• 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 »
Focus and Arbor Expand Footprints

Focus and Arbor Expand Footprints

JLL Capital Markets announced its role in completing the sale and financing of Mariposa, a 313-unit seniors housing community in Lake Worth, Florida. We wrote on Wednesday that Focus Healthcare Partners acquired the campus and was bringing on Arbor Senior Living to operate it. Sitting on 22.5 acres, the community was built in 2018 with a three-story IL/AL building consisting of 259 units and an adjacent one-story memory care building featuring 54 units. It was more than 95% occupied, and has been at 90% and above since September 2020. That is fantastic, and credit to Discovery Senior Living, which was the previous operator. Arbor Senior Living will hopefully hit the ground running as the... Read More »
Vencap and Inspirit Secure Bridge-to-HUD Refinance

Vencap and Inspirit Secure Bridge-to-HUD Refinance

CBRE closed a bridge-to-HUD refinance for two seniors housing communities on behalf of a joint venture between Venue Capital LLC and Inspirit Senior Living. Both communities are in Ohio: The Gardens at Cuyahoga Falls features 130 units and 152 beds of assisted living and memory care in Cuyahoga Falls, and The Gardens at Liberty Park comprises 115 AL/MC units with 132 beds in Streetsboro.  Aron Will, Joshua Hausfeld, Adam Mincberg and John Turner originated the bridge-to-HUD loan via CBRE’s proprietary bridge lending platform to pay off the existing loans and fund further capital improvements. The bridge loan will enable the joint venture to complete renovations to increase operational... Read More »
Owner/Operator Receives Financing for SNF Portfolio

Owner/Operator Receives Financing for SNF Portfolio

CIBC Bank USA provided an Iowa owner/operator with $21.0 million in senior secured credit facilities, including an $18.0 million mortgage facility for the refinance of existing indebtedness on three skilled nursing facilities. The performance of the portfolio, which includes 235+ beds, has trended positively over the last year, and generated an EBITDAR margin of 12%. A $3 million revolving line of credit was also provided. Sam Dendrinos and Jeff Groenewold handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA. Read More »
CIBC & Locust Point Fund Illinois Portfolio Deal

CIBC & Locust Point Fund Illinois Portfolio Deal

CIBC Bank USA announced a couple of closings for both seniors housing and skilled nursing properties in the Midwest. First, along with Locust Point Capital, the bank provided $30 million in acquisition financing and a $2 million working capital revolving line of credit for a 244-unit, six property, seniors housing portfolio in southern Illinois. Historical performance trended positively over the last year, as the facilities improved census and operating leverage. Going forward, occupancy and operating margins are expected to further improve under the management of a growing senior living operator based in Chicago. Fritz Kieckhefer and Kyle Doran handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Bonds for PA CCRC

Ziegler Closes Bonds for PA CCRC

Ziegler announced the closing of Garden Spot Village’s $67.27 million Series 2024 Tax-Exempt Fixed Rate bonds. The obligated group consists of Garden Spot Village and its subsidiary, GSV, LLC, and Garden Spot’s parent organization is the not-for-profit Garden Spot Communities.  Garden Spot Village is a CCRC with 621 independent living homes consisting of 306 apartments and 315 cottage-style homes, 65 personal care units, 40 memory support units and 75 skilled nursing beds across 220 acres in New Holland, Pennsylvania. GSV also owns and leases Center for Health, an ambulatory health care building that sits at the entrance to the campus. WellSpan Health leases the Center, providing a... Read More »
CFG Secures Financing in Six Transactions

CFG Secures Financing in Six Transactions

Capital Funding Group financed over $54 million across six transactions from late July through mid-August. The financings supported six skilled nursing facilities across the country and were executed on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. First, CFG closed a $12.4 million HUD loan for the refinancing of a 99-bed SNF in California, which closed July 25. CFG provided the initial bridge financing for the real estate transaction, and the term loan is now being exited with permanent HUD financing.  Then, CFG secured a $4.5 million mezzanine loan to refinance a 120-bed SNF in Florida. On the same day, CFG closed a $14.8 million senior loan to take out existing acquisition debt for a... Read More »