• Communities Sell in California and Missouri

    by | Jan 23, 2026 3:08 pm | Acquisitions

    Haven Senior Investments closed a deal right before year-end and announced a couple of others from the preceding months. First, an assisted living community was facing a hard closing deadline, with a 30-day escrow and commercial loan that would have been canceled if the transaction did not close by December 31. Rebecca Van Wieren and Scott Fuller... Read More »

  • Cambridge Provides HUD Construction Financing

    by | Jan 23, 2026 3:07 pm | Developments, Financings

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided $6.5 million in construction financing for a 20-bed memory care addition to The Pointe at Pontiac, an existing 60-bed supportive living facility in Pontiac, Illinois. The borrower is an Illinois limited liability company. The financing is insured by HUD under its Section 241(a) program and will be used to fund... Read More »

  • SNF Portfolio Receives Bridge Financing

    by | Jan 23, 2026 3:05 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $60 million in bridge financing to a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Illinois. The two-year loan was originated by Karina Davydov. The returning healthcare client, who operates over a dozen skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, will use the loan proceeds to acquire the portfolio,... Read More »

  • Not-for-Profits Close Separate Bond Transactions

    by | Jan 23, 2026 3:04 pm | Developments, Financings

    Ziegler announced the closing of two financings in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on behalf of separate borrowers. First was Messiah Lifeways’ $82.32 million of Series 2026A bonds. Messiah Lifeways is a not-for-profit that owns Messiah Village, a Type C fee-for-service CCRC serving over 700 seniors on an 85-acre campus in Mechanicsburg,... Read More »

  • The Saga of Genesis HealthCare Continues

    by | Jan 22, 2026 1:55 pm | Acquisitions

    Genesis HealthCare was once one of the largest and most successful skilled nursing companies. But it grew too quickly, made some bad investments over the years (did we mention the billion-dollar merger with The MultiCare Companies?), and it always played the leverage game, whether with leases or debt, and usually both. Last summer, it filed for... Read More »
Ziegler’s June Surge

Ziegler’s June Surge

by | Jul 6, 2017 7:58 pm | Financings

Ziegler impressed in June, closing over $350 million in tax-exempt bond financing for two CCRC clients. Buckner Senior Living was on the receiving end of the larger closing, a $232.5 million fixed-rate bond issuance to fund the development of its 325-unit entrance fee CCRC in the North Park neighborhood of Dallas. The luxury community is expected to cost around $136 million to build, or about $418,000 per unit. With that high cost comes a number of amenities like a roof-top garden, top-floor “Sky Lounge,” heated indoor pool and a salon/spa, among others. Placed on a three-acre parcel, the community will feature 189 independent living, 38 assisted living, 26 memory care, 48 skilled nursing... Read More »

Ventana by Bucker Gets Off The Ground

by | May 12, 2017 7:00 am | Developments

Several years after plans were first announced for two 12-story senior living towers in the North Park neighborhood of Dallas, Buckner Retirement Services has finally broken ground on The Ventana by Bucker, a 325-unit entrance fee CCRC which is estimated to cost $136 million, or about $418,000 per unit. That tops both the national average cost to construct CCRCs ($386,500 per unit) and the Texas average ($394,700 per unit), according to our in-house database of developments going back to 2013. As such, the development, which features floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the building, boasts a number of luxurious amenities including a roof-top garden, top-floor “Sky Lounge,” heated indoor... Read More »