• Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires Bankrupt CCRC

    A judge approved a $133 million bid by Focus Healthcare Partners through Focus SH Acquisitions LLC to acquire a 495-unit CCRC in Houston, Texas. Previously owned by the not-for-profit Buckingham Senior Living Community Inc., The Buckingham had filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2025.  Focus’s bid includes... Read More »
  • Incumbent Operator Secures Two Acquisition Financings

    Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia utilized the company’s balance sheet to provide $39.7 million of bridge-to-HUD financing for a Fort Worth-based skilled nursing owner/operator. The intent is to close the two subsequent HUD 232/223(f) refinancings in the second half of 2026. The loans facilitated the acquisition of three Texas... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM’s 2025 Activity

    MONTICELLOAM reported its 2025 activity, completing 49 senior care and multifamily transactions totaling over $2.2 billion in bridge, mezzanine and working capital financing throughout the year. In one of the notable transactions, one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM funded $470.5 million in bridge and working... Read More »
  • CBRE’s Active 2025 and Q1:26 Projections

    CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced its 2025 activity, with $3.1 billion in total transaction volume. Debt originations and equity placements comprised $1.95 billion of that total, and were completed across 25 states. Meanwhile, the investment sales side closed $1.15 billion in deals, selling 27 properties across 14 states. The... Read More »
  • Underperforming AL/MC Assets Sell in Michigan

    A buyer with operational expertise and capital resources acquired two seniors housing communities that were not stabilized at the time of sale. The new owner intends to stabilize performance, implement targeted management improvements and reposition the assets. Current rates are priced below local competitors, offering upside through rate... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges HUD Financing For Wisconsin Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Arranges HUD Financing For Wisconsin Acquisition

To support the acquisition of a 50-unit assisted living community in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Walker & Dunlop structured a HUD loan assumption for the out-of-state buyer, Senior Opportunity Funds Holding Company. We covered the deal in January when Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap announced he represented the seller, a husband-and-wife team who have worked diligently to maintain census and keep the community COVID-free throughout 2020.   Contrary to many seniors housing communities today, this property was fully occupied, with a 100% private pay census at the time of closing. It also reported strong cash flow and was relatively new construction, having been built in phases from 2009... Read More »
Berkadia Refinances Portfolio of Florida Memory Care Communities

Berkadia Refinances Portfolio of Florida Memory Care Communities

Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group refinanced a portfolio of six small memory care communities in central Florida. When we say small, we mean it, as each property featured six units. Occupancy was a combined 99% at the time of underwriting and has consistently been fully occupied with a waiting list.   Berkadia processed the transaction on behalf of the California-based sponsor as a scattered site loan through HUD. The $5.16 million loan represented a 60% loan-to-value ratio and came with a 34-year term. It retired a short-term bridge loan that was arranged in June 2020 to retire several small individual property loans. Ownership was also able to extract... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges HUD Financing for Seven SNFs

Walker & Dunlop Arranges HUD Financing for Seven SNFs

The Chicago-based Walker & Dunlop HUD Finance Team announced that it has structured a combined $126.65 million in financing for seven skilled nursing facilities located throughout the Northeast and Midwest. Joshua Rosen led the origination team on the deal. Four of the properties received financing from the LEAN program, while the three others went through the agency’s loan modification program. The loans included terms ranging from 30 to 34 years.   Three of the properties are located in Massachusetts (Brockton, Chelsea and Fall River), three in Illinois (Chicago, Niles and Northbrook) and one in Romeo, Michigan.  Read More »
Housing & Healthcare Finance Announces HUD Activity

Housing & Healthcare Finance Announces HUD Activity

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) closed over $83 million in HUD loans during the month of February. The firm kicked off its activity with a $24 million loan for a large 280-bed skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. That was followed by two more HUD loans totaling $46 million closed for SNFs in Maryland and Illinois. Finally, HHC Finance took out previous HUD debt for a long-term customer in Connecticut with a new $13 million loan closed through the (a)7 program. Each loan came with interest rates in the low-2s and terms ranging from 30 to 35 years.  HHC Finance rounded out its February activity with over $115 million of loan modifications closed for clients in Missouri,... Read More »
PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Real Estate’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group refinanced a 57-unit seniors housing community in Lynchburg, Virginia with a new HUD loan, providing the owner with substantial annual loan payment savings. That makes for a happy client. Family-owned and operated Runk & Pratt was the borrower, closing its second transaction with PGIM in the last 10 months.   The community was built in the 1980s and boasted 95% occupancy. It previously had a HUD mortgage holding an interest rate of 4.25%. However, Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby arranged a new $13.2 million loan that both extended the borrower’s loan maturity and lowered the interest rate to 3.03%. That results in annual debt... Read More »