• 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 »
Independent Living Buyer Plans to Utilize Michigan Choice Waiver Program

Independent Living Buyer Plans to Utilize Michigan Choice Waiver Program

A high-quality independent living community sold in northern Michigan, thanks to Justin Knapp and Jim Knapp of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. Whispering Pines was purpose-built in Lake City with 48 units. It boasted strong in-place occupancy and faced little local competition. Across the 19 acres, there are also wooded walking trails, a large pond and a central clubhouse. The community offered an opportunity for a new owner to serve a broader population through the Michigan Choice Waiver program, which the undisclosed buyer will do. Read More »
Pennsylvania Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Pennsylvania Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Greystone provided a $64.96 million bridge loan for a senior care portfolio in Pennsylvania comprising three assets with 506 beds. The financing was originated by Christopher Clare, David Young, Ryan Harkins, Ben Rubin, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher. The non-recourse interest-only bridge loan carries a 24-month term, two six-month extension options and a floating rate. It allows the borrower to improve operations while working with Greystone to secure HUD-insured permanent financing. The portfolio includes a combined total of 408 skilled nursing, 76 assisted living, 12 memory care and 10 independent living beds. Read More »
Cassia Senior Community Services Announces New CEO

Cassia Senior Community Services Announces New CEO

Cassia Senior Community Services, a not-for-profit senior care operator, announced Matthew Kern as its next president and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. Kern is succeeding CEO Bob Dahl, who is retiring after 31 years with the organization. Kern brings 25 years of experience in the field and has served on Cassia’s executive leadership team since 2017, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. Read More »

National Health Investors in the Mood to SHOP

National Health Investors posted another good quarter and, like many other companies, increased their earnings guidance for the rest of the year based on current performance as well as expected new investments. The REIT’s small SHOP portfolio posted a 29.4% year-over-year increase in NOI and will be transitioning six communities to the portfolio which had been triple-net leased.  During the second quarter, NHI purchased six assisted living and memory care communities in Nebraska for $63.5 million, or $308,300 per unit. They will be leased at an initial rate of 8.0% plus 2.0% annual escalators for an initial 15-year term. See details on the deal here. In addition, the REIT is providing... Read More »
KIRCO Refinances Class-A Community

KIRCO Refinances Class-A Community

Berkadia announced the refinancing of Monark Grove Madison, a Class-A, 132-unit, independent living and memory care community developed and owned by Michigan-based KIRCO. Steven Muth, Austin Sacco, Garrett Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare secured a loan through a national bank. The deal closed on July 15 after a competitive process. Alabama-based Atlas Senior Living manages Monark Grove in Madison, Alabama. The property affords convenient access to Madison Hospital, multiple shopping centers, Huntsville International Airport, and Madison Golf Center. It was built in 2022 and features 105 independent living and 27 memory care units with... Read More »

BMO Closes Facility for MCAP Acquisition

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group closed a large facility to facilitate the acquisition and renovation of nine seniors housing communities in Virginia. Totaling more than 780 beds, the portfolio will continue to be managed by Commonwealth Senior Living on behalf of the new owner, Municipal Capital Appreciation Partners (MCAP).  This was part of Invesque’s sale of its 20-property Commonwealth Senior Living portfolio, approved earlier this summer. MCAP emerged to repurchase the properties after selling them to Invesque in 2019 for $340.4 million. The whole portfolio is mostly in Virginia, with locations in Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania. To fund the acquisition and... Read More »
Stellar Turns to Acquisitions with New JV

Stellar Turns to Acquisitions with New JV

Stellar Senior Living announced the close of its first joint venture with $20 million in capital commitments. Stellar’s partner is a large private equity firm, and the joint venture will provide funding to acquire 10 to 15 seniors housing communities over its term. The first acquisition under this new venture is The Grand at Broomfield Assisted Living & Memory Care, previously known as The Gallery at Broomfield, in Broomfield, Colorado. The Class-A community was built in 2023 and features 115 assisted living and memory care units.  Stellar has managed this community for the past couple of years, and is now also a minority owner. The community leased to 100% occupancy in the first... Read More »
Florida Not-For-Profit Secures Financing

Florida Not-For-Profit Secures Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Oak Hammock at the University of Florida’s $93.5 million Series 2025 bonds issued through the Alachua County Health Facilities Authority. This is the third transaction Ziegler has completed for Oak Hammock, a Florida not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates a CCRC in Gainesville, Florida.  The community sits on a 135-acre campus that currently consists of 269 independent living, 52 assisted living and 12 memory care units, plus 73 skilled nursing beds. All the skilled nursing beds are Medicare certified. Proceeds of the Series 2025 bonds will be used, together with other available funds, to finance and refinance all or a portion of the costs... Read More »

The Healthcare Resort of Kansas City Featured in LevinPro Database

The Healthcare Resort of Kansas City has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a private skilled nursing facility situated at 8900 Parallel Pkwy in Kansas City, Kansas. It was incorporated on January 28, 2014. LevinPro, which tracks M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma, profiled the transaction involving The Healthcare Resort of Kansas City in its deal database, which is available to subscribers here. LevinPro has tracked thousands of deals in the skilled nursing facility sector throughout its history. To see the underlying... Read More »

Mason Pointe Care Center Involved in M&A Activity Documented in LevinPro Database

Mason Pointe Care Center has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a not-for-profit skilled nursing facility situated at 13190 South Outer 40 Rd in Chesterfield, Missouri. It was incorporated on March 23, 1863. LevinPro, which tracks M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma, profiled the transaction involving Mason Pointe Care Center in its deal database, which is available to subscribers. LevinPro has tracked thousands of deals in the skilled nursing facility sector throughout its history. To see the underlying deal data, or for... Read More »
Zett Group Closes Full-Circle Transaction

Zett Group Closes Full-Circle Transaction

We do not see deals like this often. In a full circle transaction, Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a large seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon, to a Salem, Oregon-based group in partnership with a new operator through a pre-established JV structure. Bozett represented his grandparents, Ron and Joyce Knutson, a pioneering couple who first got involved in the seniors housing space in the 1970s in the Pacific Northwest. The Eugene property was one of two communities left in the family’s hands, with the other in Spokane, Washington. Built in 1979 by the Knutsons, Churchill Estates features 241 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, one of the... Read More »