• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: What Do People Really Think?

    In our Second Quarter 2025 investment webinar, moderator Ben Swett asked our audience of a few hundred what they thought about several important topics. Overwhelmingly, 82% of the attendees indicated they would rather buy than build in today’s market, which was surprising given two facts. One, the current inventory is aging and showing it, and... Read More »
  • Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT Acquires in Minnesota

    Lee & Associates’ Senior Housing team, led by Robert Black, represented a Scottsdale, Arizona-based developer in the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Developed by the seller in 2019, the building features 101 independent living, assisted living and memory care units.  There was strong interest in the... Read More »
  • Ivy Healthcare Group Divests to Regional Owner/Operator

    Engaged by Ivy Healthcare Group, Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Gastonia, North Carolina. Ivy at Gastonia comprises 50 beds and has a strong operational foundation. ESI secured a regional owner/operator as the buyer. The incoming operator is expected to benefit from a favorable reimbursement... Read More »
  • Denver-Based Owner/Operator Grows in Colorado

    Blueprint represented a court-appointed receiver in the sale of a seniors housing portfolio in the Grand Junction, Colorado MSA. The portfolio comprised two assisted living communities with around 50 units, and a standalone memory care community built in the mid-1990s with around 20 units. The portfolio was 65% occupied and breaking even on a... Read More »
  • Ohio Skilled Nursing Facility Changes Hands

    Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint closed the sale of a 61-bed skilled nursing facility located southeast of Columbus, Ohio. While the facility was experiencing operational challenges at the time of marketing, it had a long-standing reputation for providing quality care to the community. Blueprint’s marketing process emphasized the... Read More »
Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance over Sale

Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance over Sale

We have written numerous times of property owners not being tempted into the M&A market lately, due to values being below their expectations for their properties. One of those owners, a local operator in Michigan, decided to refinance its 150-unit independent living community after sale offers came in lower than they desired. Built by the same operator 15 years ago about 15 miles outside of Ann Arbor, the three-story community had experienced a census drop of over 20% since the start of the pandemic. That probably did not help its sale prospects. So, JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital arranged a refinance totaling $9 million from a syndicate of local credit unions. The loan came with a... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Harrison Street/Belmont Village Properties

CBRE Refinances Harrison Street/Belmont Village Properties

On behalf of Harrison Street and Belmont Village Senior Living, CBRE arranged a refinancing for two Class-A, well-located and irreplaceable senior housing communities: Belmont Village Senior Living Albany and Belmont Village Senior Living Calabasas. Aron Will, Vice Chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Matt Kuronen, Vice President of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing through a syndication between national and regional banks.  Belmont Village Albany is minutes from the center of UC Berkeley and was built in affiliation with the university as part of a 6.2-acre mixed-use development on university land that incorporates retail and grocery, wetlands... Read More »
Ziegler Announces Funding For Two Seniors Housing Assets

Ziegler Announces Funding For Two Seniors Housing Assets

Ziegler announced the closing of a private placement of subordinate senior living revenue bonds (the Series 2023 bonds) on behalf of Convivial Life, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit organization. Jacaranda Trace, owned by Convivial Life, is part of a multi-phase master developed campus originally built in 1998 consisting of 436 independent living, 19 assisted living and 36 memory care units on approximately 33 acres in Venice, Florida. In June 2022, the borrower used a portion of the proceeds of the issuance of Series 2022 bonds in the total amount of $96,870,000 to acquire the majority of the community. The acquisition also included eight undeveloped villa lots and an approximately 2.2-acre... Read More »
CFG Secures HUD Loan For Pennsylvania SNF

CFG Secures HUD Loan For Pennsylvania SNF

Capital Funding Group closed a $9.5 million HUD loan to refinance an existing bridge loan also executed by CFG. The refinancing supported a 173-bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania owned by a nationally recognized borrower. Capital Funding Group’s Craig Casagrande and Andrew Jones originated the transaction. The financing follows the company’s recent closing of a $7.2 million HUD loan, which supported the refinancing of a 162-bed skilled nursing facility in Kentucky. Read More »
Financing Secured for Seniors Housing Expansion

Financing Secured for Seniors Housing Expansion

Conifer Realty, LLC, a national, full-service real estate company specializing in the development, construction, management, and ownership of high-quality, affordable housing communities, and Community Preservation Partners (CPP), a mission-driven affordable housing preservation developer, announced the planned renovation of Andrews Terrace in New York. The 526-apartment building complex is located on Rochester’s waterfront and exclusively caters to seniors and disabled residents (and their families). This is the second joint community investment for Conifer and CPP in Rochester, following Keeler Park, which was purchased in October 2022. Built in 1975, Andrews Terrace consists of two 19-... Read More »
VIUM Capital Finishes Successful 2023

VIUM Capital Finishes Successful 2023

In what was an especially difficult year for the lending environment, VIUM Capital made 2023 its second-most productive year in the firm’s history, with over $915 million in closings across 39 transactions. The financings consisted of bridge and permanent debt (both taxable and tax-exempt) that funded 106 separate properties in 19 states. VIUM also completed a $1.1 billion securitization of its bridge healthcare book, and the firm plans to complete another securitization.  Its HUD business should lay the foundation of a successful 2024, as well. VIUM has a large book of bridge loans that become eligible for a HUD or Ginnie Mae exit. Those closings, combined with its usual bridge loan... Read More »