• Incumbent Operator Secures Two Acquisition Financings

    Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia utilized the company’s balance sheet to provide $39.7 million of bridge-to-HUD financing for a Fort Worth-based skilled nursing owner/operator. The intent is to close the two subsequent HUD 232/223(f) refinancings in the second half of 2026. The loans facilitated the acquisition of three Texas... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM’s 2025 Activity

    MONTICELLOAM reported its 2025 activity, completing 49 senior care and multifamily transactions totaling over $2.2 billion in bridge, mezzanine and working capital financing throughout the year. In one of the notable transactions, one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM funded $470.5 million in bridge and working... Read More »
  • CBRE’s Active 2025 and Q1:26 Projections

    CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced its 2025 activity, with $3.1 billion in total transaction volume. Debt originations and equity placements comprised $1.95 billion of that total, and were completed across 25 states. Meanwhile, the investment sales side closed $1.15 billion in deals, selling 27 properties across 14 states. The... Read More »
  • Underperforming AL/MC Assets Sell in Michigan

    A buyer with operational expertise and capital resources acquired two seniors housing communities that were not stabilized at the time of sale. The new owner intends to stabilize performance, implement targeted management improvements and reposition the assets. Current rates are priced below local competitors, offering upside through rate... Read More »
  • Global Real Estate Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Blueprint revisited a familiar property, selling it on behalf of a joint venture that originally purchased it through another Blueprint-led sales process. The partnership was between a global private equity firm and a seniors housing sponsor, and at the time of its acquisition, the community was struggling. But they renovated all units and common... Read More »
CCRC Lands Construction Financing

CCRC Lands Construction Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of The Moorings of Arlington Heights’ $162.86 million Series 2025 bonds issued through the Illinois Finance Authority. The Moorings of Arlington Heights (The Moorings) is a CCRC situated on a 45-acre campus in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The community consists of 264 independent living apartments and villas, 73 assisted living apartments, 20 memory care assisted living apartments, 57 skilled nursing and rehab beds, and 39 intermediate and skilled memory care suites. The Moorings is an affiliate of Presbyterian Living, an Illinois not-for-profit organization based in Skokie, Illinois. Presbyterian Living’s portfolio features four communities and... Read More »
Bain Capital and Capitol Seniors Housing Refinance Near Manhattan

Bain Capital and Capitol Seniors Housing Refinance Near Manhattan

JLL Capital Markets announced that it arranged a $48 million refinancing for two Class-A seniors housing communities in New York and New Jersey. JLL’s Seniors Housing Debt Advisory team worked on behalf of the borrower, Bain Capital Real Estate and Capitol Seniors Housing, to place the three-year, floating-rate loan with a large regional bank. The Chelsea at New City was built in 2021 and consists of 80 assisted living, memory care and respite care units. On-site amenities include restaurant-inspired meals, beauty/barber salon, sports lounge, health and wellness programs, daily activities calendar, computer lab, movie theater, transportation services and more. The... Read More »
Private Investor and Operator Close Refinance

Private Investor and Operator Close Refinance

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a refinancing for Meadowbrook on behalf of a joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management and Dial Senior Living. Aron Will and Tim Root arranged the financing, originating a four-year floating-rate loan. Situated near downtown Kansas City in Prairie Village, Kansas, Meadowbrook consists of four stories with a total of 222 units, including independent living, assisted living and memory care.  Harrison Street has closed 332 communities totaling more than 43,000 units since 2005. Seniors housing operator Dial Senior Living manages 24 communities across Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. The... Read More »
Benchmark Senior Living and National Development Expand Partnership

Benchmark Senior Living and National Development Expand Partnership

A national developer/investor engaged Blueprint to sell a high performing, Class-A community owned in their legacy debt fund vehicle. The asset sits in White River Junction, Vermont, and was developed in 2019 by local citizens Brooke Ciradelli and Byron Hathorn. They partnered with LCS to operate the building, The Village at White River Junction, which offers 80 assisted living and memory care units.  In the community’s earlier days of operation, Columbia Pacific Advisors had provided a $29 million refinancing loan to the project to address cash-flow and lease-up problems. The developers failed to pay their debt, resulting in foreclosure and a transition of... Read More »
National Bank Provides Acquisition Term Financing

National Bank Provides Acquisition Term Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on an acquisition term financing for Belmont Village Aliso Viejo, a trophy 156-unit assisted living/memory care community in Aliso Viejo, California. The community is owned by Harrison Street Asset Management and Belmont Village Senior Living. Belmont Senior Living operates the community, and developed it. It originally opened its doors in 2019. Aron Will and John Sweeny of CBRE handled the sale. Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged the four-year, floating-rate acquisition loan with a full term of interest only. Read More »
Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk. Even with some variable-rate debt, the overall blended rate has not changed much, with yearly interest expense staying roughly the same. This is beneficial for balance sheet stability, even if it didn’t actually reduce total debt or annual net interest expense, and some refinancing risk just got pushed to 2027. A smart move for near-term... Read More »