• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »
CCRC Lands Construction Financing

CCRC Lands Construction Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of The Moorings of Arlington Heights’ $162.86 million Series 2025 bonds issued through the Illinois Finance Authority. The Moorings of Arlington Heights (The Moorings) is a CCRC situated on a 45-acre campus in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The community consists of 264 independent living apartments and villas, 73 assisted living apartments, 20 memory care assisted living apartments, 57 skilled nursing and rehab beds, and 39 intermediate and skilled memory care suites. The Moorings is an affiliate of Presbyterian Living, an Illinois not-for-profit organization based in Skokie, Illinois. Presbyterian Living’s portfolio features four communities and... Read More »
Bain Capital and Capitol Seniors Housing Refinance Near Manhattan

Bain Capital and Capitol Seniors Housing Refinance Near Manhattan

JLL Capital Markets announced that it arranged a $48 million refinancing for two Class-A seniors housing communities in New York and New Jersey. JLL’s Seniors Housing Debt Advisory team worked on behalf of the borrower, Bain Capital Real Estate and Capitol Seniors Housing, to place the three-year, floating-rate loan with a large regional bank. The Chelsea at New City was built in 2021 and consists of 80 assisted living, memory care and respite care units. On-site amenities include restaurant-inspired meals, beauty/barber salon, sports lounge, health and wellness programs, daily activities calendar, computer lab, movie theater, transportation services and more. The... Read More »
Private Investor and Operator Close Refinance

Private Investor and Operator Close Refinance

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a refinancing for Meadowbrook on behalf of a joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management and Dial Senior Living. Aron Will and Tim Root arranged the financing, originating a four-year floating-rate loan. Situated near downtown Kansas City in Prairie Village, Kansas, Meadowbrook consists of four stories with a total of 222 units, including independent living, assisted living and memory care.  Harrison Street has closed 332 communities totaling more than 43,000 units since 2005. Seniors housing operator Dial Senior Living manages 24 communities across Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. The... Read More »
Benchmark Senior Living and National Development Expand Partnership

Benchmark Senior Living and National Development Expand Partnership

A national developer/investor engaged Blueprint to sell a high performing, Class-A community owned in their legacy debt fund vehicle. The asset sits in White River Junction, Vermont, and was developed in 2019 by local citizens Brooke Ciradelli and Byron Hathorn. They partnered with LCS to operate the building, The Village at White River Junction, which offers 80 assisted living and memory care units.  In the community’s earlier days of operation, Columbia Pacific Advisors had provided a $29 million refinancing loan to the project to address cash-flow and lease-up problems. The developers failed to pay their debt, resulting in foreclosure and a transition of... Read More »
National Bank Provides Acquisition Term Financing

National Bank Provides Acquisition Term Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on an acquisition term financing for Belmont Village Aliso Viejo, a trophy 156-unit assisted living/memory care community in Aliso Viejo, California. The community is owned by Harrison Street Asset Management and Belmont Village Senior Living. Belmont Senior Living operates the community, and developed it. It originally opened its doors in 2019. Aron Will and John Sweeny of CBRE handled the sale. Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged the four-year, floating-rate acquisition loan with a full term of interest only. Read More »
Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk. Even with some variable-rate debt, the overall blended rate has not changed much, with yearly interest expense staying roughly the same. This is beneficial for balance sheet stability, even if it didn’t actually reduce total debt or annual net interest expense, and some refinancing risk just got pushed to 2027. A smart move for near-term... Read More »