• October Kicks Off with Multiple Financings

    VIUM Capital announced a slew of closings at the start of October, ranging from HUD refinances to acquisition loans. The largest was a $72 million bride loan that refinanced four skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania totaling 525 beds. Proceeds will be used to take out senior debt and senior mezzanine debt. The facility will be structured as... Read More »
  • Newmark Negotiates Several Large Financings

    Sarah Anderson of Newmark has closed some notable financing transactions in the last couple of months, in addition to arranging acquisition financing for numerous deals handled by the Newmark investment sales team. One of the closings was for Vivante at Turtle Creek, a to-be-built seniors housing community on the prestigious Turtle Creek... Read More »
  • Funding Arranged for Skilled Nursing Clients

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, announced a couple of financings for skilled nursing clients in New England and North Carolina. First, for eight skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the firm closed a $70 million senior bridge loan with a 24-month initial term. It... Read More »
  • Newly Constructed Community Secures Financing

    BWE arranged refinancing for Clarendale Arcadia, a newly constructed senior living community in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. The financing was arranged on behalf of a repeat client joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management, LCS, and Ryan Companies US, Inc., with LCS serving as the operator. Ryan Stoll, National... Read More »
  • Brookdale Shares Hit Seven-Year High

    Brookdale Senior Living has posted occupancy increases for several consecutive months. The operator has lagged behind the industry for a decade now, so it is about time.  Weighted average occupancy has increased each month since January, beginning at 79.2% and reaching 82.5% in September. The third quarter’s average of 81.8% is up 290 basis... Read More »
Former Brookdale Asset Sale Sets Record Per-Unit Price in Montana

Former Brookdale Asset Sale Sets Record Per-Unit Price in Montana

A standalone independent living community in Great Falls, Montana, just sold for one of the highest per-unit prices in the state. Developed in 1995, The Iris Senior Living was the highest-quality IL building in the area and was consistently fully occupied. It features 60 units and operates at a nearly 40% margin. Even though it is an older building, it is in good condition and commanded a $253,000 per unit price (or $15.2 million in total), at an 8.8% cap rate. The cap rate makes sense given the market and vintage of the asset, and the price is the highest on a per-unit basis in the LevinPro LTC deal database in the state of Montana.  Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group... Read More »
Maxwell Group Affiliate Acquires Luxury CCRC

Maxwell Group Affiliate Acquires Luxury CCRC

Continuum Advisors announced the sale of Laurel Circle, a luxury 270-unit CCRC on 25 acres in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. Built in 1996, Laurel Circle offers a full continuum of care with 183 independent living apartments, 19 independent living villas, 30 assisted living units, 10 memory care units and 28 skilled nursing units, plus an additional five acres of undeveloped land for future expansion. A joint venture which included LCS retained Continuum to represent them in the sales transaction. David Kliewer and Jay Jordan led the transaction, which generated strong buyer interest and culminated in the sale to an affiliate of Maxwell Group, Senior Living Communities. Kliewer and... Read More »
Buyer Sees Turnaround Potential in Medicare-Only SNF

Buyer Sees Turnaround Potential in Medicare-Only SNF

Blueprint facilitated the sale of Welbrook Senior Living Farmington, a 50-bed Medicare-only transitional rehab skilled nursing facility in Farmington, New Mexico. Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy represented the buyer, a high net worth private investor/operator, aligning them with a private equity seller.  The facility, built in 2018, was a turnaround opportunity, operating at below market occupancy and experiencing an EBITDAR loss on approximately $5 million in revenue at the time of marketing. The buyer was looking to expand their presence in New Mexico and saw significant potential in repositioning the asset, which it intends to do by expanding the facility’s existing licensure capacity... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Will Q4 Set Records?

