• 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... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »
  • 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,... Read More »
Berkadia’s H1 2025 Seniors Housing & Healthcare Financings

Berkadia’s H1 2025 Seniors Housing & Healthcare Financings

Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare platform closed $1.13 billion in financing during the first half of the year. The team financed 64 properties totaling 7,710 beds/units. The total includes $250 million in Berkadia-led bridge loans with participations, $123 million in HUD 232/223(f) financings, and $758 million in GSE and third-party placements. A notable refinance from the first half of the year was one of the largest seniors housing refinances in recent years. The team secured $627.2 million of mortgage debt for a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio spanning 15 states. Read More »
Lument Brings on New Director

Lument Brings on New Director

Jason Beakas joined Lument as a director, supporting the firm’s seniors housing and healthcare origination efforts with Doug Harper and Casey Moore. He is based in Columbus, Ohio, and serves clients nationwide. Since joining Lument’s predecessor Lancaster Pollard in 2010, Beakas has managed and underwritten more than 200 transactions totaling nearly $1.7 billion across a range of capital structures, including FHA/HUD, Fannie Mae, USDA, balance sheet loans, and tax-exempt bonds. Read More »
2nd Quarter Investor Call: The Great Debates of Senior Care

2nd Quarter Investor Call: The Great Debates of Senior Care

On Thursday, July 17, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett hosted SCI’s latest webinar, dubbed The Great Debates of Senior Care, with panelists ​​Dan Revie of Ziegler, Scott Hougham of Sage, and Michael Feinstein of Focus Healthcare Partners. Issues such as the chances of having a unit shortfall, whether cap rates are too low, the decision of building versus buying, labor-related challenges, and more were discussed. The expert panelists also provided some advice to new entrants, and responded to questions from the audience. LevinPro LTC subscribers can watch the recording of the webinar here. Read More »
Ventas Acquires in Washington State

Ventas Acquires in Washington State

Ventas expanded its portfolio through a recent acquisition of a seniors housing community in Washington State. Built in 2003, MorningStar at Silver Lake is in Everett, Washington, with 113 independent living and 35 assisted living units. The in-place operator will continue to manage the community going forward. MorningStar Senior Living has been operating the community since 2021, coming into a community that was struggling with census at the time. Today, it maintains nearly full occupancy. It is unclear who the current seller was, but according to LevinPro LTC’s deal database, Artemis Real Estate Partners acquired the community in 2018 for $50.5 million, or $341,000 per unit, at a 6.2%... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Class-A Communities

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Class-A Communities

Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two Class-A independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities: Grand Living at Citrus Hills and Grand Living at Bridgewater. The pair of seniors housing communities have a combined total of 337 units, and are located in Hernando, Florida, and Coralville, Iowa, respectively. Managing Directors Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers led the deal on behalf of the sellers, PGIM Real Estate and Ryan Companies. Managing Directors Austin Sacco and Steve Muth, Senior Director Garrett Sacco, and AVP Alec Rosenfield secured acquisition financing through Freddie Mac.  The buyer was Chicago Pacific Founders and its... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Lease-to-Purchase Transaction

Blueprint Closes Lease-to-Purchase Transaction

A large New York-based seniors housing owner engaged Blueprint to explore the sale of an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Ownership acquired the asset several years prior while in distress and brought on Viva Senior Living as manager to execute a turnaround plan, which was now in its final stages. While the asset was performing, it was non-core to the owner’s geographic portfolio footprint.  The seller ultimately selected a buyer group that chose to retain Viva Senior Living as the operator and negotiated a lease structure with performance-based incentives and a purchase option, enabling the... Read More »
BHI Provides Bridge Loan

BHI Provides Bridge Loan

BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim B.M., provided $49 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in the suburbs of Detroit. The portfolio consists of Hampton Manor of Dundee, Hampton Manor of Trenton and Hampton Manor of Hamburg. Together, the communities total 221 units, with 171 assisted living and 50 memory care units.  Shahid Imran, doing business as Hampton Manor, was the borrower. Proceeds from the loan will be used to refinance existing debt and facilitate a partnership buyout, with Imran assuming full ownership of the properties, which were developed within the last five years by Imran and undisclosed partners. Read More »

Fitchburg Rehabilitation And Nursing Center in LevinPro M&A Database

Fitchburg Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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 94 Summer St in Fitchburg, MA. It was incorporated on January 14, 2019. 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 Fitchburg Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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 »

Mesa Hills Post Acute Involved in M&A Activity in LevinPro Database

Mesa Hills Post Acute 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 901 Wildrose Ln in Brownsville, TX. 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 Mesa Hills Post Acute 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 deal data, or for information on subscription options, go to... Read More »

Uvalde Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Featured in LevinPro M&A Database

Uvalde Healthcare And Rehabilitation 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 and is situated at 535 N Park St in Uvalde, TX. 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 Uvalde Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center 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 deal data, or for information... Read More »

Resorts At Chester River Manor Linked to Merger or Acquisition in LevinPro Database

Resorts At Chester River Manor 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 200 Morgnec Rd in Chestertown, Md. It was incorporated on April 20, 2018. 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 Resorts At Chester River Manor Corp 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 deal data, or for... Read More »