• 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 »
What About the MOB M&A Market?

What About the MOB M&A Market?

With seniors housing and care transactions slowing to a crawl in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s check in on another healthcare real estate sector that has not seen the same decline. Medical office building (MOB) transactions have been flowing steadily throughout the third quarter, with 11 deals on the books so far according to our M&A database Deal Search Online. Most deals are focused on facilities in the Southeastern region of the United States, such as Alabama, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, and the buyers are a mix of REITs, private real estate investment firms, and developers. So far in the third quarter, over 376,000 square feet of MOBs have been sold, with... Read More »
Paragon Mortgage Corp. Refinances California SNF

Paragon Mortgage Corp. Refinances California SNF

Phoenix, Arizona-based Paragon Mortgage Corp. arranged the refinance of a southern California skilled nursing facility. Located in North Hollywood within a three-mile radius of both Pacifica Hospital of the Valley and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, the facility consists of 128 beds in a single story. It is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente and provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative services to both pediatric and adult patients, as well as respiratory therapy care, speech, occupational and physical therapy, and other services.  The owner, Rancho Santa Fe, California-based Darbun Enterprises Inc., obtained a $16.3 million HUD loan to refinance the facility. The loan came with a... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 28, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending August 28, 2020

The senior care M&A market slowed a bit later in August, but a few deals did get announced. Check them out below. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Northern Horizon CapitalCare home in Denmark$35.4 million Orlando Neighborhood Improvement CorporationBaptist TerraceN/A Private owner/operatorAssisted living/memory care community in Cleveland,... Read More »
Death By or With COVID

Death By or With COVID

We are sure every provider is sick and tired of hearing about how many residents have died of COVID-19 in a nursing home or assisted living community. The problem is that the classification may be all wrong.  Unfortunately, there may be a financial reason for such classifications, as in more reimbursement, or more governmental aid. And for those who can profit from making this pandemic seem worse than it is (yes, they do exist), piling up the number of COVID deaths helps to make their case. It has certainly helped the mainstream media and their advertising dollars.  But here is the problem, at least as it relates to the deaths in assisted living, memory care and nursing homes.... Read More »
Merrill Commercial Real Estate Sells Memory Care Community Out of Receivership

Merrill Commercial Real Estate Sells Memory Care Community Out of Receivership

Tyler Merrill of Merrill Commercial Real Estate took an Oregon memory care community that was in receivership and sold it to a group of individual investors new to the industry. To take on the turnaround, that buyer group hired a Northwest-based operator to manage the community. It’s not an easy time for that, to say the least, but with a purchase price of $3 million, or $54,500 per unit, there is certainty some wiggle room to add value.  Built in 1998, this 55-unit memory care community is located in Coos Bay on the central Oregon coast. Its previous owner originally acquired the community as part of a four-property portfolio in 2008, and Mr. Merrill was brought in to sell all four in... Read More »
M&T Realty Arranges HUD Loan

M&T Realty Arranges HUD Loan

The HUD market seems to be the steadiest in the senior care lending world since the onset of COVID-19, after a few hiccups and delays earlier this year. Joining the activity, M&T Realty Capital Corporation arranged a HUD refinance for an assisted living community in Spokane, Washington. The non-recourse loan totaled $13.83 million and came with a 30-year, fully amortizing term. Plus, M&T secured an interest rate well below 2.75%. Who wouldn’t take that?  Originally built in the 1940s with an addition in the early 1980s and renovations in the 2000s, the community features 212 units of independent living and assisted living in five interconnected buildings. Located adjacent to... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Refinances Minnesota Community

Lancaster Pollard Refinances Minnesota Community

Working on behalf of a repeat customer, Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company secured a HUD loan for a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chaska, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). Developed by Trident Development and operated by the borrower, Tealwood Senior Living, which manages over 38 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the property was originally developed in 2015. It was funded in part by Tax Increment Financing from the Chaska Economic Development Authority.   The property consists of two buildings connected by both a ground-level breezeway and upper level hallways. There are 66 assisted living “light” units that are certified for... Read More »
Beware The Flu Season?

Beware The Flu Season?

Fears of the flu season compounding the effects of the “second wave” of the coronavirus are overblown, and this is why. Almost every conversation surrounding the coronavirus and outbreaks in nursing homes or assisted living communities eventually gets around to the double whammy of a “second wave” combined with the upcoming flu season. Yes, providers will have to be vigilant, but they have never been as well prepared for the flu season as they are today. Think about it. Less than a year ago, do you remember ever walking into any senior care facility where the staff were all wearing masks, where hand sanitizers were everywhere, where your temperature was taken at the entrance,... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Cleveland Closing

Blueprint Handles Cleveland Closing

A private owner/operator looking to expand its presence and increase its operational leverage in the Midwest acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Cleveland, Ohio, with the help of Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Featuring 133 units about evenly split between assisted living and memory care, this community was built in the early 2000s. It has struggled with occupancy, leading its national owner/operator to seek a sale.   Blueprint brought the asset to a well-capitalized private owner/operator, which will reposition the community as an affordable option in the Cleveland MSA by utilizing the state’s... Read More »
Private REIT Finds New Operator For Colorado Communities

Private REIT Finds New Operator For Colorado Communities

Fresh off of arranging a partnership buyout for an assisted living campus in Illinois, Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Advisors found a new operator for two assisted living communities in Colorado.   Both built in the late-1990s, these communities were owned by a private REIT based and incorporated in the U.S. but controlled by a Hong Kong private investment management firm. Around 25% of their census was made up of Medicaid residents, and their operating performance could be improved. Part of the reason for that was the assets were far from the prior operator’s Santa Barbara, California headquarters. There is also the opportunity to reposition them to better compete in... Read More »
Monticello Arranges Working Capital Loan

Monticello Arranges Working Capital Loan

The team at MONTICELLOAM, LLC (Monticello) followed up its refinance of a skilled nursing portfolio in Wisconsin with a working capital loan for the facilities’ operating companies. The original 10-year, first lien debt totaled $14.0 million and not only supported the refinance of two facilities but also the acquisition of the third skilled nursing/assisted living facility. Averaging around 42 years in age, the portfolio totals 305 beds and units.  Now, on behalf of the experienced owner/operator borrower, Monticello structured a $2.0 million working capital loan.  Read More »