• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

    Torey Riso is heading back to the operating world, joining Inspirit Senior Living as President on March 16. He joins Dave McHarg, who is the CEO of Inspirit and Founding Partner of the company. Since its founding in 2015, Inspirit has grown to 37 properties under management, with Inspirit holding an equity interest in around half of those. ... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
California and Pennsylvania Assets Secure Separate Financings

California and Pennsylvania Assets Secure Separate Financings

Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF) ended the year with a HUD closing for RiverPointe Post-Acute, a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Carmichael, California. Affiliates of Links Healthcare Group LLC own and operate the facility. Links’ portfolio comprises 42 skilled nursing facilities with 4,675 beds. The existing bank loan was structured with A and B tranches and issued in August 2019 to finance the purchase of the asset. Forbright Bank held the A tranche, and an affiliate of SMF’s parent company, HJ Sims, issued the B tranche. SMF structured the deal so that the HUD-insured loan fully paid off the A/B tranches, and reimbursed Links for $731,000 in equity used for the acquisition and $1.168... Read More »
CCRC Secures Funding for Expansion

CCRC Secures Funding for Expansion

Ziegler announced the closing of Friendship Village of Kalamazoo’s $103.585 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2, and B-3 bonds issued through the Economic Development Corporation of the City of Kalamazoo. Lifecare, Inc., doing business as Friendship Village Kalamazoo, is on approximately 72 acres within Kalamazoo, Michigan. The 364-unit CCRC comprises 230 independent living units (180 apartments and 50 garden homes), 54 assisted living units in its Woodside facility, 23 memory care units, and 57 skilled nursing beds. LCS will manage the community. A portion of the Series 2026 bonds will be used to add new and upgraded amenities to the campus, add more independent living units, and replace the... Read More »
Omega Reports Continued Momentum

Omega Reports Continued Momentum

Omega Healthcare Investors announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, completing approximately $334 million in fourth quarter investments, which consisted of $52 million in real estate acquisitions, $16 million in real estate loans and $266 million in unconsolidated entities. In 2025 Omega completed $1.1 billion in new investments, with $680 million in real estate acquisitions, $69 million in real estate loans and $342 million in investments in unconsolidated entities. The Q4:25 real estate transactions totaling $52 million include Omega’s purchase of four seniors housing communities in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Indiana for $36.9 million. They will be operated by two new... Read More »
Senior Lifestyle Recapitalizes Two Communities

Senior Lifestyle Recapitalizes Two Communities

Senior Lifestyle participated with its capital partners in the recapitalization of North Shore Place in Northbrook, Illinois, and The Sheridan at Eastside in Snellville, Georgia. Both communities were developed by Senior Lifestyle and will continue to be operated by the company following the transaction. North Shore Place is a 188-unit assisted living/memory care community located in Northbrook, Illinois. Originally opened in 2014 with 156 units, the community expanded in 2019 to meet strong market demand. The Sheridan at Eastside is a 214-unit community located in Snellville, Georgia, on a 15 acre campus. Opened in 2019, it offers independent living villas and apartments, assisted living... Read More »
Berkadia Announces 2025 Activity and Latest Deal

Berkadia Announces 2025 Activity and Latest Deal

Berkadia recorded another successful year, with more than $2 billion in mortgage banking closings for the second consecutive year. In 2025, Berkadia’s financings were spread across 123 properties including active adult, independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing communities. Multiple lending sources were utilized, such as the GSEs, HUD, Berkadia’s proprietary capital, banks, life companies and debt funds.  Additionally, Berkadia was the #1 Freddie Mac Seniors Housing Lender by total volume in 2025, delivering $850 million in seniors housing loans with Freddie Mac. Separately, it originated $392.5 million in HUD LEAN volume, a 90% increase from the prior year.... Read More »
Bank Closes Refinance and Acquisition Financing

Bank Closes Refinance and Acquisition Financing

Coastal States Bank announced that it recently closed $9 million in financing to refinance a 60-unit purpose-built memory care community near Centerville, Ohio, and to acquire a 53-unit memory care community in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Following the closing, the sponsor’s affiliated management company, Kauhale Healthcare Management, began managing the community in Creve Coeur and will continue managing the Centerville community, which it acquired in October 2024.  The loan, which closed in coordination with a preferred equity investment from Kauhale Healthcare Real Estate and Locust Point Capital, was structured with a four-year term with interest-only payments for the first 12 months.... Read More »