• Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard, Executive Managing Director of JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory, to discuss the results of JLL’s recently published 2026 Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey and Trends. They also covered some major topics heading into NIC in Nashville. Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Burning Questions for NIC Attendees

    This time next week, we’ll be heading out of Nashville from the Spring NIC conference likely buoyed by the overwhelmingly positive mood we’re expecting from most of our industry friends. It’s hard not to be optimistic when occupancy and margins are increasing to healthy levels nationally, and show no signs of stopping, when liquidity is... Read More »
  • Janus Living’s IPO Results

    Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Secures Slew of HUD and Bridge Financings

    VIUM Capital recently closed a series of healthcare and seniors housing real estate financings across multiple states, spanning both HUD-insured loans and bridge executions for skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care assets. The largest loan was a $56.4 million HUD financing for a 325-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility... Read More »
  • Several Senior Care Finances Close

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group reported an active end of winter, closing a handful of debt transactions for clients in Illinois and Kentucky. First, he helped the owner of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility in Kentucky refinance existing acquisition debt following a successful operational turnaround. Since acquiring the facility... Read More »
New York SNF Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

New York SNF Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

MONTICELLOAM funded a $217 million floating-rate senior bridge loan for a skilled nursing portfolio. The financing carries a 36-month term and supports the sponsor, a repeat client. The loan supports the acquisition and refinance of this portfolio, which comprises four facilities in New York. The sponsor is acquiring two of the assets and financing the other two, which are stabilized. Together, the four facilities comprise more than 1,000 beds. Read More »
Bond Issuance Finances Massachusetts CCRC Expansion

Bond Issuance Finances Massachusetts CCRC Expansion

MassDevelopment, Massachusetts’ development finance agency and land bank, issued $134.85 million of tax-exempt bonds on behalf of Lasell Village Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that was formed to establish and operate Lasell Village, an educational CCRC. Lasell Village was the nation’s first seniors housing community to require each resident to commit to a goal-oriented program of education. Located immediately adjacent to the campus of Lasell University, it offers an intergenerational environment.  Lasell Village Inc. will use a portion of proceeds to renovate and expand the CCRC. The corporation will fund the purchase of 1.37 acres of land currently owned by Lasell University, where... Read More »
Tremper Capital Group Closes Refinance

Tremper Capital Group Closes Refinance

Tremper Capital Group, which takes a team-based approach to its transactions, closed a $27.5 million floating rate refinance for a Class-A, 91-unit assisted living and memory care community with strong, stabilized performance. The non-recourse loan featured a seven-year term aligned with the sponsor’s business plan and included a performance-based earn-out. The structure met all of the sponsor’s financing objectives for the asset.  The transaction introduced a new lending relationship between a local owner/operator and Live Oak Bank. Live Oak’s track record helped support execution certainty. This deal marked the third seniors housing loan TCG closed with Live Oak in June alone, and... Read More »
Distressed AL/MC Community Trades in Virginia

Distressed AL/MC Community Trades in Virginia

An institutional real estate investment and development firm engaged Blueprint to conduct a risk/reward analysis of making capital improvements versus divesting its seniors housing community in Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1999, the 99-unit distressed assisted living and memory care community was struggling to rebound from pandemic-era lows, and the fund’s investment horizon was approaching.  The seller ultimately elected to divest the community, and in this process Blueprint highlighted the West End submarket’s demand fundamentals and the opportunity to add value through repositioning. Targeting buyer prospects with a presence and/or interest in Richmond, the marketing campaign... Read More »
Dwight Capital Finances Large Portfolio Acquisition

Dwight Capital Finances Large Portfolio Acquisition

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust, financed a $230 million bridge loan to support the acquisition of a senior care portfolio. The portfolio comprises 19 assets spread throughout Ohio, and, together, they total 1,896 skilled nursing and assisted living beds. In conjunction with the bridge loan, Dwight Healthcare Funding provided a $12 million working capital line of credit to support the portfolio’s ongoing operational needs.  The $230 million financing marks DMT’s largest bridge transaction to date. It was originated by Adam Offman, Managing Director of Healthcare Finance, and Yossi Benish, Vice President of Business Development. Read More »
Mid-Atlantic Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing

Mid-Atlantic Seniors Housing Community Secures Refinancing

Steven Muth, Austin Sacco and Garrett Sacco of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare arranged up to $33.1 million in financing for a seniors housing community with more than 150 units in the Mid-Atlantic. The refinance included an initial loan of $28.1 million, providing over $8 million for unit upgrades and common area improvements. Additionally, Berkadia negotiated a $5 million earn-out, which could increase the total loan balance to $33.1 million upon achieving certain coverage metrics. There was significant interest in this loan request, with the financing ultimately being secured through a regional bank. Read More »

Azria Health Wichita Linked to Merger or Acquisition in LevinPro Database

Azria Health Wichita has been linked to a merger or acquisition according to the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a private skilled nursing facility situated at 7057 W Village Cir in Wichita, Kansas. 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 Azria Health Wichita 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 »

Surprise Health and Rehabilitation Center Linked to Merger or Acquisition in LevinPro Database

Surprise Health and Rehabilitation 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 14660 W Parkwood Dr in Surprise, Arizona. It was incorporated on June 7, 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 Surprise Health 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... Read More »

The Laurels of Bon Air Joins M&A Activity in LevinPro Database

The Laurels of Bon Air 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 9101 Bon Air Crossings Drive in Richmond, Virginia. It was incorporated on June 8, 2005. 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 The Laurels of Bon Air 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 »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: What Do People Really Think?

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: What Do People Really Think?

In our Second Quarter 2025 investment webinar, moderator Ben Swett asked our audience of a few hundred what they thought about several important topics. Overwhelmingly, 82% of the attendees indicated they would rather buy than build in today’s market, which was surprising given two facts. One, the current inventory is aging and showing it, and two, with very little new development, when the new ones do open, they will have a commanding market presence and should be in high demand. On the labor front, 48% of the attendees thought scarcity of labor would be the most pressing issue moving forward, with 24% believing it will be the cost of labor. It was admitted, however, that scarcity will... Read More »
Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT Acquires in Minnesota

Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT Acquires in Minnesota

Lee & Associates’ Senior Housing team, led by Robert Black, represented a Scottsdale, Arizona-based developer in the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Developed by the seller in 2019, the building features 101 independent living, assisted living and memory care units.  There was strong interest in the asset, generating multiple competitive offers. A publicly traded healthcare REIT emerged as the ultimate buyer, acquiring the fully stabilized community for $28 million, or $277,200 per unit. Read More »