• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    by | Jan 9, 2026 3:21 pm | Financings

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »

  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    by | Jan 9, 2026 3:19 pm | Financings

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »

  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    by | Jan 9, 2026 3:16 pm | Acquisitions

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »

  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    by | Jan 9, 2026 3:15 pm | Acquisitions

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »

  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    by | Jan 9, 2026 3:13 pm | Acquisitions

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Majority rules

Majority rules

by | Sep 9, 2016 8:30 am | Acquisitions, Financings

Merrill Gardens found a new majority partner for a small portfolio of four senior living communities on the West Coast it had either developed or acquired in the last couple of years. Previously a minority owner with an affiliate of Heitman (a real estate investment management company based in Chicago), the Seattle-based operator had developed three of the communities in the Orange County, San Francisco and Silicon Valley markets of California in 2014/15, and had acquired the fourth community in Seattle back in 2014 after already operating it for a couple of years. Featuring a combination of independent living, assisted living and memory care, the California properties were all stabilized... Read More »
HFF closes high value deal in Northeast

HFF closes high value deal in Northeast

by | Jul 12, 2016 8:13 pm | Acquisitions

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) closed one of the most expensive seniors housing transactions ever (on a per-unit basis), with its sale of two assisted living/memory care communities in the Northeast for $98.25 million, or almost $575,000 per unit. There were several factors that led to this near-record price. First was the location. One of the properties is located in suburban Philadelphia and the other is in New Jersey within the New York City MSA, both high barrier-to-entry, high-income markets. Second, they were recently built in 2013 by the owners, a joint venture between Formation Development Group (an affiliate of Formation Capital) and Shelbourne Healthcare Development Group... Read More »