• 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 »
Oregon AL Community Secures HUD Refinance

Oregon AL Community Secures HUD Refinance

In May 2025, Berkadia closed a $7.6 million 232/223f HUD loan to refinance Whitewood Gardens, a 39-unit assisted living community built in 2013 in Portland, Oregon. The fully amortizing, 35-year term represents 78% LTV and allowed the sponsor to avoid a loan maturity.  Ed Williams and Rob Affleck handled the transaction. Early in the process, they pinpointed HUD’s project eligibility requirements, and, during underwriting, addressed the need for additional bathrooms to meet with compliance. Leveraging relationships with HUD engineering and repairs experts, the team guided the construction process, securing approvals on last-minute requests. The loan covered the initially anticipated... Read More »
Harrison Street Secures Acquisition Financing

Harrison Street Secures Acquisition Financing

BWE arranged acquisition financing for a seniors housing community in Carlsbad, California. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris led the financing effort on behalf of Harrison Street. Following a competitive marketing process, the sponsor obtained a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a full term of interest-only payments from a national life insurance company. Oakmont Santianna comprises 153 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Originally developed and leased-up by Oakmont Management Group, the property opened in 2022 and will continue to be operated by Oakmont post-acquisition. Since stabilizing, the community has demonstrated strong performance, currently operating at 95%+... Read More »
West Virginia Finds a Buyer for Four SNFs

West Virginia Finds a Buyer for Four SNFs

Skilled nursing deals in West Virginia seem to attract a lot of attention, since it is a highly desirable state to operate SNFs and the small pool of facilities in the state simply means that they rarely come up for sale. But the governor, Patrick Morrisey, just announced that West Virginia has agreed to sell four state-owned skilled nursing facilities totaling 511 licensed beds that were losing around $6 million a year, according to the governor’s office.  The prospective buyer is Marx Development Group, a New York-based real estate developer and manager that is focused on several real estate sectors, including hospitality, residential, commercial and healthcare facilities. The deal... Read More »

Lock Haven Rehabilitation and Senior Living Involved in M&A Activity in LevinPro Database

Lock Haven Rehabilitation and Senior Living 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 22 Cree Dr in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It was incorporated on December 3, 2021. 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 Lock Haven Rehabilitation and Senior Living 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 »
Sonida Sees Slight Census Growth

Sonida Sees Slight Census Growth

Sonida Senior Living continues its upward occupancy march and announced some positive operations news in its latest earnings report, but its growth was curbed somewhat in the second quarter, at least on a year-over-year basis. First, with the good news, Sonida reported the July end of period spot occupancy for the same-store communities was 88.2%, which is a record high and increased 60 basis points versus June. However, weighted average occupancy for Sonida’s same-store portfolio only increased 40 basis points to 86.5% in the second quarter of 2025 from 86.1% in Q2:24.  In the earnings call, President and CEO Brandon Ribar commented that they had seen an “unusually high uptick in... Read More »
Three Separate Deals Close for PA and KY SNFs

Three Separate Deals Close for PA and KY SNFs

Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Properties closed three skilled nursing transactions. The first deal involved the sale of two skilled nursing facilities that sit near each other just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cash-flowing assets total 242 beds. The seller was a New Jersey-based operator, and the buyer entered the state through the acquisition.  Forest handled two additional closings, both in Kentucky. In Louisville, a SNF with more than 120 beds and an occupancy rate above 85% changed hands. The buyer was a large regional operator looking to expand its existing footprint in the state. The final transaction involved two SNFs in rural Kentucky, near the... Read More »
Non-Performing SNFs Trade Hands in Miami

Non-Performing SNFs Trade Hands in Miami

Evans Senior Investments represented a regional, Florida-based owner/operator in the sale of two non-core assets, Pinecrest Rehabilitation Center and Tamarac Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. That seller was NuVision Management, which commented on the eventual purchase price exceeding its expectations, especially for non-performing assets.  Built in 1967 and 1979, the two skilled nursing facilities are less than 30 miles from each other in Miami, Florida, and encompass 220 total beds. At the time of securing the buyer, both facilities were losing money, and ESI highlighted the upcoming Medicaid rate increases. No other details were disclosed. Read More »
Independent Living Buyer Plans to Utilize Michigan Choice Waiver Program

Independent Living Buyer Plans to Utilize Michigan Choice Waiver Program

A high-quality independent living community sold in northern Michigan, thanks to Justin Knapp and Jim Knapp of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. Whispering Pines was purpose-built in Lake City with 48 units. It boasted strong in-place occupancy and faced little local competition. Across the 19 acres, there are also wooded walking trails, a large pond and a central clubhouse. The community offered an opportunity for a new owner to serve a broader population through the Michigan Choice Waiver program, which the undisclosed buyer will do. Read More »
Pennsylvania Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Pennsylvania Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Greystone provided a $64.96 million bridge loan for a senior care portfolio in Pennsylvania comprising three assets with 506 beds. The financing was originated by Christopher Clare, David Young, Ryan Harkins, Ben Rubin, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher. The non-recourse interest-only bridge loan carries a 24-month term, two six-month extension options and a floating rate. It allows the borrower to improve operations while working with Greystone to secure HUD-insured permanent financing. The portfolio includes a combined total of 408 skilled nursing, 76 assisted living, 12 memory care and 10 independent living beds. Read More »
Cassia Senior Community Services Announces New CEO

Cassia Senior Community Services Announces New CEO

Cassia Senior Community Services, a not-for-profit senior care operator, announced Matthew Kern as its next president and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. Kern is succeeding CEO Bob Dahl, who is retiring after 31 years with the organization. Kern brings 25 years of experience in the field and has served on Cassia’s executive leadership team since 2017, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. Read More »

National Health Investors in the Mood to SHOP

National Health Investors posted another good quarter and, like many other companies, increased their earnings guidance for the rest of the year based on current performance as well as expected new investments. The REIT’s small SHOP portfolio posted a 29.4% year-over-year increase in NOI and will be transitioning six communities to the portfolio which had been triple-net leased.  During the second quarter, NHI purchased six assisted living and memory care communities in Nebraska for $63.5 million, or $308,300 per unit. They will be leased at an initial rate of 8.0% plus 2.0% annual escalators for an initial 15-year term. See details on the deal here. In addition, the REIT is providing... Read More »