• 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 »
HHC Finance Closes Illinois HUD Refinance

HHC Finance Closes Illinois HUD Refinance

Housing & Healthcare Finance recently closed four HUD loans on behalf of a portfolio of four supportive living facilities in Illinois, totaling $55.3 million. Built in the early- to mid-2000s, the facilities will soon receive some renovations in order to increase their appeal and competitiveness, which the financing will facilitate. They total 536 units geared towards low-income residents that do not need full medical care. The transaction refinanced the experienced borrowers’ existing bank and partnership debt, along with supporting the renovations. Read More »
KeyBank Does It Again

KeyBank Does It Again

KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged HUD financing for an eight-property skilled nursing portfolio with 1,063 beds in Texas. The loan amount was $90.8 million, or about $85,400 per bed. KeyBank was the lead in a syndicate of lenders that provided a $315 million bridge loan to a joint venture between Capital Senior Ventures and BlueMountain Capital Management to buy a portfolio of 30 facilities. This latest financing was used to pay off the remaining balance of that bridge loan. John Randolph led the KeyBank team on the financing, which included Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera from Key’s Healthcare Group. Read More »
Ziegler Closes Big HUD Deal

Ziegler Closes Big HUD Deal

Most people think of the HUD 232 program as a financing tool used by for-profit entities. But not-for-profits can take advantage of the low rates as well. A case in point was the recent $94.3 million HUD loan arranged by Bill Mulligan and Ashley Wilkens of Ziegler for a senior living campus in North Central Florida. With more than 639 units, the loan came in around $147,500 per unit and had an interest rate just under 3.5%. The large campus has 511 unlicensed independent living/board and care units, plus 128 units licensed for assisted living and memory care. The Ziegler team was able to convince HUD that the large IL portion met the HUD parameters because although they were “independent... Read More »
Fast HUD Financing From Lancaster Pollard

Fast HUD Financing From Lancaster Pollard

Aaron Becker of Lancaster Pollard led the way in arranging an $11.9 million HUD refinance of a 54-bed skilled nursing facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Owned and operated by long-standing Pittsfield-area not-for-profit organization, Berkshire Retirement Home, Inc., the facility was built in 2014 to replace Berkshire’s original SNF. Conventional bank financing, with a floating interest rate, funded the construction, but ownership decided to refinance through HUD. Lancaster Pollard worked to obtain a firm commitment from HUD less than two weeks after formal submission, allowing the borrower to lock in the interest rate in December, before rates increased. We’re sure more than a few late... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Is On A Roll

Meridian Capital Group Is On A Roll

Following up on a nearly-$200 million month in January, Meridian Capital Group backed that up with another $80 million in closings in February, showing off their national reach too. The team of Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin arranged all four financings, starting in Clovis, New Mexico, where the pair arranged an $11 million 35-year HUD loan to refinance an independent living/assisted living community. Located in rural New Mexico near the Texas border, the community also offers memory care and respite stay services. Then, Messrs. Adlerstein and Dobkin arranged nearly $10 million in financing for a 224-bed senior living community in Bedford, Ohio (Cleveland MSA). The $9.75 million... Read More »