• Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Harborside CCRC Sale Approved

    Focus Healthcare Partners’ purchase of a struggling CCRC on Long Island has gone through the ringer, but Chief Judge Alan S. Trust of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York just approved the sale under modified terms, which should close within the next two months. The property attracted some attention in late 2024 when New... Read More »
  • Imagine Senior Living Acquires in Texas

    An owner/operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities acquired a seniors housing community in Amarillo, Texas. Built in 2000, The Reserve at Amarillo features assisted living and memory care units. The buyer, Imagine Senior Living, has an established footprint with communities in Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,... Read More »
  • Brookdale Senior Living: Slow and Steady

    Brookdale Senior Living released its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results this week, and all we can say is that the improvements, while welcomed, are slow and steady. Management has had a lot on its plate the past 18 months or so in a post-pandemic environment, but things like occupancy are moving up, but not as fast as for others. The... Read More »
  • Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group shot out of the gates in 2025, closing three separate transactions in the Pacific Northwest so far this year. The largest was for an 88-unit seniors housing community in central Washington which closed this week. Owned by a regional operator based in Washington, this community consists of 36... Read More »
Majestic Care Acquires Ohio SNF Portfolio

Majestic Care Acquires Ohio SNF Portfolio

Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Properties sold a skilled nursing portfolio in Ohio before the end of January. This brings the team’s total number of facilities sold in the month of January to 20. The portfolio features six SNFs comprising 536 beds, all built around the 1980s. Average occupancy hovered between 85% and 90%. The buyer was Majestic Care, which has an already-established footprint in Ohio but was looking to expand in the state. Both the seller and the buyer were repeat clients. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Colliers Mortgage Closes HUD Loan in Maryland

Colliers Mortgage Closes HUD Loan in Maryland

Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of Colliers Mortgage, in partnership with Health Financing Consultants, closed a $10.4 million HUD loan for the refinance of The Cottages of Perry Hall in Parkville, Maryland. The 64-unit seniors housing community features private residential units within four 16-unit cottages and provides assisted living and memory care. The project is situated on 3.2 acres. Occupancy was around 95%. The new loan, which replaced a combination of bank and mezzanine debt on the property, carries a 35-year term/amortization and was arranged for Charter Senior Living. Read More »
California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

Forbright Bank closed a $44.2 million HUD loan for a skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care facility in California. The financing, provided under the HUD 232/223(f) program, will support a 318-bed facility in the San Jose area. The loan was closed in partnership with Forbright Bank’s Healthcare Lending team, which provided bridge financing for the acquisition of the facility in 2022. The loan refinanced existing Forbright Bank bridge and partnership debt, reimbursed the borrower for recent capital expenditures, funded critical repairs and covered all transaction costs associated with the HUD loan. The 35-year fully amortizing term loan will provide the borrower with long-term... Read More »
60-ish Seconds with Steve Monroe: Becoming a Statistic

60-ish Seconds with Steve Monroe: Becoming a Statistic

I became an industry statistic last week, although not intentionally. While returning from the annual ASHA meeting in Phoenix last Wednesday, I developed a slight cough just before takeoff, which turned into a full-blown cough by landing. The next day I went to my PCP to get some drugs, and tested negative for flu, COVID and RSV.  By late Friday afternoon, I was miserable. My daughter happened to be home, and seeing me struggle up the stairs, then fall at the top, unable to get up or even roll over, and then drag me into my bedroom, she made a call to a health care provider. The provider videochatted with me for less than a minute and then told my daughter to call 911 immediately. The... Read More »
Ensign Grows in Texas

Ensign Grows in Texas

The Ensign Group, through subsidiaries of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, acquired the real estate of five skilled nursing facilities in Texas, plus the operations of one of the facilities in Lubbock. That facility was Mesquite Post Acute Care, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that was acquired effective February 1.  In a separate transaction effective January 31, Ensign announced that through Standard Bearer, it acquired the real estate of four other SNFs in Texas: Beacon Harbor Healthcare & Rehabilitation (190 beds in Rockwall), Pleasant Manor Healthcare & Rehabilitation (126 beds in Waxahachie),  Crestwood Health & Rehabilitation Center (112 SNF beds and 36... Read More »
Real Estate Investment Firm Purchases in NY

Real Estate Investment Firm Purchases in NY

Jason Punzel, Dave Balow and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Rochester, New York. Built in 2016, the all-private pay assisted living and memory care community features 78 units on 6.22 acres. Performance improved over the course of the transaction, which helped with securing financing. The seller is a public, non-listed REIT focused on seniors housing properties throughout the U.S. There were multiple offers, with SLIB recommending the ultimate buyer, a private real estate investment firm, due to their ability to navigate the complex New York CHOW process and transact on a desirable timeline (a sometimes-tough ask... Read More »
Regional Owner Acquires in Michigan

Regional Owner Acquires in Michigan

Daniel Geraghty, Bradley Clousing and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Saline, Michigan. The seller was a large, Michigan-based owner/operator. Built in 2012 and 2016, Linden Square Assisted Living Center comprises 109 assisted living and memory care units on 6.89 acres. Occupancy was around 72% and it was operating close to breakeven at the time of sale. The buyer is a regional owner looking to expand its portfolio across the state. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests to Regional Provider

Not-For-Profit Divests to Regional Provider

Blueprint was engaged by The Trousdale Foundation, a not-for-profit owner/operator based in Cleveland, Tennessee, to handle the off-market sale of Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center, a 222-bed skilled nursing facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. Westmoreland was originally built in 1959 and is situated near University Health System, Inc., which comprises the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Following the facility’s census drop due to the pandemic, occupancy and payor mix steadily rebounded year over year generating continuously improving cash flow and operating margin. While Westmoreland maintained a good reputation among its referral sources, the facility was listed on the... Read More »
California Senior Care Facility Secures HUD Financing

CFG’s H2 2024 Activity

With 2024 in the books, Capital Funding Group announced the company executed or arranged more than $1.3 billion in bridge and HUD loans across 68 deals throughout the year. These financings included 41 healthcare bridge loans and other lending products, 12 multifamily bridge loans and 15 HUD loans for CFG’s clients throughout the nation. Several CFG senior living transactions closed in H2 of 2024. First was the closing of a $207.1 million bridge-to-HUD term loan to support the partnership buyout of a portfolio of thirteen skilled nursing facilities featuring 1,423 beds in Florida. Next was an $185.0 million construction loan to support the first phase of construction of a 501-unit... Read More »
Class-A Community Secures Financing

Class-A Community Secures Financing

Walker & Dunlop arranged $25.9 million in permanent financing for Rivertown Ridge, a seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids, Michigan MSA. Built in 2019, Rivertown comprises 152 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It is a Class-A community that sits on a larger, 120-acre master-planned community. Mary Stuart Hurst and Russell Dey of W&D partnered with Inner Circle Holdings to structure the 10-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan with three years of interest-only payments to Redstone Group Management Inc. Read More »
Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Colorado

Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Colorado

The Walker & Dunlop Seniors Housing team started the year off strong, with two closings in January. W&D first represented a major Georgia-based not-for-profit health system in the divestment of three skilled nursing facilities totaling 448 beds. Despite their rural locations, operational challenges and capital expenditure needs, W&D secured multiple competitive offers over an elongated closing process, securing an attractive price per bed. Nick Hall handled the transaction.  The W&D team also closed the sale of a large institutional-owned seniors housing community in Colorado. The buyer was a publicly traded REIT, which retained the existing management team to sustain... Read More »