• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
DMK Development Group Divests to Town Lane

DMK Development Group Divests to Town Lane

DMK Development Group has had a busy summer with two divestments and several developments. After divesting a four-asset seniors housing portfolio in Kentucky to American Healthcare REIT for $65.3 million, or $206,600 per unit, in July, DMK sold a 167-unit seniors housing community in Venice, Florida. The buyer was New York-based real estate investment manager Town Lane. The company assumed a $25.71 million mortgage on the property in the off-market transaction. Atlas Senior Living will continue to operate the community.  Developed by DMK in 2023, The Goldton at Venice was highly occupied at the time of sale. The community offers a full continuum of care, including 114 independent... Read More »
Pines Senior Living Rescues Vacant AL Community

Pines Senior Living Rescues Vacant AL Community

A vacant assisted living community in Birmingham, Alabama, found a new owner thanks to Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint. Originally built in 1999, the community faced significant physical plant needs and operational challenges that rendered it unviable, without substantial capital investment. So, ownership decided to shutter it and divest.  Blueprint utilized both its proprietary platform and the Ten-X online auction platform to generate multiple competitive bids from regional and national operators. The successful bidder, Pines Senior Living, plans to reopen and reposition the community, investing in the physical plant. Read More »
Berkadia Keeps the Closings Coming

Berkadia Keeps the Closings Coming

Within the past 45 days, Managing Director Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare have closed 13 loans totaling $178 million in proceeds. Included in the total were nine HUD 232/223(f) loans for $102 million, plus another five bridge-to-HUD loans amounting to $76 million.  In July, Healy and Lanzaro secured $58.3 million in financing for four skilled nursing facilities in Texas for a Fort Worth-based owner/operator and repeat Berkadia client. The first loan was a $13.7 million HUD 232/223(f) loan for a 104-bed community in Maverick County, Texas, which refinanced a Berkadia bridge loan originated in 2024 to facilitate the acquisition of the... Read More »
Real Estate Investment Firm Obtains Financing

Real Estate Investment Firm Obtains Financing

MidCap Financial closed an $18.7 million first mortgage loan. The four-year, floating-rate loan refinanced the existing indebtedness on a seniors housing community in a coastal Southeastern market. The sponsor is an experienced Southeastern-based real estate investment firm. The community is newer and comprises more than 100 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It is in the process of stabilizing. Read More »
Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges HUD Refinance

Helios Healthcare Advisors Arranges HUD Refinance

Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged a $10.71 million HUD refinance for a 76-unit assisted living and memory care portfolio located in San Antonio, Texas. The communities historically performed at stabilized levels. Before completing the HUD refinance, Helios arranged an 18-month bridge loan to recapitalize the communities on behalf of a regional owner/operator with 12 locations and more than 700 units across Texas. The refinance marked the final step in a two-year strategy to arrange the capital structure and secure permanent, non-recourse fixed-rate debt. Read More »
Independent Living Community Gets Refinance from Fannie Mae

Independent Living Community Gets Refinance from Fannie Mae

Aron Will, Vice Chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, Kevin Randles, Senior Vice President of CBRE, and Adam Mincberg, Senior Vice President of CBRE National Senior Housing, successfully arranged the refinancing of Winding Commons Senior Living. CBRE facilitated a new loan for the community through its Fannie Mae DUS Lending Platform on behalf of long-term client, Ray Stone, Inc. This refinancing enabled the sponsor to secure long-term, 10-year fixed-rate debt with the incumbent lender, and marks CBRE’s second successful financing of the community. Originally built in 2003 and featuring 100 independent living units, the community is situated on a 5.10-acre site in Carmichael,... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Secures Funding for CCRC Expansion

Not-For-Profit Secures Funding for CCRC Expansion

Ziegler announced the closing of the PRS Pacific Northwest Obligated Group Series 2025AB bonds issued through the Oregon Facilities Authority. PRS is a repeat sponsor. The proceeds of the bonds, together with other available funds, will be used to fund the construction of the Cascade Manor Project, a 29-unit independent living expansion, fund a portion of interest during construction, and fund certain costs of issuing the bonds. The bonds are secured by a pledge of gross revenues and real estate of the four Obligated Group communities in Oregon and Washington. Cascade Manor, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the CCRC in Eugene, Oregon. Since becoming an affiliate of PRS in... Read More »

Deland Senior Care, LLC Involved in M&A Activity in LevinPro Database

Deland Senior Care, LLC 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 130 W Armstrong Ave in Deland, Florida. 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 Deland Senior Care, LLC 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 »
Strawberry Fields REIT Expands in Missouri

Strawberry Fields REIT Expands in Missouri

Strawberry Fields REIT acquired a senior care facility with 108 skilled nursing beds and 16 assisted living beds for $5.3 million, or $42,700 per bed, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The facility was added to an existing master lease with an affiliate of Reliant Care Group. The acquisition will increase the REIT’s annual rents by $530,000 and is subject to 3% annual increases. This acquisition marks its 18th facility in Missouri. Read More »
QualisTerra Senior Ventures Secures Acquisition Loan for Strong-Performing Community

QualisTerra Senior Ventures Secures Acquisition Loan for Strong-Performing Community

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors closed a new loan for the acquisition of a 42-unit assisted living community in Gaylord, Michigan. Built in two phases in 2019 and 2020, the community was a strong performer, with full occupancy and a healthy margin. The borrower, QualisTerra Senior Ventures, a private seniors housing investment group, engaged Monarch to source senior debt for the transaction. Monarch was successful at securing a three-year non-recourse acquisition term loan commitment from a debt fund lender. The leverage fell between 70% and 75%. Read More »
Developer/Investor Recapitalizes its First Seniors Deal

Developer/Investor Recapitalizes its First Seniors Deal

A former office-to-senior-care conversion project in New Jersey just received a recapitalization and revolver, courtesy of Metropolitan Bank and G Capital. Grant Goodman of G Capital arranged the loan on behalf of an experienced developer/investor with a 30+ year track record and a diversified investment portfolio. The borrower has deep expertise in the hospital sector, but this was its first senior care deal. It had partnered with a veteran SNF operator to convert the asset into a modern senior care facility inspired by the Green House model, investing significant equity in the project. Featuring both skilled nursing and assisted living services, it re-opened in March 2020. That was... Read More »