• LCS and Vi To Merge

    LCS and Vi announced a strategic merger, adding Vi’s 10 communities and 4,000 residents to the LCS portfolio of more than 130 communities. Vi has entrance-fee CCRCs in Florida (3), Arizona (2), California (2), Colorado, Illinois and South Carolina. Depending on regulatory approvals, the merger is expected to close in mid-2026, with both companies... Read More »
  • Kiser’s Myers Announces Closings

    Mark Myers has had an active year since leaving Walker & Dunlop in January 2025 to go to SVN before exiting that shop in May to co-create a seniors housing brokerage platform with Kiser Group. But a few deals that he worked on with his previous teams have also recently closed. The largest was the sale of Sarah Neuman, a 301-bed skilled... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

    Giancarlo Riso and Amy Sitzman of Blueprint advised a client on a sale and HUD 232 process of five skilled nursing facilities located in central and west Texas. The facilities totaled 424 beds and featured positive cash flow. They had attractive, fixed-rate HUD debt of 2.8% and long remaining terms with maturity dates starting in 2035 through... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells Two Pennsylvania CCRCs

    Two faith-based, not-for-profit CCRCs in central Pennsylvania were acquired by a private East Coast-based investor. Located an hour’s drive from each other, Church of God Home has 50 independent living units and 109 skilled nursing beds in Carlisle, while Towne Centre in Myerstown has 152 skilled nursing beds, plus some “borrowed” IL units from... Read More »
  • Mississippi Turnaround SNF Changes Hands

    3G Healthcare Real Estate, which mainly focuses on skilled nursing transactions and has a side focus of debt and equity placement, facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Mississippi on behalf of a small, local skilled nursing owner. Built in the 1970s, the asset faced occupancy and operational challenges, including staffing... 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 »
Berkadia Reports Recent Deal Activity

Berkadia Reports Recent Deal Activity

Berkadia announced a few closings in the Midwest. First, Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers were engaged by Ryan Companies US in its divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Built in 2017 by Ryan Companies, Grand Living at Indian Creek comprises 165 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The property is situated near Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital, two of the region’s leading healthcare providers. The in-place operator, Grand Living, will continue to manage the community. The buyer and financials were not disclosed.   Fasano, Sanders, Tremper and Garbers also facilitated the... Read More »
Ikaria Capital Group Completes First HUD Transaction

Ikaria Capital Group Completes First HUD Transaction

Since launching in February, Ikaria Capital Group, whose team brings more than 100 years of collective experience in financing, structuring, underwriting, servicing, and asset-managing bridge and FHA/HUD loans, has already completed its first HUD transaction. The $16.5 million closing was executed on behalf of a private investment firm.  The borrower, an existing client, had previously acquired a skilled nursing facility in California in 2023. The HUD takeout enabled the borrower to execute its long-term financing plan. Ross Holland originated the loan. Read More »