• WesBanco Launches New Healthcare Vertical

    WesBanco Bank recently launched its dedicated healthcare vertical, under the leadership of Suzanne Myers as EVP-Commercial Healthcare Director, and is already off to the races with a handful of senior care transactions closed. The strategic initiative will provide financing across the continuum of care, including seniors housing, skilled nursing,... Read More »
  • LTC Properties Acquires Class-A California Community

    JLL Capital Markets completed the sale of Loma Clara, an 89-licensed-bed, Class-A seniors housing community in Morgan Hill, California. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Steadfast Senior Living, and procured the buyer, LTC Properties. The REIT acquired the community within its SHOP segment... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Texas Standalone MC Community to Family-Owned Company

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced another Lone Star State deal, selling a 20-unit memory care community in Sugar Land, Texas. Built in 1998, the community was the only seniors housing asset of a not-for-profit organization, which decided to divest. It was 80% occupied but losing around $30,000 a year on $1.26 million... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Purchases Vacant Community for Reopening

    Blueprint was engaged to market a 100-unit vacant assisted living community located 10 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio, that had been taken offline following operational challenges. The community sustained profitability during prior operations. Blueprint generated four competitive offers from sophisticated owner/operators with proven capabilities... Read More »
  • Frank Cassidy Officially Nominated as FHA Commissioner

    Frank Cassidy, most recently a Walker & Dunlop senior managing director of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Finance where he originated loans for multifamily, nursing home and seniors housing properties, has been officially nominated by President Trump as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the HUD. He... Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Ventas appointed two individuals to the company’s board of directors as a result of a new cooperation agreement with activist investor Land & Buildings. Ventas and Land & Buildings have expressed their differences throughout the last several years, however, the agreement seems to signal a ceasefire of their issues. Theodore Bigman is slated to sit on the board’s investment committee, and Joe V. Rodriguez, Jr will be on the board’s nominating, governance and corporate responsibility committee. Ventas also announced that the lead independent director for Ventas’ board of directors, Denny Shelton, is retiring.  Following the appointments of Bigman and Rodriguez, the Ventas board... Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

John Moore Retires As Atria Management’s CEO

After 25 years running Atria Management Company, formerly Atria Senior Living, John Moore has stepped down as Chairman and CEO, but will remain on the Board as well as an advisor to help with a smooth transition. We know he had some health issues a few years ago, and we hope this is not why he decided to step down. Navigating Atria through the pandemic would have taken its toll on anyone.   Stepping in as CEO is Holly Belter-Cheeser as part of a planned transition process. She has held key positions with Atria over the past 15 years, including CFO since 2020 and CAO since 2023, SVP of Business Optimization & Operations Support from 2017 to 2020 and VP of Finance from 2013 to 2017.... Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Cushman & Wakefield Hires Jason Skalko

After its entire seniors housing team left for JLL earlier in 2023, Cushman & Wakefield has started to rebuild, announcing the hire of Jason Skalko as Managing Director. Skalko comes from JLL and will be based in the firm’s Tampa office to specialize in senior living and care investment sales throughout the United States. A graduate of the University of Florida, Skalko holds a bachelor’s degree in building construction and a master’s degree in business management. Skalko has been in real estate since 2010 with a deep understanding of capital markets and experience in investment advisory, debt and equity placement, market analysis, valuation and due diligence across the U.S. He... Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Greystone’s New Addition

David Young has joined Greystone as a Managing Director for healthcare finance. He will be focusing on originating and structuring senior loans for the company’s FHA lending platform, as well as other financing options such as bridge, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Based in the New York area, Young reports to Christopher Clare, Managing Director for healthcare finance.  Prior to joining Greystone, Young was a Managing Director at Locust Point Capital, where he originated and structured over $2 billion in seniors housing and skilled nursing debt and equity, including preferred and joint venture capital. Earlier in his career, he served as CFO for Radiant Senior Living. While at Radiant,... Read More »
Newmark Closes a Cap Rate Deal in Texas

Newmark Closes a Cap Rate Deal in Texas

There was a cap rate deal in Texas at the start of August, a relative rarity in today’s market. Newmark closed the sale of Heartis San Antonio, a 109-unit assisted living/memory care community in San Antonio, Texas, to an undisclosed buyer. The community was developed by Caddis Partners, the seller, in 2016 and had been a strong performer ever since opening, even through the pandemic. It was nearly full at the time of the sale, with a healthy operating margin.  With so few performing properties available for sale these days, interest from buyers was strong, and we understood pricing reached the mid-$30 million range. The community also sold at a cap rate in the high-6s, a very good... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Evans Senior Investments Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Wisconsin. Located in Madson, the community comprises 120 units and was experiencing financial difficulties due to its high usage of Medicaid waivers when the operator was brought in by National Health Investors in 2019. However, over the past three years, the operator was able to increase the private pay census to 82% and raise the community’s overall occupancy rate to 69%, while decreasing the reliance on Medicaid. Emerging as the buyer of the community was Eden Senior Care. This marks the second transaction Evans Senior Investments has closed with Eden Senior Care in the last year and this... Read More »