• 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 »
The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties

The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties

The financing process has killed dozens (and hundreds) of deals in the last couple of years, and yet M&A activity is near record levels in the seniors housing and care industry. So deals are getting done, and not just with cash. Who has been lending and at what cost to the borrower? What hurdles have to be overcome? And when capital costs do lower, how can owners and operators best prepare to finance the oncoming wave of deals and demographics? Read More »
CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Five North Carolina SNFs

CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Five North Carolina SNFs

Capital Funding Group closed a $36.2 million bridge-to-HUD loan to support the refinancing of five skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina that total 522 beds. CFG refinanced an existing loan to include two additional underleveraged facilities on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. Tommy Dillon originated the transaction.  This financing follow’s CFG’s closing of a bridge-to-HUD loan totaling $20 million, on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The loan supported the refinancing of a 125-bed skilled nursing facility in Maryland. Read More »
Cain Brothers Secures Refinancing for New York Asset

Cain Brothers Secures Refinancing for New York Asset

Cain Brothers advised FilBen Group on a $30.67 million HUD refinancing for Wallkill Realty Partners (dba Braemar at Wallkill), an assisted living community in New York. The proceeds on the loan will be used to refinance The Orange County Funding Corporation Assisted Living Residence Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, providing a long-term, fixed-rate low cost of capital to the borrower.  As a result of the refinancing, the tax-exempt public fixed-rate Series 2012 bonds were redeemed at par. In addition, the refinancing will remove any ongoing financial covenants and public disclosure requirements related to the Series 2012 bonds (for example, debt service coverage ratio and days cash on hand).... Read More »
Maryland SNF Portfolio Secures Refinancing

Maryland SNF Portfolio Secures Refinancing

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business served as lead arranger for a $260 million loan to refinance a portfolio of 12 skilled nursing facilities in Maryland that comprise over 1,500 beds. The borrower, a new client, is a Midwest-based healthcare real estate investment and management company. It invests in a variety of post-acute facilities with investments in over 24 states. At $173,000 per bed of debt, the portfolio must be performing quite well. No other details were disclosed. Read More »
Helios Secures Working Capital for California AL/MC Community

Helios Secures Working Capital for California AL/MC Community

Helios secured working capital for a Southern California assisted living provider. The working capital loan is for The Artesian, a 64-unit assisted living and memory care community in Ojai, California. It was constructed in 2020 and consists of four, 16-unit buildings that utilize a universal worker model.  A capital infusion was required to cover operating deficits until the community achieved stabilization and to reconfigure additional units to memory care as the market showed a strong demand for this. An offer from a private debt fund was procured to finance the transaction. The final product was a term loan securitized through a second deed of trust and subject to specific... Read More »
Joint Venture Secures Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Community

Joint Venture Secures Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Community

CBRE arranged construction financing on behalf of a joint venture between a seniors housing owner/operator and an institutional investor for a seniors housing community in the Washington, D.C. MSA. The community will consist of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Aron Will and Adam Mincberg secured the construction loan through a syndication of two national banks. Read More »