• Joint Venture Acquires Four AL/MC Communities

    Following an active year of M&A with five separate deals totaling 21 properties, Stacked Stone Ventures has kicked off its 2026 growth with a portfolio acquisition in the Southeast. In a joint venture with Praxis Capital and an undisclosed family office, Stacked Stone, which was founded by Kent Eikanas, bought four assisted living/memory care... Read More »
  • Another Publicly Traded REIT Joins the M&A Mix

    Another well-capitalized institutional player is stepping into the seniors housing fray, adding fuel to an already aggressive bidding environment. And based on its initial acquisitions, with one closed at more than $1 million per unit, the target seems to be high-quality assets. Prices are rising fast in that segment, and as the buyer pool... Read More »
  • Distressed AL/MC Community Gets New Owner

    Scott Frazier, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint advised a special servicer in the seniors housing sector on the sale of Spanish Vines, a well-maintained assisted living/memory care community. It sits in a densely populated Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood of southwest Sacramento, California. The 88-unit community was generating negative... Read More »
  • Underperforming Community Sells and Secures Financing

    A buyer recently acquired an underperforming seniors housing community in Charleston, South Carolina, and Blueprint Capital Markets secured the debt financing. Blueprint also represented the undisclosed seller in its divestment. The asset comprises 84 units of assisted living and memory care. There is room for occupancy growth and expense cuts,... Read More »
  • Standalone MC Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

    Berkadia recently announced three financings on behalf of three different sponsors. In one of the closings, Steve Muth and Ed Williams arranged $25.8 million in acquisition financing for Peregrine Senior Living at Clifton Park and Peregrine Senior Living at Orchard Park. The bridge financing was provided through Berkadia’s Proprietary Lending... Read More »
Senior Care Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Senior Care Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Capital Funding Group closed a $121.5 million bridge loan. The deal supports the refinancing of twelve skilled nursing and assisted living properties, with ten in Texas and two in Maryland, featuring a total of 1,625 beds. Tim Eberhardt, Craig Casagrande and Catherine Mansel originated the transaction, which closed in September. This follows CFG’s announcement that highlighted the closing of six deals for over $86 million in financing on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. The deals supported financing for two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities and one psychiatric hospital throughout Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. CFG closed the... Read More »
Bridge-to-HUD Loan Facilitates Grace Manor’s Financing Transition

Bridge-to-HUD Loan Facilitates Grace Manor’s Financing Transition

Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF) took out a bridge-to-HUD financing for Grace Manor at North Park at the end of August. The bridge component was a unitranche loan originally issued in February 2020 by Lakeland Bank and an affiliate of SMF’s parent company, HJ Sims, which the borrower used to purchase a 52-bed assisted living and memory care community in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. The new $9.63 million HUD-insured loan has a 35-year amortization and represents 78.3% of the asset’s value, underwritten at a 1.46x debt service coverage ratio. The loan, insured under the Section 232/223(f) program, covered 100% of the cost of refinancing, including capital reserves, repairs, deferred interest, HUD... Read More »
Seniors Community Secures Freddie Mac Loan

Seniors Community Secures Freddie Mac Loan

BWE closed a $35.3 million permanent loan for a seniors housing community in Fairfield, Connecticut. Taylor Mokris, Senior Vice President of Seniors Housing and Care at BWE, and Ryan Stoll, National Director of Seniors Housing and Care, led the financing. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan was provided through Freddie Mac on behalf of the borrower, one of the top institutional owners of seniors housing in the country. A 2023 transaction in LevinPro LTC’s M&A database shows Ventas as the buyer, for a price of $26.5 million, or $267,700 per unit. The loan featured full-term interest only and an extremely competitive interest rate. By moving quickly through underwriting and locking the index at... Read More »
CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

Capital Funding Group financed more than $86 million across six transactions from early to mid-August. The transactions supported two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities, and one psychiatric hospital in Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers, one of which is a returning client. First, CFG provided a $33.1 million senior loan for the refinancing of two memory care communities in Missouri and California, featuring 122 beds. Last year, CFG provided a mezzanine loan for the borrower to acquire the properties. Ken Assiran and Jake Walsh originated the deal. Next, the company provided a $10.9 million HUD loan for the... Read More »
Full Continuum Community Obtains Refinancing

Full Continuum Community Obtains Refinancing

CBRE National Senior Housing refinanced The Pointe at Meridian, a 100-unit seniors housing community in Meridian, Idaho. Built in 2022, The Pointe at Meridian consists of 60 independent living units, including 14 townhome units, 30 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Grace Management took over management of the property in July 2024 on behalf of the owner, Gold Stream Retirement Communities LLC, a Utah-based real estate firm that specializes in the development, construction and management of commercial real estate, including single-family, multifamily and seniors housing properties. To refinance the community, Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE National Senior Housing originated a... Read More »
Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

Fifty Stones Capital Group closed a $39.3 million construction loan for a seniors housing community in Chandler, Arizona. The proposed development comprises 147 units with 150 beds. The opportunity came to Fifty Stones Capital Group through a local broker.  The sponsor, an experienced local developer with a focus on multifamily and senior care, had already invested over $4.2 million of their own capital. This included acquiring the land without any debt and completing horizontal site improvements, leaving the site shovel-ready for construction. The development is adjacent to the sponsor’s existing, profitable seniors housing community, creating operational synergies. Fifty Stones... Read More »