• 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 »
SLR Healthcare ABL Provides Financing

SLR Healthcare ABL Provides Financing

SLR Healthcare ABL provided a $3.0 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a skilled nursing operator based in the upper Midwest. The management team has a combined 40 years of long-term care experience. It recently took over the operations of three skilled nursing facilities that total 230 beds in Iowa. Proceeds of the loan were used to provide working capital to support growth initiatives which include development of a memory care unit and expansion of a behavioral health unit. Stacy Allen handled the transaction. No additional details were disclosed. Read More »
BHI Senior Living Secures Financing

BHI Senior Living Secures Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of BHI Senior Living’s $32.0 million Series 2024AB bank loans. BHI is a faith-based not-for-profit organization that owns and operates 10 CCRCs across Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The Series 2024AB bonds marks BHI’s eighth financing with Ziegler since 2000. BHI will finance two phases of new construction at Hoosier Village in Zionsville, Indiana. Hoosier intends to construct 20 independent living townhomes with 3,200 square feet each in two phases beginning spring 2024 and another in spring 2025 for a total of 40 units. BHI currently has a waitlist with over 400 households seeking an independent living unit in the community. Ziegler conducted a full bank search... Read More »
CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Massachusetts SNF

CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Massachusetts SNF

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of a bridge-to-HUD loan totaling $9.75 million on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The loan supports the refinancing of a 123-bed skilled nursing facility in Massachusetts. Tim Eberhardt, Craig Casagrande and Ava Julio handled the transaction. This financing follows CFG’s announcement of the closing of a $36.2 million bridge-to-HUD loan that supported the refinancing of five skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina. The facilities total 522 beds. CFG refinanced an existing loan to include two additional underleveraged facilities on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. Read More »
HutsonWood at Spring Hill Secures Funding

HutsonWood at Spring Hill Secures Funding

Ziegler announced the closing of HutsonWood at Spring Hill, Inc.’s Series 2024 revenue bond anticipation notes. The notes are comprised of $14.67 million of Series 2024A tax-exempt notes sold publicly to institutional investors and $3.0 million of Series 2024B subordinate taxable notes purchased by an affiliate of the borrower. HutsonWood (dba Belle Springs), is a Tennessee not-for-profit organization that will use the proceeds of the notes to acquire approximately 20 acres of land and to finance certain pre-construction development costs related to an expansion and repositioning of an existing skilled nursing and assisted living community located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Emerald Spring... Read More »
CBRE Secures Financing for Washington Asset

CBRE Secures Financing for Washington Asset

CBRE secured financing for a seniors housing community in Tacoma, Washington, on behalf of a joint venture between Harrison Street, PMB and GenCare Lifestyle. Built in 2020, GenCare Lifestyle Tacoma at Point Ruston comprises 159 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The community fully opened in the fourth quarter of 2020 and leased up to 90% in 36 months, averaging four net move-in’s per month. Occupancy is currently hovering around 98%. Aron Will and Tim Root secured a three-year loan for this transaction. Read More »
Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus

Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus

Live Oak Bank closed a $27.0 million refinance with a repeat client for an assisted living/memory care community, The Ridge at Lantern Crest, situated on a larger campus, Lantern Crest, in Santee, California. Lantern Crest, operated by Lantern Crest Senior Living, is a 34-acre seniors housing campus developed by The Grant Companies. It offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Development occurred in three phases, with Phase I being The Ridge at Lantern Crest, Phase II being The Pointe at Lantern Crest and Phase III being The Plaza at Lantern Crest.  The Ridge, which opened in 2012, was originally built with 80 assisted living and memory care units. It was expanded... Read More »