• 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 »
Texas-Based Operator Establishes Footprint in Oklahoma 

Texas-Based Operator Establishes Footprint in Oklahoma 

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate kicked off his 2025 M&A activity by representing an institutional owner in its sale of an assisted living community in Edmond, Oklahoma. The seller was divesting because the community was an outlier in its portfolio, and it is focusing on core assets. The transaction closed approximately 10 weeks after signing the LOI.  Built in 1996, Oxford Springs Assisted Living comprises around 25 units with 29 beds, with the smaller size of the community creating operational challenges. There was a competitive bidding environment, with the ultimate buyer being a Texas-based operator that focuses on AL communities ranging in size from 25 to 60... Read More »
Ohio Senior Care Communities Secure Financing

Ohio Senior Care Communities Secure Financing

MONTICELLOAM’s Healthcare Bridge Lending team closed $73.2 million in total bridge and working capital financing for a portfolio of senior care communities across Ohio. The $64.7 million floating-rate senior bridge loan will be used by the pre-existing sponsor group, a repeat client of MONTICELLOAM, to recapitalize the existing debt on the portfolio, which comprises independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing properties. The $8.5 million working capital facility will be used to cover the day-to-day operational needs of over 700 beds across the portfolio. Read More »
Forbright Bank Reports Active 2024

Forbright Bank Reports Active 2024

Forbright Bank’s Healthcare and HUD lending teams closed 2024 with strong deal activity. Last year the Healthcare and HUD lending teams provided more than $400 million in financing to organizations in more than 12 states.  In one recent transaction, Forbright provided a $40 million bridge loan for the acquisition of three seniors housing facilities in Oregon. Underwriting was done in conjunction with Forbright’s HUD team. In another recent transaction, the bank provided a $38 million term loan and $5 million revolver for the acquisition and renovation of two skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts by an experienced regional operator with a strong presence in the state.... Read More »
Class-A Community Secures Refinancing

Class-A Community Secures Refinancing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a term loan refinancing of $30 million for The Solana East Cobb, a Class-A, 94-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The community has been operated by The Arbor Company since its original opening in 2019. Arbor manages 49 seniors housing communities across 11 states. Read More »
Monarch/REDICO Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

Monarch/REDICO Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

Marathon Asset Management’s Commercial Real Estate platform originated a $154.5 million mortgage loan to a joint venture between Monarch Alternative Capital LP and REDICO to fund the refinance of The American House Florida Portfolio. Marathon’s Joseph Griffin originated the senior acquisition loan. Aron Will and Adam Mincberg of CBRE arranged the financing, marking CBRE’s second financing of this portfolio within a three-year time span.  The portfolio comprises six purpose-built seniors housing communities with 817 units (409 independent living, 306 assisted living and 102 memory care). Five were built between 2015 and 2018 in strong Florida markets.  REDICO has been invested in the... Read More »
Pegasus Senior Living’s Leadership Changes

Pegasus Senior Living’s Leadership Changes

Pegasus Senior Living announced several leadership changes that it believes will position the organization for continued growth in 2025 and beyond. Industry veteran Chris Hollister, Pegasus Chair and CEO, will maintain his role with a refined focus on revenue growth and new business development. Rich Williams will continue his role as COO overseeing operational, clinical and sales teams. However, he is now also Co-President with Wade Mullis, who will additionally continue as Chief Administrative & Investment Officer to lead accounting, financial planning, IT, facilities, risk management and investment functions.  Daniel Leaf, the Senior Vice President of Business Development will... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Detroit Transaction

Blueprint Handles Detroit Transaction

Blueprint announced its role in the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in an affluent suburb of Detroit. We learned of the deal in December, when Silver Wave Capital, Persimmon Ventures and Synergy Senior Management announced that the buying group acquired Avalon at Auburn Hills. Built in 2018, the community features 58 assisted living and 44 memory care units. The Auburn Hills market was overdeveloped for seniors housing services, and we understand that the property never reached stabilization, with occupancy below 50%. It was previously owned by Hudson Advisors, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds that purchased the community as part of the five-property Great Lakes Portfolio in... Read More »
CIBC Provides SNFs Financing

CIBC Provides SNFs Financing

CIBC Bank USA provided a $67 million term loan to finance the acquisition of five skilled nursing facilities and the refinance of 21 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities located throughout Wisconsin. CIBC also provided an aggregate $21 million of working capital via multiple revolving lines of credit to 53 skilled nursing/assisted living facilities primarily located in Wisconsin. The borrowing group had recently received substantial reimbursement support from the state. Peter Kane and Michael Velazquez handled the transaction for CIBC Bank USA. Read More »
Local Operator Secures Acquisition Financing

Local Operator Secures Acquisition Financing

JLL Capital Markets arranged $39.98 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio of three seniors housing communities totaling 344 units in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, on behalf of a local operator. JLL secured the three-year, floating-rate financing from a regional bank. The JLL Seniors Housing Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by Senior Director Alanna Ellis and Associate Alex Sheaffer.  The portfolio comprises Evergreen Senior Living, Timber Pointe and Woodside Senior Living, which together offer 43 independent living, 245 assisted living and 56 memory care units. All of the properties were built between 1996 and 2006 and were fully renovated in... Read More »

60 Seconds with Swett: 2025 Set for Healthcare M&A Growth

The word from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, which kicked off in San Francisco this week, is that M&A activity in the biopharma/life sciences space will likely grow in 2025 after a relative downturn in 2024. A more business-friendly administration in D.C. combined with an enormous amount of dry powder set to do deals, including some bigger billion-dollar-plus ones too. Indeed, our own M&A data from LevinPro HC, which tracks all the healthcare services and tech deals, showed the 2024 total decline to just under 2,000 deals for the year, a 10% decrease from 2023’s activity and a 19% decrease from 2022’s. Dollar volume also dropped below $200 billion in total disclosed purchase... Read More »
Pegasus Senior Living’s Leadership Changes

SVN Senior Living Advisors Hires Mark Myers

SVN Senior Living Advisors kicked off its 2025 with a new hire and is primed for a busy year. Industry veteran Mark Myers made the move from Walker & Dunlop to join SVN SLA’s existing team of Tony Yousif, Torey Riso, Don Husi, John Klement, Joshua Salzman, Aaron Thompson, Jacob Bennema, Fabio Riso, Shelly Bird and Michael Watson. Myers will join as a Managing Director and Member of the Executive Committee. He helped facilitate and close a 76-facility portfolio bankruptcy sale and another three-facility portfolio deal within the past 30 days before joining the firm, so he’ll look to continue that activity in 2025. The hire comes after a building year for SVN SLA, which also refined its... Read More »