• Spotlight on Senior Care M&A, Seventh Edition

    The SeniorCare Investor is releasing a mid-year update of its key valuation statistics for the assisted living, independent living and skilled nursing sectors in its latest report: Spotlight on Senior Care M&A. Check out the average prices and cap rates, as well as analysis of industry headwinds and tailwinds. Read More »
  • PACS Gets Trading Period Extension

    PACS Group is trying to right the ship as it works to restate its prior financial statements amid an investigation into its Medicare billing practices, and return to providing regular quarterly earnings statements. The New York Stock Exchange Listing Operations Committee did agree to provide PACS with an additional trading period through November... Read More »
  • Outcome Healthcare Acquires Pennsylvania SNF

    Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of Mahoning Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 142-bed skilled nursing facility in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The seller, an independent owner, faced increasing financial and operational pressures in today’s skilled nursing environment. The selected buyer was a regional operator with a... Read More »
  • Full Continuum Community Obtains Refinancing

    CBRE National Senior Housing refinanced The Pointe at Meridian, a 100-unit seniors housing community in Meridian, Idaho. Built in 2022, The Pointe at Meridian was built in 2022 and consists of 60 independent living units, including 14 townhome units, 30 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Grace Management took over management of the... Read More »
  • Arizona Seniors Housing Development Secures Construction Financing

    Fifty Stones Capital Group closed a $39.3 million construction loan for a seniors housing community in Chandler, Arizona. The proposed development comprises 147 units with 150 beds. The opportunity came to Fifty Stones Capital Group through a local broker.  The sponsor, an experienced local developer with a focus on multifamily and senior... Read More »
The HUD Doors Are Still Open

The HUD Doors Are Still Open

One thing to come out of the coronavirus crisis (among many things) has been record-low interest rates, with the 10-year Treasury yield falling as low as 0.318% on March 9 and the federal funds rate being cut to 0-0.25%. It has been in the federal government’s interest to maintain liquidity in the market, as much as possible, so how has that policy affected HUD lending in the senior care industry? We asked Michael Gehl of Housing & Healthcare Finance a few questions, and here are his answers:  1) First question is, is HUD still doing business?  Yes, HUD is still doing business, as you can imagine a number of people are working from home, which does create its challenges not... Read More »
HHC Finance’s Bridge Lending Program Takes Off

HHC Finance’s Bridge Lending Program Takes Off

Housing and Healthcare Finance’s (HHC Finance) Capital Advisory Group closed an impressive number of bridge loans lately, totaling $185 million across 12 transactions in the last several months. The team, led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, spread out across the country to get the deals done in North Carolina, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, New York and Alabama. The largest transaction involved a two-skilled nursing facility portfolio in California receiving a $50 million loan. HHC Finance’s Elan Magence joined Messrs. Haas and Gamss to arrange the transaction. On top of that busy period of bridge lending, HHC Finance closed an $11 million HUD refinance of a 100-bed... Read More »
Austin-Area Assisted Living Gets HUD Financing

Austin-Area Assisted Living Gets HUD Financing

An experienced ownership group went through Housing and Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) to refinance its conventional debt on its 32-unit assisted living/memory care community in Kyle, Texas. Located about 15 miles south of Austin, the community was built in 2014 (around when development was especially heating up in certain markets in Texas) and currently operates at occupancy in the mid-90s. It had in-place, higher rate and shorter term conventional and subordinated debt but was able to replace it with a $4.86 million HUD loan, arranged by HHC Finance.  Read More »
HHC Finance’s Capital Advisory Group Hits $1 Billion

HHC Finance’s Capital Advisory Group Hits $1 Billion

Housing and Healthcare Finance’s (HHC Finance) Capital Advisory Group just crossed the $1 billion mark in loans closed since its inception a little over two years ago. Pushing the group over the edge were a couple of bridge loans arranged by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss. The pair first structured a $12.2 million loan for two assisted living communities in Michigan, and then arranged a $6.0 million loan for a skilled nursing facility in Kentucky. The financings came with relatively low leverages and were arranged on behalf of a couple of experienced borrowers. Read More »
HHC Finance Firing on All Cylinders

HHC Finance Firing on All Cylinders

Housing and Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) was busy in February, closing three HUD transactions for nearly $43.7 million in business. First, in Nassau County, New York, a 218-bed/95-unit assisted living community obtained a $23 million loan with an interest rate in the low 3s. Built in 1960, the building had operated as a long-term psychiatric care facility until it was purchased by the current owner in 2001. Over the next three years, the owner, which has owned and/or operated several senior care facilities in the New York City area, invested $12 million in renovations and converted the property to a low-income assisted living community. Now with the current HUD refinance, the borrower... Read More »