• Michigan Assisted Living Community Changes Hands

    Harborside Senior Living, a 20-unit/30-bed assisted living community in Luna Pier, Michigan, near the Ohio border and the Toledo MSA, sold to Lamont Jones, a healthcare entrepreneur who is building a seniors housing brand in Michigan. Built in 2023 by a pair of investors, Harborside Senior Living will now operate under the leadership of Luna... Read More »
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care Portfolio Secures Bond Financing

    D.A. Davidson closed $120.04 million in Senior Living Revenue bonds, Series 2026A-1, Series 2026A-2 and subordinated bonds forKingsPath Target Housing of Minnesota, LLC. The bonds financed the acquisition and refinancing of seven assisted living/memory care communities with 224 units in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, MSA. The acquired... Read More »
  • Another Record Year on the Horizon

    The bar keeps rising, and the industry continues to clear it, with a third consecutive annual record for publicly announced senior care M&A activity appearing well within reach. Through the first five months of the year, the industry has averaged 81 publicly announced deals per month. Annualized, that pace would result in just under 1,000... Read More »
  • Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »
Florida Portfolio Locks in Refinancing

Florida Portfolio Locks in Refinancing

MONTICELLOAM announced the financing of a senior bridge loan and working capital facility for three skilled nursing facilities in southern Florida, totaling $108.75 million. The sponsorship group, a repeat client of MONTICELLOAM, intends to use the $105.5 million floating-rate senior bridge loan to refinance the existing debt on the portfolio. The $3.25 million working capital facility will be used to cover the day-to-day operational needs of over 500 licensed beds across the three facilities. Read More »
Mississippi Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Mississippi Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Steven Muth and Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia recently completed the refinancing of a four-property seniors housing portfolio in Mississippi for a Southeast-based owner/operator, which is a first-time Berkadia client. Proceeds of the $14 million HUD loan paid off bank debt and partnership debt from a previous addition funded by the sponsor. The two properties were built in 1998 with additions in 2003 and 2013. All four loans have 35-year fully amortizing terms. Read More »
Dwight Mortgage Trust Finances Bridge Loan

Dwight Mortgage Trust Finances Bridge Loan

Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of Dwight Capital, financed an $80 million bridge loan to facilitate the acquisition of a five-property skilled nursing portfolio located throughout central Florida. These facilities comprise a total of 518 beds and were 88% occupied. In conjunction with the 30-month bridge loan (which has a six-month extension option), Dwight Healthcare Funding provided a $12 million working capital line of credit to support the portfolio’s ongoing operational needs. This transaction was originated by Josh Sturm, Managing Director of Senior Housing and Healthcare. Read More »
Active Adult Community Secures Construction Financing

Active Adult Community Secures Construction Financing

Berkadia announced the construction financing of Mera Lawrenceville, a 200-unit active adult community in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth and Garrett Sacco secured the construction financing through Texas Capital Bank on behalf of a joint venture sponsored by Sparrow Capital Partners. The community, 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, is located in a master planned, by-right site in a high-barrier-to-entry market and is in close proximity to Primary Care Center of Georgia, multifamily homes and retail. Read More »
Public Finance Authority Issues Bonds to Finance AL/MC Community

Public Finance Authority Issues Bonds to Finance AL/MC Community

Wisconsin-based Public Finance Authority plans to issue $132.4 million in bonds to finance a retirement community in Potomac, Maryland. The revenue bonds will finance the acquisition, construction and outfitting of the ISF – Potomac Senior Living rental retirement community. The project will feature approximately 68 assisted living units and 26 memory care beds.  Proceeds from the bond sale will also be used to fund a debt service reserve, capitalized interest for about 31 months and cover working capital and issuance costs. The offering is structured in two tranches: $128.4 million in Senior Series 2025A bonds, which are tax-exempt, and $4 million in Senior Series 2025B bonds,... Read More »
HUD-Backed Seniors Housing Community Opens on Long Island

HUD-Backed Seniors Housing Community Opens on Long Island

A HUD-financed seniors housing project has celebrated its grand opening in Bay Shore, New York. Netherbay at Bay Shore is a state-of-the-art assisted living/memory care community located at the historic Gulden family’s summer homestead on Long Island. It features 72 units and is operated by Meridian Senior Living. Greystone’s Lisa Fischman had originated the $26 million construction-to-permanent HUD loan in 2023, which was the only healthcare construction loan in the United States approved by HUD that year. With construction complete, the financing converts to a 40-year, fully amortizing, non-recourse, fixed, low-rate loan. Read More »