• 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 »
Stellar Senior Living and Clarion Partners’ Active March

Stellar Senior Living and Clarion Partners’ Active March

Stellar Senior Living announced it completed three transactions with Clarion Partners in March. In one of the deals, they completed the recapitalization of The Gallery at Spokane in Spokane, Washington, which was rebranded as The Grand at Spokane. Developed in 2024 by NexCore Group, the community offers 137 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Stellar Senior Living has operated the community since it opened and will continue to do so.  In another transaction, the joint venture acquired San Martin Senior Living in Las Vegas, Nevada, and renamed it The Grand at Southern Hills. The community was completed in two phases in 2008 and 2010, and features 144 independent... Read More »
Otterbein Senior Life Affiliates with Michigan CCRC

Otterbein Senior Life Affiliates with Michigan CCRC

A CCRC in Jackson, Michigan, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Otterbein Senior Life. The campus features 318 independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing units/beds on 22 acres. Kauhale Healthcare Management began managing the community in 2022 following the purchase and refinancing of outstanding bonds by Lapis Advisers. Visa Grande Village was first opened with independent living apartments and skilled nursing services in 1972, but over a five-year period it was transitioned to a rental community. The affiliation will enable bondholders’ repayment in four years. When Kauhale took over, the campus was 71% occupied and generated $655,000 in EBITDAR. In less than four years,... Read More »
ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings, recapitalizations, working capital and portfolio-level financings.  Director Hank Fuller and Senior Capital Associate Jeremy Laboe will lead the capital markets practice. The team brings direct relationships with more than 500 capital sources across banks, debt funds and agency platforms, and they will utilize Evans’ proprietary transaction database... Read More »
Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and operated by Seattle-based Leisure Care. After being presented multiple options, the borrower obtained low, fixed-rate, long-term debt from Freddie Mac that funds a capex plan, extends the loan maturity and right sizes the capital stack. The loan took out bank debt and provides cash-out proceeds for future development. It has a 10-year term, five... Read More »
Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the seller, US Capital Development (which originally developed the community), and sourced the REIT buyer, which was not disclosed. Read More »
Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm successfully turned around the communities, stabilizing operations and investing in physical plant upgrades.  Silver Oaks was built in 1956 with 25 units and 43 beds, while Crescent Oaks was built in 1989 with 22 units and 36 beds. They were acquired for a combined $17 million, or $361,700 per unit, in 2018 by a fund and leased to Calson with a purchase... Read More »
Minnesota Portfolio Secures Bridge-to-HUD Refinance

Minnesota Portfolio Secures Bridge-to-HUD Refinance

Greystone refinanced a portfolio of small seniors housing communities in Minnesota. The five properties consist of 153 total beds, with 97 assisted living and 56 memory care beds. They are located throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and are managed by an experienced regional operator. They have benefited from consistent rate growth in recent years.  The $46.7 million bridge-to-HUD loan was originated by David Young of Greystone. It was structured as a 24-month, interest-only bridge loan with two six-month extension options, and enables the borrower to refinance existing bond debt and positions the portfolio for permanent HUD financing. Chris Clare, Ryan Harkins, Ben Rubin,... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Closes Acquisition Financing

Live Oak Bank Closes Acquisition Financing

Live Oak Bank closed $24.3 million in acquisition financing for an independent living community in St. Peters, Missouri. The community was acquired by Unbridled Living through a fund backed by Unbridled Living and its capital partner, Providence Capital Group. The fund is Providence Senior Lending Fund LP. The loan has an initial term of three years with two one-year extension options.  Built in 2001 and renovated in 2022 and 2025, The Emerson at St. Peters has 182 independent living units, 20 of which can flex to assisted living. It was 82% occupied with strong margins around 34.4% at closing. The community’s physical plant presents well, as the seller invested approximately $10 million... Read More »
NYC Skilled Nursing Facility Receives Working Capital Financing

NYC Skilled Nursing Facility Receives Working Capital Financing

MONTICELLOAM, LLC and firm affiliates provided $84 million in combined bridge and working capital financing to a skilled nursing facility in New York City. The 280-bed facility was owned by a returning MONTICELLOAM client with a portfolio of more than 20 healthcare properties. It is expanding its presence in the New York area.  The transaction includes a $79 million bridge loan and a $5 million working capital line of credit, with a 30-month initial term. Read More »
CIBC Completes Several Financings

CIBC Completes Several Financings

CIBC Bank USA announced a handful of senior care financings across multiple states. First, the company closed a $17.5 million cash-out refinancing for a regional operator’s portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities with 235 total beds in northeast and southeast Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire. The facilities have an effective age of 20 years and reported an average occupancy rate of 88%. Financing was arranged by Matthew Tyler and Daniela Miranda. Separately, CIBC closed $40.5 million in acquisition financing for a regional operator’s purchase of two skilled nursing facilities totaling 248 beds in Pennsylvania that were 86% occupied. Financing was arranged by Dan Forrer and... Read More »