• More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
  • Active Adult Expansion A Hit With Investors

    How often have we heard that new development is dead? Or that CCRCs (LPCs) are on their way out? Too often. But how often do you hear about an Active Adult expansion on a CCRC campus, and one with entrance fees? Not often enough. That didn’t stop Three Pillars Senior Living Communities and Cain Brothers from putting together a plan that may... Read More »
  • Quarterly Investor Call #1

    Skip the in-person conference, and get the latest senior care M&A and valuations data, market analysis and case studies on notable deals by watching The SeniorCare Investor’s first ever Quarterly Investor Call. Read More »
  • Pacifica Companies Acquires National Portfolio

    Pacifica Companies, LLC, a privately owned real estate private equity firm based in San Diego, California, acquired the majority of the not-for-profit Retirement Housing Foundations’ market-rate seniors housing and skilled nursing assets. Ziegler served as exclusive sell-side advisor to RHF on the transaction, which closed in phases... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

    A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow... Read More »
Greystone Provides Loan for AL Community in Alaska

Greystone Provides Loan for AL Community in Alaska

Greystone is back again, with Vice President Stella Plotkin providing a $22.5 million bridge loan to refinance Aspen Creek Senior Living in Anchorage, Alaska.  This 96-unit assisted living community was completed in 2019, with 21 of the units designated for memory care residents. The loan pays off existing debt that funded the property’s initial construction, allowing the borrower to complete current renovation projects, including on the secured memory care wing. Greystone’s interest-only, floating-rate bridge loan has a 24-month term with two six-month extension options, with the goal of transitioning to permanent HUD-insured financing. The transaction was completed on behalf... Read More »
Greystone Secures Bridge Loan For SNF Campus in Pennsylvania

Greystone Secures Bridge Loan For SNF Campus in Pennsylvania

Greystone Managing Director Fred Levine recently provided a $15.8 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing, memory care and personal care campus in Erie, Pennsylvania. The purchase of Saint Mary’s East, now known as Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center, was handled by Toby Siefert and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage and made possible by a two-year floating rate, interest-only loan. Greystone plans to convert the debt to a permanent HUD loan. Six buildings house 139 skilled nursing beds (39 of which are reserved for memory care patients), 131 certified personal care beds, and 91 independent living units. The original St. Mary’s East building was... Read More »
Greystone Provides Financing for Three North Carolina SNFs

Greystone Provides Financing for Three North Carolina SNFs

Greystone is back at it again, this time providing $36.5 million in HUD financing for three skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina. The deal takes out acquisition bridge debt that Greystone had previously arranged on behalf of the borrower for these facilities, using the firm’s non-recourse bridge lending program. Fred Levine originated the transactions. Carver Living Center in Durham is a 232-bed facility which offers both long and short-term care, as well as a memory care unit. This facility received $17.16 million in financing that carries a fixed, low interest rate over a 30-year term. It was built in 1990. Willow Ridge Rehabilitation and Living Center, located in Rutherfordton... Read More »
Greystone Secures HUD Financing in San Diego County

Greystone Secures HUD Financing in San Diego County

If you own an old seniors housing community in a good market, now is the time to refinance and make the necessary improvements before the next wave of demand hits. Otherwise, you may be left in the back of the line for customers.  Perhaps this was the thinking of an owner in Escondido, California with a 105-bed assisted living and memory care community, that also offers short-term stays and was built more than 30 years ago. For skilled nursing, that is practically new, but for assisted living, it is becoming ancient.   The owner turned to Leor Dimant, Managing Director at Greystone, to help consolidate some debt on the property and obtain additional funds for renovations and... Read More »
PGIM Provides Financing For Harrison Street Acquisition

PGIM Provides Financing For Harrison Street Acquisition

The lending market came alive in the month of June, in tandem with the seniors housing acquisition spike. As such, PGIM Real Estate provided a $250.4 million fixed-rate, cross-defaulted and cross-collateralized loan to support Harrison Street’s acquisition of 12 of the 24 properties it bought for $1.2 billion. These 12 assisted living/memory care communities were owned by Gallaher Companies, with Oakmont Management Group as the operator. They total 1,118 units and are located in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ventura, Sacramento, Riverside, San Diego, Stockton, and Las Vegas metro areas. Greystone also placed financing for 16 of the 24 properties that were owned by both Gallaher and... Read More »