• 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 »
Carnegie Capital Secures Acquisition Financing

Carnegie Capital Secures Acquisition Financing

JD Stettin, Managing Partner of Carnegie Capital, helped finance the acquisition of a non-performing senior care campus in Dallas, Texas. The debt will also help cover around $9 million in planned renovations at the 119-bed campus. Built in 2001 with a recent 2018 renovation, Crystal Creek at Preston Hollow features a range of care levels including skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care. At the time of marketing, occupancy in both the seniors housing and skilled nursing was rapidly declining. Due to the skilled nursing component not being licensed to accept Medicaid, the campus consistently struggled to lease up the beds with Medicare & private pay residents, which resulted... Read More »
Shealy Launches Grace Hill Capital

Shealy Launches Grace Hill Capital

Ziegler alum Adam Shealy founded Grace Hill Capital in December 2023, building upon nearly two decades of experience as a senior banker at leading investment banks in the United States and Europe. GHC is a specialized capital markets advisory firm dedicated to seniors housing and health care, headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It currently offers tailored capital solutions for senior living investors, ranging from bridge and permanent debt for acquisition, refinance, recapitalization, construction and rehabilitation. GHC services also include specialized underwriting, capital structure advisory and debt placement services for skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and independent... Read More »
BWE Secures Financing For Four Seniors/Affordable Housing Communities

BWE Secures Financing For Four Seniors/Affordable Housing Communities

BWE announced the closing of four financings totaling over $26 million to refinance, build and preserve four seniors and affordable housing properties in California, Massachusetts, Ohio and Florida. First, Max Sauerman originated a loan on behalf of Goldrich and Kest, two privately owned, family-run real estate companies, for Palm Court Senior Independent Living. The community was built in 1991 and is in Culver City, California.  Next, Taylor Mokris and Ryan Stoll originated a five-year, $13.15 million fixed-rate, non-recourse Freddie Mac loan on behalf of an institutional owner for acquisition financing. The loan has a five-year term. Operated by Benchmark Senior Living, Branches of... Read More »
JLL Capital Markets Finances Minnesota Acquisition

JLL Capital Markets Finances Minnesota Acquisition

JLL Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing for three seniors housing communities in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA. The borrower, represented by JLL, was an affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies. The Waters Senior Living will continue to manage the communities for Inland, and this transaction expands their relationship to four communities together. The portfolio comprises The Waters of Edina, The Waters of Plymouth and The Waters on 50th. Built in the past 10 years and demonstrating strong operations, they consist of 321 units total, with 223 dedicated to independent living/assisted living and 98 to memory care. The JLL Senior Housing Capital Markets team was... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Reports End-of-Year Activity

Meridian Capital Group Reports End-of-Year Activity

To close its 2023, Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed nearly $250 million in transaction volume for 20 senior housing and healthcare facilities in five states over the last month. Most notably, the team closed a bank syndicate loan totaling $155 million to refinance 15 facilities comprised of 1,935 skilled nursing beds and 46 assisted living units in Michigan and Ohio. Five banks participated in the syndicate. Meridian also arranged $41 million in financing from a commercial bank along with a $5 million A/R line to refinance a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. They closed $23.9 million in financing... Read More »
CIBC Finances a Virginia SNF Portfolio

CIBC Finances a Virginia SNF Portfolio

As the sole lender, CIBC Bank USA provided a Virginia owner/operator with a $67.0 million mortgage facility on a portfolio of nursing homes. The portfolio has been operated by the buyer since 2021 and the financing was related to a purchase option. The skilled nursing facilities, which comprise 480 beds, have an effective age of 20 years.  Historical occupancy for the facilities has been approximately 85%, and the EBITDAR margin was approximately 15%. A $4.0 million line of credit was also provided. The financing was handled by Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel of CIBC. Read More »