• Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Harborside CCRC Sale Approved

    Focus Healthcare Partners’ purchase of a struggling CCRC on Long Island has gone through the ringer, but Chief Judge Alan S. Trust of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York just approved the sale under modified terms, which should close within the next two months. The property attracted some attention in late 2024 when New... Read More »
  • Imagine Senior Living Acquires in Texas

    An owner/operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities acquired a seniors housing community in Amarillo, Texas. Built in 2000, The Reserve at Amarillo features assisted living and memory care units. The buyer, Imagine Senior Living, has an established footprint with communities in Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,... Read More »
  • Brookdale Senior Living: Slow and Steady

    Brookdale Senior Living released its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results this week, and all we can say is that the improvements, while welcomed, are slow and steady. Management has had a lot on its plate the past 18 months or so in a post-pandemic environment, but things like occupancy are moving up, but not as fast as for others. The... Read More »
  • Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group shot out of the gates in 2025, closing three separate transactions in the Pacific Northwest so far this year. The largest was for an 88-unit seniors housing community in central Washington which closed this week. Owned by a regional operator based in Washington, this community consists of 36... Read More »
Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Greystone arranged a $33.7 million debt placement to refinance a portfolio of seniors housing communities in the Pacific Northwest. David Young handled the transaction, working with banks, credit unions and unlevered, A/B tranched, and back-levered debt funds. The transaction is on behalf of a regional owner of affordable-focused seniors housing communities.  The portfolio comprises four properties across two states. Each community also has a Medicaid contract to serve assisted living and memory care residents. The financing was provided by a debt fund meeting the borrower’s expectations on proceeds.  Read More »
Kentucky and Tennessee SNFs Secure Financing

Kentucky and Tennessee SNFs Secure Financing

MONTICELLOAM announced the closing of a $22 million senior secured working capital facility, complementing the firm’s recent $400 million bridge financing for 29 Southeastern skilled nursing facilities. The working capital facility has a three-year initial term and will cover the day-to-day operating expenses of over 2,900 skilled nursing beds across Kentucky and Tennessee. The transaction was closed on behalf of a returning client. This $22 million transaction contributed to a record year for the firm in 2024, with the highest volume of asset-based loan originations in the firm’s history. Read More »
Sonida Acquires in Ohio

Sonida Acquires in Ohio

Cushman & Wakefield facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 2022, Airy Hills at North Bend Crossing features 50 assisted living and 32 memory care units. However, the community was never opened due to foreclosure on the construction borrower. In 2019, Northmarq secured $18.2 million of construction debt from a regional bank, with a three-year, interest-only loan. In addition, the project received $5.5 million of PACE equity and another $5.3 million of equity to round out the capital stack. It did not help that the community sits adjacent to the 121-unit Wellington at North Bend Crossing Community that was developed by the same entity. Sonida... Read More »
Brookdale Secures Giant Fannie Mae Financing

Brookdale Secures Giant Fannie Mae Financing

JLL Capital Markets secured a $344.2 million agency lending for the Brookdale Senior Living Portfolio, comprising 47 senior living communities across 14 states with 5,102 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The properties range from 42 to over 300 units.  JLL represented the borrower, Brookdale Senior Living, to originate the seven-year, fixed-rate loan under its Master Credit Facility Agreement with Fannie Mae. Proceeds were used to repay $312.5 million of variable rate debt due September 2027. The loan will be serviced by JLL Real Estate Capital, LLC.  JLL’s Capital Market’s Debt Advisory team representing the borrower was led by Managing Director Allison... Read More »
It Takes a Village to Find Construction Funding

It Takes a Village to Find Construction Funding

Construction financing is still not easy to find these days, although it is better than one year ago, so it takes a lot of patience and persistence for the developers, advisors and ultimate lenders to get the job done. One project in Dublin, California (Bay Area), called The Whitford is now set to get off the ground with an $80 million financing package provided by Live Oak Bank and Nuveen Green Capital, with Tremper Capital Group facilitating the transaction.  The borrower, a joint venture between Harbert Senior Housing Fund II and Harbert South Bay Partners, was looking for non-recourse financing to build a 140-unit, Class-A assisted living/memory care community, which limited the... Read More »
Kentucky and Tennessee SNFs Secure Financing

Ziegler Secures Two Financings

Ziegler announced the closing of Masonicare’s Series 2024 Taxable Loan totaling $17 million for the Senior Living Finance Practice. The loan closed December 16, 2024. Masonicare finalized an affiliation with United Methodist Homes (of Connecticut), which owns/operates five communities in Connecticut and owns The Long Hill Company, which has current operations in Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon. Together, UMH and Long Hill care for approximately 2,000 residents. The combined organization will feature over 4,000 owned and managed units, which would make it one of the largest not-for-profit senior living providers in the Northeast region.  Masonicare entered into a purchase and sale agreement... Read More »