• Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

    Clarion Partners, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. acquired Vitality Living Franklin, a 126-unit seniors housing community in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville MSA). The community was built in 2014, renovated in 2023 and faced little new competition in the area. It was... Read More »
  • Regional Buyer Acquires Community Adjacent to Its SNF

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham recently sold a 42-unit assisted living community in Cashmere, Washington, near Wenatchee in the central part of the state. Epledalen Assisted Living was built in 1999 and was fully occupied, but its local owner/operator wished to exit the industry.... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties and Discovery Buy Large Portfolio

    In an off-market deal, National Healthcare Properties acquired a portfolio of 13 seniors housing communities in eight states through a joint venture with Discovery Senior Living. The new SHOP assets total 592 units of assisted living and will be placed under a RIDEA structure with Discovery, which has been managing and will continue to manage the... Read More »
  • Debtor Sells SNF at Auction

    Blueprint was engaged by the debtor and approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Eastern New York District to sell the real estate of a skilled nursing facility outside of Yakima, Washington. Arcadia Medical Resort of Parkside was built in 1972 and is licensed for 88 beds, providing long-term care, rehabilitation and therapy services. It is set... Read More »
  • Dwight Capital Buys HUD Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio

    Dwight Capital acquired Midland States Bank’s seniors housing HUD mortgage servicing rights portfolio, which includes loans secured by skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and hospitals. The portfolio totals over $500 million in unpaid principal balance from 69 loans across 22 states. Now, following the acquisition, the loan... Read More »
Berkadia Appoints New SVP of Capital Markets

Berkadia Appoints New SVP of Capital Markets

Berkadia hired Lisa Burgess, appointing her as SVP, Capital Markets – Seniors Housing and Healthcare. Burgess will be responsible for managing the balance sheet bridge financing process as well as the identification and management of third-party lending relationships to augment seniors housing and care dedicated bridge financing. Before joining Berkadia, she has had a 25-year career in healthcare finance, where her experience includes M&A, financing and portfolio management work for Epoch Senior Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Post Acute Partners, Wingate Healthcare and Care One. Burgess received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Magna Cum Laude... Read More »

Three Crowns Park Featured in LevinPro Deal Database

Three Crowns Park has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a not-for-profit skilled nursing facility situated at 2323 Mcdaniel Ave in Evanston, IL. It was incorporated on March 24, 1978. 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 Three Crowns Park 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... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Arranges SNF Leases

Marcus & Millichap Arranges SNF Leases

After purchasing four senior care campuses in a large portfolio deal, a seniors housing owner/operator turned to Marcus & Millichap to find new tenants for the skilled nursing portions of each newly acquired campus. Each building was losing close to $1 million annually and had struggled with occupancy and expenses.  While the portfolio purchase was in escrow, the buyer, which solely focused on seniors housing operations, engaged Rob Reis and Nick Stahler of Marcus & Millichap to create a market for each nursing home portion. Despite the negative cash flow, M&M targeted aggressive lease rates and sourced three separate tenants, all regional SNF operators based in... Read More »
Berkadia Appoints New SVP of Capital Markets

Dwight & Co Adds to Services and Team

Dwight & Co has expanded its seniors housing and healthcare financing solutions by launching working capital revolving lines of credit (revolvers). The company also announced a couple of new hires.  The revolvers will integrate into Dwight’s existing bridge, mezzanine, and HUD healthcare lending platform, providing a comprehensive suite of financial solutions for healthcare operators. In January 2024, Dwight closed its first two revolvers and also has a strong pipeline of new business. The revolvers were structured to complement Dwight’s bridge mortgage loans. In addition, to support its originations, underwriting, capital markets, asset management and servicing areas of... Read More »
Berkadia Appoints New SVP of Capital Markets

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 »
Berkadia Appoints New SVP of Capital Markets

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 »