• 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 »
JLL Lands LifeCo Loan

JLL Lands LifeCo Loan

A life insurance company provided a senior loan to refinance The Landing at Augusta Woods, a 148-unit seniors housing community in Spring, Texas. JLL Capital Markets arranged the $28 million mortgage on behalf of the borrower, Harmony Communities. Taking out existing construction debt and funding an expansion of the community, the loan came with a four-year, fixed-to-floating rate term. JLL Capital Markets’ Debt Advisory team, led by Senior Director Zane Sweet, Director Alanna Ellis and, Analysts Zach Brantley and Kyle White, handled the transaction. Opened in 2021, the community comprises a 120-unit apartment-style complex that provides independent living, assisted living and memory care,... Read More »
CFG Arranges Acquisition Financing for CA SNF Deal

CFG Arranges Acquisition Financing for CA SNF Deal

It was announced that Capital Funding Group arranged acquisition financing for International Equity Partners and Cypress Healthcare Group’s purchase of three skilled nursing facilities in California. The not-for-profit Eskaton sold the facilities to exit the stand-alone SNF space, and it was represented by Ziegler in the process. The sale included the 99-bed Eskaton Care Center Manzanita in Carmichael, the 148-bed Eskaton Care Center Greenhaven in Sacramento and the 149-bed Eskaton Care Center Fair Oaks in Fair Oaks. All were built around 1980 and were losing millions on $42.1 million of 2022 revenues. The transition process required Attorney General approval, which was given in September.... Read More »
Bank Financing Provided to Class-A Community

Bank Financing Provided to Class-A Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged $29 million in financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in Smithtown, New York. The borrowers are Sculptor Real Estate, which is the real estate business of Sculptor Capital Management, and Benchmark Senior Living. The three-year loan was provided by a regional bank that is a new lending partner for both Sculptor and Benchmark. Joel Mendes, Ted Flagg and Stephen Van Leer of JLL led the transaction.  The community, Whisper Woods of Smithtown, has 101 units and 136 beds of assisted living and memory care. It was built in 2018 by Sculptor and Benchmark, which leased the community. Amenities include biometric medication safes and roll-in showers with... Read More »
CFG Closes HUD Deal in Arizona

CFG Closes HUD Deal in Arizona

Capital Funding Group closed a $10.3 million HUD refinance of an existing bridge loan, also executed by CFG, for a nationally recognized borrower. The refinancing supported a 94-bed skilled nursing facility in Arizona. Tommy Dillion of CFG originated the transaction. This financing follows the company’s recent announcement of a $3.32 million bridge-to-HUD mezzanine loan which supported a dividend recapitalization for a well-known sponsor of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Closes HUD Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital Closes HUD Loan

Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $29.2 million first mortgage loan to refinance a seniors housing community in Sarasota, Florida. Cambridge utilized the HUD Section 232/223(f) program and Cambridge’s early rate lock program to secure this fully amortized 35-year loan for the owner, a Florida limited liability company. The community was Aravilla Sarasota, formerly known as Autumn of Sarasota, which was renovated/rebranded in 2018 and has 120 units. No other details were disclosed. Read More »
Montgomery Selling in Memphis

Montgomery Selling in Memphis

On the eve of the NIC Conference in Chicago, Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group facilitated the sale of an assisted living community in Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1997 with 85 units, the community was bought out of bankruptcy in 2010 by the current owner/seller. It was operational as an assisted living community until October 2022, when ownership decided to shut it down after some tenant difficulties. The property sold vacant, and we would guess given the vintage and the lack of census, the per-unit price could not have surpassed $50,000 per unit. A private investor bought the asset, utilizing an existing lending relationship to obtain bridge debt for the deal. The buyer... Read More »