• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Meridian Brings On New Senior Managing Director

Meridian Brings On New Senior Managing Director

Meridian Capital Group announced that Amy Heller has joined the firm’s seniors housing and healthcare group as a Senior Managing Director focusing on healthcare related debt brokerage. Heller will support the strengthening of Meridian’s seniors housing and healthcare group, overseeing the development of new and innovative solutions for clients across the firm’s advisory and underwriting capabilities.  Heller is an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in healthcare finance. She founded and served as President and co-Chief Lending Officer of the Healthcare and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lending divisions at Forbright Bank, where she built and led teams... Read More »
Clearwater Welcomes New CEO

Clearwater Welcomes New CEO

Clearwater Living announced that Danielle Morgan has been promoted to CEO. As Clearwater approaches 20 seniors housing communities under management, Morgan will assume an overall leadership role overseeing the expansion of its operations, including strategic initiatives, growth opportunities and maintaining culture.  With more than 30 years of experience, Morgan is an experienced leader in the financial services and senior living industries. Since joining Clearwater in 2017, Morgan has worked to help provide strategic leadership and implement long-term growth strategies. Before joining Clearwater, Morgan served as chief operations officer of MBK Senior Living for 10 years. ... Read More »
Clearwater Welcomes New CEO

Solinity’s Recent Announcement

Solinity, a seniors housing developer, named William H. Holly and John Moore as Partners in Development to spearhead investor relations in the growth of the company’s development and acquisition pipeline. Solinity has a $300 million pipeline for new development and community acquisitions in the southeastern United States for expansion in 2025. Josh Crisp, Founder and CEO, is the visionary of the development pipeline, which includes plans for multigenerational and mixed use age friendly communities designed to meet the needs of the aging population. With over three decades of industry experience, and a native of Coral Gables, Holly began his career with the Codina Bush Group before holding... Read More »

Bay Point Nursing Pavilion Acquisition Profiled in LevinPro Database

Bay Point Nursing Pavillion, a Medicare-licensed not for profit skilled nursing facility situated at 4201 31st St S in Saint Petersburg, Florida, has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. Established on December 23, 2002, the facility is known for its skilled nursing services. LevinPro, a comprehensive service tracking M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors including hospitals, home health, medical real estate, and biopharma, has profiled this transaction involving Bay Point Nursing Pavillion. This information is featured in their deal database, accessible to subscribers here. With a robust history of tracking thousands of deals... Read More »
Ikaria Formalizing CareTrust REIT Relationship

Ikaria Formalizing CareTrust REIT Relationship

Newly formed Ikaria Capital Group is formalizing an arrangement with CareTrust REIT to provide capital to the seniors housing and nursing home sector. The Ikaria team, which is led by White Oak Healthcare Partners alums Jason Dopoulos and Ken Gould, has worked with CareTrust on several debt transactions since 2022, and this marks a continuation of that relationship. The Ikaria team will also continue to provide debt origination, underwriting, and asset management services.  CareTrust’s investment priority will still be on acquiring real estate through accretive transactions but will look to add to its debt investments, which can offer attractive yields. The REIT closed approximately... Read More »
Meridian Brings On New Senior Managing Director

Grace Management’s Recent Updates

Grace Management, which currently operates 70 communities in 22 states, announced the promotion of Brian Storey to President, effective March 1. This transition follows the company’s leadership succession plan, as Storey steps into the role previously held by Guy Geller, who was promoted to Chief Executive Officer on January 1. As part of the structured transition, Michal Penek has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations to backfill Storey’s previous role. Storey joined Grace Management in 2015 and has held key roles across every level of the organization throughout his tenure, demonstrating leadership in operations, strategic development, transitions, turnaround execution and... Read More »