60 Seconds with Swett: Will Q4 Set Records?

Happy fourth quarter everybody, and it should be a record-breaking one with all of the transaction pipelines we are aware of. Of course, deals have to close, and some will inevitably be kicked to Q1. But there is enough optimism among buyers, lenders, operators and certainly the brokers that dealmaking activity should hit new heights in the coming months.  We are already at a record-breaking M&A volume in 2025, with a sensational summer culminating in September hitting a 2025 monthly high with 70 deals announced, and counting. Only two other months have ever surpassed 70 deals, and they were in 2024. On an annualized basis, we would hit 840 deals at that level. And based on the... Read More »
SLIB Closes Class-A Deal in Wisconsin

SLIB Closes Class-A Deal in Wisconsin

A Class-A seniors housing community in Wisconsin found a new owner thanks to Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in the last couple of years, the high-quality asset featured approximately 125 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was strong above 90%, and financial performance was solid. Its newer vintage attracted significant interest from national, regional and institutional investors, and SLIB procured multiple offers for the seller. A public REIT emerged as the selected buyer and will keep the current management company as the operator.  It seems like the deal could be a part of LTC Properties’ larger... Read More »
LTC Properties Adds Five Communities to Its SHOP Portfolio

LTC Properties Adds Five Communities to Its SHOP Portfolio

Just days after LTC Properties added two Kentucky assets to its SHOP portfolio through an off-market transaction totaling $40 million, the REIT announced a larger SHOP acquisition involving five seniors housing properties in Wisconsin. The Class-A portfolio features a total of 520 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was stabilized, with an average property age of six years and an expected year-one yield of approximately 7%. Lifespark, a new LTC operating partner, has managed the communities since 2021 and will continue to do so. LTC Properties paid $195 million, or $375,000 per unit, financed through a line of credit, proceeds from previously disclosed property... Read More »
Buyer Sees Turnaround Potential in Medicare-Only SNF

Forbright Bank Announces Several Financings

Forbright Bank had a busy end to the summer, announcing a series of closings for a mix of seniors housing and skilled nursing properties across the country. The largest individual transaction was a $50 million term loan that refinanced the existing debt on three skilled nursing facilities in Florida. Forbright underwrote the bridge-to-HUD loan for a near-term HUD takeout to be facilitated by its HUD team. The bank also provided a $3 million revolver to support the facilities’ working capital needs. Forbright also partnered with HJ Sims to provide a $38 million bridge loan to fund the acquisitions of three skilled nursing facilities in Chicagoland.  Forbright financed a few other... Read More »
Joint Venture Receives Acquisition Financing

Joint Venture Receives Acquisition Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced its role in providing acquisition financing to IRA Capital and Principal Asset Management for their purchase of an 89-unit seniors housing community in Gilbert, Arizona. American Care Concepts and Reichmann International Realty Advisors developed American Groves Senior Living in 2021 and have owned it since then. Each of the 89 units can transition between independent and assisted living in response to changing resident needs. Currently, occupancy is 100%, and we imagine the property operated at a healthy margin.  IRA Capital and Principal Asset Management announced that they paid $44.5 million, or $500,000 per unit, for the... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Takes on Distressed SNFs

Regional Owner/Operator Takes on Distressed SNFs

Blueprint was engaged to market Project Golden Gopher, which features two properties with 230 skilled nursing beds in Hopkins and Rochester, Minnesota. The assets were owned by a publicly traded REIT and marketed on a distressed basis. Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Will Roberts handled the transaction.  Though the facilities were challenged, they presented clear upside through census growth and operational enhancements. The properties are near acute care hospitals, enabling an incoming operator to establish strong referral relationships. Following a targeted marketing process, Blueprint generated significant investor interest and ultimately selected a... Read More »
LTC Properties on Track for Projected 2025 Pipeline

LTC Properties on Track for Projected 2025 Pipeline

LTC Properties added two Kentucky assets in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA, to its SHOP portfolio through an off-market transaction. Both assets opened in the first half of 2023 with 158 total assisted living/memory care units. More than 50% of those units were pre-leased, and they achieved full stabilization in an average of 20 months. Since then, they consistently performed well and were stabilized at the time of closing. It is expected that the communities will deliver a year-one yield of approximately 7%. One of the buildings appears to be Charter Senior Living of Hopkinsville, which has 56 assisted living and 23 memory care units. The private-pay units are in a single-story, 65,000... Read More »