• 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 »
CFG Announces Record-Breaking Closings in 2021

CFG Announces Record-Breaking Closings in 2021

Capital Funding Group (CFG) broke a company record for deal volume in 2021, and more than doubling its 2020 financing total, having financed more than $3.8 billion and executed 155 deals across the United States. This includes 85 HUD loans in excess of $720 million. The most prominent deal involved a $650 million bridge loan, representing the largest single financing deal the company has executed in 10 years.  CFG closed several other bridge loans, including the refinancing of a 3,140-bed skilled nursing portfolio spanning Colorado, California and Wyoming. Over in New York, CFG also closed an $89 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a 239-bed facility in Queens. There were also... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Expands Seniors Housing Team

Capital Funding Group Expands Seniors Housing Team

Capital Funding Group (CFG) has promoted Director Erik Howard to executive managing director of business and marketing in an effort to amplify their focus on the seniors housing and multifamily housing sectors. Throughout Mr. Howard’s 17-year tenure at CFG, he has been involved in the financing of over $7 billion in healthcare and multifamily assets. CFG has assembled a new team around these sectors in tandem with Mr. Howard’s promotion announcement, with industry-vet Ken Assiran set to lead the new seniors housing lending platform. Mr. Assiran has a 30-year background in financings and debt-structuring, and will continue to run CFG-affiliate Capital Health Group in addition to these new... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Closes Loan For SNF Portfolio

Capital Funding Group Closes Loan For SNF Portfolio

Capital Funding Group’s standout year continues with another large term loan closed for a 29-asset skilled nursing portfolio. Located in Colorado, California and Wyoming, the properties include 28 skilled nursing facilities and one SNF with assisted living units as well, all totaling 3,410 beds. Capital Funding Group worked on behalf of the owner, a private real estate investment group, to close a $262.6 million term loan that refinanced the portfolio. In addition, CFG underwrote the transaction of operations from SavaSeniorCare to four new regional operators. Erik Howard and Director Tim Eberhardt originated the transaction.  This brings CFG’s bridge-to-HUD loan closings to $2.3 billion... Read More »
CFG Announces Record-Breaking Closings in 2021

Capital Funding Group Closes Big Bridge Financing

Capital Funding Group announced its largest single financing deal in 10 years, closing a bridge-to-HUD loan totaling more than $650 million. The purpose of the loan is not known, nor the properties being financed, but the deal takes CFG’s year-to-date dollar volume to over $1.5 billion of secured loans. Director Craig Casagrande and Senior Associate Andrew Jones originated the transaction for CFG.  Read More »
CFG Announces Record-Breaking Closings in 2021

Capital Funding Hits Impressive Mark For Q1 Closings

News of Capital Funding Group’s first quarter activity trickled out throughout the first three months of the year, but the firm recently confirmed that they financed in excess of $800 million for its clients across 13 bridge loans and 31 HUD loans. Even under “normal” circumstances, a quarter like that is certainly one to show off.   We already profiled a couple of the transactions, the largest being a $285 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of 16 skilled nursing facilities in the Mid-Atlantic. Erik Howard and Tim Eberhardt originated the transaction for Capital Funding Group, and Capital Funding, LLC, a subsidiary of CFG Bank, participated in the transaction.  Another notable... Read More »