• 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 »
CFG Arranges Mezzanine Loan

CFG Arranges Mezzanine Loan

Capital Funding Group closed mezzanine financing for a nationally recognized owner of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The $3.32 million loan supported a dividend recapitalization for the borrower. Capital Funding Group Vice President Andrew Jones originated the transaction for the company. The financing follows CFG’s recent closing of a $13.84 million mezzanine loan, which supported the refinancing of 11 skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in the Northwest. Read More »
NY Assisted Living Community Refinances Construction Debt

NY Assisted Living Community Refinances Construction Debt

Live Oak Bank closed a $29 million loan in September for Waltham, Massachusetts-based Benchmark Senior Living to refinance a 101-unit assisted living/memory care community in Smithtown, New York. With 130 licensed beds and 88,500 square feet, the three-story community is called Whisper Woods of Smithtown. Its development cost was estimated at $25 million, or $248,000 per unit. The financing replaced the original construction debt for the community, which was built by Benchmark and was stabilized at the time of closing. Read More »
VIUM Capital’s Q3:23 Transaction Haul

VIUM Capital’s Q3:23 Transaction Haul

VIUM Capital did not let the difficult capital markets stop them from closing a healthy amount of financing volume in the third quarter. The firm closed nine separate transactions totaling $175 million, consisting of acquisition loans, recapitalizations and refinancings for senior care properties across seven states. VIUM also received 14 HUD 232/223f commitments during the quarter, which positions it well for a strong HUD FY 2024. Starting with the acquisition loans, the team financed the purchase of two skilled nursing facilities with 243 beds in Louisiana from two different sellers. A balance sheet loan covers $13.926 million of initial funding for the acquisition and a $4.5 million... Read More »
CBRE Arranges Freddie Mac Loan Assumption

CBRE Arranges Freddie Mac Loan Assumption

CBRE recently executed its second financing for the same five-community seniors housing portfolio in Oregon, arranging the assumption of a $55.6 million fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan with an interest rate close to 3.5%. In 2016, CBRE had arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the portfolio’s current seller, but with the debt nearing maturity, the decision to divest was made. Through Freddie Mac’s Optigo lending platform, Aron Will, Adam Mincberg and Michael Cregan of CBRE managed the assumption for the buyer, Arcus Healthcare Partners. Arcus plans on making significant capital improvements across the portfolio. The in-place operator, Frontier Senior Living, has managed these communities... Read More »
Phorcys Partners with SilverPoint on Acquisition

Phorcys Partners with SilverPoint on Acquisition

Phorcys Capital Partners made its second acquisition in a month with the purchase of Inspired Living Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas (Dallas MSA). The alternative asset manager made the acquisition in partnership with SilverPoint Senior Living, an operator with six locations in Texas and Oklahoma, including another assisted living/memory care community in the town of Lewisville. Opened in 2018, the community consists of 106 AL and 43 MC units, with 135,000 square feet in three stories. There are also numerous amenities, including a poker room, pool hall, fireplace lounge, piano balcony, tiki bar, fishing pier, dog park and putting greens. It was developed by Florida-based Validus Senior... Read More »
Colliers Secures Construction Loan For Michigan Senior Care Campus

Colliers Secures Construction Loan For Michigan Senior Care Campus

Christopher Fenton, Catherine Eby, Nick Skarich and Kevin McMahon of Colliers Mortgage closed a $19.4 million construction loan for the development of an independent/assisted living and skilled nursing campus in Hudsonville, Michigan. Expected to open in spring 2024, the 107-unit community will feature a combination of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units.  Amenities will include a bistro, lounge and large community spaces. The loan comes with a 48-month term with one 12-month extension option. Read More »