• 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 »
Berkadia Refinances AL Community in Hawaii

Berkadia Refinances AL Community in Hawaii

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare has refinanced a 123-unit assisted living community in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, for $16.58 million. Berkadia’s Jay Healy secured the financing on behalf of the owner, who acquired the facility in August 2017 after previously managing the building on behalf of the seller.  The 35-year loan paid off an $11.7 million bridge loan that Berkadia had arranged to fund the acquisition and subsequent $4.5 million renovations, which was finished in early 2020. The borrower also used funds from the loan to pay off the remaining unsecured seller financing as well as some outstanding partnership debt. Occupancy was substantially below its potential at the time... Read More »
Berkadia Brokers HUD Refinance for Oklahoma SNF

Berkadia Brokers HUD Refinance for Oklahoma SNF

Berkadia arranged a HUD refinance for a 111-bed/54-unit skilled nursing facility in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, located southeast of Tulsa. Originally built in 1974, the facility features 58 ventilator beds. Its historical occupancy had averaged 75%, but it is certainly possible that census fell below that figure during the pandemic. Jay Healy of Berkadia originated a $5.6 million loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.  Read More »

Stephanie Anderson Moving to Berkadia

Berkadia announced the addition of Stephanie Anderson as SVP, Head of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare Operations. Ms. Anderson will work alongside SVP and Head of FHA and Berkadia Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. She will be based out of Boston.  With over 25 years of experience in the senior housing space in many different roles Ms. Anderson previously served as the National Sales Director for Housing & Healthcare Finance. She has held executive level roles with Health Care REIT (now Welltower), GE Healthcare Finance and Ventas. Anderson has been on the board of both the American Seniors Housing... Read More »
Berkadia Closes Two Large Agency Financings

Berkadia Closes Two Large Agency Financings

Berkadia announced two sizeable financings arranged for senior care clients in Portland, Oregon. The larger transaction saw Touchmark receive an $82.4 million loan through Freddie Mac to refinance its senior living community located just three miles from the center of Portland. Opened in 2018 with independent living, assisted living and memory care services, the community has around 275 units. Its construction cost was estimated at $90 million, or $326,100 per unit.   Chris Cain and Rafael Nobo secured the seven-year debt at 53% loan-to-value, putting the community’s value now at over $155.47 million, or $563,300 per unit. This was the second agency loan... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires The Villages-Adjacent Senior Living Community

Joint Venture Acquires The Villages-Adjacent Senior Living Community

The Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group at Berkadia arranged the sale of a 126-unit assisted living/memory care community in Oxford, Florida. Tim Cobb and Brooks Minford handled the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller.   Built in 2015, the high-quality community has 134 beds and is set on a four-acre campus adjacent to The Villages. It was formerly operated by Leisure Care.   A joint venture between Inspirit Senior Living (which will operate) and two New York City-based investment and asset management firms, Venue Capital and Drake Real Estate Partners, acquired the property for $15 million, or $119,000 per... Read More »