• 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 »
Investment Firm Acquires in Minnesota

Investment Firm Acquires in Minnesota

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale and financing, secured through Freddie Mac, for a Section 8, affordable seniors housing community in Stillwater, Minnesota. Rivertown Commons features 96 units across seven stories with 55,800 total square feet. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, Dominium Management, and procured the buyer, a mission-first investment firm that specializes in affordable and workforce housing. The buyer intends to invest additional capital to refresh the units and common areas in addition to extending the existing affordability restrictions. The JLL Investment Sales and Advisory team was led by Managing Director Josh Talberg and Senior Managing Director Doug Childers.... Read More »
Lument Closes Bridge Loan to Finance Three Senior Living Assets

Lument Closes Bridge Loan to Finance Three Senior Living Assets

Lument announced the closing of a $9 million bridge loan, which was funded directly from Lument’s balance sheet, to finance The Cottages Assisted Living and Memory Care, a portfolio of three properties in the Boise area: Alpine Meadows, The Cottages of Boise and The Cottages of Lochsa Falls. Rob McAdams handled the transaction. The transaction is structured as a single loan secured by the three assets and includes financing the acquisition of Alpine Meadows, a 34-bed assisted living community in Meridian, and refinancing existing debt of the Boise and Lochsa locations, both 32-unit assisted living and memory care communities in Garden City and Meridian, respectively. The loan terms include... Read More »
First Citizens Refinances Class-A Community

First Citizens Refinances Class-A Community

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided a term loan to refinance a Class-A senior living community in a desirable location. GenCare Lifestyle Tacoma at Point Ruston comprises 159 units across six stories in Tacoma, Washington. The borrower is a joint venture led by Harrison Street. The same joint venture with PMB LLC served as the facility’s original developer in 2020, with GenCare Lifestyle, another joint venture partner, as the operator. Read More »
JLL Arranges Financing in New Mexico

JLL Arranges Financing in New Mexico

JLL Capital Markets arranged refinancing for a seniors housing community in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. JLL secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company. Built in 1997 and renovated in 2019, Fairwinds Rio Rancho features 220 independent living and assisted living units. It is three stories and comprises 211,213 square feet. Alanna Ellis, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Alex Sheaffer handled the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Lytle Enterprises. Lytle’s portfolio consists of 18 independent living and assisted living communities that total 3,000 units, with an average property size of 157 units. Read More »
Berkadia Secures Financing on Behalf of POAH

Berkadia Secures Financing on Behalf of POAH

Berkadia announced the financing and preservation of Jesse Jackson Jr. Senior Housing, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing community in Harvey, Illinois. James Grande secured the $17.6 million low-income housing tax credit equity investment on behalf of the sponsor, Preservation of Affordable Housing.  The community consists of two three-story, elevator-serviced buildings that were originally constructed in 2007 (phase II) and 2011 (phase III). The project will consist of 120 one-bedroom units serving seniors aged 62 and above, with 114 of the units set aside for persons whose income is at or below 50% of the area median income. The remaining six units will be set aside for persons... Read More »
Ziegler Handles Financing in Missouri

Ziegler Handles Financing in Missouri

John Knox Village is a large not-for-profit single-site provider of senior living services headquartered in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. JKV owns/operates a life plan community which, as of December 31, 2023, consisted of 948 marketable independent living units ranging from single-family homes to apartments, assisted living communities consisting of 106 apartments and 76 memory care units, and a skilled nursing center operating 122 beds.  Ziegler announced the closing of John Knox Village obligated group’s $42.3 million Series 2024 tax-exempt bonds. The $30.83 million of Series 2024A fixed rate bonds along with the $5.53 million Series 2024B-1 (TEMPS SM-85) and $7.5 million Series 2024B-2... Read More »