• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Bull Realty Handles Georgia AL/MC Transaction

Bull Realty Handles Georgia AL/MC Transaction

Ernie Anaya of Bull Realty handled the sale of a seniors housing community in Cartersville, Georgia. Built in 2021 on 8.83 acres, Tiger Lily Estates is an assisted living and memory care community that features 48 units across five buildings with 38,339 total square feet. The community additionally offers adult day care, licensed for 23 guests.  The asset was vacant at the time of sale, and its zoning supports institutional uses including behavioral and substance abuse treatment facilities. Included in the sale are architectural work plans for Phase II to increase the size of the facility for an additional 31,940 square foot building with 49 units on 3.66 acres. The buyer and purchase... Read More »
Elevation Financial Group Acquires in Texas

Elevation Financial Group Acquires in Texas

Elevation Financial Group announced the acquisition by Elevation Real Property Fund VIII of Reunion Court of Kingwood in Houston, Texas. The asset was acquired for $7.25 million, or $38,000 per unit. Built in 2000, Reunion Court of Kingwood comprises 120 independent living, 42 assisted living and 28 memory care units. Elevation will repurpose the independent living building into senior apartments and the community will be rebranded as King’s Preserve at Kingwood.  The capital expenditure plan includes a new secured access and camera system, repairs to HVAC systems, sidewalk and parking lot improvements and fresh paint. The previous owner, a large private equity group, infused a... Read More »
IRA Capital Secures Financing

IRA Capital Secures Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced that it closed on a $58 million term loan with IRA Capital related to a 252-unit seniors housing community in Lynnwood, Washington. The property consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Living Care Lifestyle manages the asset. According to LevinPro LTC, IRA and an institutional partner (with substantial dry powder) acquired Quail Park of Lynnwood in June 2024 from a joint venture. The joint venture seller included CA Senior Living, Goldman Sachs and Life Care Lifestyles. At the time, the buyer noted that it intended on investing additional capital to update common areas and amenities. JLL Capital Markets... Read More »
Senior Living Operator Secures Financing

Senior Living Operator Secures Financing

SLR Healthcare ABL provided an $8 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a Midwest based senior living operator. The operator manages more than 30 skilled nursing facilities across multiple states. Proceeds of the credit facility were used to refinance existing debt and provide additional liquidity for operations. The transaction was referred to SLRHC by an existing client. Read More »
Tremper Capital Group Secures Competitive Bank Loan

Tremper Capital Group Secures Competitive Bank Loan

One of the takeaways from the NIC Spring Conference earlier this month was that more lenders seemed willing to jump back into the market, possibly offering more competitive terms to get deals, as well. Tremper Capital Group has seen that first hand with one of its latest financings.  The borrower was Focus Healthcare Partners, looking to finance its acquisition of Cedarhurst of Woodland Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Originally built in 2016 as an active adult community by Avenida Partners and Carlyle Group, Woodland Hills features 140 independent living units and has been rebranded as The Cedars at Woodland Hills, with 12 Oaks brought in to manage it. Occupancy was in the low-90s, and it... Read More »
Elevation Financial Group Acquires in Texas

Family-Owned Company Acquires in Texas

Matthew Alley and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by a local partnership in its divestment of its only seniors housing asset. The buyer was a local family-owned company that intends to take advantage of the strong cash flow of the building. The community, which is in Plano, Texas, was acquired for $3.7 million, or $142,000 per unit. Built in 2016, Bader House Memory Care sits on 2.9 acres with 12,323 square feet and features 26 memory care units with room for expansion. The community was 92% occupied at the time of the sale. It was making $1.86 million in revenues and $397,000 of EBITDAR, and sold for a cap rate of 10.7%. Read More »
Senior Living Operator Secures Financing

California Investor Secures Three Separate Financings

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare announced the closure of $26 million in bridge-to-HUD loans across three transactions for an El Segundo, California-based sponsor. Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro closed the loans on behalf of the repeat client. Berkadia anticipates closing all three subsequent HUD refinancings in the second half of 2025. The first transaction involved a $6 million bridge-to-HUD loan to facilitate the acquisition of a 48-bed memory care community in Jackson County, Oregon, for a joint venture between the sponsor and a Medford, Oregon-based operator that has managed the community since 2022. Constructed in 2016, the community had a 90% occupancy rate at closing with... Read More »
CFG’s Recent Financing Activity

CFG’s Recent Financing Activity

Capital Funding Group announced it financed over $41 million across three transactions from mid-February to early March. The transactions supported four skilled nursing facilities and an assisted living and memory care community spread throughout the country and were executed on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. First, in February, CFG secured a $27 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the refinancing of three SNFs in South Carolina and Missouri that comprise 397 beds. CFG refinanced and upsized the debt on a portfolio, allowing the borrower to recoup operational losses resulting from a re-tenanting process. Next, in February, CFG secured an $8 million bridge-to-HUD loan, which included... Read More »

New Fund Enters Seniors Housing Space

Franklin Templeton and its specialist investment manager, Clarion Partners, announced Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund’s entry into the seniors housing sector through a debt investment in The Pearl at Boulder Creek, a seniors housing community with 116 independent living and assisted living units in Boulder, Colorado. CPREX is a closed-end tender offer fund that provides individual investors with access to institutional-quality private real estate through stable, well-leased, cash flow-producing properties across the U.S. Read More »
Fairview Secures Bond Anticipation Notes

Fairview Secures Bond Anticipation Notes

Ziegler announced the closing of Fairview’s $7.5 million Series 2025A bond anticipation notes (BANs) through the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority. Not-for-profit Fairview has a 70-acre campus on the Groton, Connecticut waterfront, and it features several facilities providing rehabilitation services and options for independent living. Fairview currently has 164 total units consisting of 100 skilled nursing beds and 64 independent living beds.  The BANs will be used to fund predevelopment costs for a campus repositioning project with the objective of transforming the current healthcare-oriented campus into a more modern and sustainable CCRC model. As part of the... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

Not-For-Profit Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler announced its closing of $230.25 million of Series 2025 bonds for a Texas not-for-profit organization, Bella Vida Forefront Living (formerly known as Bella Vida at La Cantera Forefront Living). The proceeds will be used, together with other available funds, for the purpose of financing and refinancing the cost of acquiring, developing and constructing a new retirement community, including the refinancing of Bella Vida’s outstanding Series 2023 bond anticipation notes. They will also be used to fund a debt service reserve fund, fund capitalized interest through March 1, 2027, and pay costs of issuance of the Series 2025 bonds. Forefront Living, a Texas not-for-profit organization,... Read More »