• Brookdale Finally Names a COO

    A decade without a Chief Operating Officer? Maybe that is why Brookdale Senior Living has been suffering. But, they are finally filling the position. Mary Sue Patchett is taking on the role, effective December 1st. With Brookdale’s new regional operating model, which she helped redesign and implement, she will have six regional vice presidents,... Read More »
  • EVA Care Group Refinances California Portfolio

    Helios Healthcare Advisors went to a private credit fund to secure a refinance for a senior care portfolio in California. Totaling 165 beds, there is a skilled nursing facility in San Bernardino and an assisted living community in Fillmore. The communities are owned by EVA Care Group, a Los Angeles-based national healthcare organization. ... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells a Class-A Mississippi Asset

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in the Gulfport/Biloxi area of Mississippi. Featuring 18 independent living, 60 assisted living and 62 memory care units, the community was built in phases between 2019 and 2025. It is located in the town of Ocean Springs with no major competitors in the local... Read More »
  • Marx Development Group Finalizes West Virginia Acquisition

    Lument Securities has closed the sale of four West Virginia-owned skilled nursing facilities to Marx Development Group (MDG). MDG subsidiary Majestic Care is taking over operations at the facilities in a smooth transition. The deal closed on October 31. Managing Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Laca Wong-Hammond orchestrated the... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »
Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on the wealthy (already one of the highest taxed regions in the country) and government run grocery stores, he wants to implement a $30 an hour minimum wage for New York City. We suspect he has no idea what the impact would be on employers. We suspect he does not care. But it could be different in the seniors housing industry. You may remember our... Read More »
BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2004 and later renovated, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory care (18 units) and skilled nursing (40 beds) on an irreplaceable site in Palm Beach Gardens. Occupancy was strong at 93%, and the community was fully stabilized. La Posada is owned and managed by affiliates of Kisco Senior Living, based in Carlsbad, California. In order to refinance existing debt and recapitalize some of the addition/renovation capital, Kisco received $45 million in... Read More »
The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship Manager & Vice President of KeyBank. Frank Cassidy, who oversees HUD’s Office of Housing and the FHA, also dialed in as a special guest to discuss HUD’s launch of its “Express Lane.” Watch the LTC Properties-sponsored webinar here. Read More »
Maryland Assisted Living Portfolio Trades Hands

Maryland Assisted Living Portfolio Trades Hands

In its first out-of-state transaction, Michigan-based Meiser Commercial Real Estate facilitated the sale of a five-property seniors housing portfolio in the Baltimore, Maryland market, on behalf of a family seller. The portfolio includes 79 assisted living units with 80 beds and was 95% occupied at the time of closing. Renovations were completed in 2019, and three of the buildings are on the newer side. The undisclosed buyer acquired the portfolio for $13.25 million, or $167,700 per unit, at an 11.8% cap rate, using the same lender that held the previous loan on the property. The transaction closed smoothly. Read More »
Distinctive Healthcare Recaps Class-A Naples Community

Distinctive Healthcare Recaps Class-A Naples Community

Cushman & Wakefield secured an all-cash, $40 million equity raise for the recapitalization of the Seascape at Naples, offering an attractive basis with strong upside potential.  Built in 2018, this Class-A seniors housing community is in Naples, Florida, with 196 independent living, assisted living and memory care units.  John Alascio, Aaron Graves and Jason Blankfein of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance group advised the borrower, Distinctive Healthcare, alongside seniors housing specialists Jason Skalko from Cushman’s Investment Sales team and David Young of Greystone.  Within the first month of taking over operations, Distinctive... Read More »
Newmark Secures Refinancing for Virginia Class-A Communities

Newmark Secures Refinancing for Virginia Class-A Communities

The Newmark Seniors Housing Team announced the closing of the refinance of two newer-vintage seniors housing communities in Virginia. Both communities saw strong leasing activity during the marketing process, and Newmark closed with a regional bank that provided non-recourse financing at competitive terms. The total loan was around $88 million.  Built in 2021, The Providence Fairfax is a seven-story seniors housing community with 124 assisted living and 30 memory care units. Built in 2022, The Landing Alexandria is a nine-story seniors housing community in Alexandria with 40 independent living units, 89 assisted living units and 42 memory care units. Read More »
Financing Secured for New Jersey SNF Acquisition

Financing Secured for New Jersey SNF Acquisition

MONTICELLOAM announced the financing of a $33.6 million senior bridge loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. The floating-rate loan has a 30-month initial term for the borrower group, a longstanding client of MONTICELLOAM, that will use the financing towards the purchase of a northeastern New Jersey facility totaling 180 beds. Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Fight between Brookdale and Ortelius

60 Seconds with Swett: The Fight between Brookdale and Ortelius

It has been a bit amusing to see both Brookdale Senior Living and Ortelius Advisors claim victory with Institutional Shareholder Services’ report on the upcoming July 11th stockholders vote on the new slate of directors for the Board. For Ortelius, ISS recommended voting for Steven Vick and Lori Wittman, two of the six nominees that Ortelius put forth in March, while also acknowledging the benefit of Ortelius’s efforts on initiating needed change at Brookdale. Meanwhile, Brookdale rejoiced at ISS effectively recommending that shareholders’ not hand control of the Board to Ortelius by only supporting two of the six nominees and pointing out Ortelius’s lack of details in the turnaround plan... Read More »
Newmark Closes Major Portfolio Deal

Newmark Closes Major Portfolio Deal

In one of the more significant deals to close so far in 2025, Newmark announced the off-market sale of a large portfolio spread across the United States. Totaling 900 units of independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing, the portfolio is located in Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, Indiana and Arizona. Little else has been disclosed so far, but the portfolio sold for $418 million, or $464,400 per unit, which is one of the highest per-unit prices that we have seen so far this year. Read More »
Off-Market Transaction Closes in California

Off-Market Transaction Closes in California

JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage was engaged in the sale of a well-established assisted living/memory care community with 86 units and 100 beds in Inland Empire, California. JCH was tasked with confidentially marketing the community to a select group of qualified buyers. There were multiple qualified offers, with a local operator being selected for its alignment with the seller’s values and its portfolio of seniors housing communities in the region.  The buyer acquired the community for $14.125 million, or $164,200 per unit. The intent is to maintain current operations while enhancing resident experience and operational efficiencies. Both parties were represented by Cindy... Read More »
O&M Investments Acquires Nebraska Senior Care Portfolio

O&M Investments Acquires Nebraska Senior Care Portfolio

O&M Investments, LLC, led by Nick Martinez and Todd Okum, has expanded its footprint into Nebraska through an acquisition of a senior care portfolio. The seller was a mom & pop seeking an exit from the industry. Built in the 1970s and 1980s, the six senior care facilities are located in the Omaha MSA, comprising around 350 skilled nursing beds and approximately 60 assisted living beds. They were operating at near-breakeven at closing, with O&M increasing census since then. This purchase brings O&M’s total owned/operated facilities to 96 across 12 states. The facilities will now be managed by a seasoned regional operator. Read More »