an influx of multifamily developers and investors to flood into the seniors housing space, particularly in active adult, which was seen as an attractive add-on to their traditional multifamily portfolios with favorable demographic trends, higher (and more consistent) rents, good occupancy rates and longer lengths of stay. Active adult may have also acted as a gateway to other seniors housing sectors like independent living and assisted living for these investors.  Then, interest rates rose above average active adult cap rate between 4% and 5%, and development became more difficult, not to mention expensive. But as we (and others) have noted, the... Read More »
Greystone Secures Arizona HUD Refinance

Greystone Secures Arizona HUD Refinance

Greystone provided a $29.4 million HUD loan to refinance a skilled nursing facility in Tucson, Arizona. The permanent loan carries a 35-year term and amortization. Sandstone of Tucson Rehab Centre in Pima County comprises 240 beds in 127 units, with 43 private and 84 semi-private rooms. Eric Rosenstock handled the transaction on behalf of Sapphire of Tucson Properties. Read More »