• Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

    Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped... Read More »
  • Morgan Stanley and Foundry Commercial Exit Spring Arbor Portfolio

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and Foundry Commercial have completed their exit from the Spring Arbor Senior Living portfolio through the sale of the remaining 11 assets. The seniors housing communities, located in Maryland and Virginia, comprise 795 assisted living and memory... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector Through Recapitalization

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Countryside of Wichita Falls, a 50-unit assisted living community in Wichita Falls, Texas. The asset offered value-add potential through renovations, rebranding and a planned memory care addition. As occupancy began to improve, Blueprint launched a marketing process,... Read More »
  • Public REIT Divests to National Provider

    A publicly traded REIT recently completed the wind down of its relationship with an outgoing operator through its sale of a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint handled the deal, targeting local, regional and national investors. A growing national provider was selected as the... Read More »
  • Multiple Buyers Acquire Skilled Nursing Beds

    Under Ohio’s certificate of need regulations, skilled nursing beds can be transferred from counties deemed over-bedded to those experiencing a shortage. Taking advantage of this window, 12 separate sellers, motivated by downsizing, closures or strategic repositioning, transferred their beds with the help of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors. Ben... Read More »
A First for Freddie Mac

A First for Freddie Mac

We saw a first for Freddie Mac, which closed its inaugural senior preferred equity loan for a seniors housing asset in Georgia. Newmark’s Healthcare & Alternative Real Estate Assets group secured the $109 million, 10-year senior loan from Freddie Mac, which featured five years of interest only, and arranged a $31 million preferred equity investment from Kayne Anderson Real Estate Debt.  Freddie Mac would likely only do this for a top-of-the-line community, which is what Corso Atlanta is. Built in 2021, the community features 82 independent living, 75 assisted living and 26 memory care units across a nine-acre campus. Galerie Living developed the community to mimic Parisian... Read More »
Helios Secures Credit Facility for CA Properties

Helios Secures Credit Facility for CA Properties

EVA Care Group, a national healthcare conglomerate based in Los Angeles, secured a new credit facility to refinance existing debt, fund capital improvements and take out cash on a couple of senior care properties in southern California. Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged the facility on behalf of EVA. The properties in question include a 99-bed skilled nursing facility and a 66-bed assisted living community. The SNF was built in the 1970s and was underperforming, with occupancy in the mid-60s. Built in 1994, the assisted living community was also occupied around 60% and needed renovations to enhance its appeal in the market. There was a maturing seller note on the AL property, while the... Read More »
CFG Closes Four Transactions

CFG Closes Four Transactions

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of four transactions totaling more than $76 million in September. The financing supported 16 skilled nursing facilities and was executed on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. First, CFG closed a $24.35 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the refinancing of two SNFs with 246 beds in North Carolina. Next, it secured a $13.68 million HUD loan for the refinancing of  SNF with 138 beds in California. Then, CFG closed a $20.64 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the refinancing of nine SNFs comprising 471 beds in Iowa. The transaction refinanced an existing loan, which CFG closed in September 2020, providing additional capital to leverage the... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Refinance in Florida

Joint Venture Secures Refinance in Florida

BWE secured a refinance for a Class-A senior living community in Florida. The sponsor is a joint venture between Meridian Senior Living and Buvermo Investments Inc. Managed by Meridian, Gentry Park Orlando has a 92-unit independent living building and an 84-unit assisted living and memory care building. The independent living community, which features one- and two-bedroom units, achieved stabilization in less than a year, and is currently at 98% occupancy. The assisted living community offers studio, one-, and two-bedroom units.  Taylor Mokris secured the five-year bridge loan, which has a competitive floating rate, two years of interest-only payments, a structured earnout, flexible... Read More »
Third Quarter Investor Call

Third Quarter Investor Call

The Third Quarter Investor Call, sponsored by NewPoint Real Estate Capital and moderated by Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, featured a panel of lending experts who offered their capital markets advice to borrowers in several different scenarios: M&A deals, refinancing troubled assets, the costs of construction lending today, and more. The panel included Nick Gesue, CEO of NewPoint, Zach Britton, Director – Originations of Locust Point Capital and Matthew Whitlock, Head of Senior Housing Investments of Berkshire Residential Investments. Read More »
Dwight Capital’s Recent Activity 

Dwight Capital’s Recent Activity 

In September, Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust, closed $279.7 million in real estate financings. Notable transactions included three separate HUD loans; a skilled nursing facility in New York, and a skilled nursing portfolio in New Hampshire.  Dwight closed a $61 million HUD 232/223(f) refinance loan for a 250-bed skilled nursing facility in New York. The facility recently underwent comprehensive renovations, including updates to resident rooms, corridors, therapy areas, kitchens and public spaces. The transaction was handled by Adam Offman.  Offman also originated a $39 million HUD 232/223(f) refinance loan for a SNF and a senior living community in... Read More »