• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
Ziegler & M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska IL Community

Ziegler & M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska IL Community

Ziegler and M&T Realty partnered to refinance an independent living community in Kearney, Nebraska, that is owned by Omaha-based Essex Communities. Built in 1992, the community has 34 units and was 100% occupied at closing. Essex bought it in 2018 and immediately commenced substantial renovations, which were completed in 2019.   To reimburse its capital expenditure investments, extract equity and take out debt from a local lender that the company used to acquire the community, Essex relied on Ziegler to arrange a $4.37 million loan from Fannie Mae. The 10-year loan came with a fixed interest rate and two years of interest only, followed by a 30-year amortization period. It was... Read More »
Are More Capital Senior Living Problems Coming Due?

Are More Capital Senior Living Problems Coming Due?

Capital Senior Living released its first quarter earnings this week, and the results were sort of a mixed bag. Of course, the occupancy results were great news, with April average census rising 140 basis points from the Q1 average to 76.95%. And spot occupancy increased from 75.3% at the end of February to 78.5% by the end of April, for a 320-basis point increase. We’re not sure if we’ve seen a steeper increase. About 93% of residents are now vaccinated, COVID cases fell to zero across the 60 owned communities, and 100% of communities are open to new residents, so the runway to recovery is smoother.   Looking forward, CSU will also not be encumbered by the 39... 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 »
M&T Realty Closes Chicagoland Refinance

M&T Realty Closes Chicagoland Refinance

M&T Realty Capital Corporation provided a $15.145 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance an 80-unit active adult community in St. Charles, Illinois (Chicago MSA). Steven Muth and Matthew Pipitone led the financing for M&T, while Eric Johnson of Ziegler arranged the deal. The loan came with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate below 4.00%. It was structured with five years of interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Also, the loan carried a declining prepayment schedule, which provides the borrower, who remains undisclosed, additional flexibility in future years.  The community being refinanced was extremely well occupied... Read More »
Lument Arranges Fannie Mae Refinance

Lument Arranges Fannie Mae Refinance

Lument recently arranged a $28 million refinance through Fannie Mae for a 105-unit independent living/assisted living community in Solana Beach, California (San Diego MSA). The loan features a 10-year term, five-years of interest only and a 30-year amortization. Plus, the borrowers, Senior Resource Group and its equity partner Collins Development Company, were able to obtain substantial cash-out proceeds. Doug Harper led the transaction.  Read More »