• Brookdale’s Portfolio Stumbles in February

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its February 2026 occupancy numbers, and if the remaining cold weather months even closely resemble what the company has posted so far this winter, they will need to do some serious heavy lifting this summer to progress in its census rebound.  All of its reported occupancy figures, including consolidated and... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The State of the Healthcare M&A Market

    I attended the McDermott Will & Schulte Healthcare Private Equity Conference in Miami Beach last week, and the buzz mostly centered around increased investment in outpatient care, AI in healthcare and a persistent bid-ask spread that has kept healthcare M&A relatively steady, and down when comparing it to the seniors housing and care... Read More »
  • Newmark Reports Slew of February Deals

    The Newmark seniors housing team reported an active February, with six investment sales and four significant debt transactions. First, outside of Chicago, the team sold Clarendale of Mokena, a 156-unit seniors housing community featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The community was built in 2015 by Ryan... Read More »
  • Improving SNF Sells to Newer Skilled Nursing Entrant

    A regional skilled nursing owner/operator divested one of its senior care facilities in western Nebraska after deciding to refocus its operational efforts in a more condensed regional footprint. The owner/operator engaged Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint to run the process.  Built in 1960, Monument Rehabilitation and Care... Read More »
  • AEW Capital Management Divests to Joint Venture

    Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare handled the sale and financing of The Sheridan of Green Oaks, which Town Lane and Arcole acquired, marking the joint venture’s fifth seniors housing investment in their inaugural $1.25 billion real estate fund. Built in 2016 by Senior Lifestyle Corporation, the Class-A community comprises 78 independent... Read More »
Greystone’s Bridge to HUD

Greystone’s Bridge to HUD

Greystone’s Fred Levine successfully refinanced two skilled nursing facilities in Jackson, Tennessee. Greystone had actually provided the bridge loans used to fund the facilities’ acquisition in 2016 by a private Tennessee-based individual. The buyer had been leasing the facilities but exercised their right of first refusal to snap up the properties. The 160-bed facility sold in 2016 for $14.6 million, while the 64-bed facility was $4.6 million. Two years later, the owner refinanced the properties with $20.9 million in fixed-rate HUD financing, with a 30-year term and amortization period. Read More »
Greystone’s Part-II Portfolio Deal

Greystone’s Part-II Portfolio Deal

Greystone made news at NIC when it announced it sold a five-property senior living portfolio to Hong Kong-based Chevalier International Holdings Ltd. Previously owned by a publicly-traded REIT, the portfolio consists of 570 total units in New Mexico and Washington state that were built or renovated between 1989 and 2003. It was part of a larger portfolio, which saw four other properties sold in July in Nebraska (1) and Oregon (3), also to Chevalier. In both transactions, The Avamere Family of Companies was brought in to lease the properties, which may include one more property expected to sell next month. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone represented the REIT seller in... Read More »
Greystone Closes Two Bridge Financings For SNF Clients

Greystone Closes Two Bridge Financings For SNF Clients

Fred Levine of Greystone announced his latest two bridge financings that closed in Ohio and Pennsylvania, for three total skilled nursing facilities. Two of those facilities are located in Youngstown, Ohio and have undergone significant renovations in recent years. They offer subacute care, skilled nursing, pulmonary care, wound care, orthopedic rehab and outpatient therapy programs, among others. In addition, one facility has a dialysis unit, while the other offers diabetic management and a Parkinson’s program for both residents and non-residents. They received $15 million in bridge financing. Then, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Levine arranged a $19.5... Read More »
SentosaCare Refinances in Staten Island

SentosaCare Refinances in Staten Island

Following up on a bridge loan it closed a couple of years ago, Greystone successfully refinanced a 238-bed skilled nursing facility in Staten Island, New York. Owned by SentosaCare, the facility has a five-star rating from CMS and offers services that include long-term care, physical therapy, occupational and speech therapy, and neuro and orthopedic rehabilitation. Two years prior, Greystone had arranged a bridge loan for the facility, which it will take out with a $20.66 million, 35-year HUD loan. Fred Levine originated the transaction. Read More »

Greystone Hat-Trick in New York

Fred Levine of Greystone closed three HUD financings on the same day for an acquisition of three New York skilled nursing facilities. The $75 million loan, which comes to $133,690 per bed, financed three nursing facilities with 561 beds. They included Brookside Multicare in Smithtown (353 beds), White Plains Center for Nursing and Rehab in White Plains (88 beds), and Little Neck Nursing Center in Queens (120 beds). The Smithtown facility includes a pediatric unit and ventilator beds. Read More »