• 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 »
CBRE Refinances Two Coastal Communities

CBRE Refinances Two Coastal Communities

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a couple of refinances for Class-A assets in major metro areas. The first was closed for Chelsea Senior Living of New City, an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community located 30 miles north of New York City in a high-barrier-to-entry, affluent market. Built in 2021, the community features 56 AL and 24 MC units. It is owned by Capitol Seniors Housing, which brought in Chelsea Senior Living to operate the community.  Aron Will and Adam Mincberg of CBRE originated a $21 million bridge loan through Ohana Real Estate Investors, a national debt fund. The loan featured an interest-only term and a floating rate.  Will and Mincberg also teamed... Read More »
Non-Performing Loan up for Grabs

Non-Performing Loan up for Grabs

A non-performing mezzanine loan on a newly built seniors housing community in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is up for auction, with Newmark leading the process. The associated property was built in 2021 with 282 units of independent living, assisted living, memory care and active adult. The three separate buildings are interconnected via a skybridge with large glass windows. Common area space totals 134,642 square feet across the community.  The fixed-rate construction loan was originated in December 2019 in the amount of $22.5 million to fund the project. It carried an interest rate of 12% (6% current and 6% Paid-in-Kind). The loan was later modified in October 2020 to increase its... Read More »
Monarch Sources SNF Acquisition Debt

Monarch Sources SNF Acquisition Debt

Mission Health Communities, a private multi-state operator of senior care facilities, recently engaged Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors to source acquisition debt for the purchase of a 78-bed skilled nursing facility in Topeka, Kansas. The behavioral-focused facility was already operated by Mission Health, making for a seamless transition. Occupancy hovered between the high-80s and low-90s, and the facility was profitable, benefiting from a significant rate increase in Kansas effective July 1, 2023. Mission Health had taken over operations after the facility entered into receivership. Mission Health obtained a $2.1 million senior loan from a local bank to fund the deal. Monarch structured... Read More »
CIBC Helps with Portopiccolo Refinance

CIBC Helps with Portopiccolo Refinance

The Portopiccolo Group secured a refinance on 15 of its skilled nursing facilities from a diverse group of lenders, including CIBC Bank USA, which, along with other co-lenders, provided a $220 million senior secured credit facility. Located in Virginia, the facilities total 1,675 skilled nursing beds and 34 assisted living units. They have been operated by a third-party tenant for several years and boasted strong historical operations. Occupancy has been approximately 85%, with an EBITDAR margin around 25%. That is strong.  In addition to the senior debt, CIBC provided a $13.0 million revolving line of credit to support the ongoing operations of the third-party tenant. The financing... Read More »
BWE Secures Financing For Class A Seniors Housing Community

BWE Secures Financing For Class A Seniors Housing Community

BWE secured $46.0 million in permanent financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in Cypress, California. Built in 2022, Westmont of Cypress comprises 129 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. That results in about $356,500 per unit of debt. It experienced good lease-up, with occupancy above 95%. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris originated the non-recourse loan on behalf of the borrower from a life insurance company, establishing a new lending relationship between the two in the process. The loan came with a competitive fixed rate and flexible prepayment. Read More »
Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance over Sale

Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance over Sale

We have written numerous times of property owners not being tempted into the M&A market lately, due to values being below their expectations for their properties. One of those owners, a local operator in Michigan, decided to refinance its 150-unit independent living community after sale offers came in lower than they desired. Built by the same operator 15 years ago about 15 miles outside of Ann Arbor, the three-story community had experienced a census drop of over 20% since the start of the pandemic. That probably did not help its sale prospects. So, JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital arranged a refinance totaling $9 million from a syndicate of local credit unions. The loan came with a... Read More »