• 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 »
Meridian Reports First Quarter Transaction Volume

Meridian Reports First Quarter Transaction Volume

The first quarter is in the books, and Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed $575 million in transaction volume in the first three months of the year, following more than $5 billion closed by the platform in 2023.  Most recently, the team sold six skilled nursing facilities comprising 517 beds in Indiana for $37.5 million, or $72,500 per bed, and arranged $34.8 million in financing from a finance company along with an $8.5 million A/R line for the acquisition. They also arranged $29.5 million in financing from a commercial bank to refinance a New Jersey property totaling 85 assisted living and 34 memory care... Read More »
SLR Provides Financing for SNF

SLR Provides Financing for SNF

SLR Healthcare ABL announced that it secured financing for a 160-bed skilled nursing facility. The asset-based revolving line of credit amounted to $4.0 million, and this was the only debt for the borrower, which leases the facility from a related property company that has a mortgage with a bank.  The borrower is a Nevada-based operator of skilled nursing, post-operative care and specialized programs including orthopedic rehab, ventilator care and wound management. Proceeds of the loan were used to refinance existing debt and provide working capital to support growth initiatives such as continuing to leverage the facility’s strong respiratory and other specialty programs as... Read More »
CFG Secures $13.55 Million in HUD Loans

CFG Secures $13.55 Million in HUD Loans

Capital Funding Group closed two HUD loans totaling $13.55 million to support the refinancing of two skilled nursing facilities. Both facilities are in Illinois, and together they comprise 173 beds. No other details surrounding the financing were disclosed. This announcement follows CFG’s closing of $16.25 million in bridge-to-HUD financing on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower for the acquisition of two Utah skilled nursing facilities that totaled 220 beds. This acquisition marked the borrower’s entrance into the state. Read More »
CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

CBRE secured bridge financing for two seniors housing communities in western Pennsylvania. Aron Will and Tim Root arranged a non-recourse loan with a sub-300 spread through a regional bank. The borrower was CPF Living Communities.  Built in 2017, The Residence at Bethel Park is in Bethel Park with 130 independent living units. The Residence at Whitehall, built in 2018, is in Pittsburgh and comprises 127 independent and assisted living units. Both communities are currently managed by Grace Management, CPF LC’s wholly owned management affiliate. Read More »
G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

G Capital Markets Closes Cash-Out Recap

G Capital Markets, a capital advisory firm based in Carmel, California, recently closed on the recapitalization of a 29-unit/59-bed assisted living community in Livermore, California. Built in 2021 by a regional owner/operator, the property leased up in 2022 and has shown consistent strong performance since then, with cash flow margins well over 40% and occupancy at 90%. Few today can boast numbers like those. The bridge-to-HUD loan was structured with a large equity-out component and sized to maximize the takeout refinancing, while allowing the borrower to submit a HUD application in 2024 without the need to wait for the typical two years of debt seasoning. GCap arranged the $15.5 million... Read More »
CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Two Communities

Cambridge Arranges Conventional Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies arranged a $5.95 million conventional loan for the acquisition of Twilight Haven Senior Living, in Fresno, California. Brent Holman-Gomez, Cambridge Senior Vice President, handled the transaction.  A California limited liability company obtained the fully-amortized, 25-year loan, which was underwritten by a Utah-based industrial bank. Previously owned by a not-for-profit organization, Twilight Haven comprises 60 independent living units, as well as 116 assisted living beds and 50 skilled nursing beds. The assisted living business is focused on the Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver program.  However, the selling operator was in bankruptcy, and the... Read More »