• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2004 and later renovated, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory care (18 units) and skilled nursing (40 beds) on an irreplaceable site in Palm Beach Gardens. Occupancy was strong at 93%, and the community was fully stabilized. La Posada is owned and managed by affiliates of Kisco Senior Living, based in Carlsbad, California. In order to refinance existing debt and recapitalize some of the addition/renovation capital, Kisco received $45 million in... Read More »
The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship Manager & Vice President of KeyBank. Frank Cassidy, who oversees HUD’s Office of Housing and the FHA, also dialed in as a special guest to discuss HUD’s launch of its “Express Lane.” Watch the LTC Properties-sponsored webinar here. Read More »
Distinctive Healthcare Recaps Class-A Naples Community

Distinctive Healthcare Recaps Class-A Naples Community

Cushman & Wakefield secured an all-cash, $40 million equity raise for the recapitalization of the Seascape at Naples, offering an attractive basis with strong upside potential.  Built in 2018, this Class-A seniors housing community is in Naples, Florida, with 196 independent living, assisted living and memory care units.  John Alascio, Aaron Graves and Jason Blankfein of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance group advised the borrower, Distinctive Healthcare, alongside seniors housing specialists Jason Skalko from Cushman’s Investment Sales team and David Young of Greystone.  Within the first month of taking over operations, Distinctive... Read More »
Newmark Secures Refinancing for Virginia Class-A Communities

Newmark Secures Refinancing for Virginia Class-A Communities

The Newmark Seniors Housing Team announced the closing of the refinance of two newer-vintage seniors housing communities in Virginia. Both communities saw strong leasing activity during the marketing process, and Newmark closed with a regional bank that provided non-recourse financing at competitive terms. The total loan was around $88 million.  Built in 2021, The Providence Fairfax is a seven-story seniors housing community with 124 assisted living and 30 memory care units. Built in 2022, The Landing Alexandria is a nine-story seniors housing community in Alexandria with 40 independent living units, 89 assisted living units and 42 memory care units. Read More »
Financing Secured for New Jersey SNF Acquisition

Financing Secured for New Jersey SNF Acquisition

MONTICELLOAM announced the financing of a $33.6 million senior bridge loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. The floating-rate loan has a 30-month initial term for the borrower group, a longstanding client of MONTICELLOAM, that will use the financing towards the purchase of a northeastern New Jersey facility totaling 180 beds. Read More »
Berkadia Closes Four HUD Loans

Berkadia Closes Four HUD Loans

Within the past 30 days, Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare have closed four HUD 232/223(f) loans totaling $64.4 million in aggregate proceeds. The loans were obtained on behalf of three sponsors and are secured by three seniors housing communities and a skilled nursing facility spanning Hawaii, Texas and Washington. Each loan carries a fully amortizing 35-year term.  The first transaction was a $18 million refinance for a San Marcos, Texas-based owner/operator of assisted living and memory care communities. The proceeds were used to retire bank construction debt and convertible ownership debt utilized to develop the 94-unit AL/MC community in... Read More »