• 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 »
Two Class-A Communities Sell around D.C.

Two Class-A Communities Sell around D.C.

The Newmark Seniors Housing team facilitated the sale and equity raise for two Class-A seniors housing communities in the Washington, D.C. metro area. They worked on behalf of the sellers, Harrison Street and Palomino Capital, a middle market investment bank.  Thrive Senior Living had developed the communities in the late-2010s to include 140 units, each. Built in 2019, Tribute at Melford comprises 104 assisted living and 36 memory care units in Bowie, Maryland. While Tribute at The Glen was built in 2017 with 96 assisted living and 44 memory care units in Woodbridge, Virginia. Cogir had taken over operations at both locations in recent years.  We heard that the properties were... Read More »
Two SNFs Secure Bridge-To-HUD Debt

Two SNFs Secure Bridge-To-HUD Debt

Capital Funding Group announced the execution of $16.25 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for the acquisition of two Utah skilled nursing facilities totaling 220 beds. The buyer is nationally recognized, and this marks its entrance into the state. Tommy Dillon originated the transaction. The financing follows CFG’s announcement of the closing of a $12 million bridge loan for a Florida skilled nursing facility comprising 109 beds. The buyer is converting it to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. Read More »
Bravo Capital Closes Quick Financing

Bravo Capital Closes Quick Financing

Taking flexibility to another level, Bravo Capital, a privately held lender with a national presence, closed a $13 million loan for Green Hill Senior Living and Rehabilitation just seven days from signing the term sheet to funding. The first mortgage was arranged through Bravo’s “most agile” vehicle, Bravo Mezz Fund, but terms were not disclosed. Located in West Orange, New Jersey, Green Hill consists of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility and a 40-bed assisted living/memory care community. Green Hill started as the Society for Relief of the Respectable Aged Women in Newark in 1866 before the organization moved to West Orange into the Green’s Hotel building in 1965. The campus was losing... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Finances Two SNF Acquisitions

Carnegie Capital Finances Two SNF Acquisitions

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital could not get enough of Texas this month, closing two loans for skilled nursing facilities in the state before attending the NIC Conference in Dallas. Both loans facilitated acquisitions of the facilities. In one, Stettin arranged the assumption of a HUD loan on a 120-bed SNF in west Texas, which carries a sub-3% rate and represented 75% of the purchase price.  The same seller also divested a 150-bed SNF in west Texas, after its relationships with local admissions sources faded over the last year. That led to a substantial decrease in the Medicaid census and cash flow, and upon closing the acquisition, the facility’s EBITDAR was negative, excluding QIPP... Read More »
Two SNFs Secure Bridge-To-HUD Debt

Colliers Closes Construction Loan in Michigan

Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of the seniors housing team at Colliers Mortgage, in conjunction with Nick Skarich and Kevin McMahon of Colliers Funding, closed a $21.6 million construction loan for the development of an independent/assisted living and skilled nursing campus in Muskegon, Michigan. The 105-unit community will feature a combination of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a main dining room, bistro, lounge, and large community spaces. The term of the loan is 48 months, with one 12-month extension option. Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Kicks Off 2024

Meridian Capital Group Kicks Off 2024

Starting off 2024 on a positive note, Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed $375 million in transaction volume for 23 seniors housing and healthcare facilities in the first two months of the year. This activity follows more than $5 billion closed by the platform in 2023. The highlight was the closing of $260 million in debt from a commercial bank for the refinance of 12 skilled nursing facilities totaling 1,512 beds in the Northeast and $78.3 million in acquisition financing from a finance company and mezzanine lender for eight skilled nursing facilities comprising 705 beds in Minnesota. Meridian also arranged $13... Read More »