• Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Struggling Las Vegas AL/MC Asset

    A Utah-based investor is taking on a seniors housing community located in a strong MSA but that was 40% occupied and losing money. Amy Sitzman and Jake Rice of Blueprint were brought on to handle the seller’s divestment, with the turnaround opportunity generating strong investor interest. Ultimately, six competitive offers were received from a... Read More »
  • 12 Oaks Senior Living Expands Its Management Portfolio

    12 Oaks Senior Living has expanded its senior living portfolio, re-entering the Baytown, Texas, market (Houston MSA), after being brought on by an investor to manage The Lodge at Pine Creek. This marks the second community the operator will manage on behalf of the buyer.  Built in 2021, the property includes 10 independent living cottages... Read More »
  • GEM Realty Closes an Acquisition in South Carolina

    The Caliborne at Brickyard Crossing, a Class-A seniors housing community in South Carolina, traded hands with the help of acquisition financing secured by BWE. Taylor Mokris and Ryan Stoll of BWE served as exclusive financial advisor to the buyer, GEM Realty Capital, running a competitive process that sourced numerous quotes. Financing was... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Long Island Assisted Living Deal

    A seniors housing campus on Long Island’s North Shore recently sold with the help of Dave Balow and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The campus comprises Oyster Bay Manor, an assisted living community built in 1984, and Harbor House, a memory care community opened in 2001. Harbor House was the first of its kind to serve... Read More »
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Trust In Arbor Realty Trust

It was revealed that Arbor Realty Trust funded the recent acquisition of a 440-bed skilled nursing facility in Syracuse, New York. Alexander Kaushansky of Arbor worked on behalf of the borrower, VestraCare, to arrange a $41.6 million bridge loan, with Evan Goldenberg of EBEX Holdings and Ari Dobkin of Meridian Capital Group also assisting in the financing. The facility had a history of operational challenges, but since being acquired in 2015 by a partnership between a New-Jersey based skilled nursing operator and an Illinois lawyer, occupancy had improved from 64% to 89% in just a year. Now, VestraCare, which is controlled by Long Island-based Edward Farbenblum, is taking over at a cost of... Read More »

Arbor enters the seniors housing bridge lending game

With decades of experience in providing bridge loans for multifamily and commercial properties, Arbor Commercial Mortgage recently closed on its first bridge loan in the seniors housing industry, from its Arbor Realty Trust’s bridge loan product line. Jeff Ringwald of Arbor originated the $5.55 million bridge acquisition loan, which featured a three-year term and a floating rate spread 500 to 600 basis points over LIBOR, for Fields Senior Living to purchase an 88-unit independent living community in Medford, Oregon. The community was built in 1984 by Holiday Retirement Corporation and was owned and operated by the original financier for the project. Occupancy had dropped from near... Read More »