• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
Ziegler Helps Finance Wisconsin Acquisition

Ziegler Helps Finance Wisconsin Acquisition

Fresh off his sale of a stabilized seniors housing community in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Ziegler’s Nick Glaisner was joined by Dalton Esmond to arrange acquisition financing for a 72-unit assisted living/memory care community located in Footville, Wisconsin. St. Elizabeth Manor was built in 2009 on 7.07 acres. Occupancy was around 82%. The seller was a group of local real estate owners seeking to retire from the industry. They were represented by Jason Punzel, Ryan Saul and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Ziegler helped Opal Senior Living source acquisition financing from a small, regional, Chicago-based bank. Opal partnered with a Florida-based equity group on the... Read More »
JLL Finances Active Adult Development

JLL Finances Active Adult Development

The United Group of Companies is building a new active adult community in Worcester, Massachusetts, thanks to bank financing arranged by JLL Capital Markets. The Arbella at Bramble Hill will include 123 units across three elevator-serviced buildings, with one- and two-bedroom units and an 8,500-square-foot clubhouse. UW Senior, LLC, an affiliate of United Group of Companies, borrowed $35 million in construction financing from Washington Trust. The property is owned by Premier Property Group LLC of Dracut, which bought it in 2018 for $820,000. Read More »
Berkadia Closes Four HUD Loans

Berkadia Closes Four HUD Loans

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare recently announced the closing of four loans totaling $56.6 million in volume through HUD’s 232/223f program, all of which achieved the program’s maximum loan term of 35 years. First, Ed Williams closed a $14.5 million loan secured by a 139-bed skilled nursing facility in South Florida for a repeat Florida-based client. The loan refinanced a bridge loan that Williams placed in 2019 and a subsequent cash-out, borrow-up originated by the senior lender in August of 2022. Berkadia closed the HUD refinance 13-months from the borrow-up by qualifying the project under HUD’s reduced seasoning guidelines. The community appraised for $164,000 per bed and was... Read More »
Meridian’s November Transaction Volume

Meridian’s November Transaction Volume

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed $176 million in transaction volume in November 2023. The team recently arranged $48.7 million in financing from a commercial bank along with a $5 million A/R line for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities with 300 beds in New Jersey. They also arranged $12.1 million from a commercial bank to refinance a 45-bed assisted living community in New Jersey, and $10.5 million in financing from a commercial bank along with a $500,000 A/R line to refinance an 85-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas.  On the investment sales side, Meridian recently sold four Connecticut... Read More »
Berkadia Closes Four HUD Loans

Developers Secure LIHTC Equity for Indiana Project

Brown Capital Group, Leo Brown Group and Rogers Development Group are teaming up on a new seniors housing development in Indiana. The trio will open Reserve on Park Place, a 187-unit affordable senior apartment building in Fort Wayne, in April 2025. The three-story community will have 15 studio, 136 one-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom units for residents earning 40%, 60% and 80% of the area median income (AMI).  To help finance the project, Merchants Capital provided $17.4 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity financing for the construction. Read More »
JLL Finances Active Adult Development

Construction Coming to a Close for NY Development

FilBen Group, an owner/developer, and its equity partner RSF Partners are nearing completion of their $54 million seniors housing development in Montebello, New York, in the Lower Hudson Valley. The four-story Braemar at Montebello will be complete in 2024 and feature 133 total units. Of those, there are 66 studio, 14 one-bedroom and 53 two-bedroom units (semi-private “friendship” units each with approximately 600 square feet) across 133,675 total square feet. There will also be shared public spaces on the main, second and third levels.  The community is adjacent to the Montebello Commercial Center, which offers retail, entertainment, dining and medical services. Good Samaritan... Read More »