• 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 »
EBSC Provides Financing for Michigan Asset

EBSC Provides Financing for Michigan Asset

EBSC Lending provided $26.2 million in financing for an affordable seniors housing community in Michigan. The borrower is a not-for-profit owner/operator with experience in hospitality that will use the proceeds to refinance existing debt and fund capital improvements. Specific upgrades will target unit interiors, building exterior, elevators, common areas and building systems such as security, backup electricity and medical alert. The community comprises 41 units with a mix of mostly one-bedrooms, some studios and two-bedrooms. All of the units will be reserved for low- and moderate-income seniors, with 13 reserved for households earning below 30% of the area median income, 11 for those... Read More »
The Benoit Group Finances Atlanta Project

The Benoit Group Finances Atlanta Project

The Benoit Group, in partnership with Atlanta Housing, received financing for the development of Englewood Senior in Atlanta. This affordable seniors housing project marks the first redevelopment phase of a master-planned, mixed-use, multi-plase community on the 30-acre site of the former Englewood Manor public housing site. Built in 1971, Englewood Manor offered 324 public housing units before the residents were relocated in 2007, followed by the property’s demolition in 2009 with HUD approval. The site is located in southeast Atlanta approximately 1.5 miles from Grant Park. Funding for this $72 million project includes federal and state equity tax credit investment by Raymond James and... Read More »
CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Ohio Skilled Nursing Facility

CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Ohio Skilled Nursing Facility

Capital Funding Group secured financing for a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The bridge-to-HUD loan totals $13.5 million and supports the refinancing of this 120-bed SNF. Tim Eberhardt and Ava Julio of CFG originated the transaction.  This financing follows CFG’s closing of two HUD loans on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The loans supported the refinancing of two SNFs in Florida that comprise 261 beds. The loan totaled $17.4 million. Read More »
CBRE Secures Financing For Class-A Seniors Housing Community

CBRE Secures Financing For Class-A Seniors Housing Community

CBRE secured financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in North Dakota on behalf of a joint venture borrower. Built in 2017, New Perspective West Fargo is in Fargo, one mile from Sanford Medical Center, North Dakota’s newest and largest medical center. The community features 128 independent living, assisted living and memory care units and is managed by New Perspective Senior Living.  The joint venture borrower includes New Perspective, Boldt Real Estate Development and Fengate Asset Management. New Perspective develops, invests and operates senior living communities, with a portfolio of 40 communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and North Dakota. Boldt is a... Read More »
EBSC Provides Financing for Michigan Asset

Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow decreased steadily since the pandemic, and the community could not cover its debt costs from operations despite cash flow being above breakeven. It did not help that some key staff members at the community had unexpectedly left. Like so many lenders did during and after the pandemic, the existing bank extended the maturity of its loan several times but... Read More »
The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

Northmarq handled a $35 million refinance of a senior care campus in Gig Harbor, Washington. Built in two phases from 2010 to 2015, The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing features 147 private pay independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The three-story main building comprises 98 IL/AL units and 24 IL cottages. The separate, two-story memory care building has 25 units. Occupancy hovered over 95%. The Lodge has been managed for over 10 years by Tacoma-based Senior Services of America. The six-year loan had a fixed rate at just under 6% and was arranged by Northmarq through its relationship with a correspondent life insurance company. It features an earn-out component allowing the... Read More »