• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
HUD Has a Portfolio Sale

HUD Has a Portfolio Sale

It is not often that we see a portfolio sale coming from HUD, or any sale for that matter, since it has always expe­rienced a very low default rate. But given the difficulties other lenders and landlords have had with the skilled nursing sector the past few years, it should not come as a surprise. HUD is offering for sale a portfolio of 12 skilled nursing facilities and one supportive living facility in Illinois and Missouri. Six of the locations are in the Chicago MSA, three in the St. Louis MSA, two in the Peoria MSA, one in the Rockford, Illinois MSA, and one in the Davenport/ Moline/Rock Island, Iowa MSA. The licensed capacity of the portfolio is 1,662 beds, but the actual operating... Read More »
Monticello Funds Tennessee SNF Purchase

Monticello Funds Tennessee SNF Purchase

Following up on several other acquisition financings closed on behalf of a previous borrower in the past three years, Monticello Asset Management funded the purchase of two more skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee. Totaling $16 million in first lien debt that Monticello expects to refinance through HUD in the coming years, the transaction was arranged for an experienced owner/operator with a current portfolio of more than 3,700 licensed beds. This latest acquisition totaled 303 beds across the two Tennessee locations. Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital, also provided a $3 million working capital loan to the operating companies. Read More »
Dwight Capital Closes the Bridge

Dwight Capital Closes the Bridge

Dwight Capital had a busy February for bridge loans, closing four separate loans for more than $13.7 million. The bridge loans included $3.96 million for a 12-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas and a $3.7 million loan for a three-facility, 193-bed portfolio that was sold by a not-for-profit to a repeat client of Dwight Capital. In addition, the Dwight team closed a $3.77 million bridge loan on a 116-bed SNF in New Jersey for a buyer that owns and operates several facilities in the state. Finally, they closed a $2.34 million bridge loan on a 32-bed assisted living community in New York. Once the HUD refinancing is completed, Dwight Capital will be providing a supplemental loan for the... Read More »
Love Funding Closes Construction Bridge Loan

Love Funding Closes Construction Bridge Loan

Leonard Lucas of Love Funding closed a $10.5 million bridge-to-HUD construction loan for a transitional rehab facility in Yuma, Arizona. The new facility will have 32,000 square feet and 41 private rooms. It will be 100% Medicare and managed care with no Medicaid patients. The bridge loan was placed with Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. This is the second bridge-to-HUD construction loan obtained through Love Funding in the developer/operator’s portfolio. Read More »
Harborview’s HUD Haul

Harborview’s HUD Haul

Despite the backlog caused by the government shutdown earlier this year, Harborview Capital Partners’ HUD pipeline has been particularly active lately, totaling over $46 million in two March transactions. The larger transaction featured a $23.9 million loan closed on behalf of a brand-new 180-bed skilled nursing facility in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The team then closed a $22.25 million HUD loan for a 164-bed SNF in Chicago, Illinois. In addition, Harborview flew down to sunny Florida to arrange two transactions for assisted living clients. First, for a 136-bed community on the Gulf Coast of Florida, they closed a $6.7 million loan with a five-year term, 20-year amortization and 12... Read More »