• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

Torey Riso is heading back to the operating world, joining Inspirit Senior Living as President as of March 16. He joins Dave McHarg, who is the CEO of Inspirit and Founding Partner of the company. Since its founding in 2015, Inspirit has grown to 37 properties under management, with Inspirit holding an equity interest in around half of those.  The platform is also well positioned to continue its growth trajectory through both management opportunities and strategic value-add/turnaround equity investments with institutional partners. Inspirit could take advantage of several REITs’ desire to grow their SHOP portfolios. Plus, it continues to work closely with Venue Capital, founded by Care... Read More »
Janus Living’s IPO Results

Janus Living’s IPO Results

Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York Stock Exchange debut March 20 under the ticker “JAN,” with shares trading well out of the gate. The stock opened at $23.50, climbed as high as $23.96 intraday and closed at $23.61. The net proceeds received from the offering are expected to be used to pursue acquisitions and investment opportunities, in addition to general corporate purposes. The... Read More »
Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

Janus Living, a Healthpeak Properties-formed REIT and now the only publicly traded U.S. REIT fully dedicated to seniors housing with its entire portfolio structured under RIDEA, has launched its initial public offering of Class A-1 common stock. The company is now listed on the NYSE under the ticker “JAN.” It plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.1425 per share, or $0.57 annually, representing an approximate 3% yield. The night prior to the IPO, the company upsized the offering to 42 million shares, from 37 million, and priced the deal at the top of its $18 to $20 per share range. At pricing, Janus Living was expected to raise $840 million, up from its previous range of $666 million to... Read More »
State of the Healthcare M&A Market Webinar

State of the Healthcare M&A Market Webinar

LevinPro HC convened a panel of healthcare dealmaking experts to talk about M&A trends across the healthcare services spectrum, valuation metrics, private equity activity and regulatory headwinds. The conversation also covered our latest healthcare M&A statistics. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of LevinPro HC moderated the panel, which included John Tiedmann, Managing Director of Physician Growth Partners, Bill Hoffman, Shareholder of Polsinelli, and Matt Bogle, Managing Director of Intrinsic. Read More »
New 1031 Exchange Platform Launches

New 1031 Exchange Platform Launches

A new 1031 exchange platform designed to provide advisors and their clients with access to institutional-quality real estate investments through Delaware Statutory Trusts has launched. A Fortress Investment Group affiliate, Fortress Real Estate Exchange, will initially target investments in seniors housing, student housing and multifamily properties.  The platform’s goal is to help real estate owners with investment planning objectives, including the deferral of capital gains taxes, diversification of investment strategies and/or real estate exposure, and transition them away from active real property management. The platform also aims to deliver both stable cash flows and the... Read More »
Brookdale’s Portfolio Stumbles in February

Brookdale’s Portfolio Stumbles in February

Brookdale Senior Living reported its February 2026 occupancy numbers, and if the remaining cold weather months even closely resemble what the company has posted so far this winter, they will need to do some serious heavy lifting this summer to progress in its census rebound.  All of its reported occupancy figures, including consolidated and same-community weighted average and month-end occupancy, posted year-over-year increases, but each also reported declines in recent months. Focusing on its same-community portfolio for now, February’s weighted average occupancy came in at 82.6%, a 160-basis-point increase year over year, but it has now declined for four consecutive months, dropping... Read More »