• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Record M&A Year, Again

    by | Nov 12, 2025 8:47 am | 60 Seconds, Acquisitions, Statistics

    You may start to get tired of hearing us talk about all the records being set, but we will never tire of it. As of November 11, we have passed last year’s record of total acquisitions in the seniors housing and care sector, now standing at over 720 deals, according to LevinPro LTC. And we thought last year was an amazing year! The good news is... Read More »

  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in North Carolina

    by | Nov 12, 2025 8:44 am | Acquisitions

    A skilled nursing facility with 130 beds recently sold in North Carolina. It was 53% occupied and not stabilized at the time of sale. According to LevinPro LTC, the purchase price was one of the highest per-bed prices we have seen in the state, at $21 million, or $161,500 per bed. The seller, a North Carolina-based owner/developer that had owned... Read More »

  • Tennessee Community Trades in Receivership Sale

    by | Nov 12, 2025 8:43 am | Acquisitions

    Blueprint recently announced a few closings involving a prominent lender and special services seller. The first was in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was handled by Kyle Hallion, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes. Buzin and Thomes facilitated the second deal, selling Knollwood Point in Mobile, Alabama. The pair also sold The Pointe at Kirby Gate in... Read More »

  • Northeast-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Georgia

    by | Nov 12, 2025 8:23 am | Acquisitions

    Daniel Geraghty, Bradley Clousing and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged in the sale of a skilled nursing facility with 100 beds in College Park, Georgia. At the time of sale, the facility was operating at a loss. The seller was a national owner of long-term care and seniors housing assets across the country, and... Read More »

  • Provident Bank Funds Portfolio Refinance and Recapitalization

    by | Nov 12, 2025 8:11 am | Financings

    Tom Cassidy of Provident Bank’s Healthcare Lending team provided funding to a regional owner/operator in the Southeast. The new client, a family business, secured a $29.84 million portfolio refinance and recapitalization of four stabilized seniors housing communities in Florida. The well-performing portfolio totals more than 250 units across a... Read More »

Grandbridge hits the Town…Village

by | Sep 14, 2016 7:30 am | Acquisitions, Financings

It was recently announced that Grandbridge Real Estate Capital closed $125 million in financing to assist in the acquisition of four Town Village-brand independent living communities in four states. A joint venture between Chicago Pacific Founders and Grand Park Capital Management (owned by former Brookdale Senior Living executives John Rijos and Bill Doniger, respectively) was the buyer. According to some media outlets, the properties sold for $180 million, or approximately $220,000 per unit. Grandbridge provided $25 million in supplemental loans and also closed $100 million in assumption loans for existing Fannie Mae debt that Grandbridge had previously originated. 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 »
Iron Will

Iron Will

by | May 25, 2016 8:30 am | Acquisitions, Financings

We can’t go long without seeing another Aron Will (of CBRE) transaction, or two. The first of his latest deal duo took place in California when a joint venture between Auctus Capital Partners and Och-Ziff Capital Management acquired a 54-unit assisted living/memory care community in San Francisco. Located on an irreplaceable site, the building was originally built it 1923 as a hospital but was purchased by a Mom & Pop in the 1990s who then converted it to senior care. It has some underutilized “dead space” that the JV will convert to add significantly more assisted living and memory care units. Plus, Auctus and Och-Ziff will make some cosmetic improvements to help drive operations,... Read More »
Iron Will

Capital One strikes twice

by | May 18, 2016 8:31 am | Financings

Showing off its wide array of services, Capital One announced two transactions this week across two health care sectors. First, in seniors housing, Allison Holland originated and provided a 12-year $11 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance a 72-unit assisted living community in Homosassa, Florida (about 60 miles north of Tampa). The community was built in 2009 and features a choice of studio, one- or two-bedroom units. Ms. Holland arranged the 12-year term for the borrower to take advantage of the current low interest rates. Then, in home health care, Capital One served as administrative agent and lead bookrunner for a $65 million senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition of... Read More »
Senior living hits the slopes

Senior living hits the slopes

by | Apr 15, 2016 8:31 am | Developments, Financings

Three years after opening on a piece of land that was a former ski slope in North Andover, Massachusetts, a 133-unit senior living community is refinancing its debt with the help of Richard Thomas of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital. Built by Shelter Development at a cost of approximately $20 million, the community is operated by Brightview Senior Living and features 65 independent living units, 41 supportive living units and 27 memory care units. It is located on 33 acres, of which 25 have remained open space and the original ski slopes have been preserved. Mr. Thomas originated a $30.25 million floating-rate first mortgage loan through Fannie Mae’s DUS Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage... Read More »