• NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

    In a move to concentrate its portfolio on private pay seniors housing, National Health Investors divested a large skilled nursing portfolio for $560 million, before estimated transaction costs between $6 million and $8 million. The buyer was the current lessee, National HealthCare Corporation, whose legacy master lease was established in 1991 and... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

    Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

    Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

    Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the... Read More »
  • Public Company Divests in Arizona

    A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and attractive RevPORs. But there is still occupancy and rate-driven NOI upside for the buyer, an active public REIT that will retain Triple Crown Senior Living as the operator under a RIDEA structure. Kyle Hallion, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the process, which was highly competitive with significant interest from public REITs, regional... Read More »
Borrower Refinances and Recapitalizes SNF Portfolio

Borrower Refinances and Recapitalizes SNF Portfolio

Capital Funding Group closed a $72.4 million bridge financing on behalf of a nationally-recognized borrower. It will support the refinancing and dividend recapitalization of a skilled nursing portfolio comprising nine facilities throughout Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. CFG aligned the bridge financing with a clear path to permanent execution, allowing the borrower to access liquidity now while positioning the assets for continued performance. Jimmy Zabel originated the transaction for the company. Read More »
Ciel Senior Living Takes Over Former Brookdale Communities

Ciel Senior Living Takes Over Former Brookdale Communities

The management of eight senior living communities owned by Janus Living, Healthpeak Properties’ spinoff REIT, recently transitioned from Brookdale Senior Living to Ciel Senior Living. The properties are part of a larger 19-asset portfolio that Healthpeak Properties and a sovereign wealth fund owned, but Healthpeak acquired its joint venture partner’s interest and decided to transfer management from Brookdale to both Ciel and Pegasus Senior Living.  The 19 assets encompass 3,355 units, with independent living units representing approximately 73% of the total. The portfolio was 81.7% occupied as of the fourth quarter of 2025. The new management contracts include performance incentives,... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Selects New President and CEO

Not-for-Profit Selects New President and CEO

Sloan Bentley has been selected to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Retirement Services (PRS), a not-for-profit senior living organization based in Medford, Oregon. Bentley’s effective start date will be determined based on the closing of a financial restructuring for her current employer. She has a 40-plus year career in senior living, with extensive experience in the CCRC world. She cofounded Seniority Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Baptist Homes of the West, where for nearly 20 years she provided management, sales and marketing consultation to organizations nationwide. Bentley has held positions of leadership within growing senior living... Read More »
Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

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 miles west of downtown Des Moines. Although it is licensed as a skilled nursing facility, it focuses on providing memory care services. Jason Punzel, Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder handled the transaction. Read More »
Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

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 refinance was sought. Carnegie arranged a non-recourse loan for the principals, given the structure of the sponsor’s fund. The loan carries a three-year term, and the borrower has plans to go to HUD in two years. Read More »
Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

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 mortgage. Cambridge utilized the Express Lane program to refinance the existing HUD loan, and the application to commitment was issued in a record-setting five calendar days. Read More »
Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

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

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 state. Evans Senior Investments handled the sale, representing the out-of-state seller in the deal. Read More »

CFG Hit the Ground Running in Q1

Capital Funding Group wasted no time in the first quarter, closing $428.9 million in total financing. The transactions spanned skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, memory care, behavioral health, multifamily and commercial lending on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. Some highlighted transactions include: ● A $17.6 million acquisition bridge loan for the financing of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Nevada, for an existing client. Patrick McGovern and Ryan Hunsicker originated the deal. ● A $9.0 million HUD loan for the refinancing of a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in Montclair, New Jersey. Tommy Dillon originated the deal. ● $42.9 million in financing for... Read More »
Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Cambridge Realty Capital announced a couple separate closings. First, the company provided a $4.31 million HUD refinance of Elizabeth Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Cambridge utilized HUD’s Express Lane, which enabled the loan application to receive its firm commitment just 18 days after being accepted.  According to LevinPro LTC, the facility sold at the end of 2024 to Providence, a not-for-profit, faith-based health care system that had been operating the facility since February 2020. It comprises 36 beds, and was built in 2010 by the seller, Coplin Health Systems. Cambridge Realty Capital also funded $49.67 million in first mortgage financing... Read More »