• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Two Transactions

Ziegler Closes Two Transactions

Ziegler announced the closing of the Trinity Terrace $72.55 million Series 2024 bonds through the Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation. The transaction was structured without a mortgage or real estate pledged as security to bondholders. The Cumberland Rest, Inc. d/b/a Trinity Terrace is a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas in 1902 for the purpose of providing housing for aged and indigent Christian women. Trinity owns/operates a CCRC in Fort Worth, Texas, known as Trinity Terrace. The community, which sits on 5.457 acres, was originally opened in February 1983. It features 316 independent living apartments, 12 assisted... Read More »
Financing Obtained for SNF Portfolio Acquisition

Financing Obtained for SNF Portfolio Acquisition

First Citizens Bank announced that its Healthcare Finance business served as lead arranger of $115 million in financing for the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities in Illinois that comprise over 1,500 beds. The borrower is a Midwest-based healthcare real estate investment and management company that invests in a variety of post-acute facilities, with investments in over 24 states. Read More »
Arkansas Community Secures Financing

Arkansas Community Secures Financing

IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, announced the $35.53 million financing of Meadowview of Fayetteville, a 117-unit senior living community in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The ground-up development will feature 60 independent living units and 47 assisted living units. Frank Montalto secured the financing with a local bank on behalf of a private developer. Terms of the construction loan include a five-year term and 70% loan-to-cost at SOFR + 3.10%.  Read More »
American Healthcare REIT Expands Cogir Relationship

American Healthcare REIT Expands Cogir Relationship

American Healthcare REIT, which went public earlier this year, and Cogir Management USA expanded their relationship to 14 communities with AHR’s latest acquisition of four communities in Washington State. AHR acquired Mallard Landing in Battle Ground, Orchard Pointe in Port Orchard, Blossom Valley in Wenatchee and Blossom Creek in Wenatchee. Combined, the communities offer 207 units of assisted living and memory care. With this acquisition, Cogir now operates communities in Washington, California, Utah and North Carolina for AHR. Cogir, which acquired Cadence Living in late 2022, also now manages 22 communities in Washington and 84 communities across the United States.  Read More »
Eads Announces Four Deals in Four States

Eads Announces Four Deals in Four States

It was a productive summer for Eads Investment Brokerage, which closed four deals across four states and nine properties. There was a mix of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets, as well as seller types. The first deal, a June closing, featured Johnson Christian Village, a senior living community 25 miles south of Bloomington, Indiana. An out-of-state, faith-based not-for-profit sold the property to a local investor that has experience in managing Indiana Medicaid waiver programs.  Around the same time, Eads also sold a recently renovated skilled nursing facility in Des Moines, Iowa. The out-of-state operator was divesting the property in order to focus on its core markets, but... Read More »
SLIB Sells in NY and KY

SLIB Sells in NY and KY

Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced the closing of two separate seniors housing transactions in New York and Kentucky. First, Patrick Burke and Dave Balow facilitated the sale of an adult home and Assisted Living Program (ALP) community in upstate New York.  The community, built in 1999 and renovated in 2019, comprises 60 units and 120 beds in an attractive sub-market in western New York. It benefits from the ability to attract private pay residents in the area, as well as those with Medicaid as the payor for the ALP beds. There is room for improvement operationally, as occupancy was at 65.7% at the time of closing and the community was just under breakeven.  The seller was a... Read More »
W&D’s Busy First Half of the Year

W&D’s Busy First Half of the Year

Walker & Dunlop has had a good first half of the year, having closed 17 transactions. These transactions involved 28 assets spread across California, Colorado, Idaho, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. The assets comprise 2,955 units and total transaction volume YTD is $599 million, with the average transaction size $35.23 million and the total under agreement $361 million.   In July, W&D facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, on behalf of a regional developer that has developed approximately 15 seniors housing buildings in the Philadelphia MSA. Built in 2022, Crescent Fields at... Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia has had a busy few months, filled with financing transactions and an investment sales closing. First, Jay Healy was engaged by three separate sponsors to finance four loans that total $66 million.  At the end of June, Healy closed a $20 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance a maturing construction loan for PruittHealth. The three-year loan, structured in partnership with a publicly traded REIT, is interest only and prepayable at any time. The property is a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in North Tampa, Florida. PruittHealth developed the community in 2022 and has operated it since. In July, Healy closed a $12.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a Fort Worth, Texas-based... Read More »
CFG Closes Construction Loan

CFG Closes Construction Loan

Capital Funding Group and Erickson Senior Living announced the closing of a $185 million construction loan to support the first phase of construction for The Grandview, a CCRC under development in Bethesda, Maryland. Phase I of this project, known as the West Village, will feature two 14-story buildings with a total of 501 independent living units. CFG closed the financing on August 16. The Grandview, once completed, will be a seven-building senior living campus where residents will benefit from an integrated health and wellness model, including a concierge-level primary care practice and access to a full continuum of care. Developed and managed by Erickson, the community will feature... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care M&A: Ready to Explode?

60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care M&A: Ready to Explode?

The industry seems to be on the brink of a breakout M&A period, which is an astonishing thing to say when we are already in the midst of a record-breaking period of transaction activity.  The promise of an interest rate cut, even a 25-basis point cut, could usher a number of buyers off the sidelines, and if a few lower cap rate deals get announced, then a few more owners of high-quality communities could be tempted off the sidelines too. On our webinar last week covering the mid-year update of our M&A and valuation statistics, our panelists seemed to believe that a number of large deals were looming, which could help break the logjam of mostly small deals closing in the... Read More »
IPA Runs Receivership Deal in Arizona

IPA Runs Receivership Deal in Arizona

Nick Stahler and Hap Knowles of Institutional Property Advisors, a Marcus & Millichap company, announced their role in the sale of MorningStar at Arcadia, representing both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Built in 2016, the Phoenix, Arizona-area community features 108 units and 125 beds of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Operations were strong, with occupancy above 85% and a margin around 28%. The previous Colorado-based operator had run a tight ship and maintained consistent revenue levels throughout a receivership sales process.  Stahler and Knowles had been first hired to run a traditional marketing capital, and they secured multiple competitive offers... Read More »