• Greystone Closes Large CLO

    Greystone closed a large collateralized loan obligation (CLO) composed solely of healthcare assets. Greystone CRE Notes 2025-HC4, LLC is a $451.6 million commercial real estate CLO backed exclusively by bridge loans provided by Greystone. The transaction marks the firm’s eighth overall CRE CLO and the industry’s fourth-ever CRE CLO composed... Read More »
  • Fortress Investment Group Divests Arizona Asset

    JLL Capital Markets has closed the sale of Inspira Arrowhead, a 165-unit seniors housing community in Glendale, Arizona. The community was under the ownership of Fortress Investment Group funds for just 18 months, but in that time occupancy rose from 89% to 94% and NOI improved by 35%. Fortress bought the asset in April 2024 in a joint venture... Read More »
  • Stacked Stone Makes Another Acquisition

    Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, followed up on its October acquisition in Oklahoma with the purchase of two assisted living/memory care communities in Illinois, near the St. Louis MSA. Similar to the Oklahoma deal, Stacked Stone has made Illinois acquisition in a joint venture with the private equity... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Large SNF Deal in Pennsylvania

    Not-for-profit to for-profit are not easy, and it took a two-year process for Blueprint to successfully close the sale of a 250-bed skilled nursing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The property appears to be Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation, one of three skilled nursing facilities owned by Dublin, Ohio-American Health Foundation... Read More »
  • JDI Realty Buys Alpharetta Asset

    A partnership recently acquired Chapters Living of Alpharetta, a 79-unit assisted living/memory care community in Alpharetta, Georgia (Atlanta, MSA). Built in 2013, the high-quality community was previously known as Addington Place of Alpharetta. JDI Realty, in partnership with Purity Strategies and Chapters Senior Living, bought the community... Read More »
CommuniCare grows

CommuniCare grows

CommuniCare Health Services is growing its portfolio yet again, purchasing nine skilled nursing facilities in Ohio and Maryland, after earlier this year acquiring six Maryland facilities and one in West Virginia. The seller was a publicly traded REIT. To finance the acquisition, Capital One served as sole lead arranger and administrative agent for a $61 million syndicated term loan and a $12 million syndicated revolving credit facility to affiliates of CommuniCare. The company seems to be priming itself to grow in the next year, as it received also in June a $13.7 million loan secured by the cash flow of seven of its skilled nursing facilities (and originated by Craig Casagrande of Capital... Read More »
CFG’s latest transaction batch

CFG’s latest transaction batch

As always, Capital Funding Group closed a number of various transactions in the past month. First, Craig Casagrande originated a $13.7 million loan secured by the cash flow of seven skilled nursing facilities operated by CommuniCare Family of Companies. The loan will be used for general corporate purposes to help strategically position itself for future opportunities. Next, Patrick McGovern originated two-part financing to facilitate the acquisition of two central-Michigan skilled nursing facilities, with 210 beds, affiliated with the not-for-profit University of Michigan Health System. The Peplinski Group was the buyer, receiving a bridge-to-HUD acquisition loan arranged by Capital... Read More »

No rest for the weary

Capital Funding Group recently announced the closing of four transactions for three different skilled nursing facilities across the country. First up, Capital Funding provided an undisclosed amount of subordinated debt to finance the acquisition of a 175-bed SNF in Modesto, California. A group of private real estate investors was the buyer, which brought on an affiliate of Windsor Healthcare to operate. Next up, in a deal that may sound familiar to our readers, CFG financed Vita Healthcare Group’s acquisition of a 140-bed skilled nursing facility in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. There were three parts to the transaction. Capital Funding arranged a $13.36 bridge-to-HUD loan funded through a... Read More »

Bridge to success

Capital Funding Group closed three bridge-to-HUD loans for three turnaround opportunities totaling over $25 million, all of which helped finance acquisitions. First, Gary Sever originated a $10.8 million loan, provided by Capital Lending and Mortgage Group, to facilitate the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities (with 151 and 64 beds, respectively) by affiliates of the ARBA Group for $9.5 million. The funds also allow ARBA to renovate both facilities. Next, Mr. Sever originated an $8.16 million loan from Capital Funding, LLC for ARBA to acquire a 365-bed (though with 265 functional beds) skilled nursing facility in Fort Worth, Texas for $9.6 million. Built in 1974, the facility was... Read More »

Financings from Capital Funding

Capital Funding Group announced a pair of HUD loans on two sides of the country. The first, originated by Patrick McGovern, totaled nearly $5.5 million and went towards refinancing a 53-bed assisted living community in Sacramento, California. Capital Funding provided the original bridge loan in 2012 for the community and recapitalized the borrowing entity with more than $1 million in cash. The second transaction, originated by Gary Sever, totaled $14 million and refinanced a bridge loan (that CFG had also previously provided) on a 180-bed skilled nursing facility in Palatka, Florida. The bridge loan helped fund the acquisition of the facility in September 2014. Capital Funding is the sole... Read More »