• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Monticello Gets A “W” In New York

Monticello Gets A “W” In New York

One of Monticello Asset Management’s investment vehicles provided $31.21 million in first lien debt for The W Group to fund the acquisition of a 200-bed assisted living community in Staten Island, New York. Built on a 0.81-acre property in 1974, with an additional fifth floor built in 1999, the community consists of 116 beds licensed for the New York State Assisted Living Program and 84 beds managed by an affiliated home health care agency. Its new owner’s principals have over 20 years of combined experience in the health care industry and plan to take out the financing through HUD in the future. Read More »
Monticello Finances Skilled Nursing and Adult Day Care Acquisition

Monticello Finances Skilled Nursing and Adult Day Care Acquisition

An experienced skilled nursing owner, whose principals have over 40 years of experience in the health care industry, obtained financing to acquire a skilled nursing facility and two adult day care facilities in New York. One of Monticello Asset Management’s investment vehicles originated $45.3 million in first lien debt financing for Nesconset Property NY LLC in anticipation of a HUD take-out down the road. The 242-bed SNF was built in 1984 and includes two respite beds, along with physical, occupational and speech therapies. The adult day care assets were built in 1993 and 1994 and combine for 165 chairs tied to the skilled nursing license. They operate one session per day, Monday through... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes $77 Million In Financings

Meridian Capital Group Closes $77 Million In Financings

Meridian Capital Group showed off its range in closing financings for three clients, including two acquisition loans and a HUD refinance. Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin first worked on behalf of a regional operator to arrange a $16.3 million HUD loan that refinanced a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Ocean View, New Jersey. Then, for another regional operator, the pair secured a $12.8 million acquisition loan for the borrower to purchase a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts that total 286 beds. A balance sheet lender provided the five-year loan, which featured a floating interest rate over the 30-day LIBOR. And finally, a balance sheet lender again provided a... Read More »
Berkadia Brings In Old Borrowers And New

Berkadia Brings In Old Borrowers And New

In addition to closing transactions for two repeat borrowers, Berkadia also worked with a new client to help them obtain financing. Rafael Nobo secured a $15 million Freddie Mac loan on behalf of this new client to refinance its seniors housing community in Mississippi. The loan was structured with a 10-year term and five years of interest only, hopefully kicking off a long-term relationship. Christopher Fenton then worked with a repeat borrower to refinance its 81-unit private pay assisted living community in Ohio. Mr. Fenton arranged a floating-rate $10.2 million Freddie Mac loan, with a seven-year term and two years of interest only. Finally, moving from Freddie Mac, Jay Healy arranged... Read More »
Ziegler Zeroes In On Savings

Ziegler Zeroes In On Savings

The owner of two assisted living communities wasn’t in the mood to settle for second-best when it worked with Ziegler to refinance its existing permanent financing and receive a lower interest rate. The two communities are located in Redding, California, and include a stand-alone assisted living community with 60 units and an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community. Together, they had approximately $14.1 million in outstanding HUD debt originally financing by another HUD lender in 2014. However, the interest rate was in the mid-4s, which the borrower believed they could improve upon. Ziegler stepped in to arrange $14.7 million if HUD financing, locking in a lower interest rate and... Read More »