• Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
  • Omega Healthcare Investors Acquires Performing AL/MC Asset

    Omega Healthcare Investors announced that it acquired a seniors housing community in Alabama for $10.3 million, or $128,750 per unit. The community appears to be Proveer at Grande View, which has been rebranded as The Ridge at Grandeview. Blueprint was engaged by the seller in its divestment of this community.  Built in 1999, The Ridge at... Read More »
  • T7 Capital Hits the Ground Running

    Founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson in 2025, T7 Capital has hit the ground running, announcing more than $3 billion in closed transactions in their first year. And the team continued at that same pace into 2026, closing more than $200 million of transaction volume in January. T7 Capital, which advises clients on financing... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Adds San Antonio Asset

    Ventas found a new operator for its Villa De San Antonio Senior Living community in San Antonio Texas, bringing on Stellar Senior Living, a Utah-based family-owned senior care owner/operator, to manage the community. The addition of this community, which was built in 2006 and features 219 independent living and assisted living units, expands... Read More »
  • Harrison Street Acquires Class-A Communities in Fairfield County

    A couple of new, high-end seniors housing communities in affluent Fairfield County, Connecticut, traded with the help of Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenzweig and Jim Dooley of JLL Capital Markets’ seniors housing investment sales and advisory team. They represented the sellers, Virtus Real Estate Capital and LCB Senior Living, although LCB... Read More »
Life Plan Community Secures Bond Financing

Life Plan Community Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler closed Meadowlark Hills’ $53.8 million Series 2025 bonds through the City of Manhattan, Kansas. Founded in 1975, Meadowlark is a CCRC on 55 acres in Manhattan with 137 independent living apartments, 50 independent living duplexes and cottages, 38 assisted living apartments, and a 134-bed skilled nursing facility (60 private beds and 74 semi-private). Meadowlark Hills offers primarily “Type B” entrance fee plans to their residents.  Meadowlark most recently came to the bond market in 2022 to fund “The Monarch” expansion, which filled in just 40 days. Meadowlark currently maintains a waitlist of over 400 prospective residents for its current campus. This financing... Read More »
National Health Investors’ New Investments

National Health Investors’ New Investments

A publicly traded REIT based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, acquired two assisted living and memory care communities and closed two loan agreements, investing $89.2 million, including transaction costs, across the four separate deals at an average initial yield of 8.02%. National Health Investors purchased a 107-unit AL/MC community in Jamison, Pennsylvania, that is operated by Priority Life Care. It appears to be The Bridges at Warwick, and Priority will remain in-place, marking a new relationship with NHI. The sales price was $52.1 million, or $486,900 per unit, including transaction costs. The community is leased pursuant to a five-year term with an initial lease rate of 8.00%... Read More »
JV Acquisition Supported by Structured Capital Stack

JV Acquisition Supported by Structured Capital Stack

After Verdot Capital announced that they partnered with 12 North Capital to purchase Cascades of Grants Pass (a 64-unit full-continuum community in Grants Pass, Oregon), Blueprint revealed that it structured the capital stack for the acquisition. Kristen Ahrens and Pat Maloney presented the transaction to more than 50 capital sources, leading to several parties showing interest.  Both the debt and preferred equity were sourced on behalf of the experienced GP borrower. Blueprint targeted regional/national banks, life companies and private lenders for the debt, with a large regional bank winning the debt as a result of their strong terms and pricing, which... Read More »
Two Refinances Close in New York

Two Refinances Close in New York

NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC provided refinances to a skilled nursing facility in central New York and a skilled nursing facility in Bronx, New York. Erik Lindenauer, President of FHA and leader of the firm’s healthcare originations platform, arranged both transactions. First, Lindenauer arranged a $19.8 million FHA 223(f) loan to refinance a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Central New York. The transaction featured a split mortgage structure with differing amortization schedules designed to align with the expiration of a portion of the property’s reimbursement stream. Next, Lindenauer arranged a $26.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance an assisted living community... Read More »
Several HUD and Acquisition Financings Close

Several HUD and Acquisition Financings Close

Ikaria Capital Group has had a prolific Fall and revealed several recent transactions. The largest was a $115.5 million HUD refinance for four skilled nursing facilities in Georgia. Derek Whelan originated the loans on behalf of Empire Care Centers and The Portopiccolo Group, which used the proceeds to refinance a proprietary bridge loan structured by the Ikaria team in 2022. Whelan was also joined by Rodger Davis to close a $44.5 million HUD refinance in the Midwest. Wrapping up the HUD activity, Ross Holland originated a $10.9 million loan in the Pacific Northwest on behalf of a new client.  Lastly, there were a couple of acquisition loans. First, Davis... Read More »
Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

An active adult community in Hurst, Texas, paid off its existing bank debt with a Freddie Mac refinance arranged by Berkadia. Heritage Village Residences was built in 2014 with 120 units, including 10 cottages. It was part of multiple acquisitions over the years, first in 2020 when Edison Equity Management Corporation bought it for $23.3 million and invested approximately $500,000 in renovations. As a result of the property renovations, management was able to significantly increase in-place rents. Then, in December 2022, Edison Equity sold the property to an out-of-state buyer in an “off-market” process with a local broker who represented an out-of-state buyer with an existing Dallas-Fort... Read More »