• Michigan Assisted Living Community Changes Hands

    Harborside Senior Living, a 20-unit/30-bed assisted living community in Luna Pier, Michigan, near the Ohio border and the Toledo MSA, sold to Lamont Jones, a healthcare entrepreneur who is building a seniors housing brand in Michigan. Built in 2023 by a pair of investors, Harborside Senior Living will now operate under the leadership of Luna... Read More »
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care Portfolio Secures Bond Financing

    D.A. Davidson closed $120.04 million in Senior Living Revenue bonds, Series 2026A-1, Series 2026A-2 and subordinated bonds forKingsPath Target Housing of Minnesota, LLC. The bonds financed the acquisition and refinancing of seven assisted living/memory care communities with 224 units in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, MSA. The acquired... Read More »
  • Another Record Year on the Horizon

    The bar keeps rising, and the industry continues to clear it, with a third consecutive annual record for publicly announced senior care M&A activity appearing well within reach. Through the first five months of the year, the industry has averaged 81 publicly announced deals per month. Annualized, that pace would result in just under 1,000... Read More »
  • Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing 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 »
Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

Walker & Dunlop originated $68.312 million in HUD 232/223(f) loans to refinance seven skilled nursing facilities with 380 units in Illinois and Wisconsin. The transaction replaced existing short-term, variable-rate debt. Walker & Dunlop’s FHA Finance team arranged the refinancings, led by Joshua Rosen, Brad Annis and Johnny Rice. The borrower was not disclosed. Read More »
Class-A Minnesota Community Retires Its Construction Financing

Class-A Minnesota Community Retires Its Construction Financing

EBSC Lending arranged a $31 million loan for a 160-unit Class-A seniors housing community in Elk Grove, Minnesota. Proceeds from the five-year, floating-rate, non-recourse loan were used to retire the property’s existing construction financing, with the structure providing an initial interest-only period. The sponsor was repeat-client David Ross.  The community includes independent living, assisted living and memory care services, offering studios, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging between 410 and 992 square feet. Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living Development Secures Bond Financing

Sunrise Senior Living Development Secures Bond Financing

JLL Capital Markets and HJ Sims collectively closed $80.07 million in tax-exempt bond financing for a new Sunrise Senior Living community in Long Beach, California, Sunrise of Long Beach. On behalf of Quality Senior Housing Foundation, Inc. and Sunrise Senior Living, JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, in collaboration with the bond underwriting teams of HJ Sims and JLL Securities, secured financing through California Public Finance Authority Senior Living Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A. The two-story, 78,227-square-foot community will feature 62 assisted living and 24 memory care apartments across 102 licensed beds. Assisted living accommodations will include studio layouts with... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

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 2044, presenting an incoming investor with significant cash-on-cash returns, especially if they invested in a targeted capex program to raise the facilities’ competitive profiles. Further upside potential existed by improving the CMS star rating at each facility, and establishing additional referral relationships with nearby acute care hospitals.... Read More »
CFG Recapitalizes Skilled Nursing Portfolio

CFG Recapitalizes Skilled Nursing Portfolio

Capital Funding Group closed a $50.3 million delayed draw bridge-to-HUD loan to support the recapitalization of 13 skilled nursing facilities. The deal was secured by first-priority collateral on a single asset in California, as well as mezzanine collateral on twelve additional assets in California, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The funding provided for an immediate recapitalization of one real estate asset in California and for additional delayed draw proceeds that will be used to further capitalize the other 12 assets which are part of an existing HUD portfolio. CFG intends to refinance into permanent HUD debt. Andrew Jones originated the transaction for the company. Read More »