• 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 »
H2C Securities Refinances Quality Life Services

H2C Securities Refinances Quality Life Services

H2C Securities Inc., a healthcare-focused strategic advisory and investment banking firm, served as the exclusive advisor to Quality Life Services in obtaining a bridge loan to refinance the debt associated with the company’s portfolio of 10 skilled nursing and senior living properties. Quality Life Services’ existing lenders were reducing their exposure to the long-term care sector, requiring the company to refinance its outstanding debt. Working with H2C to evaluate a range of options, the company ultimately elected to execute a bridge-to-HUD loan for the properties, allowing it to retain control and prepare to secure lower cost long-term financing via HUD in the future. Read More »
CFG Arranges Senior and Mezz Debt

CFG Arranges Senior and Mezz Debt

A portfolio of senior care facilities in the Pacific Northwest received a debt package consisting of a mezzanine and senior loan. Capital Funding Group first helped the client place senior debt which totaled $78.46 million. Then, CFG closed a $13.84 million mezzanine loan, which supported the refinancing of eleven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community. The total financing package amounted to $93.31 million. The facilities are located in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, and consist of over 1,554 beds. The financing was closed on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. Capital Funding Group Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Tim Eberhardt and Senior Associate Ava... Read More »
JLL Secures Financing for CA Community

JLL Secures Financing for CA Community

JLL Capital Markets announced that it secured $43.24 million in financing for an 86-unit assisted living/memory care community, Varenita of Westlake, on behalf of Westlake Senior Living Center. Alanna Ellis and Ace Sudah of JLL handled this transaction, which amounts to $502,000 per unit for the debt. Varenita of Westlake is a Class-A community in Thousand Oaks, California, with 58 assisted living and 28 memory care units and amenities such as a spa, salon, movie theater and a fitness center with physical and occupational therapy. It spans 77,096 square feet with predominantly one-bedroom units as well as some studios and two-bedroom units. Read More »
Lument Refinances SanStone Senior Care Portfolio

Lument Refinances SanStone Senior Care Portfolio

Lument closed several financings for SanStone Health & Rehabilitation, which operates 18 skilled nursing/rehab facilities across North Carolina. The debt was secured on three properties that SanStone had acquired in 2020, thanks to bridge financing also arranged by Lument. Those three facilities were Wilkes Health & Rehabilitation, a 97-unit, 130-bed skilled nursing facility in North Wilkesboro, Hickory Falls Health & Rehabilitation, a 70-unit, 120-bed SNF in Granite Falls, and Wilkes Assisted Living, a 102-unit assisted living community in Wilkesboro. The original acquisition debt also included funds for repairs and the opportunity to recapitalize once performance and value... Read More »
Two HUD Loans and a Bridge Financing from Berkadia

Two HUD Loans and a Bridge Financing from Berkadia

A couple of five-star skilled nursing facilities in western states refinanced through HUD with the help of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. First, Jay Healy closed an $8.3 million loan to refinance an existing Berkadia/Live Oak Bank bridge loan secured by a 60-bed SNF in Idaho. The 80% LTV, 35-year loan retired the bridge debt used by the Idaho-based owner/operator to acquire the real estate in February 2023. Built in 2017, the facility had occupancy above 90% at the time of closing, with a Medicare census surpassing 20%. In a similar deal, Berkadia closed a $16.7 million loan to refinance another existing Berkadia/Live Oak Bank loan on a 38-bed SNF in Nevada. Its Utah-based... Read More »
CFG Returns to Refinance California SNF

CFG Returns to Refinance California SNF

Capital Funding Group (CFG) closed a $43.39 million HUD loan to refinance an existing bridge loan that had also been executed by CFG. The initial loan, closed in June 2021, allowed the nationally recognized borrower to acquire a 140-bed skilled nursing facility in Bakersfield, California, and then the refinancing allowed the borrower to have a successful take out. Built in 2018, the facility was 95% occupied as of March 2023. Capital Funding Group Director, Long-Term Care Patrick McGovern originated the transaction for the company. The financing follows CFG’s recent closing of a $15.49 million HUD loan, which supported the refinancing of an existing bridge loan, also executed by... Read More »