• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Northland Networks Funds Arkansas Acquisition

Northland Networks Funds Arkansas Acquisition

Northland Networks, which was acquired by First National of Nebraska in 2023, has closed a number of transactions so far this year, most recently arranging two acquisition loans for CCRCs in Arkansas. Both previously owned and operated by Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the assets were part of the not-for-profit’s exit from 15 states and consolidation of its services to the Midwest.  The CCRCs are located in Hot Springs Village and Mountain Home, Arkansas, and attract higher income seniors in their respective areas. Hot Springs Village was built between 1986 and 2006 and features a combination of 90 independent living units (including six two-unit buildings and a 78-unit... Read More »
Berkadia Refinances Intergenerational Living Community

Berkadia Refinances Intergenerational Living Community

Berkadia refinanced a unique, intergenerational living community called The Pillars of Prospect Park. The 283-unit seniors housing community in Minneapolis, Minnesota is owned by Harrison Street and Oppidan. To refinance an existing construction loan, Managing Directors Austin Sacco and Steve Muth of Berkadia secured bridge financing through a national bank, with a three-year term, three years of interest only and an attractive spread.  Built in 2020, the property is situated near downtown Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, and Midland Hills Country Club. It features an intergenerational living model which includes senior living, student living, and a children’s... Read More »
CBRE Closes Three Bank Financings

CBRE Closes Three Bank Financings

The dog days of summer have brought a slew of bank financings from CBRE this August. First was a refinance for The Springs at Lancaster Village, which is owned by a joint venture between The Springs Living and Amstad Farms Land Company. Built in 1983 with expansions in the 1990s, the community has 115 independent living and 74 assisted living units, with an array of amenities. It was acquired by The Springs Living in 2020 for $31.5 million, or $165,800 per unit, with Amstad, a long-standing friend and family relationship of Springs, providing the original capital for the deal. Amstad is not your typical seniors housing investor, being one of the largest potato producers in the Pacific... Read More »
National REIT and Atria Secure Financing for California Class-A Community

National REIT and Atria Secure Financing for California Class-A Community

JLL arranged a $52 million refinancing for Atria Newport Beach, a 168-unit senior living community in the Newport Beach enclave of Orange County, California. The Class-A asset was built in two phases with the north building fully renovated in 2023, while the south building was purpose-built and opened in 2021. The three-story buildings are home to independent living, assisted living and memory care units.  The borrower is a partnership between a national REIT and Atria Senior Living. MidCap Financial provided the floating-rate first mortgage loan. Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker handled the transaction. Read More »
Tennessee Class-A AL/MC Community Secures Financing

Tennessee Class-A AL/MC Community Secures Financing

BWE secured $11 million in C-PACE financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in Tennessee. Built in 2022, Cloverland Park is a 100-unit, three-story assisted living and memory care community in Brentwood. The funds will be used to pay down and extend the community’s senior loan. Charles Bissell arranged financing with GreenRock Capital for this transaction. Read More »