• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: You’ve Got To Be Kidding

    Sadly, we are not kidding. President Trump has shown his true colors, and his true loyalty to the almighty dollar, with yet another pardon of one of the bad boys of senior care. But this bad boy is the worst of the group. We are referring to the just announced pardon of criminal Joseph Schwartz, the former owner of Skyline Health. Several months... Read More »
  • Publicly Traded REIT Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

    A Wisconsin-based developer sold its five seniors housing properties in the Badger State to LTC Properties. Tukka Properties has a longstanding relationship with Walker & Dunlop, which had secured development debt, equity and permanent financing for the assets over the years and had also sold a Tukka-developed property to Welltower in 2021... Read More »
  • Sale Revives Stalled Seniors Housing Development

    Blueprint closed on the sale of a partially developed seniors housing community in Pearland, Texas. Originally planned as a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community on 9.6 acres, the project was approximately 60% complete when development stalled. Blueprint targeted seniors housing operators and developers, as well... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM Closes One of Its Largest Financings

    In one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, funded $470.5 million in total bridge and working capital financing for a sixteen-facility skilled nursing portfolio. The sponsor group, which owns and operates over 200 skilled nursing facilities across the country, used the $455.5... Read More »
  • Cash Flowing Assets Trade in Florida and Oregon

    Blueprint was engaged by a repeat institutional private equity client in the sale of a Class-A assisted living/memory care community in the Clearwater, Florida MSA. The community has received investments over the years and offered immediate in-place NOI and strong operating margins, while presenting some value-add opportunities. Kyle Hallion,... Read More »
Northeast Owner/Operator Expands in Pennsylvania

Northeast Owner/Operator Expands in Pennsylvania

A personal care home in Pennsylvania was sold with the help of Jeff Binder, Bradley Clousing, Dan Geraghty, Dave Balow and Lucas Doll of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. It was built in 1998 and sits within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The seller was a national owner/operator that deemed the property to no longer fit in its long-term operational objectives.  The identified buyer was a rapidly growing Northeast-based owner/operator looking to expand its presence in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MSA. The private buyer’s existing portfolio comprises seniors housing communities in New Jersey and one community in the Pittsburgh area. The principals have held various roles in the... Read More »
Benchmark Senior Living Adds to Its Garden State Portfolio

Benchmark Senior Living Adds to Its Garden State Portfolio

In its joint venture with the vertically integrated real estate investment firm National Development, Benchmark Senior Living continues to grow through single-asset deals, adding another New Jersey property to its portfolio. Benchmark acquired Arbor Terrace Roseland, a 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Roseland, New Jersey, about 15 miles west of Manhattan, New York. Synovus Bank provided acquisition financing for the deal.  The community joins a growing Garden State portfolio for Benchmark, which is set to open Benchmark at Scotch Plains in partnership with National Development in 2026. Plus, Benchmark at Cedar Grove will open in 2027. Earlier this year, Benchmark and... Read More »
MidCap Financial and CBRE Originate Refinance

MidCap Financial and CBRE Originate Refinance

MidCap Financial closed a $17.5 million first mortgage loan. The floating rate loan refinanced the existing indebtedness on a stabilized Class-A seniors housing community in the Boise, Idaho, market. The property in Meridian is owned by experienced real estate company Gold Stream Retirement Communities, and it is managed by Grace Management, which has a national presence. The asset offers a full continuum of care with 100 units as well as a full suite of modern amenities. MidCap Financial originated the transaction with Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE. Read More »
Lender Provides Refinance Through HUD’s Express Lane

Lender Provides Refinance Through HUD’s Express Lane

Another HUD Express Lane transaction has closed, with Cambridge Realty Capital providing a $4.3 million HUD 223(f) loan to refinance Elizabeth Care Center, a 36-bed skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Cambridge was able to facilitate the loan and receive its firm commitment just 18 days after submission. The borrower was not disclosed, but in January 2025, Coplin Health Systems announced that it sold Elizabeth Care Center to the in-place operator, Providence Health Group. Providence had operated the facility for the previous four years. Read More »
REIT Acquires Two Class-A Assets

