• Evans Arranges New SNF Lease

    Evans Senior Investments arranged a new lease for a skilled nursing facility in Denver, Colorado, securing a 293% increase in rent on a per-bed, per-month basis in the process. At the time of marketing, the facility was 62% occupied with minimal Medicare Part A referrals. However, the 1960s-built facility has 16 private units and is proximate to... Read More »
  • Cross River Bank Closes Large Acquisition Loan

    Cross River Bank recently closed a large acquisition loan for a portfolio of seven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri. Raina Yoo was the Loan Officer on the transaction. The portfolio features a total of 1,339 licensed beds, and occupancy stood at 88%, overall.  Read More »
  • Local Operator Closes Lease-to-Purchase Deal

    A skilled nursing facility in Mississippi faced a time-sensitive CHOW with frozen Medicaid rates under appeal after the outgoing operator was planning to leave before the ownership transfer occurred, posing meaningful risk to the facility’s financial performance and operational continuity. The facility was older and around 50% occupied at the... Read More »
  • Mainstay Senior Living Grows in Georgia

    Mainstay Senior Living acquired two seniors housing communities in Savannah, Georgia. The properties are located about five miles apart from each other. Grace Manor Savannah was built in 1997, while Habersham Manor was built in the late-1980s. They feature a total of 143 assisted living and memory care units. Florida-based Mainstay now has 46... Read More »
  • Private Equity Firm Divests Portfolio to Chicago Investor

    Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity firm, sold a 224-unit portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Alabama that it acquired in tranches between 2022 and 2023 with a regional owner/operator. After the portfolio stabilized and capital was injected into the communities, Trinity recapitalized the venture in March 2025 with... Read More »
North Carolina Community Receives Refinance

North Carolina Community Receives Refinance

Berkadia secured a large Freddie Mac refinance for a seniors housing community in Greensboro, North Carolina. The borrower, California-based KISCO Senior Living, acquired Abbotswood at Irving Park in 1996 (according to LevinPro LTC) when it was a 10-year-old, 149-unit independent living community. KISCO was known as Kisco Retirement Communities at the time, and now it owns and operates 20 senior living communities in six states, including six communities in North Carolina.. Over the years, it has grown to now include 173 units and a full spectrum of senior living options, including IL cottages, IL apartments, assisted living and memory care units. The 1996 purchase price was approximately... Read More »
AL/MC Community Secures Refinancing

AL/MC Community Secures Refinancing

MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, closed $18 million in bridge financing for a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov on behalf of a repeat client. The bridge loan helped refinance the outstanding debt on an assisted living/memory care community with more than 100 units. The refinance also positions the property for a future HUD financing. Read More »
Joint Venture Enters Kansas

Joint Venture Enters Kansas

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Olathe, Kansas. Built in 1978 with an extensive remodel in 2016 and a 60-unit independent living expansion project in 2020, Anthology of Olathe comprises 60 independent living, 68 assisted living and 28 memory care units. The seller was a national owner/operator, and the buyer was a joint venture between an East Coast-based private equity group and Willow Ridge Senior Living. This is its first acquisition in Kansas.  Jason Punzel, Jeff Binder, Dan Geraghty and Dave Balow handled the transaction. There were multiple offers for the community, and the selected joint venture buyer intends to continue... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Another Year Down, and A Lot To Be Thankful For

60 Seconds with Swett: Another Year Down, and A Lot To Be Thankful For

It was another chaotic year, as has been the norm post-COVID, but we still have a lot to be thankful for. The seniors housing and care industry continues to show remarkable resiliency in the face of inflation, staffing crises, and countless negative attention in the media and among politicians.  We are thankful for the thousands of caregivers furthering the mission every day of serving our seniors and making the last years of their lives fruitful, happy and well-spent. We are thankful to the capital providers who stuck with the industry through the bad times, injecting much-needed funds into aging physical plants and financing as many acquisitions as they did, giving us plenty to... Read More »
North Carolina Community Receives Refinance

