• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »

Just Released M&A Stats: Where Have Senior Care Values Settled?

On February 17, Ben Swett, Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, hosted our annual webinar covering the latest proprietary M&A statistics from the previous year. He was joined by panelists Dan Revie of Ziegler, Dan Lahey of LCS Real Estate and Yitzy Rosenblum of Cascade Capital Group to discuss what happened in 2021, where values settled more than a year after the pandemic, and what buyers, sellers and operators can expect for 2022 and beyond. The full picture will be presented in our Senior Care Acquisition Report, 27th Edition, to be released soon. First, the panel reflected on 2021. And what a year 2021 turned out to be, with 443 publicly announced deals closed and the busiest December... Read More »
Leor Dimant Joins Lument as Managing Director

Leor Dimant Joins Lument as Managing Director

Lument recently announced that Leor Dimant joined the company as a managing director, focusing on originating new business. Mr. Dimant joins Lument after working as a managing director at Greystone for eight years, where he originated multifamily and healthcare loans, specializing in HUD, agency and bridge loans. He brings experience in conventional, seniors, and multifamily production, and Lument’s expansive financing platform should serve his client base well. He will report to Aaron Becker, Lument’s head of seniors housing and healthcare production. Notably, Dimant also served in the Israeli Defense Forces for four years, including time as a member of an elite paratrooper unit. He is... Read More »

February 2022 Webinar – Just Released M&A Stats: Where Have Senior Care Values Settled?

About the webinar: The pandemic shook the seniors housing and care industry like no crisis possibly has before. Average census plunged across the country, as did profits, and it took several iterations of government aid to keep many facilities afloat. In the first full year after the pandemic, occupancy has rebounded, albeit slower than needed, and operating margins have taken a hit from rising costs, particularly from labor. So how have the fundamentals of owning and operating seniors housing and care properties changed as a result of the pandemic? And when should investors value a property’s pre-pandemic performance versus its current or projected operations? Also, which subsectors have... Read More »
California Owner/Operator Refinances

California Owner/Operator Refinances

Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate Group recently closed a $9.5 million non-recourse balance sheet loan to refinance an 81-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Irvine, California MSA. The community is owned by a private Southern California-based owner/operator and was approximately 84% occupied at closing.  The loan amount comes to approximately $113,100 per unit. There is a floating rate, an initial term of three years with an interest only period, and a one-year extension option. The loan is designed to be replaced with agency debt, based on property performance, and the amount may be increased during the term. Loan proceeds were used to repay a Fannie Mae loan,... Read More »
CFG Announces Record-Breaking Closings in 2021

CFG Announces Record-Breaking Closings in 2021

Capital Funding Group (CFG) broke a company record for deal volume in 2021, and more than doubling its 2020 financing total, having financed more than $3.8 billion and executed 155 deals across the United States. This includes 85 HUD loans in excess of $720 million. The most prominent deal involved a $650 million bridge loan, representing the largest single financing deal the company has executed in 10 years.  CFG closed several other bridge loans, including the refinancing of a 3,140-bed skilled nursing portfolio spanning Colorado, California and Wyoming. Over in New York, CFG also closed an $89 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a 239-bed facility in Queens. There were also... Read More »
60 Seconds with Ben Swett: CMS’ Vaccine Mandate Heading to Supreme Court

60 Seconds with Ben Swett: CMS’ Vaccine Mandate Heading to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments this week on the CMS rule mandating that staff working for Medicare or Medicaid certified providers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with narrow exceptions for religious and medical reasons. The rule was enjoined by a court order in 25 states, but CMS announced at the end of December that it would start enforcing the new rule in the states where it could. However, our question is does anyone know how serious CMS is in implementing this rule? In today’s political environment there is a ton of bluster with little accomplishments. We have seen the government and its agencies make bold declarations and new rules, sometimes with a wink to their... Read More »