• 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 »
Investment Firm Acquires in Minnesota

Investment Firm Acquires in Minnesota

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale and financing, secured through Freddie Mac, for a Section 8, affordable seniors housing community in Stillwater, Minnesota. Rivertown Commons features 96 units across seven stories with 55,800 total square feet. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, Dominium Management, and procured the buyer, a mission-first investment firm that specializes in affordable and workforce housing. The buyer intends to invest additional capital to refresh the units and common areas in addition to extending the existing affordability restrictions. The JLL Investment Sales and Advisory team was led by Managing Director Josh Talberg and Senior Managing Director Doug Childers.... Read More »
Lument Closes Bridge Loan to Finance Three Senior Living Assets

Lument Closes Bridge Loan to Finance Three Senior Living Assets

Lument announced the closing of a $9 million bridge loan, which was funded directly from Lument’s balance sheet, to finance The Cottages Assisted Living and Memory Care, a portfolio of three properties in the Boise area: Alpine Meadows, The Cottages of Boise and The Cottages of Lochsa Falls. Rob McAdams handled the transaction. The transaction is structured as a single loan secured by the three assets and includes financing the acquisition of Alpine Meadows, a 34-bed assisted living community in Meridian, and refinancing existing debt of the Boise and Lochsa locations, both 32-unit assisted living and memory care communities in Garden City and Meridian, respectively. The loan terms include... Read More »
First Citizens Refinances Class-A Community

First Citizens Refinances Class-A Community

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided a term loan to refinance a Class-A senior living community in a desirable location. GenCare Lifestyle Tacoma at Point Ruston comprises 159 units across six stories in Tacoma, Washington. The borrower is a joint venture led by Harrison Street. The same joint venture with PMB LLC served as the facility’s original developer in 2020, with GenCare Lifestyle, another joint venture partner, as the operator. Read More »
JLL Arranges Financing in New Mexico

JLL Arranges Financing in New Mexico

JLL Capital Markets arranged refinancing for a seniors housing community in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. JLL secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company. Built in 1997 and renovated in 2019, Fairwinds Rio Rancho features 220 independent living and assisted living units. It is three stories and comprises 211,213 square feet. Alanna Ellis, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Alex Sheaffer handled the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Lytle Enterprises. Lytle’s portfolio consists of 18 independent living and assisted living communities that total 3,000 units, with an average property size of 157 units. Read More »
Berkadia Secures Financing on Behalf of POAH

Berkadia Secures Financing on Behalf of POAH

Berkadia announced the financing and preservation of Jesse Jackson Jr. Senior Housing, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing community in Harvey, Illinois. James Grande secured the $17.6 million low-income housing tax credit equity investment on behalf of the sponsor, Preservation of Affordable Housing.  The community consists of two three-story, elevator-serviced buildings that were originally constructed in 2007 (phase II) and 2011 (phase III). The project will consist of 120 one-bedroom units serving seniors aged 62 and above, with 114 of the units set aside for persons whose income is at or below 50% of the area median income. The remaining six units will be set aside for persons... Read More »
Ziegler Handles Financing in Missouri

Ziegler Handles Financing in Missouri

John Knox Village is a large not-for-profit single-site provider of senior living services headquartered in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. JKV owns/operates a life plan community which, as of December 31, 2023, consisted of 948 marketable independent living units ranging from single-family homes to apartments, assisted living communities consisting of 106 apartments and 76 memory care units, and a skilled nursing center operating 122 beds.  Ziegler announced the closing of John Knox Village obligated group’s $42.3 million Series 2024 tax-exempt bonds. The $30.83 million of Series 2024A fixed rate bonds along with the $5.53 million Series 2024B-1 (TEMPS SM-85) and $7.5 million Series 2024B-2... Read More »