• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow decreased steadily since the pandemic, and the community could not cover its debt costs from operations despite cash flow being above breakeven. It did not help that some key staff members at the community had unexpectedly left. Like so many lenders did during and after the pandemic, the existing bank extended the maturity of its loan several times but... Read More »
The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

Northmarq handled a $35 million refinance of a senior care campus in Gig Harbor, Washington. Built in two phases from 2010 to 2015, The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing features 147 private pay independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The three-story main building comprises 98 IL/AL units and 24 IL cottages. The separate, two-story memory care building has 25 units. Occupancy hovered over 95%. The Lodge has been managed for over 10 years by Tacoma-based Senior Services of America. The six-year loan had a fixed rate at just under 6% and was arranged by Northmarq through its relationship with a correspondent life insurance company. It features an earn-out component allowing the... Read More »
Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

The Bascom Group, a private equity firm specializing in value-add multifamily, commercial and non-performing loans, real estate-related investments and operating companies, acquired a seniors housing community in Boulder City, Nevada, to expand its portfolio. This marks its fifth acquisition of 2024, but first in seniors housing, following the purchase of three multifamily communities and one student housing community. Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  Built in 1999, Homestead at Boulder City is an assisted living community with 72 units on 6.39 acres that comprises 55,305 square feet. The... Read More »
Forbright Bank Closes Three Bridge Loans

Forbright Bank Closes Three Bridge Loans

Forbright Bank’s Healthcare Lending team closed three new bridge loans in the first quarter of 2024 to help finance the acquisition of two assisted living communities and two skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast and Midwest. In total, the properties comprised around 500 beds and ranged in age from a few years to 15 years old. Renovations are also planned across the locations. In these transactions, Forbright closed more than $50 million of bridge and bridge-to-HUD financing for several well established owner/operators. 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 »