• LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

    LTC Properties released its 2025 fourth quarter results and 2026 guidance, and in it reiterated its shift toward its newly established SHOP segment. During the second quarter of the year, the company established the segment, marking its shift in focus from the skilled nursing sector. Later in Q2, it terminated its Anthem Memory Care triple-net... Read More »
  • Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

    Calaroga Terrace has traded hands, from a national owner/operator to a regional developer. The community sits is north of the Oregon Convention Center, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2016, the 15-story high rise is situated on just under one acre and features 181 independent living and 84 assisted living units. The... Read More »
  • New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

    Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

    Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior... Read More »
  • Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

    Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare... Read More »
Investor Group Acquires in Oregon

Investor Group Acquires in Oregon

Silver Wave Capital announced its fourth acquisition in the last 12 months, picking up a new seniors housing community in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. The firm, founded by Cory Wake and Elan Ruggill in 2024, made the acquisition with Sherman Capital Partners as a co-GP and another capital partner.  Built in 2019, the Class-A community is located in Cedar Mill and features 110 units of assisted living and memory care. It was previously operated by Ciel Senior Living but will be managed by Compass Senior Living going forward under the name The Canopy. It opened as Fieldstone Cornell Landing, a brand that was developed and operated by Bourne Financial Group and Cascade Senior Living,... 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 »