• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    by | May 21, 2026 2:37 pm | Acquisitions

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »

  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    by | May 21, 2026 2:36 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »

  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    by | May 21, 2026 2:34 pm | Acquisitions

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »

  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    by | May 21, 2026 2:33 pm | Acquisitions

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »

  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    by | May 20, 2026 8:33 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Alliance Moving Forward at Massachusetts SNF

Alliance Moving Forward at Massachusetts SNF

by | Dec 7, 2018 7:00 am | Financings

The not-for-profit senior care operator, Alliance Health & Human Services, secured both a permanent refinance of its 101-bed skilled nursing facility in Braintree, Massachusetts, and a more stable financial future to further its mission there. The $14.2 million HUD loan, arranged by Aaron Becker of Lancaster Pollard, is the sixth overall closed in the relationship. It refinanced existing debt and reimbursed Alliance for prior capital expenditures. Alliance will now be able to file a Determination of Need with the state in order to invest another $3 million to renovate the facility. Under the program, the state would reimburse Alliance the renovation funds through a future increase in... Read More »
HHC Finance Wrapping Up 2018 With Two Northeast Transactions

HHC Finance Wrapping Up 2018 With Two Northeast Transactions

by | Dec 5, 2018 7:01 am | Financings

Seniors housing and care M&A may be slowing towards the end of 2018, but the lenders are still closing plenty of transactions. One of them, Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance), closed two HUD loans totaling $31 million for a couple of East Coast skilled nursing facilities owned by experienced regional operators (and repeat HHC customers). The smaller loan (for $6 million) was closed for a 108-bed SNF in southern New Jersey and refinanced existing conventional debt. Although it received several improvements in recent years, the facility was built in the mid-1960s and was occupied in the high-80s. The other loan was closed for a large 238-bed skilled nursing facility in... Read More »
Greystone Centers In On New York Refinances

Greystone Centers In On New York Refinances

by | Nov 30, 2018 7:00 am | Financings

Working on behalf of skilled nursing operator Centers Health Care, Fred Levine of Greystone arranged over $100 million in HUD financing to refinance a couple of their New York SNFs. Located on opposite sides of the state, these facilities were each acquired a few years ago from not-for-profit owners. Built in 1974, the 475-bed facility in the Bronx was formerly owned by the Daughters of Jacob Nursing Home Company. After operating the facility since 2013 and significantly improving performance, Centers acquired it in 2016. Now that the facility is fully stabilized with a 96% occupancy rate, Greystone provided a $71.78 million loan, or $151,000 per bed, with a 35-year term, to both refinance... Read More »
KeyBank Keeps It Going

KeyBank Keeps It Going

by | Nov 23, 2018 7:00 am | Financings

KeyBank Real Estate Capital has been on a roll lately, announcing financing after financing following their successful HUD fiscal year atop the rankings. Their latest closing saw Charlie Shoop and Peter Trazzera close a $31.5 million Freddie Mac loan on behalf of Chicago Pacific Founders to refinance the original balance sheet acquisition loan (also provided by KeyBank) on a 176-unit senior living community in Topsham, Maine. Spread out on 90 acres, the community provides independent living, assisted living and memory care services to its residents. Messrs. Shoop and Trazzera arranged the financing with a seven-year term, variable rate and an open prepayment option during the last two... Read More »
Love Funding Lends in Lexington

Love Funding Lends in Lexington

by | Nov 20, 2018 1:44 pm | Financings

Ken Charbauski of Love Funding secured a HUD refinance for a 42-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lexington, North Carolina. This community, which features both private and shared units, is part of the state’s Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver program. Its family owner, Southland Real Estate, successfully refinanced its previous floating-rate debt with the $4.8 million, 35-year loan. Read More »