• LCS and Vi To Merge

    LCS and Vi announced a strategic merger, adding Vi’s 10 communities and 4,000 residents to the LCS portfolio of more than 130 communities. Vi has entrance-fee CCRCs in Florida (3), Arizona (2), California (2), Colorado, Illinois and South Carolina. Depending on regulatory approvals, the merger is expected to close in mid-2026, with both companies... Read More »
  • Kiser’s Myers Announces Closings

    Mark Myers has had an active year since leaving Walker & Dunlop in January 2025 to go to SVN before exiting that shop in May to co-create a seniors housing brokerage platform with Kiser Group. But a few deals that he worked on with his previous teams have also recently closed. The largest was the sale of Sarah Neuman, a 301-bed skilled... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

    Giancarlo Riso and Amy Sitzman of Blueprint advised a client on a sale and HUD 232 process of five skilled nursing facilities located in central and west Texas. The facilities totaled 424 beds and featured positive cash flow. They had attractive, fixed-rate HUD debt of 2.8% and long remaining terms with maturity dates starting in 2035 through... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells Two Pennsylvania CCRCs

    Two faith-based, not-for-profit CCRCs in central Pennsylvania were acquired by a private East Coast-based investor. Located an hour’s drive from each other, Church of God Home has 50 independent living units and 109 skilled nursing beds in Carlisle, while Towne Centre in Myerstown has 152 skilled nursing beds, plus some “borrowed” IL units from... Read More »
  • Mississippi Turnaround SNF Changes Hands

    3G Healthcare Real Estate, which mainly focuses on skilled nursing transactions and has a side focus of debt and equity placement, facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Mississippi on behalf of a small, local skilled nursing owner. Built in the 1970s, the asset faced occupancy and operational challenges, including staffing... Read More »
North Carolina Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures Financing

North Carolina Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures Financing

MONTICELLOAM announced the initial funding of $152 million in total bridge and working capital financing for the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities with nearly 1,100 beds across North Carolina. The debt carries a 36-month initial term with two extension options. The sponsor, a returning healthcare client with operating experience in the Southeast, will utilize a $10 million working capital line of credit to manage the daily operational needs of the facilities. Read More »
Regional Healthcare Operator Lands HUD Acquisition Financing

Regional Healthcare Operator Lands HUD Acquisition Financing

Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged acquisition financing for a 124-bed skilled nursing facility with a strong quality mix in Pasadena, Texas, on behalf of a regional healthcare operator that had been leasing the property from a third-party landlord. The financing package was $12.9 million, or $104,000 per bed.  Leveraging the facility’s strong occupancy and financial strength, Helios structured a direct HUD acquisition loan through a national HUD lender. The capital structure also included a seller note, allowing the borrower to close the transaction with minimal cash investment. Pillar Stone Healthcare Company, based in Houston, Texas, acquired Baywood Crossing Rehabilitation &... Read More »
WesBanco Launches New Healthcare Vertical

WesBanco Launches New Healthcare Vertical

WesBanco Bank recently launched its dedicated healthcare vertical, under the leadership of Suzanne Myers as EVP-Commercial Healthcare Director, and is already off to the races with a handful of senior care transactions closed. The strategic initiative will provide financing across the continuum of care, including seniors housing, skilled nursing, CCRCs, hospitals and specialty care.  So far this year, the bank has closed over $200 million in closed loans for acquisitions, recapitalizations, working capital and bridge-to-HUD loans for clients across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Plus, there is a pipeline of closings that exceeds $500 million for 2025. It is great to see that kind of... Read More »
Frank Cassidy Officially Nominated as FHA Commissioner

Frank Cassidy Officially Nominated as FHA Commissioner

Frank Cassidy, most recently a Walker & Dunlop senior managing director of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Finance where he originated loans for multifamily, nursing home and seniors housing properties, has been officially nominated by President Trump as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the HUD. He oversees FHA’s approximately $1.75 trillion single family, multifamily and healthcare mortgage insurance programs, HUD’s multifamily assisted housing portfolio, the administration of HUD’s housing counseling program, and the development and oversight of federal standards for the design and construction of manufactured homes. Since April 2025, Cassidy... Read More »
Acquisition Financing Arranged for Regional Owner/Operator

Acquisition Financing Arranged for Regional Owner/Operator

Ziegler announced its role as the capital structure advisor and hedge advisor in the placement of a $52.5 million acquisition loan on behalf of a regional owner/operator. The acquisition financing was used to acquire five enhanced independent living communities in Michigan. The portfolio surrounds the Detroit, Michigan MSA, and has a total of 631 units with 695 beds. Christopher Utz advised and negotiated the transaction for the borrower and placed the loan with Oxford Finance. Ziegler’s Structured Products practice placed an interest rate cap through a competitive bid process, ultimately executing the cap with Goldman Sachs. Read More »
Oregon AL Community Secures HUD Refinance

Oregon AL Community Secures HUD Refinance

In May 2025, Berkadia closed a $7.6 million 232/223f HUD loan to refinance Whitewood Gardens, a 39-unit assisted living community built in 2013 in Portland, Oregon. The fully amortizing, 35-year term represents 78% LTV and allowed the sponsor to avoid a loan maturity.  Ed Williams and Rob Affleck handled the transaction. Early in the process, they pinpointed HUD’s project eligibility requirements, and, during underwriting, addressed the need for additional bathrooms to meet with compliance. Leveraging relationships with HUD engineering and repairs experts, the team guided the construction process, securing approvals on last-minute requests. The loan covered the initially anticipated... Read More »