• 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 »
Walker & Dunlop Secures HUD Acquisition Loan

Walker & Dunlop Secures HUD Acquisition Loan

Walker & Dunlop (W&D) arranged HUD acquisition loans for three Caring Alternatives assisted living communities located in the greater Milwaukee area. Kevin Giusti and Daniel Barone led the W&D finance team that secured the $16 million acquisition loan on behalf of the sponsor, an experienced developer, and HUD.  Dubbed the Caring Alternatives Portfolio, the communities are located in affluent markets in Oak Creek and Muskego. There were 13 two-bedroom and 62 one-bedroom units, all with private bathrooms. The communities were relatively new construction, having been built in 2009, 2011 and 2018. Operations were strong, with 100% occupancy at closing, with a 91% private pay... Read More »
Omega Healthcare Investors Receives Large Term Loan

Omega Healthcare Investors Receives Large Term Loan

Omega Healthcare Investors received a new two-year, $400 million senior unsecured term loan to help replenish the $350 million of the company’s cash used to repay its August 1 bond maturity. Maturing on August 8, 2025, with two one-year extension options, the loan includes an accordion feature that permits Omega to expand its borrowing capacity to an aggregate of up to $500 million. In addition to the balance sheet cash provided by the term loan, the REIT still maintains its entire $1.45 billion revolving credit facility and over $700 million remaining under its ATM equity shelf program available to fund future investments and repay debt maturities, including $400 million in debt due in... Read More »
Greystone Goes Green with Latest HUD Financing

Greystone Goes Green with Latest HUD Financing

Utilizing HUD’s new green seniors housing program that can cut closing costs by 75 basis points and reduce the borrower’s interest rate by almost 50 basis points. Greystone provided a $16.8 million loan to refinance a 102-unit supportive living facility in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The financing was originated by Adam Lipkin and Michael Zukerman of Greystone, with Brent Connell of Geneva Capital acting as correspondent on the transaction. Plum Creek at Rolling Meadows is a three-story facility on 1.46 acres, which was constructed in 1986 as a hotel and converted to supportive living in 2006. The supportive living program in Illinois is an alternative to skilled nursing care for low-income... Read More »
Refinancing Closed for American House St. Petersburg

Refinancing Closed for American House St. Petersburg

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance team provided a loan to refinance American House St. Petersburg, a seniors housing community located in St. Petersburg, Florida. This 165-unit community is comprised of 66 independent living, 66 assisted living and 33 memory care units. Previously, Prevarian Senior Living bought a parcel near Tyrone Square Mall for $5.18 million. American House St. Petersburg was then later developed by Prevarian, Harrison Street and American House, one of the country’s largest owner/operators of senior living communities. The community is American House’s ninth senior living community in Florida and first in the Tampa Bay area.  The community opened in 2021,... Read More »
Ziegler Prices Ohio Living Bonds

Ziegler Prices Ohio Living Bonds

Ziegler announced that it priced Ohio Living’s Series 2023 bonds to be used to refund existing bank debt, terminate an interest swap agreement, fund a debt service reserve fund and fund approximately $3 million of capital expenditures across the organization’s portfolio. The not-for-profit owns and operates 12 communities throughout Ohio, making it the second largest not-for-profit provider in the state.  The bonds consist of tax-exempt fixed interest rate serial and term bonds with an 18-year final maturity. They feature a three-year interest only period with annual principal amortization starting in 2026. Ohio Living decided to utilize fixed interest rate bonds to refund a portion of its... Read More »
Omega’s Q2:23 Results

Omega’s Q2:23 Results

Omega Healthcare Investors reported second quarter results on August 2 and announced a host of new investments totaling $270 million. In total, the company completed $129 million in real estate acquisitions, invested $124 million in real estate loans and other loans and investments and funded $17 million in capital renovation and construction-in-progress projects. Regarding Omega’s real estate acquisitions, the largest was Omega’s purchase of four skilled nursing facilities located in West Virginia for $114.8 million. The company leased the SNFs to an existing operator, and the facilities were added to that operator’s master lease with an initial annual cash yield of 9.5%, with 2.5% annual... Read More »