• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Blueprint Brings on New Team Member

Blueprint Brings on New Team Member

Blueprint welcomed Peter Trazzera to the team as Senior Director, Capital Markets. Trazzera brings deep expertise in financing solutions and is set to further elevate Blueprint’s capabilities in the sector. He has an extensive background in institutional capital, and is joining following a 12-year tenure as Senior Vice President at KeyBank Institutional Healthcare. During his time at KeyBank, he was involved in providing more than $6 billion of capital in both corporate and project-level financings for REITs, private equity and institutional investors. Prior to KeyBank, Trazzera held senior analytical and strategic roles at Minto Group, Brookdale Senior Living and Horizon Bay... Read More »
National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

National Healthcare Properties, Inc. launched its public offering of 38.5 million shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share, and the company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5.775 million shares to cover overallotments, if any. It applied to list its Class A common stock on Nasdaq under the ticker “NHP.” National Healthcare Properties intends to use the net proceeds received from the offering to repay approximately $186.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility,... Read More »
Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance during the peak leasing months to show any real momentum, or even hold steady, in 2026.  Same-community weighted average occupancy has now declined each month since October, falling 120 basis points over that stretch. Same-community month-end occupancy did not come in much better, down 100 basis points over the same time period. Brookdale pointed... Read More »
Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

Another senior care REIT is eyeing the public markets after filing a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed offering of Class A common stock. National Healthcare Properties’ offering remains subject to market conditions and other customary conditions, and the number of shares and pricing range have not yet been determined. And if completed, the company expects to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol “NHP.”  The filing comes shortly after Janus Living completed its IPO at the end of March. While National Healthcare Properties is not solely focused on seniors housing like Janus Living, it represents another signal of confidence in the sector’s long-term fundamentals. And it throws... Read More »
ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings, recapitalizations, working capital and portfolio-level financings.  Director Hank Fuller and Senior Capital Associate Jeremy Laboe will lead the capital markets practice. The team brings direct relationships with more than 500 capital sources across banks, debt funds and agency platforms, and they will utilize Evans’ proprietary transaction database... Read More »
Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

Blueprint Adding HUD Lending Platform

Fresh off another record-setting year for investment sales activity, Blueprint announced a major expansion of its capital markets services to now include FHA/HUD lending and servicing capabilities. The firm is acquiring the existing FHA/HUD lending platform of MidCap Financial Services, and hiring Tony Marino, formerly of Cambridge Realty Capital Companies, to lead the practice alongside Chief Underwriter Ramona Mitchell, who has decades of experience in HUD lending.  The move allows Blueprint to now offer long-term financing solutions to its clients, what it describes as a natural extension of its mission to provide best-in-class advisory services throughout the asset lifecycle. The... Read More »