• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
CBRE Refinances DiNapoli Portfolio

CBRE Refinances DiNapoli Portfolio

DiNapoli Capital Partners has refinanced five of its California senior living properties, thanks to a structured ARM loan originated by Andrew Behrens, Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE. All acquired individually over the last four years, these communities total 560 units and vary in their ages, ranging from the 1980s to 2008, but have been fully repositioned to compete with the newer builds in each of their respective markets. Integral Senior Living operates three of the communities, with two in southern California and one in northern California, and Westmont Senior Living manages the two communities in Roseville in the Sacramento area. DiNapoli spent well over $115... Read More »
Harrison Street Exits Oregon Assets

Harrison Street Exits Oregon Assets

The Springs Living successfully recapitalized its exiting equity partner, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, in a couple of senior living communities with the help of a bank loan secured by Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE National Senior Housing. Originally acquired as part of larger $65 million four-property portfolio in 2012, these two properties are located within the Portland, Oregon MSA. With an average age of about 15 years, they currently feature a total of 145 independent living, 82 assisted living and 41 memory care units. The Springs (TSL) and Harrison Street had invested a significant amount of capital into the properties to make them the top competitors in... Read More »
CBRE Sells Value-Add SNF in Oklahoma

CBRE Sells Value-Add SNF in Oklahoma

Daniel Morris of CBRE has sold a skilled nursing facility in Miami, Oklahoma, working on behalf of the West Coast-based investor seller in the transaction. This 100-bed facility was just 51% occupied despite having a high-quality physical plant. It was also built 20 years ago, which although isn’t new also isn’t too old in the SNF market. So, with an eye to improve the facility’s census and operations, a regional operator with existing facilities in the area brought this location into its portfolio, for an undisclosed price. Read More »
Frontier Management Sells The Frontier Four

Frontier Management Sells The Frontier Four

Frontier Management just sold four of its Pacific Northwest seniors housing communities to a publicly-traded REIT but won’t be exiting entirely. In addition to continuing as the operator, Frontier also retained a joint venture ownership interest in the portfolio. Totaling 139 assisted living and memory care units (244 beds), these communities are located in Burlington and Oak Harbor, Washington, and the greater Portland, Oregon MSA. They were well occupied and of institutional quality too, which clearly attracted the REIT buyer. Matthew Whitlock of CBRE National Senior Housing represented Frontier and arranged a successful outcome for them. Read More »
CBRE Refinances Nebraska Senior Living Community

CBRE Refinances Nebraska Senior Living Community

Aron Will and Austin Sacco of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a Fannie Mae refinance of an Omaha, Nebraska senior living community. Owned by a joint venture between Hegg Companies, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based real estate investment firm, and Paradigm Senior Living, an operator with an extensive portfolio west of the Mississippi, the community features 91 units of assisted living and memory care. In addition to boasting large unit sizes and abundant amenities, it is also located less than five miles from the only full-service hospital in West Omaha, CHI Health Lakeside. To refinance the property, Messrs. Will and Sacco originated an $11.9 million loan, with a fixed interest... Read More »