• CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    by | Apr 28, 2026 2:38 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »

  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    by | Apr 28, 2026 2:37 pm | Financings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »

  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    by | Apr 28, 2026 2:35 pm | Financings

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... Read More »

  • CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    by | Apr 24, 2026 2:43 pm | Acquisitions

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... Read More »

  • Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

    by | Apr 24, 2026 2:40 pm | Uncategorized

    The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie... Read More »
CBRE doubles down

CBRE doubles down

by | Sep 14, 2016 7:31 am | Acquisitions, Financings

CBRE pulled double duty with its last transaction, arranging and funding an acquisition of a 76-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Philadelphia area. Lisa Widmier and Matthew Whitlock handled the sale on behalf of the previous owner. This was built in 2013 at a cost of about $250,000 per unit, and a joint venture between Sage Senior Living and an institutional partner acquired it for just over $400,000 per unit. Aron Will arranged a non-recourse, five-year floating-rate loan, with 36 months of interest only, from a regional bank. Sage Senior Living will take over management. Read More »

From the rumor mill

by | Sep 9, 2016 8:31 am | Acquisitions

We have heard that a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and Formation-Shelbourne Partners may have sold an assisted living and memory care community outside of Philadelphia to a private equity firm. Pricing has not been disclosed yet, but we understand that it could have been close to $400,000 per unit for the newly built community. Lisa Widmier and Matthew Whitlock of CBRE represented the seller, and Aron Will of CBRE arranged a five-year floating rate loan for the buyer, with three years of interest only. It looks like this is a case of buying a state-of-the-art community in a good market. Details to follow. Read More »
Development for Denver joint venture

Development for Denver joint venture

by | Aug 26, 2016 8:31 am | Developments, Financings

A joint venture between three different parties enlisted the help of Aron Will from CBRE to help finance a to-be-built senior living community in Denver, Colorado. Blue Moon Capital Partners, MGL Partners and Leisure Care are set to break ground in September on a 163-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community located near the heart of the Denver Tech Center. Mr. Will secured a $28.7 million, non-recourse floating rate loan, with a six-year term and 48 months of interest only, provided by a regional bank. The community is set to open in Spring 2017. Read More »
Financing the future

Financing the future

by | Aug 17, 2016 8:30 am | Acquisitions, Financings

We wrote earlier this month of Capitol Seniors Housing’s large acquisition in the Seattle area, which involved four communities and some 368 units of assisted and independent living for a purchase price of $78 million, or $211,957 per unit. It turns out Aron Will of CBRE financed the transaction on behalf of the joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and The Carlyle Group. Mr. Will secured more than $60 million in non-recourse, floating-rate financing, with a five-year term and 36 months of interest only. Approximately $51.9 million of the loan will go towards financing the acquisition, and another $8 million will be allocated for planned capital improvements. The properties were... Read More »

San Diego Solution

by | Aug 12, 2016 1:22 pm | Financings

Aron Will of CBRE closed his latest transactions for two separate borrowers in the San Diego area. First, Mr. Will and Kevin Randles arranged a fixed rate Fannie Mae loan to refinance an 84-unit independent living community in San Diego. The owner/operator, Ray Stone Inc., had managed the community since 2005. Then, The Grant Companies refinanced the recently stabilized 102-unit independent/assisted living Phase II of its Ridge at Lantern Crest campus. Mr. Will worked with Bill Chiles and Scott Peterson on this transaction. CBRE also refinanced Phase I with a Freddie Mac loan back in 2014. Read More »