• Brookdale’s Portfolio Stumbles in February

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its February 2026 occupancy numbers, and if the remaining cold weather months even closely resemble what the company has posted so far this winter, they will need to do some serious heavy lifting this summer to progress in its census rebound.  All of its reported occupancy figures, including consolidated and... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The State of the Healthcare M&A Market

    I attended the McDermott Will & Schulte Healthcare Private Equity Conference in Miami Beach last week, and the buzz mostly centered around increased investment in outpatient care, AI in healthcare and a persistent bid-ask spread that has kept healthcare M&A relatively steady, and down when comparing it to the seniors housing and care... Read More »
  • Newmark Reports Slew of February Deals

    The Newmark seniors housing team reported an active February, with six investment sales and four significant debt transactions. First, outside of Chicago, the team sold Clarendale of Mokena, a 156-unit seniors housing community featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The community was built in 2015 by Ryan... Read More »
  • Improving SNF Sells to Newer Skilled Nursing Entrant

    A regional skilled nursing owner/operator divested one of its senior care facilities in western Nebraska after deciding to refocus its operational efforts in a more condensed regional footprint. The owner/operator engaged Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint to run the process.  Built in 1960, Monument Rehabilitation and Care... Read More »
  • AEW Capital Management Divests to Joint Venture

    Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare handled the sale and financing of The Sheridan of Green Oaks, which Town Lane and Arcole acquired, marking the joint venture’s fifth seniors housing investment in their inaugural $1.25 billion real estate fund. Built in 2016 by Senior Lifestyle Corporation, the Class-A community comprises 78 independent... Read More »
Colliers Mortgage Closes HUD Loan in Maryland

Colliers Mortgage Closes HUD Loan in Maryland

Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of Colliers Mortgage, in partnership with Health Financing Consultants, closed a $10.4 million HUD loan for the refinance of The Cottages of Perry Hall in Parkville, Maryland. The 64-unit seniors housing community features private residential units within four 16-unit cottages and provides assisted living and memory care. The project is situated on 3.2 acres. Occupancy was around 95%. The new loan, which replaced a combination of bank and mezzanine debt on the property, carries a 35-year term/amortization and was arranged for Charter Senior Living. Read More »
California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

Forbright Bank closed a $44.2 million HUD loan for a skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care facility in California. The financing, provided under the HUD 232/223(f) program, will support a 318-bed facility in the San Jose area. The loan was closed in partnership with Forbright Bank’s Healthcare Lending team, which provided bridge financing for the acquisition of the facility in 2022. The loan refinanced existing Forbright Bank bridge and partnership debt, reimbursed the borrower for recent capital expenditures, funded critical repairs and covered all transaction costs associated with the HUD loan. The 35-year fully amortizing term loan will provide the borrower with long-term... Read More »
California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

CFG’s H2 2024 Activity

With 2024 in the books, Capital Funding Group announced the company executed or arranged more than $1.3 billion in bridge and HUD loans across 68 deals throughout the year. These financings included 41 healthcare bridge loans and other lending products, 12 multifamily bridge loans and 15 HUD loans for CFG’s clients throughout the nation. Several CFG senior living transactions closed in H2 of 2024. First was the closing of a $207.1 million bridge-to-HUD term loan to support the partnership buyout of a portfolio of thirteen skilled nursing facilities featuring 1,423 beds in Florida. Next was an $185.0 million construction loan to support the first phase of construction of a 501-unit... Read More »
Class-A Community Secures Financing

Class-A Community Secures Financing

Walker & Dunlop arranged $25.9 million in permanent financing for Rivertown Ridge, a seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids, Michigan MSA. Built in 2019, Rivertown comprises 152 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It is a Class-A community that sits on a larger, 120-acre master-planned community. Mary Stuart Hurst and Russell Dey of W&D partnered with Inner Circle Holdings to structure the 10-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan with three years of interest-only payments to Redstone Group Management Inc. Read More »
Georgia Community Secures Refinancing

Georgia Community Secures Refinancing

EBSC Lending provided $23.7 million to refinance a 201-unit seniors housing community in Union City, Georgia. The financing includes a three-year, fixed-rate loan with extension options that replaces the existing construction loan. The community, completed in phases between 2016 and 2017, offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Unit options include studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts. Read More »
Carnegie Capital Announces Q4 SNF Closings

Carnegie Capital Announces Q4 SNF Closings

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital announced his fourth quarter financing activity, which included acquisition loans closed for four skilled nursing facilities in Texas. Two facilities were located in the northern part of the state, and the other two were near the Mexican border. They combined for 430 beds. Vintages varied, but the older facilities had recently received capex. The existing operator purchased the facilities from three different sellers for an average purchase price of $80,000 per bed. In the previous year, that operator had created significant value at the facilities relative to their long term lease rate. Each acquisition was funded separately through a combination of bridge... Read More »