• Senex Foundation Divests SNFs to Owner/Operator

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by Senex Foundation, a Denver, Colorado-based owner/operator, to help with the disposition of a four-property portfolio and recently closed the second tranche involving two skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. The deal included the... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The REITs’ Acquisition Appetite

    With most of the Q1 earnings results in, we’ve been sifting through a lot of good news on occupancy growth, resident rate increases, expanding NOI margins and the phenomenal long-term outlooks. But our main takeaway had to be the major M&A plans that almost every publicly traded company has completed so far this year and plans to close... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

    Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Secures Refinance

    At the end of 2021, Alta Senior Living acquired Tequesta Terrace Senior Living (at that time, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace), a 106-unit assisted living/memory care community in Palm Beach County, Florida. After executing its value-add capex, operational turnaround and lease-up plan, Alta engaged Blueprint to run a full debt process. A... Read More »
  • All-Cash Skilled Nursing Deal Closes

    An undisclosed buyer acquired a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio through an all-cash transaction after the seller’s senior lender pushed for an exit. Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate handled the deal. An initial buyer walked away from the deal after a conversion from a lease-only structure was declined by the lender. Another... Read More »
Berkadia and Poppy Bank Close Portfolio Financings

Berkadia and Poppy Bank Close Portfolio Financings

Berkadia announced it worked with Poppy Bank to close 12 different loans totaling over $329.7 million of bridge debt in April, May and June. The 12 properties include a portfolio of six, a three-pack and three individual properties. Together, the assets comprise 1,597 units. Chris Cain and Steve Ervin secured the financing. Read More »
CFG Originates HUD Financing Package

CFG Originates HUD Financing Package

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of a $42 million HUD financing package on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The package included three loans supporting the refinance of existing bridge loans for three skilled nursing facilities: a $9.8 million HUD loan to support an 80-bed facility in Idaho, a $21.6 million HUD loan to support a 101-bed facility in Washington and a $10.6 million HUD loan to support a 108-bed facility in Washington. Tim Eberhardt and Ava Julio handled this transaction. This financing follows CFG’s recent announcement of the closing of a bridge-to-HUD loan totaling $9.75 million on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The loan supported the... Read More »
Dwight Capital Finances SNF Portfolio Deal

Dwight Capital Finances SNF Portfolio Deal

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust, financed a $142 million bridge acquisition loan for a portfolio of 10 skilled nursing facilities in prime Southeast urban markets in Georgia (Atlanta), Tennessee (Memphis), Alabama (Mobile) and Louisiana (Shreveport). The properties include Bell Minor Home, Cambridge Post Acute Care Center, Nurse Care of Buckhead, Riverside Health Care Center, Rockdale Healthcare Center, Westminster Commons, Millington Healthcare Center, Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center, Kensington Health and Rehabilitation, and Highland Place Rehabilitation and Nursing. Altogether, the facilities total 1,371 beds. Adam Offman handled this transaction... Read More »
Dwight Capital Finances SNF Portfolio Deal

National SNF Portfolio Secures Refinancing

IDB Bank served as the administrative agent on a $201.5 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance existing debt for a national portfolio of 21 skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia and Texas. The facilities comprise 2,500 beds, have decent occupancy and are performing well. Facility ages varied, and there were multiple operators across the portfolio. As administrative agent, IDB will hold $100 million of the debt, and the syndicated deal involved two additional banks. The term length is three years, with no extension options. The goal is to take it to HUD within the next three years. Michael Palermo, John Bertolozzi and Thierry Decembre handled the... Read More »
New Perspective Accelerates Growth Mode

New Perspective Accelerates Growth Mode

New Perspective Senior Living, a fast-growing senior living company with 40 communities across eight states, secured more than $200 million in bridge debt, preferred equity and common equity with its partners, BMO Commercial Real Estate, Fengate and Boldt, to facilitate the acquisition and financing of six seniors housing communities with over 800 combined units. The joint venture has established a programmatic relationship to pursue $500 million in future acquisitions and developments. One of the seniors housing communities is situated in West Fargo, North Dakota. Four others are in Wisconsin, encompassing the areas of Sun Prairie, Brown Deer, Franklin and Waukesha. The sixth community is... Read More »
Helios Handles (and Helps Finance) Alabama Deal

Helios Handles (and Helps Finance) Alabama Deal

Helios Healthcare Advisors was engaged by a Mississippi-based regional owner/operator in its sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Alabama. The seller, Veritas InCare, was divesting to exit the industry. The selected buyer was a local owner/operator. Andrew Wittenauer, Mario Santiago and Bill Janis of Helios handled the transaction. Despite the community’s strong performance, dislocation in the debt markets and low liquidity impacted the buyer’s ability to utilize its existing lending relationships to fund the purchase. So, Helios structured a financing package with a regional lender that recapitalized the buyer’s existing community to unlock equity, while simultaneously... Read More »