• 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 »
G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

G Capital Markets, a capital advisory firm based in Carmel, California, recently closed on the recapitalization of a 29-unit/59-bed assisted living community in Livermore, California. Built in 2021 by a regional owner/operator, the property leased up in 2022 and has shown consistent strong performance since then, with cash flow margins well over 40% and occupancy at 90%. Few today can boast numbers like those. The bridge-to-HUD loan was structured with a large equity-out component and sized to maximize the takeout refinancing, while allowing the borrower to submit a HUD application in 2024 without the need to wait for the typical two years of debt seasoning. GCap arranged the $15.5 million... Read More »
Cambridge Arranges Conventional Loan

Cambridge Arranges Conventional Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies arranged a $5.95 million conventional loan for the acquisition of Twilight Haven Senior Living, in Fresno, California. Brent Holman-Gomez, Cambridge Senior Vice President, handled the transaction.  A California limited liability company obtained the fully-amortized, 25-year loan, which was underwritten by a Utah-based industrial bank. Previously owned by a not-for-profit organization, Twilight Haven comprises 60 independent living units, as well as 116 assisted living beds and 50 skilled nursing beds. The assisted living business is focused on the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver program.  However, the selling operator was in bankruptcy, and the... Read More »
Two Class-A Communities Sell around D.C.

Two Class-A Communities Sell around D.C.

The Newmark Seniors Housing team facilitated the sale and equity raise for two Class-A seniors housing communities in the Washington, D.C. metro area. They worked on behalf of the sellers, Harrison Street and Palomino Capital, a middle market investment bank.  Thrive Senior Living had developed the communities in the late-2010s to include 140 units, each. Built in 2019, Tribute at Melford comprises 104 assisted living and 36 memory care units in Bowie, Maryland. While Tribute at The Glen was built in 2017 with 96 assisted living and 44 memory care units in Woodbridge, Virginia. Cogir had taken over operations at both locations in recent years.  We heard that the properties were... Read More »
Two SNFs Secure Bridge-To-HUD Debt

Two SNFs Secure Bridge-To-HUD Debt

Capital Funding Group announced the execution of $16.25 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for the acquisition of two Utah skilled nursing facilities totaling 220 beds. The buyer is nationally recognized, and this marks its entrance into the state. Tommy Dillon originated the transaction. The financing follows CFG’s announcement of the closing of a $12 million bridge loan for a Florida skilled nursing facility comprising 109 beds. The buyer is converting it to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. Read More »
Bravo Capital Closes Quick Financing

Bravo Capital Closes Quick Financing

Taking flexibility to another level, Bravo Capital, a privately held lender with a national presence, closed a $13 million loan for Green Hill Senior Living and Rehabilitation just seven days from signing the term sheet to funding. The first mortgage was arranged through Bravo’s “most agile” vehicle, Bravo Mezz Fund, but terms were not disclosed. Located in West Orange, New Jersey, Green Hill consists of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility and a 40-bed assisted living/memory care community. Green Hill started as the Society for Relief of the Respectable Aged Women in Newark in 1866 before the organization moved to West Orange into the Green’s Hotel building in 1965. The campus was losing... Read More »
G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

Carnegie Capital Finances Two SNF Acquisitions

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital could not get enough of Texas this month, closing two loans for skilled nursing facilities in the state before attending the NIC Conference in Dallas. Both loans facilitated acquisitions of the facilities. In one, Stettin arranged the assumption of a HUD loan on a 120-bed SNF in west Texas, which carries a sub-3% rate and represented 75% of the purchase price.  The same seller also divested a 150-bed SNF in west Texas, after its relationships with local admissions sources faded over the last year. That led to a substantial decrease in the Medicaid census and cash flow, and upon closing the acquisition, the facility’s EBITDAR was negative, excluding QIPP... Read More »