• 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 »
Senior care campus gets HUD and Fannie Mae financing

Senior care campus gets HUD and Fannie Mae financing

by | Feb 3, 2017 8:30 am | Financings

One size didn’t fit all at a senior care campus in Boise, Idaho when it decided to refinance its existing debt through two lending agencies: HUD and Fannie Mae. The property, which comprised a skilled nursing facility and an independent/assisted living community, had a single existing mortgage, but required two different lenders to fund two separate loans. So Walker & Dunlop secured a 10-year $20.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the seniors housing community, which was built in 1992 with 142 independent living and 51 assisted living units. Then, for the skilled nursing facility, Walker & Dunlop arranged a $9 million HUD mortgage with a 35-year term. Built in 1986, the facility... Read More »

Greystone Closes $204 million in Q4

by | Feb 1, 2017 8:31 am | Financings

As 2016 was winding down, Greystone’s seniors housing lending group was heating up, closing $204 million in financings. In the last quarter of the year, Greystone demonstrated its financial range, including Fannie Mae, HUD, bridge, mezzanine and national bank loan transactions for acquisitions, refinancings and the new construction of nearly 1,700 seniors housing and multifamily units. In the fourth quarter, the lending team, led by Scott Kavel, Neal Raburn and Cary Tremper, arranged $138 million in Fannie Mae financing, including a $48.5 million refinance for an entrance fee CCRC in the Tampa MSA. Greystone also closed $55 million in financing for three Oakmont seniors housing properties... Read More »

Cambridge Realty Capital On a Roll

by | Jan 26, 2017 8:28 pm | Financings

When it rains, it pours for Cambridge Realty Capital Companies, which announced a succession of three loan closings throughout the middle of the country. First up, the firm arranged $5.32 million in 24-year HUD financing for a Missouri LLC to refinance its 114-bed skilled nursing facility in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Then, down to Kansas City, Missouri, a 162-bed facility owned by a Missouri limited partnership also refinanced with a $4.02 million 25-year HUD loan. These closings come a month after Cambridge worked with Aron Will of CBRE to secure $30 million from a national bank to refinance a portfolio of four seniors housing communities in the El Paso, Texas area. Managed by 12 Oaks... Read More »
Becker serves up refinancing

Becker serves up refinancing

by | Jan 19, 2017 8:38 pm | Financings

Aaron Becker of Lancaster Pollard refinanced a portfolio of six skilled nursing/rehab facilities located throughout Connecticut (5) and Rhode Island (1), with the help of HUD. The borrower is Apple Rehab, a CT-based provider of short-term rehab services with 25 locations. For the six facilities (which total 517 beds), Apple received six loans totaling $40.7 million, all with 30-year terms and low, fixed interest rates. The refinancing provides significant debt service savings and increases Apple’s replacement reserves. Read More »
The All-in-One Deal

The All-in-One Deal

by | Jan 18, 2017 8:31 am | Financings

Valstone Properties brought in Walker & Dunlop to refinance their portfolio of 12 memory care properties located throughout New Jersey and also provide funding for the acquisition/refinancing of two additional communities. Working with HUD, Kevin Giusti and Michael Vaughn of W&D arranged a 35-year $28.38 million loan with an 80% loan-to-value. The financing reimbursed Valstone for their original acquisition costs, capital expenditures and various renovations. It also involves the largest number of individual properties, which total 215 units, to be included as one loan under HUD’s scattered site policy since the HUD 232 program’s inception, which allowed for significant... Read More »