REIT Acquires Two Class-A Assets

The team at Newmark handled the sale of two Class-A seniors housing assets in Arkansas and Texas. The Rogers community in Northwest Arkansas was built in 2023 with 221 total units, comprising 26 cottages, 109 independent living units, 56 assisted living units and 30 memory care units. The Burleson, Texas, community also opened in 2023 and features 234 units, including 34 cottages, 110 IL, 60 AL and 30 MC units. Occupancy was in the mid-80s at both locations, but the communities were not stabilized from a cash flow perspective, especially considering the share of IL units and cottages. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the buyer was a publicly traded REIT. Read More »
Blueprint Closes Inaugural North Dakota Deal

Blueprint Closes Inaugural North Dakota Deal

Ryan Kelly, Steve Thomes, Connor Doherty and Kory Buzin of Blueprint arranged the sale of a 75-bed skilled nursing facility in central North Dakota. At the time of marketing, the facility was generating positive cash flow despite operating at only 50% occupancy, highlighting a compelling opportunity for an incoming operator to drive census growth and significantly enhance profitability. Through a competitive marketing process, Blueprint attracted interest from both regional and national buyers. Ultimately, a strategic investor recognized the upside potential and acquired the facility, with plans to implement operational improvements aimed at boosting occupancy and unlocking long-term... Read More »
Regional Bank Provides Refinancing

Regional Bank Provides Refinancing

Grace Hill Capital served as exclusive financial advisor and placement agent on a refinance for a seniors housing community in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. A regional operator/borrower received the $10.33 million five-year loan with a fixed rate and one year of interest only. It was structured as a delayed draw term facility at 70% loan-to-value, including a $2.2 million earnout supporting the community’s recent assisted living expansion. A regional bank provided the loan. Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Construction Funding

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Construction Funding

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. arranged $40.52 million in debt and equity for the construction of The Highlands, a 137-unit affordable development for seniors in Hyattsville, Maryland. PJ McDevitt, managing director of W&D Affordable Debt, arranged the debt, and Macy Kisilinsky, senior managing director of W&D Affordable Equity, arranged the debt placement and equity syndication for the project. The terms were arranged on behalf of Community Housing Initiative, Inc., which is partnering with First Baptist Church of Highland Park (FBCHP) to build the affordable seniors housing project. The Highlands will be financed with an unfunded forward Freddie Mac TEL, including a taxable tail,... Read More »
Class-A Communities Secure Bridge Financing

Class-A Communities Secure Bridge Financing

BWE arranged a $52 million bridge loan for a portfolio of Class-A independent living, assisted living and memory care communities located across the Atlanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan areas. Ryan Stoll, National Director of Seniors Housing and Care at BWE, and Taylor Mokris, Senior Vice President of Seniors Housing and Care, arranged the financing. The three-year loan features a strong floating rate, flexible prepayment structure and competitive terms. Read More »

Greystone Closes Large CLO

Greystone closed a large collateralized loan obligation (CLO) composed solely of healthcare assets. Greystone CRE Notes 2025-HC4, LLC is a $451.6 million commercial real estate CLO backed exclusively by bridge loans provided by Greystone. The transaction marks the firm’s eighth overall CRE CLO and the industry’s fourth-ever CRE CLO composed solely of healthcare assets. The first three were closed by Greystone in 2018, 2021 and 2024.  The collateral pool for Greystone CRE Notes 2025-HC4 comprises 12 whole loans and seven loan participations secured by 46 properties in 13 states. Those properties include skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and independent living assets. Skilled... Read More »

Fortress Investment Group Divests Arizona Asset

JLL Capital Markets has closed the sale of Inspira Arrowhead, a 165-unit seniors housing community in Glendale, Arizona. The community was under the ownership of Fortress Investment Group funds for just 18 months, but in that time occupancy rose from 89% to 94% and NOI improved by 35%. Fortress bought the asset in April 2024 in a joint venture with Cogir Senior Living, so Cogir clearly did a great job (and will be continuing as manager). Alanna Ellis and Alex Sheaffer of JLL had arranged acquisition financing for that deal, and Nick Stahler, Hamid Panahi and Steve Gebbing with Institutional Property Advisors of Marcus & Millichap had handled the 2024 sale. Built in 2019, the community... Read More »