• 60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care’s PR Problem

    Recently, we have seen stories circulating about the connection between REIT ownership and the way skilled nursing facilities provide care, stemming from a study written by the nonprofit journalism outlet KFF Health News. We’ve seen this before, headlines like “real estate investors profit while patients suffer,” usually with graphic cases of... Read More »
  • Blueprint Sets Pricing Record in New York State

    Blueprint advised a repeat private equity client in a record-setting sale of two standalone memory care communities in high barrier-to-entry submarkets in New York State. Combining for 104 units, these assets were purpose-built in the late 1990s and were stabilized at the time of the deal. Not only that, they were generating cash flow in excess... Read More »
  • CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »
  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... 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 »