• Joint Venture Acquires Four AL/MC Communities

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 »
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 »