• Blueprint Sets Pricing Record in New York State

    Blueprint advised a repeat private equity client in a record-setting sale of two standalone memory care communities in high barrier-to-entry submarkets in New York State. Combining for 104 units, these assets were purpose-built in the late 1990s and were stabilized at the time of the deal. Not only that, they were generating cash flow in excess... Read More »
  • CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »
  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... Read More »
  • CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... 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 »
Not-for-Profit Selects New President and CEO

Blueprint Brings on New Team Member

Blueprint welcomed Peter Trazzera to the team as Senior Director, Capital Markets. Trazzera brings deep expertise in financing solutions and is set to further elevate Blueprint’s capabilities in the sector. He has an extensive background in institutional capital, and is joining following a 12-year tenure as Senior Vice President at KeyBank Institutional Healthcare. During his time at KeyBank, he was involved in providing more than $6 billion of capital in both corporate and project-level financings for REITs, private equity and institutional investors. Prior to KeyBank, Trazzera held senior analytical and strategic roles at Minto Group, Brookdale Senior Living and Horizon Bay... Read More »
High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

The bar keeps getting raised for pricing in the seniors housing industry, and we believe a new record has been set for a property sale in Chicago, Illinois. It was revealed that the seven-story Belmont Village Lincoln Park was bought by CBRE Investment Management for approximately $151 million, according to property tax records. Based on a lower unit count than the original 149 units that were developed, after some unit combinations over the years, that equates to around $1.2 million per unit, or possibly even higher than that. In addition to its prime location adjacent to a mixed-use development in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, the community was relatively new (built in 2019), and... Read More »