• 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 »
Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a refinance was sought. Carnegie arranged a non-recourse loan for the principals, given the structure of the sponsor’s fund. The loan carries a three-year term, and the borrower has plans to go to HUD in two years. Read More »
Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse mortgage. Cambridge utilized the Express Lane program to refinance the existing HUD loan, and the application to commitment was issued in a record-setting five calendar days. Read More »
Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the state. Evans Senior Investments handled the sale, representing the out-of-state seller in the deal. Read More »

CFG Hit the Ground Running in Q1

Capital Funding Group wasted no time in the first quarter, closing $428.9 million in total financing. The transactions spanned skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, memory care, behavioral health, multifamily and commercial lending on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. Some highlighted transactions include: ● A $17.6 million acquisition bridge loan for the financing of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Nevada, for an existing client. Patrick McGovern and Ryan Hunsicker originated the deal. ● A $9.0 million HUD loan for the refinancing of a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in Montclair, New Jersey. Tommy Dillon originated the deal. ● $42.9 million in financing for... Read More »
Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

Cambridge Realty Capital announced a couple separate closings. First, the company provided a $4.31 million HUD refinance of Elizabeth Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Cambridge utilized HUD’s Express Lane, which enabled the loan application to receive its firm commitment just 18 days after being accepted.  According to LevinPro LTC, the facility sold at the end of 2024 to Providence, a not-for-profit, faith-based health care system that had been operating the facility since February 2020. It comprises 36 beds, and was built in 2010 by the seller, Coplin Health Systems. Cambridge Realty Capital also funded $49.67 million in first mortgage financing... Read More »
Blueprint Brings on New Team Member

Blueprint Brings on New Team Member

Blueprint welcomed Peter Trazzera to the team as Senior Director, Capital Markets. Trazzera brings deep expertise in financing solutions and is set to further elevate Blueprint’s capabilities in the sector. He has an extensive background in institutional capital, and is joining following a 12-year tenure as Senior Vice President at KeyBank Institutional Healthcare. During his time at KeyBank, he was involved in providing more than $6 billion of capital in both corporate and project-level financings for REITs, private equity and institutional investors. Prior to KeyBank, Trazzera held senior analytical and strategic roles at Minto Group, Brookdale Senior Living and Horizon Bay... Read More »
High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

The bar keeps getting raised for pricing in the seniors housing industry, and we believe a new record has been set for a property sale in Chicago, Illinois. It was revealed that the seven-story Belmont Village Lincoln Park was bought by CBRE Investment Management for approximately $151 million, according to property tax records. Based on a lower unit count than the original 149 units that were developed, after some unit combinations over the years, that equates to around $1.2 million per unit, or possibly even higher than that. In addition to its prime location adjacent to a mixed-use development in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, the community was relatively new (built in 2019), and... Read More »
Developer Sells Its AL/MC Community to a Public REIT

Developer Sells Its AL/MC Community to a Public REIT

Affiliates of Triple Crown Senior Living divested Bridgepointe Gardens, a seniors housing community in Jeffersonville, Indiana, that the company developed, owned and operated. This was the first ground-up development and full-cycle realization the group has completed. The Class-A purpose-built assisted living/memory care community was built in 2022 and demonstrated a compelling lease-up and margin expansion story.  Kyle Hallion, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint launched the marketing process in the third quarter of 2025, generating multiple offers within the initial 30-day marketing window. The seller ultimately selected a public REIT as the buyer, based on its pricing and a... Read More »
Senior Living Portfolio Trades in Colorado

Senior Living Portfolio Trades in Colorado

Ownership of a well-performing senior living portfolio in Colorado recently transferred. Bonaventure Senior Living, a Pacific Northwest senior living provider, sold four of its communities to Oakmont Senior Living, a California-based operator with a growing national footprint. Bonventure decided to divest in order to concentrate its operational resources and capital on the Pacific Northwest. The company’s portfolio now encompasses 24 communities, all of which are located across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More »
Ohio AL/MC Community Secures Refinance

Ohio AL/MC Community Secures Refinance

Ziegler served as the lead financial advisor in the placement of a $10.35 million loan to refinance existing indebtedness for an 80-unit assisted living/memory care community in Toledo, Ohio. Patrick Lee, Managing Director in Ziegler’s Senior Housing & Care Finance Practice, advised and negotiated the transaction for the borrower, a private owner. John Gast, Michael McGinnis and Jake Chivini also supported the transaction.  The loan was placed with Stride Bank with terms designed to support the objectives of the sponsor, borrower and residents. The financing also highlighted Stride’s ongoing relationship with Ziegler, while establishing a new relationship with the sponsor... Read More »