• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Secures Another Bridge Loan

Capital Funding Group Secures Another Bridge Loan

Capital Funding Group continues its run of activity with a bridge refinance of two assisted living communities in two New York City boroughs. Totaling $88.9 million, the loan was secured on a 239-bed community in Queens and a 184-bed community in Brooklyn. Both properties hold Assisted Living Program licenses and are owned by an undisclosed major provider. Director Craig Casagrande and Senior Associate Andrew Jones originated the transaction.  Despite nearly reaching $90 million, this financing represents just a fraction of Capital Funding Group’s bridge lending haul so far this year, totaling over $500 million across 11 separate loans (in addition to more than $235 million in... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Closes Q1 In Style

Capital Funding Group Closes Q1 In Style

Capital Funding Group’s new off-balance sheet credit venture, CFG Credit Partners, has done it again, arranging another nine-figure bridge loan to support the acquisition of a skilled nursing portfolio. This transaction totaled $285 million. Using the funding, a nationally recognized borrower (which has worked with CFG before) was able to acquire 16 skilled nursing facilities in the Mid-Atlantic region. 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.  This deal appears very similar to CFG Credit Partners’ $317.5 million bridge-to-HUD financing for Eagle Arc Partners’... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Closes Q1 In Style

Capital Funding Group Announces 2020 Financing Total

When the figures were tallied, Capital Funding Group (CFG) had quite a successful 2020, financing in excess of $1.8 billion for its long-term care and assisted living clients across the country. Nearly double the $1 billion in closings in 2019, that total includes more than $1.8 billion across 51 bridge loans, 63 HUD loans and 23 lines of credit.   In addition, CFG closed over $68.2 million in A/R lines of credit. During the tumultuous year, CFG also launched a new off-balance sheet financing program called CFG Captial Partners, which significantly expanded its bridge lending capability. On to 2021.  Read More »
Eagle Arc Partners Acquires 20 Skilled Nursing Facilities

Eagle Arc Partners Acquires 20 Skilled Nursing Facilities

Eagle Arc Partners, formerly known as BM Eagle Holdings, has made yet another large investment in the skilled nursing industry, acquiring 20 skilled nursing facilities, with 18 in Florida and one each in Mississippi and Georgia. All will be leased to local operators going forward.   To fund the deal, Eagle Arc, which is run by Elliott Mandelbaum, worked with Capital Funding Group (CFG) to close a $317.5 million bridge-to-HUD financing package. CFG provided the financing through its new credit venture, CFG Credit Partners, LLC, an off-balance sheet credit venture managed by CFG Asset Management.   The new venture expands the company’s bridge-to-HUD lending capacity, a welcome sign... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Closes Q1 In Style

Capital Funding Group Reports Impressive First Half of 2020

We’re not sure how, but Capital Funding Group announced a record-setting first half of 2020 with more than $600 million in financings closed for skilled nursing and assisted living clients. We’re sure that not only made those at Capital Funding Group happy, but also their clients, who were able to access capital during the liquidity crunch at the start of the pandemic.   Getting to that impressive volume, CFG closed 27 bridge loans totaling more than $400 million, 23 HUD loans totaling about $200 million and six A/R lines of credit that reached over $30 million in combined capital. In February, CFG also launched a new off-balance sheet financing program that significantly... Read More »