• Live Oak and Berkadia Team Up on Bridge Loan

    Live Oak Bank recently closed a $34.3 million bridge loan in partnership with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for a two-property portfolio owned and operated by BrightSpace Senior Living. The communities are located in the Nashville, Tennessee, and Boise, Idaho MSAs. The loan was structured in an A/B arrangement, with Berkadia funding the... Read More »
  • California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

    Lument closed two HUD loans totaling $20.7 million to refinance two memory care communities in northern California. Doug Harper, managing director at Lument, co-originated the loan with Grant Goodman of G Capital. The two communities are Crescent Oaks Memory Care, which features 22 units and 36 beds in Sunnyvale, and Silver Oaks Memory Care,... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

    Berkadia closed the sale of two separate assets in Florida and Georgia. First, Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in the sale of a CCRC in South Florida. The property appears to be Abbey Delray, a 505-unit community originally built in 1979 in Delray Beach that features 327 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 30... Read More »
  • Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

    Fortress Investment Group just purchased one of the largest rental seniors housing communities in the country, adding The Village at Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida, to its portfolio. Regionally anchored by the University of Florida and the innovative UF Health network, and located directly across from SantaFe College, the 100+ acre campus... Read More »
  • Interview with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee of BBG Real Estate Services to talk about the findings from BBG’s annual investor survey. DeBee shares his thoughts on what was surprising about the results and highlights the points he agrees with. You can view the survey results here. Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

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 »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

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 »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Cushman & Wakefield Hires Jason Skalko

After its entire seniors housing team left for JLL earlier in 2023, Cushman & Wakefield has started to rebuild, announcing the hire of Jason Skalko as Managing Director. Skalko comes from JLL and will be based in the firm’s Tampa office to specialize in senior living and care investment sales throughout the United States. A graduate of the University of Florida, Skalko holds a bachelor’s degree in building construction and a master’s degree in business management. Skalko has been in real estate since 2010 with a deep understanding of capital markets and experience in investment advisory, debt and equity placement, market analysis, valuation and due diligence across the U.S. He... Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Greystone’s New Addition

David Young has joined Greystone as a Managing Director for healthcare finance. He will be focusing on originating and structuring senior loans for the company’s FHA lending platform, as well as other financing options such as bridge, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Based in the New York area, Young reports to Christopher Clare, Managing Director for healthcare finance.  Prior to joining Greystone, Young was a Managing Director at Locust Point Capital, where he originated and structured over $2 billion in seniors housing and skilled nursing debt and equity, including preferred and joint venture capital. Earlier in his career, he served as CFO for Radiant Senior Living. While at Radiant,... Read More »
Newmark Closes a Cap Rate Deal in Texas

Newmark Closes a Cap Rate Deal in Texas

There was a cap rate deal in Texas at the start of August, a relative rarity in today’s market. Newmark closed the sale of Heartis San Antonio, a 109-unit assisted living/memory care community in San Antonio, Texas, to an undisclosed buyer. The community was developed by Caddis Partners, the seller, in 2016 and had been a strong performer ever since opening, even through the pandemic. It was nearly full at the time of the sale, with a healthy operating margin.  With so few performing properties available for sale these days, interest from buyers was strong, and we understood pricing reached the mid-$30 million range. The community also sold at a cap rate in the high-6s, a very good... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Evans Senior Investments Handles Wisconsin Transaction

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Wisconsin. Located in Madson, the community comprises 120 units and was experiencing financial difficulties due to its high usage of Medicaid waivers when the operator was brought in by National Health Investors in 2019. However, over the past three years, the operator was able to increase the private pay census to 82% and raise the community’s overall occupancy rate to 69%, while decreasing the reliance on Medicaid. Emerging as the buyer of the community was Eden Senior Care. This marks the second transaction Evans Senior Investments has closed with Eden Senior Care in the last year and this... Read More »