• 60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Tops 350 Deals in H1:25

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:47 pm | 60 Seconds

    In the second quarter of 2025, there were 176 publicly announced transactions, a preliminary number that is almost certain to increase in the weeks ahead. That brings our total for the first half of the year to 355 deals, or 710 on an annualized basis. Considering we finished 2024 with 716 total deals, which was a record by far, we are in a good... Read More »

  • Bloom Exits South Carolina’s Seniors Housing Market

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:46 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Kandu Capital, LLC, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, collectively known as Bloom, sold its final seniors housing community in South Carolina. The company is seeking realignment as it exits the state after a decade-long presence in the region. The 129-unit independent living and memory care community, which is in Bluffton, sold for... Read More »

  • Improving Ohio SNF Sees Strong Price

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:44 pm | Acquisitions

    Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage secured a strong price for a skilled nursing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1965, the facility was originally licensed for 199 beds, but the decision was made to strategically reduce the beds to 167 to save on provider tax and improve the Medicaid rate.  The facility struggled for many... Read More »

  • Stacked Stone Ventures Makes Major SNF Acquisition

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:43 pm | Acquisitions

    Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, has made a major acquisition in the skilled nursing sector, acquiring nine skilled nursing facilities for approximately $33 million, or $66,000 per bed, at a 13% cap rate. Stacked Stone bought the portfolio in a joint venture with Praxis Capital from a large... Read More »

  • Tremper Capital Group Announces Two Refinances

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:42 pm | Financings

    Tremper Capital Group announced a couple of refinances at the end of the second quarter for seniors housing clients. The first was arranged on behalf of Kisco Senior Living for its 333-unit entrance-fee CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Built in 2004, the campus was acquired by Kisco as part of a larger CCRC deal in 2013, and since then it... Read More »
HJ Sims Closes Bank Financing for Not-For-Profit’s Independent Living Expansion

HJ Sims Closes Bank Financing for Not-For-Profit’s Independent Living Expansion

by | Jul 30, 2020 3:15 pm | Financings

Thanks to a two-part bank financing arranged by HJ Sims, not-for-profit Presbyterian SeniorCare Network (PSCN) will open a new independent living community in North Strabane Township, Pennsylvania, adding to its significant presence in the western part of the state.   PSCN, which already provides senior care services to over 6,500 seniors through 53 senior living communities, affordable housing facilities and at-home programs/services, is partnering with Senior Housing Partners, a subsidiary of Presbyterian Homes & Services.  HJ Sims had worked with PSCN and its related entities before, including the 2017 construction financing for a memory care expansion and its Washington, PA campus,... Read More »
HJ Sims Funds CCRC Expansion Project in North Carolina

HJ Sims Funds CCRC Expansion Project in North Carolina

by | Jul 23, 2020 4:55 pm | Developments, Financings

HJ Sims has a long history with the SearStone Retirement Community, a CCRC in Cary, North Carolina, and recently closed another financing for the property. Sponsored by Samaritan Housing, Inc., the community currently consists of 131 independent living units, 38 IL estate homes, 14 assisted living units and 25 skilled nursing beds.   HJ Sims originally financed the first phase of the CCRC with a $117 million non-rated fixed rate bond issue in 2012. Then, the investment bank funded an expansion in 2016 with an $8 million issue. HJ Sims also provided the original seed capital, and the funds to advance refund the 2012 issue, and provided a portion of the pre-development capital for a Phase II... Read More »
CBRE Secures Acquisition Financing For HJ Sims/Voralto Living Purchase

CBRE Secures Acquisition Financing For HJ Sims/Voralto Living Purchase

by | May 19, 2020 3:44 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

The CBRE National Senior Housing team arranged acquisition financing for a North Texas assisted living/memory care community. A joint venture between HJ Sims and Voralto Living was the buyer, obtaining a four-year, floating-rate loan with 24 months of interest only from a national bank. Featuring 60 units, the community was a newer vintage and will join Voralto’s six other communities in Texas, and one in Georgia. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg handled the transaction for CBRE.  It’s been a busy year already for CBRE’s Senior Housing Debt and Structured Finance team, which has closed over $515 million in debt and equity originations across 15 separate transactions. In the months... Read More »
HJ Sims Expands Its Investment Banking Team

HJ Sims Expands Its Investment Banking Team

by | May 6, 2020 9:58 am | Financings

HJ Sims announced a major expansion to its Investment Banking Team, adding two senior bankers and opening new offices in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Lynn Daly joined the firm as Executive Vice President in the new Chicago location, bringing over 30 years of experience working with not-for-profit organizations in financing. Previously, she was acting head of Senior Living Investment Banking at BB&T Capital Markets, and also spearheaded the Catholic Initiative within senior living investment banking at Ziegler.  Brady Johnson also joined the HJ Sims team as Senior Vice President in the new West Coast office in Orange County, California. Previously at Hunt Real Estate Capital,... Read More »
HJ Sims Secures Bond Financing for Tennessee CCRC

HJ Sims Secures Bond Financing for Tennessee CCRC

by | Dec 18, 2019 4:13 pm | Developments, Financings

A new life plan community (or continuing care retirement community, as we still call them) is going up in Collierville, Tennessee (Memphis MSA) thanks to a large $219.25 million bond placement arranged by HJ Sims. Situated on 36 acres with 176 independent living apartments, 63 independent living garden homes, 52 assisted living units, 32 memory support units and 60 skilled nursing units, the community will also feature an impressive array of amenities. For dining, there will be five venues, an outdoor kitchen, a pub and sports bar. There will also be an athletic club, massage therapy, Jacuzzi, day spa, beauty shop, barber shop, performing arts center, movie theater, library, bank, gift... Read More »