• Selectis Health Divests SNFs to Journey

    In January, Selectis Health, Inc. completed the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia, including 71-bed Providence of Sparta Health & Rehab and 110-bed Warrenton Health & Rehabilitation. The assets sit less than 30 miles apart in Sparta and Warrenton, respectively. The buildings were initially constructed in the 1960s but were... Read More »
  • PE Group Divests to Regional Owner/Operator

    An East Coast-based private equity group divested two seniors housing communities in Mississippi to a regional owner/operator pursuing expansion across the state. The communities total 108 assisted living and memory care units and offer operational synergies, given their close proximity in Oxford and Southaven. The communities were purpose-built... Read More »
  • T7 Capital Closes Array of Financings

    Founded in 2025 by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, T7 Capital announced more than $320 million in recent financings closed across multiple transactions on behalf of healthcare operators and sponsors across the country. They included a combination of refinancings, acquisition loans and working capital facilities for both skilled nursing and... Read More »
  • Two Western Closings from The Zett Group

    The Zett Group closed a couple of seniors housing sales in the western United States. One deal was in the Reno, Nevada MSA, and featured a 65-unit assisted living/memory care community owned by a regional operator. The community boasted high occupancy and strong revenue, but there was room for improvement on the expense side. A local... Read More »
  • Dwight Capital Announces Q1 Activity

    Dwight Capital, its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust (DMT), and Dwight Healthcare Funding (DHF) reported an active first quarter, closing a combined $294 million in senior care financings across a mix of HUD, bridge, and revolving line of credit (RLOC) financings, spanning 11 states. Among the featured HUD transactions was $46.9 million in... Read More »
HJ Sims Arranges Refinancing for North Carolina CCRC

HJ Sims Arranges Refinancing for North Carolina CCRC

HJ Sims returned to a CCRC in Charlotte, North Carolina to arrange a refinancing solution for the campus. The transaction comes nearly two years after HJ Sims closed $12.95 million in tax-exempt Revenue Anticipation Bonds to cover pre-development and development costs for an expansion project. A year later, HJ Sims identified a refunding opportunity for the sponsor’s outstanding Series 2013 bonds. They utilized Cinderella Bonds, which would be taxable until the optional redemption date, after which the bonds would convert to tax-exempt.  Sims served as a placement agent and worked with the sponsor’s financial advisor, Pearl Creek Advisors, to conduct a bank solicitation to also refinance... Read More »
HJ Sims Refinances Two Pennsylvania Seniors Housing Communities

HJ Sims Refinances Two Pennsylvania Seniors Housing Communities

HJ Sims closed a two-part refinance for Asbury Communities Inc.’s two seniors housing properties in Pennsylvania. The Erie location, Bethany Village, has two campuses with 400 independent living units, 100 assisted living units and a 69-bed skilled nursing center. The Mechanicsburg property, Springhill, features 158 independent living units, 35 personal care units and an 80-bed SNF. The loans refinance bonds from 2012 and include a $20.4 million bank loan and tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds totaling $27.2 million. Altogether, that is $47.6 million of debt arranged for Asbury. That follows a $23.34 million financing package that HJ Sims closed for a small CCRC in New Orleans, Louisiana.... Read More »
Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims Team Up

Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims Team Up

Sometimes to get a deal done you have to get creative and be flexible. It appears that was the case for a recent sale of a 55-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Utah. Of the total, 42 units are assisted living and 13 are memory care. Even though capital sources have opened up, to get maximum leverage, if that is what you want or need, your lending groups can get flexible.  Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims teamed up to provide the financing solution for the buyer of this community, a regional owner/operator with 15+ years of experience that currently manages more than 1,600 units in more than 25 communities across five states in the Mountain West... Read More »
HJ Sims Secures HUD Loan For Brooklyn Apartment Community

HJ Sims Secures HUD Loan For Brooklyn Apartment Community

Sims Mortgage Funding, a subsidiary of HJ Sims, secured a $7.035 million HUD loan for Marien-Heim of Sunset Park, a 169-unit Section 8 senior apartment community in Brooklyn, New York. It is owned by a local, not-for-profit community development organization. That owner had previously obtained an $8.313 million HUD loan in 2012 that refinanced its Section 202 Direct Loan, funded capital reserves and repairs, generated annual debt service savings and earned them a development fee.   But the current low interest rate environment prompted another refinance on Sims’ recommendation. HUD approved the interest rate reduction proposal in about 75 days, and the loan closed 29... Read More »
HJ Sims Refinances Louisiana Senior Housing Community

HJ Sims Refinances Louisiana Senior Housing Community

After already closing over $530 million of HUD loans in Louisiana, Sims Mortgage Funding is returning to the state to refinance Metairie Manor, nearly a decade after previously refinancing the property. Metairie Manor is a 287-unit, Section 8 funded, affordable senior housing community, owned and managed by affiliates of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. This represents the 11th refinancing Sims has closed for the Archdiocese and its management affiliate, Christopher Homes, Inc.  Sims previously helped refinance Metairie in 2012 when it paid off its HUD Section 202 Direct Loan. That refinancing produced about $250,000 in annual debt service savings that have been used to fund various... Read More »