• 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 »
NY Active Adult Community Changes Hands

NY Active Adult Community Changes Hands

CBRE Capital Markets announced the sale and financing of an active adult community in Deer Park, New York. Jeff Dunne and Eric Apfel of the New York Metro Institutional Sales team, along with Aron Will, John Sweeny and Scott Bray of the CBRE Senior Housing team, handled this transaction. CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between B2K Development, a Long Island-based real estate development group, and Harrison Street, one of the leading investment management firms that has a focus on alternative real assets. The team also procured the buyer, Fairfield Knolls at Deer Park Owner LLC, a real estate investment group based in Melville, NY. There was significant interest in the... Read More »
Meridian Closes $200 Million in Transaction Volume

Meridian Closes $200 Million in Transaction Volume

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, had an impressive October, closing $200 million in transaction volume. The team recently sold seven skilled nursing facilities totaling 844 beds in Massachusetts for $58.8 million, or $70,000 per bed, and arranged $45 million in financing from a commercial bank for the acquisition and the refinance of an eighth skilled nursing facility in Illinois comprising 53 beds. They also sold a 242-bed skilled nursing facility in Colorado for $28.4 million, or $117,400 per bed.   Rounding out their recent activity, the team arranged $28 million from a finance company to refinance two... Read More »
Not-For-Profit CCRC Receives Financing

Not-For-Profit CCRC Receives Financing

Ziegler successfully closed a bond financing for Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury, a Virginia not-for-profit organization that owns and operates a CCRC in Winchester. Set on 87 acres, the 40-year-old campus provides housing, health care, and other services to nearly 400 residents across 217 independent living units (164 apartments and 53 cottages), 48 assisted living units, 12 memory care units and 51 skilled nursing beds. The organization is currently completing an independent living expansion project, the first phase of which was financed by Ziegler in 2022 and will include 48 new IL villa apartments. The second phase of the project that is being financed with the new Series 2023... Read More »
KeyBank Finances New Construction in Cleveland

KeyBank Finances New Construction in Cleveland

A new affordable senior apartment community is being built in Cleveland, Ohio, thanks to $11.3 million in 9% tax credit equity provided by KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI). Garrett Square Apartments will include 49 units of affordable seniors housing in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland. The financing package comprised a $9 million construction loan and a $2.3 million permanent loan. Additional permanent financing sources include secondary soft loans totaling $1.7 million provided through the City of Cleveland’s American Rescue Plan Act, $900,000 from City Home, and $450,00 from the County ERA fund. The site is currently occupied with a parking lot and... 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 »