• 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 »
Berkadia’s Latest Two Refinances

Berkadia’s Latest Two Refinances

Berkadia refinanced a couple of senior care facilities, including a large HUD financing for a 320-bed skilled nursing facility in New York City. Owned by a Northeast-based operator, the facility serves downtown Brooklyn and maintained strong occupancy, even during the pandemic. Census also grew throughout 2023, surpassing 90% at the time of the closing with a 20% Medicare mix. To pay off existing commercial bank debt as well as transaction costs, Berkadia’s Ed Williams and Richard Price secured a $62.1 million million HUD loan on behalf of the client. The 80% loan-to-value financing included a term of 35 years.  Next, Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro arranged a $14.4 million bridge loan... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Announces July Activity

Meridian Capital Group Announces July Activity

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed more than $520 million in transaction volume in July 2023. Their recent closings include a $175 million credit facility on behalf of a New York-based home health platform, which was provided by a nine-bank syndicate. Meridian’s Indrajit Pal and Matt Lesnik negotiated this transaction along with Adlerstein and Simpson. Additionally, the team sold nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 718 beds in the Midwest and arranged $66.6 million in financing from a commercial bank along with a $10 million A/R line for the acquisition. The team also arranged a $49 million HUD refinance... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Large Bond Financing for CCRC Development

Ziegler Arranges Large Bond Financing for CCRC Development

Ziegler closed a large bond financing for the development of a large, luxury CCRC in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The community, to be called Seafields at Kiawah Island, is being developed by BRP (Big Rock Partners) Senior Housing Management, a vertically integrated firm that develops and operates seniors housing communities in Florida and, now, South Carolina. BRP received $212.93 million in bond proceeds to fund the CCRC’s development as well as to refund the outstanding Series 2021 Bond Anticipation Notes. The financing also funded debt service reserves, interest and the costs of issuance. The bonds are fixed rate bonds and will be issued through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Finances Active Adult Communities

Walker & Dunlop Finances Active Adult Communities

Walker & Dunlop, one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory services firms in the United States, announced that it has financed 10 active adult communities totaling $390 million over the last year and over $1 billion in volume in the sector throughout the last five years. GSEs, multiple life companies, banks and debt funds were used as sources for debt capital. The loans were both fixed and floating-rate, dependent upon the property. The capital markets team that handled these transactions was led by Matt Wallach, Stephen West and Walker Layne. Read More »
CFG Releases H1:23 Results

CFG Releases H1:23 Results

Capital Funding Group (CFG) financed $411.2 million across 27 deals in the first half of 2023. The total included 19 healthcare bridge loans, five multifamily bridge loans (totaling $49.7 million), and three HUD loans for clients across the country.  The largest transaction was CFG’s closing of $207 million in financing to support the refinancing of 10 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. That was followed by $84 million in bridge-to-HUD acquisition financing for the purchase of seven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Alabama. Other bridge loans included a $34 million loan for the acquisition of three skilled nursing... Read More »
M&T Realty Capital Corp. Announces H1:23 Financing Activity

M&T Realty Capital Corp. Announces H1:23 Financing Activity

M&T Realty Capital Corporation (M&T), a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&T Bank, announced that their Seniors Housing Team closed a total of $434.7 million in loans during the first six months of 2023. The loans were for senior living properties, health and rehabilitation centers and retirement communities in the South, Southwest and Northwest of the United States. Despite the issues in the capital markets, M&T financed 18 properties in eight states across the entire acuity spectrum, from standalone independent living to skilled nursing. Properties also varied in size, from as small as 15 units and to as large as 371 units. And there was variety in the types of loans that were... Read More »