• 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 »
Berkadia Secures $48 Million in HUD Refinancings

Berkadia Secures $48 Million in HUD Refinancings

Berkadia announced the closing of $49.4 million in 232/223f HUD refinancings across five transactions in four states. The loans carried an average loan-to-cost of 75% and an average term of 33 years. Four of the loans refinanced bridge loans closed from Berkadia’s proprietary balance sheet. Steven Muth and Rafael Nobo originated a $15.95 million 232/223f HUD loan on a 73-unit seniors housing community in Northern Virginia for a Mid-Atlantic-based owner/operator. The community featured primarily assisted living and memory care services, with some independent living units. Occupancy was 94% at the time of closing. The 35-year fixed rate loan represented 77% LTC and retired a Berkadia bridge... Read More »
VIUM Capital Raises Its HUD Activity

VIUM Capital Raises Its HUD Activity

Fresh off celebrating its four-year anniversary on April 1, VIUM Capital announced its first quarter transaction activity, which included 14 debt financings closed for 31 total properties. In total, the firm arranged $337 million in total financing during the quarter. Located across nine states from North Carolina to Oregon, 16 of the properties were seniors housing communities, two were rental CCRCs and 13 were skilled nursing facilities.  VIUM closed nine HUD 232/223f refinancings, taking out VIUM bridge debt in all but one of the transactions. That marked the first quarter that VIUM’s HUD closings exceeded their bridge loan closings, and we know there are many more bridge loans... Read More »
CBRE Secures Acquisition Financing For Florida SH Community

CBRE Secures Acquisition Financing For Florida SH Community

CBRE Capital Markets secured acquisition financing for a seniors housing community in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on behalf of Starling, a regional senior living development and management company based in Jacksonville, Florida. Built in 2015, Starling at Ponte Vedra features 86 assisted living and memory care units.  The borrower will use a portion of loan proceeds to effectuate a capital expenditure program. CBRE secured this three-year, $16.2 million loan through Live Oak Bank. Aron Will, Phil Rachels and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, while Brad Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale. Read More »
Helios Handles Sale, Recap and Financing

Helios Handles Sale, Recap and Financing

Helios Healthcare Advisors structured the sale and recapitalization of an assisted living and memory care provider in Wisconsin. Through the provider’s lender, a publicly traded regional bank with $23 billion in assets, Helios was brought into the process to advise all stakeholders on a viable path to exit the credit and assets associated with the organization. The first step was divesting the non-performing assets to regional operators including behavioral health providers in Wisconsin, which Helios handled. Then, they repackaged the remaining performing assets, brought in a new operator, and arranged the debt to recapitalize the portfolio, keeping the existing financial partner involved... Read More »
Partnership Adds Another Georgia Asset

Partnership Adds Another Georgia Asset

Scribner Capital, LLC and William James Group, LLC (WJG) added to their Georgia holdings by acquiring Insignia of Newnan, a 40-unit assisted living/memory care community in Newnan, located between Atlanta and Columbus. Bradley Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. The community will be rebranded as The Haven at Newnan and added to an existing joint venture that previously acquired two Georgia seniors housing communities.  Those assets included River Place (40 units) in Forsyth and Sunny Grove (34 units) in Barnesville. Scribner and WJG had purchased them in July 2022 for an undisclosed price. In that deal, Scribner provided... Read More »
Florida SNFs Secure $17.4 Million in HUD Loans

Florida SNFs Secure $17.4 Million in HUD Loans

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of two HUD loans totaling $17.4 million, which supported the refinancing of two skilled nursing facilities in Florida. The facilities feature a total of 261 beds. The financing was on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. Tim Eberhardt and Ava Julio originated the transaction. This financing follows CFG’s recent announcement of the closing of two HUD loans totaling $13.55 million. The loans supported the refinancing of two skilled nursing facilities in Illinois. The facilities comprise a total of 173 beds. The financing was on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. Read More »