• National Real Estate Investment Group Acquires 24-Property Portfolio

    Ikaria Capital Group announced the successful funding of a $270 million term loan and $30 million preferred equity investment for a national private healthcare real estate investment group to support the acquisition of a 24-property skilled nursing and seniors housing portfolio located in the Pacific Northwest. First Citizens Bank led the bank... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Sells Idaho Portfolio

    A trio of small, well-performing assisted living communities in rural Idaho sold with the help of Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group. The pair represented a mom & pop who were looking to retire after nearly 25 years of operating. Terri and Carl Pendleton built the first 16-unit assisted living community in Gooding, Idaho, and added... Read More »
  • JV Buyer Acquires Two Communities From Separate Sellers

    Helios Healthcare Advisors structured the sale and arranged joint venture equity for the acquisition of two assisted living/memory care communities in Alabama on behalf of separate sellers. Helios was initially engaged by the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to identify a buyer that would preserve the legacy of Murray House Assisted... Read More »
  • Detroit Redevelopment Sees Senior Apartment Conversion

    KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided $43.6 million in construction loans and arranged $7.6 million in permanent loans for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Lee Plaza in Detroit, Michigan. The 15-story, Art Deco historical landmark will be converted to affordable senior apartments. The building will include a total of... Read More »
  • Montana Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

    Ziegler announced the closing of Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill’s $50.88 million Series 2025ABC bonds through the City of Kalispell, Montana. The Montana not-for-profit operates a senior care community in Kalispell, Montana, that is located on a 13-acre campus with 171 independent and assisted living units as well as 155 licensed skilled nursing... Read More »
Lument Announces HUD Deal  

Lument Announces HUD Deal  

Lument announced the closing of an $18.9 million HUD refinance for The Guilford House, a 96-bed assisted living and skilled nursing facility in Guilford, Connecticut. The transaction refinances a blended-rate loan from 2019 provided by Lument to fund an expansion of AL units and services. Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare production for Lument, led the transaction.   The Guilford House is an individually owned and operated facility managed by the Moffie family, a repeat Lument client with decades of experience in the senior living industry. The Moffies acquired the facility in 2002, when the original building was an obsolete 60-bed SNF that required significant... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Managed Care Continues To Eye Home Health

60 Seconds with Swett: Managed Care Continues To Eye Home Health

We don’t need to tell you that the pandemic enabled healthcare to be delivered in the home at historic rates, as patients could see doctors on Zoom, medications could be delivered, and home health aides could provide other care and services. Anything to avoid the dreaded hospital or nursing home while COVID was raging. Coming back from the Spring NIC in Dallas, where we saw abundant optimism (and some caution from a few of you), one may not think this will be a huge threat. But UnitedHealth Group’s potential acquisition of home health provider LHC Group for a reported $5.4 billion reminds us that the penetration rate for in-facility senior care services is always on the verge of falling.... Read More »
Grandbridge Arranges CCRC Recap

Grandbridge Arranges CCRC Recap

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Tampa-based Senior Housing Investment Sales team arranged the recapitalization of a large senior living campus in Jackson, Michigan. Located about 35 miles west of Ann Arbor, the 20-acre campus includes 32 cottages, 181 independent living units, 46 assisted living units, 23 memory care units and 36 skilled nursing units. It was built in stages in 1972, 1977 and 2002. Its SNF holds a five-star rating from CMS, and the community offers both entrance fee and rental plans. Not-for-profit owner Vista’s partner, Kauhale Health, operated the campus. The Grandbridge team led by Jay Jordan and Dave Kliewer was brought in to market the community for an outright sale... Read More »
Northmarq Secures JV Equity and Debt for Construction Projects

Northmarq Secures JV Equity and Debt for Construction Projects

Northmarq has secured $50 million in joint venture equity for a four-property seniors housing development pipeline in Minnesota and Colorado. The equity was procured on behalf of the developer, Minneapolis-based United Properties, and its private equity group JV partner. The four communities include Amira Bloomington, a 133-unit active adult community in Bloomington, MN, Amira Minnetonka, a 186-unit active adult community in Minnetonka, MN, Amira Roseville, a 95-unit active adult community in Roseville, MN, and Amira Choice Arvada, a 120-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Arvada, Colorado. All four properties are in various stages of construction and... Read More »
Atlas Senior Living Adds to Atlanta Portfolio

Atlas Senior Living Adds to Atlanta Portfolio

Atlas Senior Living added three operations to its growing portfolio of now 35 properties. The three communities are located in the greater Atlanta, Georgia area, and all provide assisted living and memory care services. They include Legacy Ridge at Brookstone in Kennesaw, Legacy Ridge at Peachtree in Peachtree City, and Legacy Ridge at Sandy Plains in Marietta. The deal brings Atlas’ Georgia holdings to 10 properties. Heritage Senior Living previously operated the locations but will be replaced effective April 1. Read More »
Who Says New Construction Is Dead?

