• Brookdale Occupancy Stalls

    Brookdale Senior Living released its November occupancy results, and its census growth has stalled this Fall. In its consolidated portfolio, weighted average occupancy fell by 10 basis points from 82.6% in October to 82.5% in November, while month-end occupancy dropped more significantly from 83.7% to 83.4%. Same-community results were not... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Facility Sells for Strong Price

    A rare skilled nursing and behavioral health facility in Tucson, Arizona, sold for a strong price to a partnership between a regional healthcare equity investor and a national skilled nursing operator. Featuring more than 140 beds, the facility is licensed by the state for both medical and behavioral health services, being the only SNF in the... Read More »
  • AL Community with Attached SNF Trades

    An assisted living community with an attached, vacant 65-bed skilled nursing facility in Faribault, Minnesota, sold with the help of Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1998, Pleasant View Estates features 36 units and a 75% elderly waiver census. The community was well-occupied and operated at a strong margin. It was previously... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Funds Dallas Development

    Construction projects, although rare, can still get done these days. Tremper Capital Group successfully secured an $84 million non-recourse loan from a regional bank to fund a development in the Dallas, Texas MSA. The 164-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care project is being built by Harbert South Bay Partners in the... Read More »
  • UMRH Expands Two CCRCs in North Carolina

    Ziegler closed The United Methodist Retirement Homes’ (UMRH) $92.125 million Series 2025A, 2025B and 2025C bonds. UMRH is a North Carolina-based not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates three CCRCs in North Carolina: Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton, and Cypress Glen... Read More »
Brunet and Lautner Move to Newmark Knight

Brunet and Lautner Move to Newmark Knight

Just a few months after announcing the hiring of the HFF seniors housing team to its ranks, Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) just announced that it snagged industry veterans Heidi Brunet and Lisa Lautner from Berkadia. They will join NKF as executive managing directors and will work with Sarah Anderson on the firm’s seniors housing debt and structured finance team. The duo has a combined 40 years of experience and has originated more than $8 billion in seniors housing related financings in the past seven years through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD and balance sheet lenders. With the combination of the top brokerage team last year, in terms of dollar value of sales transactions, the NKF platform... Read More »
Breaking News

Breaking News

Chicago-based JLL announced it is buying HFF, Inc. in a $2 billion cash and stock deal. We wonder whether HFF management was so distraught after the seniors housing team jumped ship two months ago that they just had to sell. All kidding aside, the combination of these two firms will create one sizable company that will compete on many fronts. Read More »
New Team at Newmark

New Team at Newmark

Fresh off a banner year that included over $2.5 billion of closed transactions (including well over $1 billion in December closings alone), the HFF seniors housing and healthcare team that includes Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, David Fasano, Ross Sanders and Sarah Anderson has moved over to Newmark Knight Frank. For Newmark, they get a team that has closed over $42 billion in healthcare and senior care investment sales, plus the more than $7 billion in financing that Ms. Anderson has arranged over the years. There is no reason to think the team can’t continue that impressive haul now they are at Newmark. It’s quite the get for Newmark, we have to say. Read More »
Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio

Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio

HFF used all of their Southeast expertise to sell an assisted living portfolio located in Georgia (3), Florida and South Carolina. The communities were previously owned by Principal Senior Living Group (PSLG) and operated under the Benton House brand. They were built between 2014 and 2018 and featured strong occupancy, except for the brand-new South Carolina community that was still in lease-up. Close to a third of the 326 units were reserved for memory care residents. Bridge Investment Group paid approximately $79 million, or over $240,000 per unit, for the portfolio, which will continue to operate under the Benton House brand. Ross Sanders and David Fasano along with senior managing... Read More »
CBRE’s “Triple-A” Acquisition Financing

CBRE’s “Triple-A” Acquisition Financing

Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE helped arrange acquisition financing on behalf of Angelo Gordon & Co. and Auctus Capital Partners to purchase an assisted living/memory care community in Oakland, California. Located in the affluent submarket of Rockridge, this 148-unit community was originally built in 1981 but recently underwent two multimillion-dollar renovations which have made it a top competitor in the area. The first renovation in 2013 converted 30 assisted living units into a dedicated memory care wing, and the second renovation in 2016 (at $4.8 million) saw updates made to the interior and exterior common areas, amenities, units and landscaping. On top of that,... Read More »