Stride Bank’s Recent Activity

We learned of a number of recent financings provided by Stride Bank for senior care facilities across the country. First, the bank refinanced multiple assets in New Mexico and West Texas. The relationship with this particular borrower began in June 2023 (through Clint Miller of Ziegler) when it was looking to execute a bridge-to-HUD strategy and its prior, larger regional bank was unwilling to entertain. The portfolio features a mix of HUD-qualified and non-HUD-qualified assets, and the borrower needed an institution that allowed a multi-step process to release the HUD-qualified assets slowly.  The senior credit facility will fully retire once the HUD-qualified assets are refinanced,... Read More »
Owner/Operator Acquires AL/MC Portfolio in Ohio

Owner/Operator Acquires AL/MC Portfolio in Ohio

A northeastern Ohio portfolio of assisted living/memory care communities sold out of receivership, with the help of Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Dubbed “The Lantern Group Portfolio,” the three communities feature a combined 220 units, split between 135 assisted living and 85 memory care units. Built in 1960, Lantern of Madison is located about 40 miles northeast of Cleveland, Lantern of Chagrin Valley (built in 1976)  is just 15 miles southeast of Cleveland, and Lantern of Saybrook (built in 2015 in the town of Ashtabula) is halfway between Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania.  Mike Flanagan was brought in as the receiver of the portfolio, who then hired Everest... Read More »
Spyglass Healthcare Secures Financing

Spyglass Healthcare Secures Financing

A growing skilled nursing owner/operator is priming itself for further growth with a new revolving credit facility structured by Grant Goodman of G Capital. Bay Area-based Spyglass Healthcare currently has six facilities in its Northern California portfolio, and it obtained the financing to fund working capital, future acquisitions and general corporate purposes. Texas Capital Bank provided the $15 million ABL financing with a SOFR-based rate and an attractive spread. In 2024, the $31 billion-dollar bank significantly expanded its healthcare business, with industry veteran Shane Passarelli leading the charge. We expect to hear more soon from all parties. Read More »
AL/MC Community Secures Refinancing

Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

Harrison Street and Dial Retirement Communities secured a refinance for their seniors housing property in Batavia, Illinois (Chicagoland), thanks to the team at Newmark. The Landings, which opened in Spring 2021, features 142 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was very well occupied, at 96% with a waitlist. The borrowers wished to refinance the construction loan on the property and obtained a new bank loan with a three-year term, full term of interest only and amortization. It was also a non-recourse loan, but the amount was not disclosed. There was a competitive interest rate. Read More »
Change Coming To Life Care Centers of America

Change Coming To Life Care Centers of America

What is happening at Life Care Centers of America is a great example of how not to establish a succession plan, especially when it involves one of the largest privately owned senior care companies in the country. The company was founded by Forest Preston nearly 75 years ago, and he remains the CEO and sole shareholder of a company that is purported to be worth close to $1.2 billion. But he really has not run it for years. I sat down with Forest about 15 years ago, when he agreed to do a long interview with me about his entire life and career. I could tell something was off, and he had a “minder” constantly by his side. But he was agreeable to do this with me, and seemed to look forward to... Read More »
Tennessee Buyer Purchases Wisconsin Assets

Tennessee Buyer Purchases Wisconsin Assets

Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold The Sage Meadow Portfolio, which included a Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC) and a Community-Based Residential Facility in eastern Wisconsin, approximately 60 miles from each other. Sage Meadow of Fond du Lac features 40 units and was built in 1997 and 2001. Sage Meadow of De Pere (near Green Bay) also has 40 units and was built in 2002. Combined, the communities were 92% occupied and operated at a 20% margin on $4.14 million of estimated revenues.  A private equity group with holdings across the Midwest sold the assets to a Tennessee-based group with other holdings in Wisconsin for $8.5 million, or $106,250 per unit, at a 9.7% cap... Read More »
Inland Acquires Two Communities in Minnesota

Inland Acquires Two Communities in Minnesota

The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. acquired two seniors housing communities in Minnesota from Axial Real Estate Advisors LLC in an off-market transaction. Built in 2013, Kingsley Shores Independent Senior Living is in Lakeville and comprises 83 independent living, 49 assisted living and 22 memory care units. Occupancy was 91% at the time of closing. The community includes Kingsley Place, an active adult community with 55 units. Built in 2015, Savage Senior Living at Fen Pointe is in Savage and features 69 independent living, 30 assisted living and 24 memory care units. Occupancy was 98% at the time of closing. The Waters Senior Living will manage these communities moving... Read More »