• Change Coming To Life Care Centers of America

    What is happening at Life Care Centers of America is a great example of how not to establish a succession plan, especially when it involves one of the largest privately owned senior care companies in the country. The company was founded by Forest Preston nearly 75 years ago, and he remains the CEO and sole shareholder of a company that is... Read More »
  • Tennessee Buyer Purchases Wisconsin Assets

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold The Sage Meadow Portfolio, which included a Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC) and a Community-Based Residential Facility in eastern Wisconsin, approximately 60 miles from each other. Sage Meadow of Fond du Lac features 40 units and was built in 1997 and 2001. Sage Meadow of De Pere (near Green Bay)... Read More »
  • Inland Acquires Two Communities in Minnesota

    The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. acquired two seniors housing communities in Minnesota from Axial Real Estate Advisors LLC in an off-market transaction. Built in 2013, Kingsley Shores Independent Senior Living is in Lakeville and comprises 83 independent living, 49 assisted living and 22 memory care units. Occupancy was 91% at the... Read More »
  • In Memoriam: Jim Moore, 1934 – 2024

    I was saddened to hear of the passing of my old friend Jim Moore, the founder of Moore Diversified Services. I had known Jim for nearly 40 years, and we always enjoyed catching up on the latest industry trends, and a little gossip thrown in as well, when we would see each other at the various industry conferences throughout the years. One of the... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Dr. Oz to Lead CMS?

    Here is a sentence we never expected to say. Dr. Mehmet Oz will in all likelihood be the next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He was tapped by President-elect Trump, who said in a statement that Oz would “cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency” and would see that “we get the best... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Two Transactions

Ziegler Closes Two Transactions

Ziegler announced the closing of the Trinity Terrace $72.55 million Series 2024 bonds through the Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation. The transaction was structured without a mortgage or real estate pledged as security to bondholders. The Cumberland Rest, Inc. d/b/a Trinity Terrace is a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas in 1902 for the purpose of providing housing for aged and indigent Christian women. Trinity owns/operates a CCRC in Fort Worth, Texas, known as Trinity Terrace. The community, which sits on 5.457 acres, was originally opened in February 1983. It features 316 independent living apartments, 12 assisted... Read More »
Financing Obtained for SNF Portfolio Acquisition

Financing Obtained for SNF Portfolio Acquisition

First Citizens Bank announced that its Healthcare Finance business served as lead arranger of $115 million in financing for the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities in Illinois that comprise over 1,500 beds. The borrower is a Midwest-based healthcare real estate investment and management company that invests in a variety of post-acute facilities, with investments in over 24 states. Read More »
Arkansas Community Secures Financing

Arkansas Community Secures Financing

IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, announced the $35.53 million financing of Meadowview of Fayetteville, a 117-unit senior living community in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The ground-up development will feature 60 independent living units and 47 assisted living units. Frank Montalto secured the financing with a local bank on behalf of a private developer. Terms of the construction loan include a five-year term and 70% loan-to-cost at SOFR + 3.10%.  Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia has had a busy few months, filled with financing transactions and an investment sales closing. First, Jay Healy was engaged by three separate sponsors to finance four loans that total $66 million.  At the end of June, Healy closed a $20 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance a maturing construction loan for PruittHealth. The three-year loan, structured in partnership with a publicly traded REIT, is interest only and prepayable at any time. The property is a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in North Tampa, Florida. PruittHealth developed the community in 2022 and has operated it since. In July, Healy closed a $12.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a Fort Worth, Texas-based... Read More »
CFG Closes Construction Loan

CFG Closes Construction Loan

Capital Funding Group and Erickson Senior Living announced the closing of a $185 million construction loan to support the first phase of construction for The Grandview, a CCRC under development in Bethesda, Maryland. Phase I of this project, known as the West Village, will feature two 14-story buildings with a total of 501 independent living units. CFG closed the financing on August 16. The Grandview, once completed, will be a seven-building senior living campus where residents will benefit from an integrated health and wellness model, including a concierge-level primary care practice and access to a full continuum of care. Developed and managed by Erickson, the community will feature... Read More »
VIUM’s End-of-Summer Surge

VIUM’s End-of-Summer Surge

VIUM Capital is closing out its summer with a bang, announcing 15 transactions totaling more than $180 million in volume in July and August, alone. The majority of those closings were HUD 232/223f transactions that paid off bridge loans originally originated by VIUM over the last few years. In 2024 to date, VIUM has closed over $500 million of debt transactions, with more to come in the remaining months of the year. It is also worth noting that in less than five years since its launch, VIUM has now funded over 200 senior debt transactions in the seniors housing and healthcare real estate sector, totaling over 400 properties in more than 30 states. It is forecast to surpass $5 billion of... Read More »