• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Private Company Acquires Struggling Skilled Nursing Facility

Private Company Acquires Struggling Skilled Nursing Facility

Todd Okum and Nick Martinez of O&M Investments have acquired their seventh skilled nursing facility of the year. Built around 1985, the facility comprises 120 beds and sits west of Palm Beach County, Florida. The seller was a not-for-profit organization, with this divestment marking its exit from the skilled nursing sector, as it sold the last of its five- or six-facility portfolio. At the time of sale, the facility’s occupancy was hovering around 50%. Prior to the pandemic, it was around 80% to 90% occupied, but it struggled with post-COVID recovery. The buyer brought on a regional operator that will help restore the SNF’s census.  Closing smoothly, the off-market transaction was... Read More »
Alta Senior Living Obtains Refinance for Tampa Asset

Alta Senior Living Obtains Refinance for Tampa Asset

Kristen Ahrens and Pat Maloney of Blueprint facilitated the refinance of The Legacy at Highwoods Preserve. Built in 2015, the 68,281-square-foot building comprises 60 assisted living and 22 memory care units on 9.9 acres in Tampa, Florida. The borrower is a well-established owner/operator with a presence in Florida. Blueprint Capital Markets ran a process to identify viable debt options aligned with the ownership structure and need for non-recourse financing. Ultimately, in conjunction with KeyBank Commercial Mortgage Group, Blueprint arranged a six-year, fixed-rate loan with a prominent life insurance company that allowed supplemental funding on top of the initial loan. Blueprint, in... Read More »
Washington State AL Community Lands HUD Financing

Washington State AL Community Lands HUD Financing

Berkadia arranged 232/223f HUD financing for a 200+ bed assisted living community in Washington State, totaling $26.8 million. In September, Managing Directors Austin Sacco and Steve Muth, along with Senior Director Garrett Sacco of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, secured the financing for a repeat Berkadia client, a Pacific Northwest-based sponsor.  This HUD loan retires an existing Berkadia bridge loan. The sponsor, which has operated the community since 2017, was able to transition from bridge-to-HUD financing, paying off existing bank debt and capturing equity built from their operations. Read More »
CBRE Originates Financing for Joint Venture

CBRE Originates Financing for Joint Venture

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the financing for Clearwater at The Heights on behalf of a joint venture between Cerberus, Hines and Clearwater Living. Aron Will, Vice Chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Tim Root, Senior Vice President of CBRE National Senior Housing, originated a three-year, floating-rate bridge loan with full term of interest only through a regional bank. Opened in 2022, the 220-unit community is in Houston, Texas, with independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Amenities feature a fitness center, art studio, library, custom golf simulator, movie theater, outdoor pool, spa and salon services, and downtown skyline views. The community is... Read More »
CCRC Development Secures Construction Financing

CCRC Development Secures Construction Financing

Capital Funding Group closed a $179.8 million construction loan on behalf of Erickson Senior Living. The financing will support the first phase of construction for Emerson Lakes, a CCRC currently under development in the Lakewood Ranch community in Sarasota County, Florida. CFG closed the financing on September 22, 2025. Developed and managed by Erickson Senior Living, phase one of this project will include one community building and three residential buildings with 319 independent living units. Once all project phases are completed, Emerson Lakes will be an 87-acre campus featuring 1,015 IL units and 130 continuum care units. This financing is the second construction loan CFG has executed... Read More »
Ziegler Prices Bonds for Repeat Client

Ziegler Prices Bonds for Repeat Client

Ziegler announced the pricing of $41.71 million Series 2025A bonds for repeat client Maryfield, Inc. doing business as Pennybyrn. Pennybyrn is a North Carolina not-for-profit corporation incorporated in 1947 by the Congregation of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, an order of the Roman Catholic Church. Now sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte (NC), Pennybyrn owns and operates a CCRC on 72 acres in High Point, North Carolina. Pennybyrn currently operates 222 independent living units (173 apartments and 49 cottages), 48 assisted living units (24 standard care and 24 memory support) and 125 skilled nursing beds (24 rehabilitation and 101 long-term care). Proceeds of the... Read More »
Sellers Exit Seniors Space in Separate Transactions

Sellers Exit Seniors Space in Separate Transactions

Senior Living Investment Brokerage has had a busy start to the fourth quarter, announcing a slew of deals within the first few days. In one of the transactions, Toby Siefert, Ryan Saul and Patrick Burke were engaged in the sale of a portfolio of three assisted living and memory care communities with a combined 214 units and 230 beds in southern New Jersey. The three properties, built in 1998 and 1999, were well maintained and offered an attractive mix of AL and special needs units, which are typically comprised of MC. The portfolio was 64% occupied at the time of marketing, which took place during the summer of 2024. Multiple offers were procured, with the selected buyer intending to... Read More »
SLIB’s Slew of Closings

SLIB’s Slew of Closings

Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in the first few days of the fourth quarter, announcing more than a handful of deals. First, Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Jeff Binder facilitated the sale of two assisted living and memory care communities in Draper and Springville, Utah. The Draper community was built in 2018 with 108 units and the Springville community in 2016 with 81 units. They comprise 9.05 acres total with 106,147 square feet, along with adjacent parcels of land available for future development.  These were the seller’s only seniors housing assets, as it was divesting to liquidate capital for other investments. The buyer is a REIT partnership with a... Read More »
NHI Invests in Oklahoma and Oregon

NHI Invests in Oklahoma and Oregon

National Health Investors, Inc. invested $74.3 million, or $216,000 per unit, including transaction costs, for the acquisition of four properties with 344 units in Oklahoma and Oregon. The purchase price was partially funded by the cancellation of a $9.5 million mortgage loan with an 8.5% interest rate. The communities are expected to generate an initial yield of approximately 7.5% after routine capital expenditures. The properties and healthcare operations will be included in NHI’s SHOP segment and will continue to be managed by Compass Senior Living. This is a pre-existing relationship, with the REIT making its first investment with the operator last year. NHI has been looking for... Read More »
Class-A Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells in Missouri

Class-A Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells in Missouri

A Class-A assisted living/memory care community in O’Fallon, Missouri, sold thanks to Alex Florea, Kyle Hallion and Kevin Lukehart of Blueprint. Opened in 2018 with 134 units, The Landing of O’Fallon features two-bedroom, one-bedroom and studio options, with a number of units sharing Kory-and-Kyle bathroom configurations. It was purpose-built with a steel-frame construction, high-end finishes and resort-style amenities.  The community sits in the affluent St. Charles County submarket of St. Louis, which has very strong demographic trends, but there were multiple competitors that either opened communities or will open them soon. But at the time of launch, the community had solid... Read More »
Joint Venture Grows Its Seniors Presence in Oklahoma

Joint Venture Grows Its Seniors Presence in Oklahoma

Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, announced a new acquisition, adding a 147-bed CCRC in Oklahoma to its growing portfolio. Stacked Stone made the purchase with joint venture partner Praxis Capital and started a new relationship with the incoming operator, Sage Integrated Health.  The campus operated around breakeven with occupancy in the mid-80s and a healthy Medicare census. It was previously owned by a not-for-profit organization, so we imagine there may be immediate upside from expense management. The joint venture bought the asset for $10.8 million, or $73,500 per bed. There are several other transactions in the works at Stacked Stone, so... Read More »