• 12 Oaks Senior Living Appoints New CFO

    12 Oaks Senior Living appointed Elliott Westerman as CFO, effective immediately. Westerman has more than two decades of leadership experience across senior living, healthcare, and real estate sectors. As CFO, Westerman will oversee all aspects of financial management, including financial planning and analysis, capital structure strategy,... Read More »
  • Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

    The Ensign Group acquired a couple of skilled nursing facilities through its real estate subsidiary Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. The first purchase was for Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a 124-bed SNF in Duncanville, Texas, which will be operated by a third-party operator subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. Ensign... Read More »
  • HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

    Healthcare Transactions Group (HTG) recently closed two transactions in Missouri and Maryland. The Show Me State deal involved Baptist Home of Independence, an 118-bed skilled nursing facility and 20-bed Residential Care Facility in the town of Independence. Built in 1977, the campus received a major renovation in 2021 and was 65% occupied. ... Read More »
  • VIUM’s New H1 Record

    VIUM Capital completed the first half of 2025 with an impressive $780 million in transaction par value. That volume was closed across 32 transactions, 51 separate properties and 14 states, comprising both bridge and permanent debt. It represents the strongest first half of the year in the company’s history. Part of that activity was more than... Read More »
  • Kiser Group Launches Seniors Housing Division

    Kiser Group, a leading multifamily brokerage firm, has announced the launch of its new Seniors Housing Division with the addition of industry veteran Mark Myers as Partner. This strategic expansion reflects the firm’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of investors and operators in the growing senior living sector. With more than 30 years... Read More »
Contemporary Healthcare Capital Funds Portopiccolo Purchase

Contemporary Healthcare Capital Funds Portopiccolo Purchase

New Jersey-based The Portopiccolo Group has expanded its skilled nursing holdings in the Southeast and entered the North Carolina market with its latest acquisition. The target is located in the western part of the state in Hendersonville and features 134 licensed beds, at 72% occupancy. In the end, it sold for $8.075 million, or about $60,000 per bed, at approximately 1.17x its 2018 revenue. To fund the acquisition, Coastal States Bank provided a $6.25 million senior mortgage loan and Contemporary Healthcare Fund III, LP provided a $1.358 million mezzanine loan, both structured as a unitranche loan. That included about $600,000 for future renovations. This acquisition is the fifth for... Read More »
Big Midwest Sale Gets Mezzanine Financing

Big Midwest Sale Gets Mezzanine Financing

Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) announced that it provided mezzanine financing for Cascade Capital Group’s large portfolio acquisition of Upper Midwest senior care facilities from last month. The portfolio sale included five skilled nursing facilities and two assisted living communities in Minnesota and South Dakota. Their outgoing operator was on the verge of bankruptcy, adding complexity to the transaction that was handled by Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap. The Minnesota facilities were leased to Monarch Healthcare Management and the South Dakota facilities to Eduro Healthcare. CIBC had provided the senior acquisition loan, but CHC followed that up with a $4.22 mezzanine... Read More »
Collaboration Funds Canonsburg Acquisition

Collaboration Funds Canonsburg Acquisition

A collaboration between Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) and BHI helped facilitate the acquisition of a 118-bed skilled nursing facility in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It was thanks to a $7.95 million senior loan provided by BHI and a $1.575 million mezzanine loan provided by CHC that enabled David Simha, a skilled nursing owner/operator, to both purchase the stabilized facility and help fund its operations, in addition to providing for customary closing costs. In addition, BHI’s financing included a $600,000 line of credit and an earn-out feature of $2.1 million based on certain predetermined performance metrics. This is the first time CHC and BHI have come together to close a... Read More »
The Portopiccolo Group Picks Up Virginia SNF

The Portopiccolo Group Picks Up Virginia SNF

Contemporary Healthcare Capital worked with skilled nursing owner The Portopiccolo Group to secure mezzanine financing for its latest SNF acquisition. The targeted facility is located in Roanoke, Virginia and features 130 beds, including a 24-bed accredited ventilator unit. To fund its purchase, Portopiccolo obtained a senior loan from United Community Bank (that included a participation sold to Millennium Bank) and a $2.0 million mezzanine loan from Contemporary Healthcare Capital. About $1 million in loan proceeds will also be used for future renovations and upgrades made to the facility. Read More »
Contemporary Healthcare Capital’s Latest Mezz Closings

Contemporary Healthcare Capital’s Latest Mezz Closings

Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) closed two more mezzanine financings, working with bank partners to round out the capital stacks in the two transactions. CHC first returned to Wenatchee, Washington, where it had originally closed a $6.8 million construction loan and a $1.35 million mezzanine loan in December 2014 to fund Regency Pacific Management’s development of a 55-bed skilled nursing facility. After opening in 2016, the time has now come to refinance, and CHC was tapped to provide a $2.4 million mezzanine loan. CoastalStates Bank of Hilton Head, South Carolina provided the senior portion of the total $8.4 million uni-tranche loan. Then, in Mesquite, Nevada, CHC closed a $2.5... Read More »