• Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

    Torey Riso is heading back to the operating world, joining Inspirit Senior Living as President as of March 16. He joins Dave McHarg, who is the CEO of Inspirit and Founding Partner of the company. Since its founding in 2015, Inspirit has grown to 37 properties under management, with Inspirit holding an equity interest in around half of those. ... Read More »
  • Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard, Executive Managing Director of JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory, to discuss the results of JLL’s recently published 2026 Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey and Trends. They also covered some major topics heading into NIC in Nashville. Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Burning Questions for NIC Attendees

    This time next week, we’ll be heading out of Nashville from the Spring NIC conference likely buoyed by the overwhelmingly positive mood we’re expecting from most of our industry friends. It’s hard not to be optimistic when occupancy and margins are increasing to healthy levels nationally, and show no signs of stopping, when liquidity is... Read More »
  • Janus Living’s IPO Results

    Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Secures Slew of HUD and Bridge Financings

    VIUM Capital recently closed a series of healthcare and seniors housing real estate financings across multiple states, spanning both HUD-insured loans and bridge executions for skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care assets. The largest loan was a $56.4 million HUD financing for a 325-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility... Read More »
Berkadia Adds Steve Muth to Team

Berkadia Adds Steve Muth to Team

M&A and lending activity is on the up as investors look to re-enter or expand their presence in the market, and Berkadia is growing their team to handle what they expect will be a busy year. The company has added Managing Director Steve Muth to Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, serving on the mortgage banking platform. Mr. Muth will report to SVP, Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed more than $600 million in combined investment sales and financing in 2021 and ended the year as the top-ranking Freddie Mac Lender for Seniors Housing. The team’s 42 transactions encompassed a range of property types across the... Read More »
Berkadia Refinances Five SNFs Across the Country

Berkadia Refinances Five SNFs Across the Country

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare recently announced $47 million in financing for five skilled nursing facilities across the country. Managing Director Jay Healy secured the financing on behalf of the borrowers. First, we have the HUD refinancing of a 40-bed/unit, Medicare-only SNF in Sacramento, California. The $14.45 million, 48% LTV HUD loan retired the construction debt and covered transaction costs for the California-based client. That puts the value of the property at $29.65 million, or around $740,000 per bed. We’ve heard of the high values SNFs command these days, but nothing like that. However, it was built in 2019, was certified for Medicare in August 2019 and only... Read More »
Berkadia Closes Sales in Florida and Virginia

Berkadia Closes Sales in Florida and Virginia

Berkadia’s Tim Cobb and Brooks Minford have announced the closing of two seniors housing communities in Florida and Virginia. First was the sale of Homestead Village Retirement Community, a 176-unit community in Pensacola, Florida. Built in 1993, the community consists of independent, assisted living and memory care units. Twin Light Capital purchased the property from an Alabama-based not-for-profit, and the company intends to implement capital and operational improvements. The not-for-profit decided to sell the community after deciding to focus its efforts on their communities within Alabama.  The other deal saw Virginia-based Robertson Liebler sell Edgeworth Park at New Town, an... Read More »
Berkadia Secures HUD Financing for Three Communities

Berkadia Secures HUD Financing for Three Communities

Berkadia announced three HUD financings for communities in Texas, Washington and Montana, totaling $20.6 million.  The first loan, secured by Jay Healy, totaled $11.19 million and was arranged for a Texas-based not-for-profit organization to refinance its 128-unit Medicaid assisted living community in Texas. The loan carries a low-2% interest rate and ultimately retired the existing construction and mezzanine debt tied to the project. This income-restricted community was constructed in 2015, with occupancy hovering around 90% during the time of the underwriting. Ed Williams arranged the second transaction, which consisted of two loans. The first was $6.26 million refinance of a 36-bed... Read More »
Berkadia Adds New Hire to Investment Sales Team

Berkadia Adds New Hire to Investment Sales Team

Berkadia has added Director Simona Wilson to the Seniors Housing & Healthcare team, serving on the investment sales platform led by Tim Cobb. Ms. Wilson has 19 years of industry experience, previously founding Crescent Capital LLC where she advised seniors housing capital providers and operators on investment and portfolio strategies. She also spent 15 years on the Healthpeak investment team, serving as Vice President of Strategy & Business Development and Vice President of Acquisitions & Valuations. Ms. Wilson graduated with an accounting degree from the University of Southern California, and spent two years at PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving to a career in healthcare... Read More »