• Genesis HealthCare’s Legacy Liabilities Lead to Bankruptcy Filing

    Genesis HealthCare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing its 298 affiliated holding companies, ancillary businesses and insurance vehicles in its submission to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division. It is one of the largest skilled nursing operators in the country and operates 218... Read More »
  • Cindat Capital Management Invests in Colorado Community

    Cindat Capital Management, a middle-market real estate private equity platform focused on seniors housing and opportunistic investments, announced its first investment from its Senior Housing Credit Platform. It was a unitranche debt investment in The Pearl at Boulder Creak, a 116-unit, Class-A independent living and assisted living community... Read More »
  • MedCore Divests to Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT

    Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side financial advisor to MedCore on the sale of Parkview on Hollybrook, a 189-unit rental CCRC in Longview, Texas. The property has been on a long road to stabilization. It was originally bought in a bankruptcy auction in 2016 for $20.7 million by Thrive FP when it was in the middle of development. 12... Read More »
  • Forbright Bank’s H1 Activity

    Forbright Bank reported its activity for the first half of the year from its healthcare and HUD lending teams, announcing more than $500 million in loans closed for acquisitions, recapitalizations, working capital, and HUD financings for healthcare providers across the country. One of the largest transactions was a $60 million revolving loan to... Read More »
  • Large SNF Portfolio Secures Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced the closing of $218.3 million in combined bridge, mezzanine, and working capital financing for 18 skilled nursing facilities across Kentucky. The transaction includes a $179.3 million senior bridge loan and a $29 million mezzanine loan, which the sponsor plans to use to restructure and upsize the existing debt on the... Read More »
Protea Refinances Class-A Asset

Protea Refinances Class-A Asset

JLL Capital Markets arranged a $35 million construction-takeout refinancing for a seniors housing community in California. Built in 2019 and expanded in 2021, Ocean Hills Senior Living comprises 216 units in Oceanside. Working on behalf of Protea Capital Partners, JLL placed the five-year, fixed-rate loan with a regional bank.  Ocean Hills offers a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. The AL/MC phase of the property was delivered in 2019, with the IL portion opening in 2021. Initially hampered by the pandemic, occupancy rates have steadily increased. The campus reached initial stabilization in Q4:23.  There was... Read More »
Publicly Traded REIT Divests to Cougar Capital Management

Publicly Traded REIT Divests to Cougar Capital Management

Berkadia announced the financing and sale of a senior living community in South Setauket, New York. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano closed the sale transaction on behalf of a publicly traded REIT. Berkadia provided both investment sales and mortgage banking services for the 196-unit independent living and assisted living community. The community will be rebranded as The Village at South Setauket and undergo extensive capital expenditure projects. Willow Ridge Senior Living will operate the community on a go-forward basis.  Steve Muth and Austin Sacco secured $15.6 million in acquisition and capex financing through Old Second Bank on behalf of the buyer,... Read More »
Presbyterian Retirement Communities Obtains Bond Financing

Presbyterian Retirement Communities Obtains Bond Financing

Ziegler closed a bond financing on behalf of Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Inc., (PRC) whose obligated group is the largest group of not-for-profit CCRCs in Florida, and the 11th largest in the nation with a total of 3,863 units. (PRC) $82,270,000 Series 2024 Bonds. PRC affiliated with Florida Presbyterian Homes (FPH) in Lakeland, Florida, and the Series 2024 bonds provided for the admission of FPH in the obligated group with the refunding of its outstanding debt. Proceeds of the $82.27 million of bonds will be used to refinance the outstanding PRC Series 2014 bonds and FPH Series 2010A bonds and FPH Series 2015 bonds. In addition, the bonds will help reimburse for $50 million of... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Refinance for Arizona Portfolio

Joint Venture Secures Refinance for Arizona Portfolio

JLL Capital Markets arranged a $96.5 million refinancing for a seniors housing portfolio in Arizona. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Douglaston Development and The Hampton Group Inc., to secure the bank financing. The JLL Debt Advisory team representing the borrower was led by Alanna Ellis, Brad Miner and Ace Sudah.  Built between 2021 and 2024, the portfolio comprises five properties with 510 independent living, 339 assisted living and 122 memory care units in the Phoenix, Mesa, Sedona and Chandler MSA’s. The communities are in strong seniors housing submarkets, where the 75+ population represents almost 20% of the population in the surrounding areas, and include Canyon Winds... Read More »
Eskaton Receives Bond Financing

Eskaton Receives Bond Financing

Ziegler closed the Eskaton Obligated Group’s $82.9 million Series 2024 bonds through the California Municipal Finance Authority. Eskaton and its related subsidiaries own or manage 25 senior living communities with skilled nursing beds and independent living, assisted living, memory care and affordable units. Eskaton comprises three members consisting of five communities: Eskaton Properties, Inc. (consisting of Eskaton Village Carmichael, Eskaton Land Park and Eskaton Gold River), Eskaton Village- Grass Valley and Eskaton Village-Roseville. The Series 2024 bonds have a first-time rating of “BBB” by Fitch. They consist of long-term tax-exempt fixed interest rate bonds achieving level debt... Read More »
Eskaton Receives Bond Financing

Build Senior Living Secures C-PACE Financing

Bayview Pace provided $4.3 million in C-PACE financing for a seniors housing community in the Detroit, Michigan MSA. Hampton Manor-Taylor comprises 65 assisted living and 16 memory care units with 102 total beds. There is extra capacity for shared rooms and/or additional companion units. The community is on six acres in Taylor, Michigan. The project sponsor is Build Senior Living, which is based in Cape Coral, Florida, and has completed 21 communities totaling 1,634 units. The C-PACE funds are part of a refinancing on the already-completely Taylor community, which is substantially leased. Read More »