• 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 »
Cain Brothers Secures Refinancing for New York Asset

Cain Brothers Secures Refinancing for New York Asset

Cain Brothers advised FilBen Group on a $30.67 million HUD refinancing for Wallkill Realty Partners (dba Braemar at Wallkill), an assisted living community in New York. The proceeds on the loan will be used to refinance The Orange County Funding Corporation Assisted Living Residence Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, providing a long-term, fixed-rate low cost of capital to the borrower.  As a result of the refinancing, the tax-exempt public fixed-rate Series 2012 bonds were redeemed at par. In addition, the refinancing will remove any ongoing financial covenants and public disclosure requirements related to the Series 2012 bonds (for example, debt service coverage ratio and days cash on hand).... Read More »
Maryland SNF Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Maryland SNF Portfolio Secures Refinancing

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business served as lead arranger for a $260 million loan to refinance a portfolio of 12 skilled nursing facilities in Maryland that comprise over 1,500 beds. The borrower, a new client, is a Midwest-based healthcare real estate investment and management company. It invests in a variety of post-acute facilities with investments in over 24 states. At $173,000 per bed of debt, the portfolio must be performing quite well. No other details were disclosed. Read More »
Helios Secures Working Capital for California AL/MC Community

Helios Secures Working Capital for California AL/MC Community

Helios secured working capital for a Southern California assisted living provider. The working capital loan is for The Artesian, a 64-unit assisted living and memory care community in Ojai, California. It was constructed in 2020 and consists of four, 16-unit buildings that utilize a universal worker model.  A capital infusion was required to cover operating deficits until the community achieved stabilization and to reconfigure additional units to memory care as the market showed a strong demand for this. An offer from a private debt fund was procured to finance the transaction. The final product was a term loan securitized through a second deed of trust and subject to specific... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Community

Joint Venture Secures Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Community

CBRE arranged construction financing on behalf of a joint venture between a seniors housing owner/operator and an institutional investor for a seniors housing community in the Washington, D.C. MSA. The community will consist of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Aron Will and Adam Mincberg secured the construction loan through a syndication of two national banks. Read More »
CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Maryland Facility

CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Maryland Facility

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of a bridge-to-HUD loan totaling $20.0 million on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The loan supported the refinancing of a 125-bed skilled nursing facility in Maryland. This financing follows CFG’s closing of a $65.0 million bridge loan to support the refinancing of a nine-facility senior care portfolio in Ohio on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The portfolio includes one independent living community, one assisted living community and seven skilled nursing facilities totaling 709 beds. Read More »
BMO Provides $140.6 Million in Bridge Financing

BMO Provides $140.6 Million in Bridge Financing

BMO Healthcare Real Estate provided $70.6 million in bridge financing to a joint venture of New Perspective Senior Living, Boldt Capital and Fengate Asset Management, for the recapitalization of two Class-A seniors housing communities. The communities total 290 units in Franklin and Waukesha, Wisconsin. Loan proceeds include capital allocated for future capital improvements and value enhancement.  In a separate transaction, BMO provided $70.0 million in bridge financing to the same joint venture for the recapitalization of three Class-A seniors housing communities. The communities total 435 units and are in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin (two communities), and West Fargo, North Dakota. Loan... Read More »