• 2nd Quarter Investor Call: The Great Debates of Senior Care

    On Thursday, July 17, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett hosted SCI’s latest webinar, dubbed The Great Debates of Senior Care, with panelists ​​Dan Revie of Ziegler, Scott Hougham of Sage, and Michael Feinstein of Focus Healthcare Partners. Issues such as the chances of having a unit shortfall, whether cap rates are too low, the... Read More »
  • Ventas Acquires in Washington State

    Ventas expanded its portfolio through a recent acquisition of a seniors housing community in Washington State. Built in 2003, MorningStar at Silver Lake is in Everett, Washington, with 113 independent living and 35 assisted living units. The in-place operator will continue to manage the community going forward. MorningStar Senior Living has been... Read More »
  • Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Class-A Communities

    Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two Class-A independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities: Grand Living at Citrus Hills and Grand Living at Bridgewater. The pair of seniors housing communities have a combined total of 337 units, and are located in Hernando, Florida, and Coralville, Iowa, respectively. Managing... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes Lease-to-Purchase Transaction

    A large New York-based seniors housing owner engaged Blueprint to explore the sale of an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Ownership acquired the asset several years prior while in distress and brought on Viva Senior Living as manager to execute a... Read More »
  • BHI Provides Bridge Loan

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim B.M., provided $49 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in the suburbs of Detroit. The portfolio consists of Hampton Manor of Dundee, Hampton Manor of Trenton and Hampton Manor of Hamburg. Together, the communities total 221 units, with 171 assisted living... Read More »
Meridian Reports First Quarter Transaction Volume

Meridian Reports First Quarter Transaction Volume

The first quarter is in the books, and Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed $575 million in transaction volume in the first three months of the year, following more than $5 billion closed by the platform in 2023.  Most recently, the team sold six skilled nursing facilities comprising 517 beds in Indiana for $37.5 million, or $72,500 per bed, and arranged $34.8 million in financing from a finance company along with an $8.5 million A/R line for the acquisition. They also arranged $29.5 million in financing from a commercial bank to refinance a New Jersey property totaling 85 assisted living and 34 memory care... Read More »
SLR Provides Financing for SNF

SLR Provides Financing for SNF

SLR Healthcare ABL announced that it secured financing for a 160-bed skilled nursing facility. The asset-based revolving line of credit amounted to $4.0 million, and this was the only debt for the borrower, which leases the facility from a related property company that has a mortgage with a bank.  The borrower is a Nevada-based operator of skilled nursing, post-operative care and specialized programs including orthopedic rehab, ventilator care and wound management. Proceeds of the loan were used to refinance existing debt and provide working capital to support growth initiatives such as continuing to leverage the facility’s strong respiratory and other specialty programs as... Read More »
CFG Secures $13.55 Million in HUD Loans

CFG Secures $13.55 Million in HUD Loans

Capital Funding Group closed two HUD loans totaling $13.55 million to support the refinancing of two skilled nursing facilities. Both facilities are in Illinois, and together they comprise 173 beds. No other details surrounding the financing were disclosed. This announcement follows CFG’s closing of $16.25 million in bridge-to-HUD financing on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower for the acquisition of two Utah skilled nursing facilities that totaled 220 beds. This acquisition marked the borrower’s entrance into the state. Read More »
CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

CBRE secured bridge financing for two seniors housing communities in western Pennsylvania. Aron Will and Tim Root arranged a non-recourse loan with a sub-300 spread through a regional bank. The borrower was CPF Living Communities.  Built in 2017, The Residence at Bethel Park is in Bethel Park with 130 independent living units. The Residence at Whitehall, built in 2018, is in Pittsburgh and comprises 127 independent and assisted living units. Both communities are currently managed by Grace Management, CPF LC’s wholly owned management affiliate. Read More »
G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

G Capital Markets, a capital advisory firm based in Carmel, California, recently closed on the recapitalization of a 29-unit/59-bed assisted living community in Livermore, California. Built in 2021 by a regional owner/operator, the property leased up in 2022 and has shown consistent strong performance since then, with cash flow margins well over 40% and occupancy at 90%. Few today can boast numbers like those. The bridge-to-HUD loan was structured with a large equity-out component and sized to maximize the takeout refinancing, while allowing the borrower to submit a HUD application in 2024 without the need to wait for the typical two years of debt seasoning. GCap arranged the $15.5 million... Read More »
CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

Cambridge Arranges Conventional Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies arranged a $5.95 million conventional loan for the acquisition of Twilight Haven Senior Living, in Fresno, California. Brent Holman-Gomez, Cambridge Senior Vice President, handled the transaction.  A California limited liability company obtained the fully-amortized, 25-year loan, which was underwritten by a Utah-based industrial bank. Previously owned by a not-for-profit organization, Twilight Haven comprises 60 independent living units, as well as 116 assisted living beds and 50 skilled nursing beds. The assisted living business is focused on the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver program.  However, the selling operator was in bankruptcy, and the... Read More »