• 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 »
  • Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

    The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Joint Venture Acquires IL Community

    Blueprint closed the sale of Parkwood Retirement, a 147-unit independent living community in Bedford, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). Sitting adjacent to the Texas Health HEB hospital campus, Parkwood has demonstrated consistent and strong operating performance, with occupancy hovering around 95% for several years. There was still some meaningful... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures HUD Financing

    A senior care portfolio secured $64.96 million in HUD financing for the refinance of three properties in Pennsylvania. Greystone provided the financing, with the deal originated by Christopher Clare and additional team members including David Young, Ben Rubin, Ryan C. Harkins, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher assisting on the transaction. The... Read More »
  • National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

    National Health Investors’ John Spaid, Executive Vice President and CFO, will retire effective July 1, 2026. The company will appoint Todd Siefert as Executive Vice President Corporate Finance, effective June 1, 2026, and he will succeed Spaid as CFO. Also as part of the transition, Dana Hambly has been promoted to Senior Vice President of... Read More »
Florida Portfolio Receives Financing

Florida Portfolio Receives Financing

Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of Dwight Capital, provided a $120 million bridge loan to finance five skilled nursing facilities in Florida comprising 795 beds. The debt was used to refinance the 120-bed Parklands Care Center & Rehab in Gainesville, and the 120-bed Riverwood Healthcare & Rehab Center in Starke. It also funded the acquisition of the 299-bed Balanced Healthcare in St. Petersburg, the 76-bed Gulfside Health & Rehab Center in Clearwater, the 180-bed Lake Placid Health & Rehab Center in Lake Placid. To further support the facilities’ operations, Dwight Healthcare Funding also provided a $20 million working capital line of credit in conjunction with... Read More »
Seller Divests and Exits Seniors Housing Space

Seller Divests and Exits Seniors Housing Space

Brooks Minford of Berkadia sold a seniors housing campus in central Florida, in the town of Lakeland between Orlando and Tampa. Built in 2014 and 2017, the community features 156 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was well occupied at 90%.  The seller, which is focused on the retail and multifamily sectors but had been involved in seniors housing for more than a decade, wanted to exit the space. Berkadia had previously arranged financing for them. Minford sold the community to a family office with an operating partner. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Not-For-Profit Completes Its Largest Senior Living Financing

Not-For-Profit Completes Its Largest Senior Living Financing

Ziegler announced the pricing of Horizon House’s $600.0 million Series 2025AB bonds through the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. The bonds are set to close in December. This financing is Horizon House’s largest senior living financing completed to date.  Horizon House is a Washington 501(c)(3) organization that was established in 1961 to develop, own and operate seniors housing communities. Today, the organization owns and operates a CCRC in Seattle, Washington, that offers 377 independent living apartments and 90 assisted living apartments including memory care services. The bonds will be used to fund the new West Tower, a 33-story independent living high-rise consisting... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: You’ve Got To Be Kidding

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: You’ve Got To Be Kidding

Sadly, we are not kidding. President Trump has shown his true colors, and his true loyalty to the almighty dollar, with yet another pardon of one of the bad boys of senior care. But this bad boy is the worst of the group. We are referring to the just announced pardon of criminal Joseph Schwartz, the former owner of Skyline Health. Several months ago, after his last senior care pardon, we ended a story with, who’s next, Joseph Schwartz? We were kidding, but not laughing now. Not only did he commit a nearly $40 million fraud against us, the taxpayers, but he also put the well-being of several thousand patients in his nursing homes in jeopardy as he sucked as much cash out of them as he could... Read More »
Publicly Traded REIT Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

Publicly Traded REIT Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

A Wisconsin-based developer sold its five seniors housing properties in the Badger State to LTC Properties. Tukka Properties has a longstanding relationship with Walker & Dunlop, which had secured development debt, equity and permanent financing for the assets over the years and had also sold a Tukka-developed property to Welltower in 2021 (see details of that deal here).  Now, the Walker & Dunlop team led by Alex Vice and Matthew Lund sold four properties, with a fifth property sold by Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Totaling 520 units, the five communities feature a combination of independent living, assisted living and memory... Read More »
Sale Revives Stalled Seniors Housing Development

Sale Revives Stalled Seniors Housing Development

Blueprint closed on the sale of a partially developed seniors housing community in Pearland, Texas. Originally planned as a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community on 9.6 acres, the project was approximately 60% complete when development stalled. Blueprint targeted seniors housing operators and developers, as well as multifamily groups exploring adaptive reuse options. After a years-long process and multiple offers, including two that tied up the asset prior to closing, Moody National Companies emerged as the ultimate buyer. Moody is a Houston-based developer with a strong track record in multifamily investments. While initially exploring alternate uses for... Read More »
MONTICELLOAM Closes One of Its Largest Financings

MONTICELLOAM Closes One of Its Largest Financings

In one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, funded $470.5 million in total bridge and working capital financing for a sixteen-facility skilled nursing portfolio. The sponsor group, which owns and operates over 200 skilled nursing facilities across the country, used the $455.5 million bridge financing to refinance existing debt on the Virginia assets. In addition, MONTICELLOAM arranged a $15.0 million working capital line of credit for the borrower to manage the daily operational needs of over 2,000 licensed beds.  In another financing, MONTICELLOAM and firm affiliates provided a $28.5 million senior bridge loan for two... Read More »
Cash Flowing Assets Trade in Florida and Oregon

Cash Flowing Assets Trade in Florida and Oregon

Blueprint was engaged by a repeat institutional private equity client in the sale of a Class-A assisted living/memory care community in the Clearwater, Florida MSA. The community has received investments over the years and offered immediate in-place NOI and strong operating margins, while presenting some value-add opportunities. Kyle Hallion, Dillon Rudy and Jacob Gehl identified a large, privately held owner/operator based in Georgia as the ultimate buyer. The group has meaningful scale in the Southeast and is eager to grow in Florida. This marks the second transaction between the same buyer and seller, following a successful multi-asset portfolio sale earlier this year. Rudy and Gehl... Read More »
Acquisition Financing Secured by Joint Venture

Acquisition Financing Secured by Joint Venture

CBRE’s Aron Will and Michael Cregan closed a $45.5 million acquisition loan for a joint venture between an institutional investor and its operating partner. The acquired Class-A community is located in the Southeast. CBRE also handled the sale of the community. Separately, the CBRE team closed a nine-figure cash-out refinance for an undisclosed client.  The transactions come after the closing of acquisition financing for Belmont Village Aliso Viejo. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged the acquisition loan from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
12 Financings for 26 Senior Care Facilities Close

12 Financings for 26 Senior Care Facilities Close

Capital Funding Group financed more than $350.9 million across 12 transactions from mid-September through the end of October. The transactions supported 25 skilled nursing facilities and one facility with skilled nursing and assisted living. The assets were spread across Maryland, New York, South Carolina, Texas, New Jersey, Washington, Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. Details of the twelve transactions include: $38.1 million HUD loan for the refinancing of one skilled nursing facility in Maryland, featuring a total of 156 beds. Tim Eberhardt, Craig Casagrande and Catherine Mansel originated the deal. $17.0 million bridge loan increase for a... Read More »
Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa in Mesa, Arizona, Brookdale Peoria in Peoria, Arizona, and Brookdale Bartlesville South in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.  Grace will rename the Chicago community The Hallmark, and the remaining four properties will adopt the “Inspirations” brand. The Hallmark will undergo a multi-million dollar renovation to maximize its appeal with its lakefront... Read More »