• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    by | Feb 13, 2026 2:24 pm | Uncategorized

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »

  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    by | Feb 13, 2026 2:21 pm | Acquisitions

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »

  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    by | Feb 13, 2026 2:14 pm | Acquisitions

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »

  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    by | Feb 13, 2026 2:13 pm | Financings

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »

  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    by | Feb 12, 2026 4:36 pm | Acquisitions

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »

Berkadia originates $366 million financing

by | Sep 25, 2015 8:30 am | Financings

Working with both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Berkadia arranged two loans totaling $366.7 million for Brookdale Senior Living to refinance 39 of its seniors housing properties in two separate portfolios. The first portfolio, including 21 properties with 1,924 units and an average occupancy of 91%, is made up of 5.7% IL, 15.9% MC and 78.4% AL units. It was refinanced with a $226.4 million, 10-year loan through Fannie Mae arranged by Managing Directors Heidi Brunet and Christopher Fenton of Berkadia. The loan come to $117,700 per unit. The pair also closed a $140.3 million (or $117,900 per unit), seven-year loan through Freddie Mac for a portfolio of 18 properties, which consists of 1,190... Read More »

Berkadia secures $93 million in financing

by | Jun 12, 2015 8:57 am | Financings

We wrote last month of ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager’s purchase of 14 senior living properties with 1,038 units from a joint venture between Iron Point Partners and Meridian Senior Living for an undisclosed price. The portfolio was mostly assisted living (719 units), with 208 memory care units and 111 independent living units as well. To fund the acquisition, ROC turned to Berkadia to arrange an $84 million, three-year floating-rate loan through BBVA Compass Bank. Berkadia also contributed $20 million of the overall financing through its Proprietary Bridge Lending Platform. In addition, earlier this year ROC purchased a 76-unit assisted living and memory care community in Canton, Ohio,... Read More »

Berkadia Closes a Big One

by | May 29, 2015 9:02 am | Acquisitions, Financings

Just how did NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. fund its $875 million acquisition of a 32-property senior living portfolio? They hired Chris Fenton and Jay Healy of Berkadia Seniors Housing and Healthcare to secure $648.2 million of Fannie Mae debt. The 10-year fixed-rate financing features a 4.17% interest rate, a 73.5% loan-to-value and a 30-year amortization. All individual loans were cross collateralized and cross defaulted. The 32 properties are in 12 states with 4,012 independent living units and average occupancy in excess of 90%.   Read More »