• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

    G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm... Read More »
Detroit Redevelopment Sees Senior Apartment Conversion

Detroit Redevelopment Sees Senior Apartment Conversion

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided $43.6 million in construction loans and arranged $7.6 million in permanent loans for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Lee Plaza in Detroit, Michigan. The 15-story, Art Deco historical landmark will be converted to affordable senior apartments. The building will include a total of 182 units, with 117 units restricted to individuals 55 years or older and 65 units available to families. All tenants are required to earn at or below 50% and 60% of area median income. The project, which was acquired by the city and subdivided into three separate condo units, will be completed in three phases. KeyBank financed the first two... Read More »
Montana Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

Montana Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill’s $50.88 million Series 2025ABC bonds through the City of Kalispell, Montana. The Montana not-for-profit operates a senior care community in Kalispell, Montana, that is located on a 13-acre campus with 171 independent and assisted living units as well as 155 licensed skilled nursing and long-term care units (122 are currently in operation). This transaction marks the Corporation’s third financing with Ziegler.  The bonds are not rated, with a final maturity of May 15, 2060. Improved covenants are a highlight of the transaction through the implementation of an Amended and Restated Master Trust Indenture. The 2025A bonds... Read More »
South Denver SNF Finds New Owner

South Denver SNF Finds New Owner

A non-performing skilled nursing facility in South Denver, Colorado, found a new owner thanks to Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1965, Aspen Siesta features just 34 licensed beds. It was 64% occupied and generated more than $2.8 million of revenues from private pay, VA and other payor sources. But it was losing around $265,000 a year as of the most recent financials in 2023.  Being a distressed, older vintage property, the facility could potentially attract interest from alternative-use buyers. So, Knapp-Stahler identified a behavioral health and substance abuse provider to purchase and convert the facility to that new use. That... Read More »
Minnesota AL Community Trades Hands

Minnesota AL Community Trades Hands

Senior Living Investment Brokerage was engaged by a Minneapolis-based, repeat client in the disposition of its last assisted living community that is in “very good condition.” The seller is divesting to focus on its remaining active adult and multifamily portfolio. Built in 2013, the community is in St. Anthony, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA), with 73 units and high-end amenities. It was 74% occupied, generating $4.15 million of revenues. SLIB structured the marketing process around the seller’s desire to transfer ownership to another respected owner/operator that would continue the high standard of care for residents and support the seller’s associates. The ultimate buyer was a real... Read More »
LaVie Completes Bankruptcy Proceedings

LaVie Completes Bankruptcy Proceedings

A year ago, LaVie Care Centers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time since 2021. The company cited a financial restructuring designed to improve its capital structure and position it for long-term success as the reason for filing. At the time, the operator’s portfolio comprised 43 skilled nursing facilities across five states. It secured a commitment of $20 million in debtor-in-possession financing from key stakeholders, including affiliates of Omega Healthcare Investors (LaVie’s largest landlord and secured lender). On June 1, LaVie completed its bankruptcy proceedings with the Omega-LaVie master lease being assumed and assigned to a new entity, Avardis. The monthly... Read More »
Invesque Completes Commonwealth Portfolio Divestment

Invesque Completes Commonwealth Portfolio Divestment

Invesque announced that it completed the previously announced sale of 20 seniors housing communities managed by Commonwealth Senior Living, together with its majority ownership stake in Commonwealth. Proceeds from the transaction were used to repay all property-level debt associated with the assets, extinguish all unpaid and accrued preferred equity associated with the portfolio, and to pay other transaction-related costs. Commonwealth no longer manages any Invesque-owned properties. Invesque’s portfolio now consists of 32 assets, 12 of which remain under definitive contract to be sold, subject to satisfaction or waiver of due diligence conditions in favour of the purchasers and other... Read More »
South Denver SNF Finds New Owner

Medicare-Only Facility Sells to Midwest-Based Skilled Nursing Investor

A Texas-based regional developer of skilled nursing facilities throughout the central and southern U.S. engaged Blueprint to advise and oversee the confidential sale of Accel at Longmont, a Medicare-only skilled nursing facility located just north of Boulder, Colorado. Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn handled the transaction. Built in 2017, totaling 76 skilled nursing beds with 36 private rooms and 20 semi-private rooms, the facility was leased to a Texas-based provider. Following the pandemic the facility faced challenges maintaining its high census levels, primarily attributable to the shorter length of stay typical in Medicare-only, transitional care settings. Showcasing upside... Read More »
Leadership Changes in Forbright’s Healthcare Lending Group

Leadership Changes in Forbright’s Healthcare Lending Group

Forbright Bank announced that Jonathan Grenier has been promoted to President of Healthcare Lending. Grenier previously served as a Managing Director of Forbright’s Healthcare Lending division, where he has worked since 2016. In that role, he co-led Forbright’s healthcare originations and underwriting, providing hundreds of skilled nursing and post-acute facilities, seniors housing and behavioral health providers with access to capital. Prior to joining Forbright, Grenier held various roles at EY and M&T Bank.  As President of the Healthcare Lending group, Grenier will lead a team of experienced professionals. Jared Richards will lead healthcare originations and underwriting in... Read More »

The Eden of Las Colinas Involved in M&A Activity in LevinPro Database

The Eden of Las Colinas has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a not-for-profit skilled nursing facility situated at 2101 W Northgate Dr in Irving, Texas. 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 Eden of Las Colinas 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 »
BMO Provides Loan to Merrill Gardens and PGIM

BMO Provides Loan to Merrill Gardens and PGIM

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on an acquisition term loan of $41 million on behalf of Merrill Gardens and an institutional investor for The Ackerly at Sherwood. The Class-A community comprises 130 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Sherwood, Oregon. It will be operated by Merrill Gardens, which currently manages more than 60 seniors housing communities across 20 states. The company previously announced it acquired The Ackerly at Sherwood, as well as two others, through a joint venture with PGIM.  Later, after Merrill Gardens’ announcement, Alex Florea, Kevin Lukehart and Dan Mahoney of Blueprint announced a closing which... Read More »
CBRE Arranges Refinance for PinPoint Commercial

CBRE Arranges Refinance for PinPoint Commercial

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a refinance for the PinPoint Portfolio on behalf of senior care provider PinPoint Commercial. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the $62.1 million, three-year, interest only loan. The loan was provided by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group through its core real estate lending strategy.  The portfolio features five seniors housing communities that total 430 assisted living (64) and memory care (22) units. The properties were originally developed by PinPoint between 2015 and 2018, with four in Texas (El Paso, Richmond, Lubbock and Amarillo) and one in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Overall occupancy was approaching 90% at the time of the... Read More »