• 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 »
Not-For-Profit Secures Financing For Michigan Facilities

Not-For-Profit Secures Financing For Michigan Facilities

Ziegler announced the closing of Sunset Manor Inc.’s $52.1 million Series 2024A and Series 2024B bonds through the Public Finance Authority. Sunset Manor is a 501(c)(3) organization that owns and operates four facilities in Jenison, Grandville and Grand Haven, Michigan. The bonds consist of four sub-series: $20.7 million in revenue refunding bonds (Series 2024A-1), $6 million in revenue bonds (Series 2024A-2), $20.4 million in revenue refunding bonds (Series 2024B-1) and $5 million in revenue bonds (Series 2024B-2). The proceeds of the Series 2024 bonds will be used to refinance its existing debt, finance $11 million for capital expenditures, and pay for costs of issuance associated with... Read More »
CareTrust Announces Latest Investments

CareTrust Announces Latest Investments

Building on its active investment year, so far, CareTrust REIT announced a major loan origination in the form of a $260 million senior mortgage loan and a $43 million preferred equity investment in connection with the borrower’s acquisition of a 37-facility skilled nursing and seniors housing portfolio in the Pacific Northwest. The portfolio comprises 2,713 operating beds/units with 21 skilled nursing facilities and 16 seniors housing facilities located in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, California, Montana and Nevada.  The borrower, a joint venture between a large health care real estate owner and a subsidiary of PACS Group, acquired the 37 facilities, which will be operated... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Class-A Active Adult Community

CBRE Refinances Class-A Active Adult Community

CBRE arranged a refinance for a Class-A active adult community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA, on behalf of a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and Bain Capital Real Estate. Built in 2023, Outlook Gwinnett features 180 units within an 89-acre, master-planned community called The Exchange of Gwinnett in Buford. It is managed by Greystar Real Estate Partners.  Aron Will and Adam Mincberg originated the interest-only loan through a debt fund enabling the community to complete lease-up in its dynamic MSA. CBRE also financed the construction of the community in 2022. Read More »
Financing Secured For Two Seniors Housing Communities

Financing Secured For Two Seniors Housing Communities

Capital Funding Group closed two bridge loans that support two seniors housing communities. The loans total $23.45 million and the communities are in Florida and Michigan. The first transaction closed in June, and the second in July.  On June 27, CFG closed an $8.95 million financing for Lithia Assisted Living, LLC, supporting the refinancing of Twin Creeks Assisted Living and Memory Care. Twin Creeks is an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Riverview, Florida.  Then, on July 22, CFG completed $14.5 million in acquisition financing on behalf of Investor Land Holding of Brighton, LLC. The loan facilitated the acquisition of Hampton Manor of Brighton, which comprises 73... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Slew of Summer Transactions

Ziegler Closes Slew of Summer Transactions

It looks like there is no summer vacation for Ziegler’s Chris Utz, who has closed a number of transactions in recent months spanning investment sales to acquisition financings for a host of seniors housing and care properties across the country. Most recently, he arranged an acquisition loan for Comprehensive Care Capital (CCC) to acquire a 114-unit assisted living/memory care community in East Norriton, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia MSA). Previously known as Brandywine Living at Senior Suites, the community has been renamed Silver Springs at East Norriton, with CCC’s affiliate Cura Health taking over operations. CCC had created Cura Health to oversee daily operations for its seniors housing... Read More »
CIBC Refinances High-Quality SNF

CIBC Refinances High-Quality SNF

A high-quality skilled nursing facility in Virginia refinanced its debt with the help of CIBC Bank USA. The facility, which has an effective age of nine years, posted strong operating results, with occupancy around 88% and an EBITDAR margin historically at 28%. Strong, indeed. CIBC provided the facility’s Virginia-based owner/operator with $35.0 million in senior secured credit facilities in the form of a $33.0 million commercial mortgage term loan and a $2.0 million working capital line of credit. The credit facilities were used to refinance existing debt on the SNF. Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel of CIBC Bank USA handled the financing. Read More »