• NHI Acquires Nine Communities

    National Health Investors made a large SHOP purchase, adding nine communities consisting of 460 total units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The properties will be managed by Allegro Living Management, an affiliate of Spring Arbor Management. NHI has an existing relationship with Spring Arbor totaling approximately $227 million in... Read More »
  • Ensign Increases Its Footprint in Three States

    The Ensign Group and its captive real estate company, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, are already off to a strong start this year, announcing a slew of acquisitions that were effective February 1. In one of the transactions, Ensign purchased Agave Grove Post Acute’s operations, subject to a long-term, triple-net lease with a third-party... Read More »
  • Colorado-Based Owner/Operator Expands

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a seniors housing community in Arvada, Colorado, representing a single-asset owner/operator who was looking to retire. The Oberon House was built in 1970 and renovated in 1997. It features 60 units of independent living and assisted living and... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Acquires Underperforming CCRC

    A not-for-profit seller that built, owned and operated Arbutus Park Retirement Community recently divested the asset to another not-for-profit with the help of Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The established senior care provider/buyer, which is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, intends to continue to invest in the community.... Read More »
  • Capital Funding Group’s 2025 Financing Volume

    Capital Funding Group executed more than $3.1 billion in financings in 2025, representing a 121% increase in financing volume compared to $1.4 billion closed in 2024. The annual total comprises 175 deals, including 54 healthcare and multifamily bridge loans and other lending products, 28 HUD loans, 25 accounts receivable lines of credit and 68... 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 »
Affordable Housing Complex To Get A Make-Over

Affordable Housing Complex To Get A Make-Over

Cambridge Realty Capital left its comfort zone of financing skilled nursing facilities, arranging a $32.7 million HUD-insured loan that was funded by tax-exempt bonds, with owner’s equity facilitated by low-income housing tax credits. The combination refinanced a 211-unit affordable elderly housing complex in Baltimore, Maryland. The extra funds are to be used to modernize the 40-year old physical plant. We suspect there are many more of these types of buildings that need updating, in addition to more of these buildings in general to help low-income elderly as they age. Read More »
KeyBank Closes Largest Single-Asset HUD Loan

KeyBank Closes Largest Single-Asset HUD Loan

In the largest single-asset HUD closing in history, KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured $127 million in financing for a large 499-bed skilled nursing facility in New York City. Originally built in 1966, with renovations in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, the facility was operating at full occupancy. Its owner, a regional owner/operator, used the loan’s proceeds to pay off an interim acquisition bridge loan provided by KeyBank and a syndicate of lenders. The HUD financing also helps fund over $7 million in capital expenditure improvements made to the property. KeyBank’s John Randolph, Henry Alonso and Brandon Taseff led the way on the transaction. Read More »
CFG Rolls Into Spring

CFG Rolls Into Spring

Capital Funding Group hit the spring running, closing eight deals worth just under $109 million. Six of the financings were HUD and the remaining two were bridge-to-Hud loans. Craig Casagrande closed two HUD financings in New Jersey. The first was a $16.3 million HUD loan for a 176-bed skilled nursing and assisted living facility, and the second was a $21.3 million HUD loan for a 152-bed skilled nursing facility. He also closed an $8.4 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a 164-bed skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Ohio.   Next up was Patrick McGovern, who also had a hat-trick. He closed a $12.9 million HUD loan in Michigan for two skilled nursing facilities with 178 beds,... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard’s Active April

Lancaster Pollard’s Active April

Lancaster Pollard closed a trifecta of transactions this month. The largest was a $23.4 million HUD loan closed on behalf of Hillcrest Health Services to refinance its skilled nursing facility in Papillion, Nebraska. Located on the 44-acre senior living community of Hillcrest Country Estates, the SNF features 126 skilled nursing beds and 12 independent living units. Built in a household model, with 13 residents each in eight cottages and a 22-unit post-acute rehab cottage, the facility was developed in a way to receive financing separate from the rest of the senior living community. The 35-year loan, arranged by Quintin Harris, refinances the existing bank debt and inter-company notes used... Read More »