• October Kicks Off with Multiple Financings

    VIUM Capital announced a slew of closings at the start of October, ranging from HUD refinances to acquisition loans. The largest was a $72 million bride loan that refinanced four skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania totaling 525 beds. Proceeds will be used to take out senior debt and senior mezzanine debt. The facility will be structured as... Read More »
  • Newmark Negotiates Several Large Financings

    Sarah Anderson of Newmark has closed some notable financing transactions in the last couple of months, in addition to arranging acquisition financing for numerous deals handled by the Newmark investment sales team. One of the closings was for Vivante at Turtle Creek, a to-be-built seniors housing community on the prestigious Turtle Creek... Read More »
  • Funding Arranged for Skilled Nursing Clients

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, announced a couple of financings for skilled nursing clients in New England and North Carolina. First, for eight skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the firm closed a $70 million senior bridge loan with a 24-month initial term. It... Read More »
  • Newly Constructed Community Secures Financing

    BWE arranged refinancing for Clarendale Arcadia, a newly constructed senior living community in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. The financing was arranged on behalf of a repeat client joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management, LCS, and Ryan Companies US, Inc., with LCS serving as the operator. Ryan Stoll, National... Read More »
  • Brookdale Shares Hit Seven-Year High

    Brookdale Senior Living has posted occupancy increases for several consecutive months. The operator has lagged behind the industry for a decade now, so it is about time.  Weighted average occupancy has increased each month since January, beginning at 79.2% and reaching 82.5% in September. The third quarter’s average of 81.8% is up 290 basis... Read More »

Pearl At The Tillers: A Merger or Acquisition Highlight in LevinPro Database

Pearl At The Tillers has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a private skilled nursing facility situated at 4390 Route 71 in Oswego, Illinois. LevinPro, which tracks M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma, profiled the transaction involving Pearl At The Tillers in its deal database, which is available to subscribers here. LevinPro has tracked thousands of deals in the skilled nursing facility sector throughout its history. To see the underlying deal data, or for information on subscription options, visit... Read More »
Lument Hires Chris Cain

Lument Hires Chris Cain

Chris Cain has made the move from Berkadia to Lument, joining the firm as a managing director focused on origination efforts from seniors housing and healthcare clients throughout the United States. Based in Dallas, Texas, he will report to Aaron Becker, senior managing director and head of seniors housing and healthcare production at Lument. Since 2011, Cain has originated over $6 billion in construction, term, and permanent debt. Besides Berkadia, he previously held roles with Commerce Bank and BBVA. Keller Augusta arranged the placement. Read More »
Lument Hires Chris Cain

LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

LCB Senior Living announced that CEO Michael A. Stoller will be stepping down effective October 1 and that current CIO Danielle Breton and COO Timothy DuRoss have been named as co-CEOs moving forward. Stoller will remain active in the company as chairman of its board. The move comes after LCB acquired five new management contracts over the past year, while completing construction and opening its newest community, The Residence at Bedford. LCB currently owns and/or operates 41 seniors housing communities across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Read More »
New Tenant Secured for Mass SNF

New Tenant Secured for Mass SNF

A state-of-the-art rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility in Danvers, Massachusetts (Boston MSA) secured a new operator and lease arrangement. The developer/landlord and existing tenant engaged Blueprint’s Michael Segal, Ben Firestone, Daniel Waldhorn and Steve Thomes to run a strategic marketing process, which yielded three lease proposals. A growing East Coast-based operator that had recently expanded into Massachusetts with its first acquisition earlier this year was eventually chosen as the new operator/tenant. Located across the street from Beverly Hospital at Danvers and within close proximity to several other referral sources in a densely populated suburb, the facility was... Read More »
Lument Hires Chris Cain

The Seniors Housing Team at C&W Grows

Cushman & Wakefield hired Matthew Yance as a Director for the firm’s Valuation & Advisory group as part of the senior living and care specialty practice. Based out of the firm’s New York office, Yance will focus on institutional valuations and market studies across the United States. Yance has nine years of experience focusing on the senior living sector. Previously, he was at Newmark where he co-led the seniors housing and healthcare team, overseeing a team of appraisers focused on the senior housing industry as well as business development, assignment management, delivery of appraisal and consulting services, and training of appraisal professionals. Earlier this year, the firm... Read More »
Lument Hires Chris Cain

SVN Senior Living Advisors Grows Its Team

There’s a new, and sizable, team in the seniors housing and care brokerage world. And luckily, as we are in the middle of the busiest period of M&A activity ever, there should be enough transactions to go around for everyone to welcome the competition. Torey Riso, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of legal, business and real estate experience, including holding the CEO roles at Care Investment Trust and Blueprint, joined SVN Senior Living Advisors in February 2024 to help expand the firm’s reach into the seniors housing and care sector. He is partnering with Tony Yousif of SVN, an experienced commercial real estate professional who will serve as a “single point of contact”... Read More »