• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
CBRE Closes Large Florida Refinancing

CBRE Closes Large Florida Refinancing

CBRE Senior Housing’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg closed a large refinancing for a seniors housing community still in early-stage lease up in the Miami, Florida market. The community is also large and considered to be upscale.   Working with a debt fund, CBRE secured a $78 million loan, which came with a three-year term and a floating interest rate. There was also a full term of interest only. Given the property is still in lease-up, we assume that this loan took out previous construction debt, but no other details were disclosed.  Read More »
CBRE Closes Two Financings

CBRE Closes Two Financings

CBRE has secured a couple of financings for seniors housing clients on opposite sides of the country. First, in the Northeast, the team of Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Matthew Kuronen arranged a Fannie Mae loan to refinance a 269-unit rental CCRC located near Providence, Rhode Island. The property received a $39 million loan, or $145,000 per unit, with a seven-year term, fixed interest rate and two years of interest only.  The same CBRE team also arranged construction financing for a to-be-built seniors housing community in Portland, Oregon. Set in a 16-story high-rise in the city’s Pearl District, the community will feature 177 independent living, 77 assisted living and 20 memory care... Read More »
CBRE Returns to Seattle Area For Portfolio Refinance

CBRE Returns to Seattle Area For Portfolio Refinance

CBRE Senior Housing arranged a refinance for a portfolio of four senior living communities in the Seattle, Washington area. A joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and The Carlyle Group originally acquired the portfolio in 2016. Featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care services, with 368 units in total, the properties are located on in-fill sites in affluent submarkets. They average around 25 years in age. MBK Senior Living took over operations from Merrill Gardens after the 2016 acquisition and has overseen some significant capital improvements across the portfolio.   Five years ago, CBRE arranged more than $60 million in acquisition/renovation... Read More »
Several New Hires Announced This Spring

Several New Hires Announced This Spring

The start of spring came with a flurry of new hires at several brokerage firms. First, Andrew Morris joined Greystone as its Director of Healthcare Acquisitions, where he will report to Arthur Hatzopoulos, Corporate Executive Vice President at the company. Mr. Morris comes from Hana2.0 Property Group where he was Director of Investments and focused on sourcing and closing healthcare real estate acquisitions. Before that, he also held roles at Cascade Capital Group, Omega Healthcare Investors, and GE Capital. At Greystone, Mr. Morris will be focusing on seniors housing and healthcare acquisition opportunities but zeroing in on the skilled nursing... Read More »
Joint Venture Refinances Midwest Seniors Housing Portfolio

Joint Venture Refinances Midwest Seniors Housing Portfolio

CBRE’s National Senior Housing team refinanced three seniors housing communities in the Midwest. Owned by a joint venture between CA Ventures and Partners Group, the communities were built in 2016 and 2017 in the Chicago (two locations) and Kansas City metro areas. They consist of 210 assisted living and 98 memory care units as well as numerous high-end amenities. Anthology Senior Living, CA Ventures’ wholly owned senior living operating platform, manages the Illinois communities, while Senior Lifestyle operates the Kansas location.   To refinance debt they had previously placed with another debt fund, Aron Will, Austin Sacco and... Read More »