Who Says New Construction Is Dead?

We all have heard how construction costs have soared, rendering some new developments to be too expensive, at least for now. They just won’t pencil out at current cost levels, and you can only push unit rates just so far. Bucking this trend is Carlson Management, a California-based provider and developer. The company has developed five ground-up seniors housing communities to date, totaling 518 units in California, and has four other communities under construction or pre-construction with another 368 units. It also purchased two small communities in 2018. To help continue with its growth, Carlson launched an equity joint venture with RSF Partners to pursue its growth objectives. To kick... Read More »
Local Georgia Teaching Hospital Acquires SNF 

Local Georgia Teaching Hospital Acquires SNF 

As investor interest and bidding wars have grown in the skilled nursing industry in the last year, some unusual buyers have emerged to help spur that activity. In a recent Georgia SNF sale, Colquitt Regional Medical Center, a local community-based teaching hospital, submitted the most compelling offer for a 59-bed skilled nursing facility in the town of Moultrie. Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Michael Segal and Ben Firestone were engaged by the New York-based investment firm seller following the operator’s recent bankruptcy filing.   Upon completing the transaction in early March, the buyer plans to make substantial upgrades to the facility’s patient rooms, common areas, and... Read More »
Ziegler Facilitates Campus Expansion in Wisconsin 

Ziegler Facilitates Campus Expansion in Wisconsin 

Ziegler closed bond financing for Cedar Crest, Inc. to expand its 274-unit CCRC campus in Janesville, Wisconsin, and to refund outstanding debt. The financing is comprised of $57.46 million of Series 2022A fixed rate revenue bonds issued through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority and $30 million of bank debt directly purchased by BMO Harris Bank. Proceeds of the debt will pay off the outstanding Series 2013 bonds and also fund a debt service reserve fund, fund interest on the bonds and pay certain costs of issuance.  The expansion project will add a new 24-unit independent living building and a replacement 76-unit assisted living building on the campus. In addition,... Read More »
Multifamily Investor Enters Active Adult Arena  

Multifamily Investor Enters Active Adult Arena  

Castle Lanterra, a New York-based national real estate investment firm which had $750 million in transaction volume during 2021, acquired Diamond Oaks Village, a 160-unit active adult community in Bonita Springs, for its first acquisition in the seniors housing space. Built in 2017 by the United Group of Companies, the gated community offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 1,036 square feet. Unit amenities include open-floor concept living spaces, full kitchens with granite counters, in-unit washers and dryers and screened-in private balconies. Community amenities include a covered parking garage, fitness center, outdoor pool and spa, dog park, putting green and bistro, bar and a... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Costa Mesa, California Community 

CBRE Refinances Costa Mesa, California Community 

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged financing for Coastal Heights Senior Living, a 148-unit independent living community in Costa Mesa, California (Orange County). Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg secured the debt through Stone Beach Capital, a New York-based investment fund focused on credit opportunities in the United States and Europe. The owners, a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and an institutional equity partner received a three-year, $15.5 million loan with a floating rate and a full term of interest only.   Opened in 1990, the community will continue to be third-party managed by Integral Senior Living. It was acquired by the current owners in 2016 and... Read More »
Hackensack Meridian Health Divests Majority of SNF Portfolio 

Hackensack Meridian Health Divests Majority of SNF Portfolio 

Not-for-profit health system Hackensack Meridian Health announced plans to sell a majority of its skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities to Complete Care Management. The agreement involves 11 of Hackensack Meridian’s 14 skilled nursing facilities, with approximately 1,630 beds and 2,100 employees. Terms of the deal, which still must be approved by the state Department of Health, were not disclosed. The facilities are located in Brick Township, Ocean Grove, Shrewsbury, Wall, Holmdel, North Bergen, Plainfield, Edison and Hackensack.  The locations would join Complete Care’s 41-facility portfolio in the Garden State, which it has grown since launching in 2015.... Read More »