• Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

    A portfolio of Class-A seniors housing communities sold in the Southeast to an undisclosed publicly traded REIT. Featuring six assets in Georgia and South Carolina, the portfolio totaled 156 independent living, 200 assisted living and 70 memory care units. The communities were built between 2017 and 2022 by a Southeast-based developer. Occupancy... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ocala AL Community

    The third and final asset in the Hampton Manor portfolio has sold with the help of Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Hampton Manor Deerwood in Ocala, Florida, was built in 2005 and expanded in 2016 to now feature 61 units of assisted living. The property is stabilized, so the new owner can hit the ground... Read More »
  • Second Generation Operator Divests SNF Portfolio to PE Firm

    A Northeast-based private equity firm engaged Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate in its plan to enter a new state. The firm has an existing skilled nursing footprint, and had specific acquisition criteria, which narrowed the focus down to a few potential targets.  The company ultimately acquired a five-facility, 506-bed skilled... Read More »
  • CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

    CIBC has been hard at work this Spring, successfully closing several acquisition financings for senior care clients across the country. The largest was a $51.5 million term loan that supported the purchase of four skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 586 beds. Historical performance trended positively over the last two years across the... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

    National Healthcare Properties, Inc. launched its public offering of 38.5 million shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share, and the company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to... 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 »