• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
Full Continuum Community Obtains Refinancing

Full Continuum Community Obtains Refinancing

CBRE National Senior Housing refinanced The Pointe at Meridian, a 100-unit seniors housing community in Meridian, Idaho. Built in 2022, The Pointe at Meridian consists of 60 independent living units, including 14 townhome units, 30 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Grace Management took over management of the property in July 2024 on behalf of the owner, Gold Stream Retirement Communities LLC, a Utah-based real estate firm that specializes in the development, construction and management of commercial real estate, including single-family, multifamily and seniors housing properties. To refinance the community, Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE National Senior Housing originated a... Read More »
Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

Fifty Stones Capital Group closed a $39.3 million construction loan for a seniors housing community in Chandler, Arizona. The proposed development comprises 147 units with 150 beds. The opportunity came to Fifty Stones Capital Group through a local broker.  The sponsor, an experienced local developer with a focus on multifamily and senior care, had already invested over $4.2 million of their own capital. This included acquiring the land without any debt and completing horizontal site improvements, leaving the site shovel-ready for construction. The development is adjacent to the sponsor’s existing, profitable seniors housing community, creating operational synergies. Fifty Stones... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

Walker & Dunlop originated $68.312 million in HUD 232/223(f) loans to refinance seven skilled nursing facilities with 380 units in Illinois and Wisconsin. The transaction replaced existing short-term, variable-rate debt. Walker & Dunlop’s FHA Finance team arranged the refinancings, led by Joshua Rosen, Brad Annis and Johnny Rice. The borrower was not disclosed. Read More »
Class-A Minnesota Community Retires Its Construction Financing

Class-A Minnesota Community Retires Its Construction Financing

EBSC Lending arranged a $31 million loan for a 160-unit Class-A seniors housing community in Elk Grove, Minnesota. Proceeds from the five-year, floating-rate, non-recourse loan were used to retire the property’s existing construction financing, with the structure providing an initial interest-only period. The sponsor was repeat-client David Ross.  The community includes independent living, assisted living and memory care services, offering studios, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging between 410 and 992 square feet. Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living Development Secures Bond Financing

Sunrise Senior Living Development Secures Bond Financing

JLL Capital Markets and HJ Sims collectively closed $80.07 million in tax-exempt bond financing for a new Sunrise Senior Living community in Long Beach, California, Sunrise of Long Beach. On behalf of Quality Senior Housing Foundation, Inc. and Sunrise Senior Living, JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, in collaboration with the bond underwriting teams of HJ Sims and JLL Securities, secured financing through California Public Finance Authority Senior Living Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A. The two-story, 78,227-square-foot community will feature 62 assisted living and 24 memory care apartments across 102 licensed beds. Assisted living accommodations will include studio layouts with... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

Blueprint Handles Five-SNF Portfolio Deal

Giancarlo Riso and Amy Sitzman of Blueprint advised a client on a sale and HUD 232 process of five skilled nursing facilities located in central and west Texas. The facilities totaled 424 beds and featured positive cash flow. They had attractive, fixed-rate HUD debt of 2.8% and long remaining terms with maturity dates starting in 2035 through 2044, presenting an incoming investor with significant cash-on-cash returns, especially if they invested in a targeted capex program to raise the facilities’ competitive profiles. Further upside potential existed by improving the CMS star rating at each facility, and establishing additional referral relationships with nearby acute care hospitals.... Read More »