• Joint Venture Acquires Four AL/MC Communities

    by | May 8, 2026 3:25 pm | Acquisitions

    Following an active year of M&A with five separate deals totaling 21 properties, Stacked Stone Ventures has kicked off its 2026 growth with a portfolio acquisition in the Southeast. In a joint venture with Praxis Capital and an undisclosed family office, Stacked Stone, which was founded by Kent Eikanas, bought four assisted living/memory care... Read More »

  • Another Publicly Traded REIT Joins the M&A Mix

    by | May 8, 2026 2:59 pm | Acquisitions

    Another well-capitalized institutional player is stepping into the seniors housing fray, adding fuel to an already aggressive bidding environment. And based on its initial acquisitions, with one closed at more than $1 million per unit, the target seems to be high-quality assets. Prices are rising fast in that segment, and as the buyer pool... Read More »

  • Distressed AL/MC Community Gets New Owner

    by | May 8, 2026 2:56 pm | Acquisitions

    Scott Frazier, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint advised a special servicer in the seniors housing sector on the sale of Spanish Vines, a well-maintained assisted living/memory care community. It sits in a densely populated Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood of southwest Sacramento, California. The 88-unit community was generating negative... Read More »

  • Underperforming Community Sells and Secures Financing

    by | May 8, 2026 2:52 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    A buyer recently acquired an underperforming seniors housing community in Charleston, South Carolina, and Blueprint Capital Markets secured the debt financing. Blueprint also represented the undisclosed seller in its divestment. The asset comprises 84 units of assisted living and memory care. There is room for occupancy growth and expense cuts,... Read More »

  • Standalone MC Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

    by | May 8, 2026 2:50 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Berkadia recently announced three financings on behalf of three different sponsors. In one of the closings, Steve Muth and Ed Williams arranged $25.8 million in acquisition financing for Peregrine Senior Living at Clifton Park and Peregrine Senior Living at Orchard Park. The bridge financing was provided through Berkadia’s Proprietary Lending... Read More »
Grandbridge Finances Philly-Area Development

Grandbridge Finances Philly-Area Development

by | Sep 6, 2019 8:56 am | Financings

A brand-new senior living community is being built in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market with funding facilitated by Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group. Set to open in 2020, the project will feature 160 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in the town of Limerick. It is being developed by Vantage Point Retirement Living, a growing operator in the Mid-Atlantic with 11 senior living and active adult communities already open in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Two more are set to open next year in Delaware and Pennsylvania (including this one being financed), with three more in the works. The construction/mini-perm loan totaled $34 million... Read More »
Grandbridge Arranges Active Adult Financing

Grandbridge Arranges Active Adult Financing

by | Jul 9, 2019 2:49 pm | Developments, Financings

With Baby Boomers still too young to move into most seniors housing communities and labor costs growing, many companies see opportunity in the active adult market, which some view as a largely untapped market. We’ll have to see how “under the radar” these assets will stay in the next couple of years. Jumping into the market, Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group just facilitated construction financing for the development of a 318-unit age-restricted community in Plano, Texas operated by Life Style Management Inc. The transaction consisted of about $62.3 million in taxable and tax-exempt bonds under the 142(d) bond program administered by BB&T Capital Markets.... Read More »
Grandbridge Refinances Highgate Senior Living Portfolio

Grandbridge Refinances Highgate Senior Living Portfolio

by | Nov 6, 2018 3:11 pm | Financings

Washington State-based senior living operator, Highgate Senior Living, refinanced two of its communities in the Pacific Northwest with the help of Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group. Richard Thomas originated the Freddie Mac loans, which included an $8.5 million first mortgage for an assisted living/memory care community in Bellingham, Washington (about 30 miles southeast of Vancouver, British Columbia) and a $5.225 million loan for an assisted living/memory care community in Great Falls, Montana. Each loan comes with a fixed rate, 10-year term and 30 years of amortization. Read More »
Blueprint Sells In Ohio and Florida

Blueprint Sells In Ohio and Florida

by | Oct 19, 2018 7:00 am | Acquisitions

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has been anything but a wallflower this year in seniors housing and care deal making and continued their 2018 haul with two more transactions announced at the start of NIC. First, in Dayton, Ohio, Connor Doherty and Michael Segal sold an 87-bed skilled nursing facility that came with a lot of upside. Situated in a desirable, urban infill location adjacent to a local medical center, the facility maintained a five-star rating from CMS. Pretty good. But there were restrictive admissions criteria and a vacant floor that meant census was below market. Taking on the challenge (for an undisclosed price) will be a newly-formed, opportunistic... Read More »