• NHI Acquires Nine Communities

    National Health Investors made a large SHOP purchase, adding nine communities consisting of 460 total units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The properties will be managed by Allegro Living Management, an affiliate of Spring Arbor Management. NHI has an existing relationship with Spring Arbor totaling approximately $227 million in... Read More »
  • Ensign Increases Its Footprint in Three States

    The Ensign Group and its captive real estate company, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, are already off to a strong start this year, announcing a slew of acquisitions that were effective February 1. In one of the transactions, Ensign purchased Agave Grove Post Acute’s operations, subject to a long-term, triple-net lease with a third-party... Read More »
  • Colorado-Based Owner/Operator Expands

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a seniors housing community in Arvada, Colorado, representing a single-asset owner/operator who was looking to retire. The Oberon House was built in 1970 and renovated in 1997. It features 60 units of independent living and assisted living and... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Acquires Underperforming CCRC

    A not-for-profit seller that built, owned and operated Arbutus Park Retirement Community recently divested the asset to another not-for-profit with the help of Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The established senior care provider/buyer, which is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, intends to continue to invest in the community.... Read More »
  • Capital Funding Group’s 2025 Financing Volume

    Capital Funding Group executed more than $3.1 billion in financings in 2025, representing a 121% increase in financing volume compared to $1.4 billion closed in 2024. The annual total comprises 175 deals, including 54 healthcare and multifamily bridge loans and other lending products, 28 HUD loans, 25 accounts receivable lines of credit and 68... Read More »
Berkadia Closes Two Large Agency Financings

Berkadia Closes Two Large Agency Financings

Berkadia announced two sizeable financings arranged for senior care clients in Portland, Oregon. The larger transaction saw Touchmark receive an $82.4 million loan through Freddie Mac to refinance its senior living community located just three miles from the center of Portland. Opened in 2018 with independent living, assisted living and memory care services, the community has around 275 units. Its construction cost was estimated at $90 million, or $326,100 per unit.   Chris Cain and Rafael Nobo secured the seven-year debt at 53% loan-to-value, putting the community’s value now at over $155.47 million, or $563,300 per unit. This was the second agency loan... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Represents WindRiver in Seniors Housing Deal

Walker & Dunlop Represents WindRiver in Seniors Housing Deal

Duncanville, Texas-based WindRiver Companies sold an active adult community in its hometown with the help of the seniors housing team at Walker & Dunlop. Jordyn Berger, Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Brett Gardner and Nick Hall worked on the deal and found the buyer, Dallas-based multifamily real estate investor Edison Equity Management Corp. (Edison).   WindRiver originally developed the property in 2004 and has managed it ever since. They seem to have been ahead of the game in the growing active adult market. The community features 150 units, with rents ranging from $1,200 for one-bedroom units to nearly $2,100 per month for two-bedroom options. Occupancy was close to 100% throughout... Read More »
Lument Arranges Freddie Mac Refinance

Lument Arranges Freddie Mac Refinance

Lument’s seniors housing and healthcare team closed a Freddie Mac refinance of a seniors housing community in Papillon, Nebraska. Set on the 44-acre Hillcrest Country Estates senior care campus, which provides the full continuum of care, the community in question features 102 independent living and 60 assisted living/memory care units. It is owned by Hillcrest Health Systems, a provider of senior care, home health care and telemedicine at its seven locations across Nebraska.  Lument’s Quintin Harris, Doug Harper and Casey Moore arranged a non-recourse $41.5 million loan from Freddie Mac, with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization. The transaction replaced existing... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Announces Georgia Portfolio Sale

Walker & Dunlop Announces Georgia Portfolio Sale

The Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales team including Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Brett Gardner and Jordyn Berger has closed the sale of an independent living portfolio in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. Not only that, but Russ Dey of Walker & Dunlop secured acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on three of the properties.   More details on the transaction will be revealed next week, but what we know is that the portfolio comprises four newly built, “A” quality communities, with a combined 559 units. Dubbed “The Mansions Portfolio,” the communities were previously owned by a consortium of local and out-of-state developers. Focus Healthcare Partners was the buyer. Stay tuned next... Read More »
Fairstead Acquires Naples Senior Community

Fairstead Acquires Naples Senior Community

Fully-integrated real estate firm Fairstead secured several sources of financing to fund its purchase of a 250-unit affordable senior apartment community in Naples, Florida. Chicago-based developer Full Circle Communities sold the 45-year-old community for $59.5 million, or $238,000 per unit.   Currently, there are a variety of supportive services including health and wellness programs, on-site meals, van transportation to doctor’s appointments, pharmacy visits, education programs and other activities. Fairstead is also planning a $25 million renovation of the property, which will include improvements made to common areas and every residential unit, with a... Read More »