• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

    G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm... Read More »
Maryland-Based Owner Receives Two Separate HUD Financings

Maryland-Based Owner Receives Two Separate HUD Financings

Berkadia arranged two loans totaling $18 million through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a Maryland-based owner of skilled nursing facilities and a repeat Berkadia client. First, Bianca Andujo secured a $6.4 million HUD loan for a 110-bed SNF in South Carolina. The loan proceeds were utilized to pay off previous bank debt and partnership debt associated with the 2023 acquisition.  Due to improved operations and increased reimbursement rates, the sponsor was able to recoup 100% of purchase costs with the refinance. Since acquiring, the facility has consistently operated at a stabilized occupancy rate of 95% or higher, which was maintained through underwriting and at the time of closing.... Read More »
Washington SNF Receives HUD Refinancing

Washington SNF Receives HUD Refinancing

Berkadia’s Jay Healy Andrew Lanzaro arranged a $15 million loan through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a California-based sponsor and repeat Berkadia client. The 35-year, non-recourse loan refinanced bank debt that was utilized to pay off the previous HUD loan and fund a new addition for the 99-bed skilled nursing facility located in Bothell, Washington.  The new expansion will include 20 new private rooms, a therapy gym and a dining area. The 99-bed, four-star facility was originally built in 1964 and 1984. At closing, the property had a 56% quality mix. Read More »
Ziegler Handles Bond Financing

Ziegler Handles Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Covenant Living Communities and Services $146.46 million Series 2025A tax-exempt bonds. The bonds were issued through the Colorado Health Facilities Authority. Ziegler and CLCS have been partners for over 30 years. CLCS is a not-for-profit organization established to operate a multi-site system of CCRCs on behalf of the Board of Benevolence of The Evangelical Covenant Church. It currently operates 20 communities in 11 states with over 5,900 total units, including communities inside and outside of the Obligated Group.  Proceeds of the Series 2025A bonds will be used to fund approximately $85 million of new money project costs as well as to currently... Read More »
Maryland-Based Owner Receives Two Separate HUD Financings

Helios Healthcare Advisors Handles Refinancing

Helios Healthcare Advisors structured and arranged a credit facility used to refinance and consolidate existing senior debt as well as to provide construction financing for a new development. The facility was secured by a portfolio of nine assisted living and memory care communities in Louisiana. A New Orleans-based regional owner/operator engaged Helios as its financial advisor to consolidate its existing debt and capitalize a stabilized, under-levered portfolio to support the development of three new communities in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge markets. The facility was structured with a publicly traded regional lender as a 70% loan-to-value refinance secured by the nine existing... Read More »
Washington SNF Receives HUD Refinancing

Live Oak and Berkadia Team Up on Bridge Loan

Live Oak Bank recently closed a $34.3 million bridge loan in partnership with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for a two-property portfolio owned and operated by BrightSpace Senior Living. The communities are located in the Nashville, Tennessee, and Boise, Idaho MSAs. The loan was structured in an A/B arrangement, with Berkadia funding the subordinate debt, and features a two-year, interest-only term. Loan proceeds were utilized to retire existing bank debt and support ongoing capital expenditures. Read More »
California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

Lument closed two HUD loans totaling $20.7 million to refinance two memory care communities in northern California. Doug Harper, managing director at Lument, co-originated the loan with Grant Goodman of G Capital. The two communities are Crescent Oaks Memory Care, which features 22 units and 36 beds in Sunnyvale, and Silver Oaks Memory Care, which consists of 25 units and 43 beds in Menlo Park. The HUD loans replaced in-place, high-cost bank debt with new low, fixed interest rates and 35-year terms and amortization schedules. The borrower was also able to fund replacement reserves and combined the two facilities under a new master lease. Read More »