• Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
  • Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint announced that it handled the sale of a three-community private pay seniors housing portfolio in Rhode Island. A Dallas-based private equity firm engaged Blueprint in 2025 to sell the portfolio, which it acquired with Capital Health Group in 2019. The assets comprise 367 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in the... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage completed a regional owner/operator’s exit from the seniors housing industry with a third and final disposition. The asset was The Homestead in Fallon, Nevada, about one hour east of Reno. It was originally built between 1972 and 1980 and has undergone significant renovations in 2007 and 2018. Most recently, in... Read More »
  • Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

    A skilled nursing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that boasted strong occupancy levels and consistent cash flow traded hands. The facility had long-standing referral relationships and a reliable census pipeline. But, there is still room for upside.  Ownership was intentional in selecting a buyer that would preserve and build upon the facility’s... Read More »
  • Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

    An active adult community north of Houston, Texas, sold with the help of Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. Alders Magnolia encompasses 184 units in Magnolia, and was built in 2021. The seller was Capitol Seniors Housing, and the buyer was Texas-based active adult development and... Read More »

KeyBank does double-duty

John Randolph and Charlie Shoop of KeyBank’s Healthcare Mortgage Group recently arranged $47.7 million of permanent financing, which included a $28.5 million HUD loan and a $9.2 million Fannie Mae loan, to refinance a portfolio of six assisted living communities. The HUD loan featured a low fixed rate for 35 years, while the Fannie Mae loan was originated and closed within 50 days. The portfolio includes 319 units and is entirely located in North Carolina. With the funds, the borrower, Ridge Care Inc., improves its cash flow flexibility and will be able to both make capital improvements and grow its portfolio. Back in March 2015, Ridge Care also received a $59.8 million credit facility... Read More »

Keeping the pace

Aron Will of CBRE had yet another prolific month (after an already busy 2015), closing four transactions. Included in his totals were two acquisition financings (for the MorningStar Senior Living Colorado portfolio and Capitol Seniors Housing’s Seattle-area acquisition) already detailed in previous weeks. Mr. Will also recently arranged a $32.3 million 10-year Fannie Mae loan, with a fixed interest rate and 54 months of interest-only. The borrower, Westmont Living, will use the funds to refinance its 138-unit independent/assisted living community in Chico, California. Already with a 94% occupancy rate at the community, Westmont may look to convert a number of units to memory care in order... Read More »
Seattle sale

Seattle sale

Capitol Seniors Housing’s second investment in the Seattle MSA was financed with the help of Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing, who arranged a $20.12 million non-recourse, floating rate loan with a five-year term and 36-months of interest-only, provided by a national bank. The acquired community is located in the town of Mukilteo, Washington and features 107 units of about half independent and half assisted living. It was built in phases in 2000 and 2004, and occupancy has been between 86% and 90% in 2015. On a trailing-12 month basis, the community generated about $2 million of EBITDA on approximately $4.8 million of revenues, for an operating margin of 42%. Capitol Seniors... Read More »

Greystone closes over $210 million

Greystone has been relatively quiet in the press over the last few months, but the lender was of course hard at work. Across 11 transactions (all previously unannounced since August 2015), the lender closed over $210 million in seniors housing lending transactions. The financings were for properties located across the country, ranging in size and services offered, from age-restricted housing to memory care. The loan amounts were as small as a $2 million bank loan to finance a land acquisition for seniors housing in Waldwick, New Jersey, to as large as a $46 million Freddie Mac refinance on a 209-unit independent living/assisted living/memory care community in Anaheim, California. There... Read More »

Berkadia originates $366 million financing

Working with both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Berkadia arranged two loans totaling $366.7 million for Brookdale Senior Living to refinance 39 of its seniors housing properties in two separate portfolios. The first portfolio, including 21 properties with 1,924 units and an average occupancy of 91%, is made up of 5.7% IL, 15.9% MC and 78.4% AL units. It was refinanced with a $226.4 million, 10-year loan through Fannie Mae arranged by Managing Directors Heidi Brunet and Christopher Fenton of Berkadia. The loan come to $117,700 per unit. The pair also closed a $140.3 million (or $117,900 per unit), seven-year loan through Freddie Mac for a portfolio of 18 properties, which consists of 1,190... Read More »