• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »
  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
Berkadia Bonanza

Berkadia Bonanza

Berkadia closed over $200 million in loans this month, in both its Proprietary Bridge Lending and Commercial Mortgage platforms. Beginning with its agency transactions, Berkadia’s Jay Healy secured HUD loans totaling over $36 million for two skilled nursing facilities clients. The larger loan, at $29.5 million, was arranged on behalf of a repeat client of Berkadia to retire bridge debt used to acquire three skilled nursing facilities in Colorado, Kansas and Nevada. Acquired in 2017, the facilities total 110 beds and average 94% occupancy. The smaller $6.7 million loan refinanced a 47-bed, 11-year old SNF in New Mexico owned and operated by two other repeat clients of Berkadia. Then, Rafael... Read More »
CBRE’s Late-Summer Surge

CBRE’s Late-Summer Surge

CBRE’s Aron Will has been on a roll lately, having just closed his fifth transaction in under a month. The latest helped fund the acquisition of four seniors housing communities in the Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana MSAs. They actually represent the stabilized properties within a seven-property portfolio acquisition (totaling 688 units) that CBRE also provided financing for. Totaling 360 units, of which 278 are dedicated to assisted living and the remainder to memory care, the stabilized portfolio has been third-party managed by LCS since 2015 and will continue to be. The buyer, a joint venture between LCS and TH Real Estate, the real estate private equity affiliate of... Read More »
Family Finds Freddie Mac Financing Through CBRE

Family Finds Freddie Mac Financing Through CBRE

Working on behalf of The Powell Family, an active developer/operator of single family, multifamily, retail/commercial and seniors housing in the Seattle, Washington area, Mark Capeloto and Aron Will of CBRE arranged Freddie Mac financing for their 167-unit senior living community in Federal Way. Situated on 12.87 acres, the community offers independent living and assisted living services in two main buildings and 30 cottages that feature one- and two-car garages. The property is also located less than one mile from St. Francis Hospital, part of one of the largest health care systems in the Puget Sound area. CBRE structured a $21.6 million floating-rate loan, with a seven-year term and 36... Read More »
KeyBank Closes Two Fannie and Freddie Financings

KeyBank Closes Two Fannie and Freddie Financings

Charlie Shoop of KeyBank Real Estate Capital has been hard at work arranging two financings from two different agencies. First, through Freddie Mac, Mr. Shoop originated a $26 million loan to facilitate the acquisition of a 175-unit independent living community in Dallas, Texas. The floating-rate loan came with a seven-year term, four-year interest only period and 30-year amortization schedule. Its recipient was Chicago Pacific Founders, which purchased the nine-year old community from Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) for an undisclosed price. CSH had originally bought the property in 2016 when it was around 95% occupied and operating well. At the time, CSH had plans to invest in some capital... Read More »
CBRE Finances Change of Ownership at California Community

CBRE Finances Change of Ownership at California Community

Just over a year after opening, a 130-unit senior living community in Folsom, California (Sacramento MSA) has already stabilized, leaving one of its partners to look for an exit. A joint venture between developer Tenfold (formerly Shamrock Holdings), operator Artēgan and a global investment manager originally opened the community in February 2017 and oversaw an impressive lease-up, topping 90% occupancy. Featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care services, the community offered a continuum of care approach unique to its local market, which surely helped fill units. But the global investment manager partner sought an exit, and AEW Capital Management took its place. Aron... Read More »