• Private Equity Firm Divests Portfolio to Chicago Investor

    Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity firm, sold a 224-unit portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Alabama that it acquired in tranches between 2022 and 2023 with a regional owner/operator. After the portfolio stabilized and capital was injected into the communities, Trinity recapitalized the venture in March 2025 with... Read More »
  • Underperforming Skilled Nursing Facility Trades in Ohio

    A 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, sold to a regional owner/operator looking to expand its existing Ohio footprint. At the time of sale, the building was operating at a loss, but the buyer’s operational scale and market familiarity positioned the facility for a smooth transition and long-term repositioning. Blueprint... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Acquires from Not-for-Profit

    A not-for-profit organization recently divested a cash-flowing CCRC in Cortland, Ohio. It was looking to recycle capital and reinvest in its broader mission, and ultimately engaged Blueprint to help with the sale. The community, Ohio Living Lake Vista, comprises 39 skilled nursing beds and close to 100 independent living and assisted living... Read More »
  • NewPoint Originates Acquisition Financing

    NewPoint Real Estate Capital originated $53 million in bridge financing to facilitate Cougar Capital Management’s acquisition of a large portfolio of independent living communities in upstate New York. The 24-month, non-recourse floating-rate loan provided by a debt fund was originated by NewPoint’s Cal Masterson and Kevin Laidlaw. These five... Read More »
  • Financing Secured for Skilled Nursing Portfolio

    MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $107 million in combined bridge and working capital financing to a four-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Florida. The transaction includes a $100 million bridge loan and a $7 million working capital line of credit. The loan proceeds will be used by the borrower, a returning MONTICELLOAM... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop & HUD

Walker & Dunlop & HUD

With the recent changes to HUD’s LEAN program, we wondered how long it would take to see a real impact on transaction volume with the agency. Well, Walker & Dunlop may not have closed an actual HUD transaction, but it did position itself well to do so in the future. For approximately $45 million, the company acquired the commercial mortgage servicing rights associated with a $3.8 billion servicing portfolio from Oppenheimer Multifamily Housing & Healthcare Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. The portfolio consists of over 480 multifamily and healthcare HUD loans, and makes Walker & Dunlop the largest HUD multifamily/healthcare servicer in the country. The... Read More »

Two cheers for Cambridge

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies closed nearly $25 million in HUD refinancings for two senior care properties in the Chicago area. Both were Alden Management Services facilities, two of 46 owned by the senior care provider mainly around Chicago and a couple in Wisconsin. A 121-bed assisted living community in Aurora received a $13.58 million loan with a 35-year term. In Chicago, a 300-bed skilled nursing facility refinanced with an $11.3 million loan, also for 35 years. Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. underwrote both transactions. Read More »
Pillar delivers

Pillar delivers

A 96-unit assisted living community in Glen Cove, New York undergoing an expansion to add a dedicated memory care wing also refinanced with HUD at the same time. The community, built in 1992 and owned by the not-for-profit National Healthplex, Inc., sought to repay existing municipal bonds, as well as to fund the conversion/rehabilitation project. Josh Hausfeld of Pillar originated a $32.5 million HUD loan, with a 40-year term. The financing was more complicated than usual, with a ground lease on the project land, a payment in-lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement, and the existing tax-exempt bonds issued by Glen Cove Industrial Development Agency. Following the expansion, the community will... Read More »

HUD grows

HUD just made things a little easier for owners of seniors housing and care properties to refinance through the HUD LEAN program. There were a couple of notable changes to the program. First, when facilitating a partner-buyout on a property and the borrower takes out a bridge loan to finance it, they can refinance that loan immediately with HUD, with certain caveats, including timelines for buyback provisions. The second notable change is a new system for determining debt seasoning. If a HUD loan is less than or equal to 60% loan-to-value (LTV), then there is no debt seasoning requirement. Between 60% LTV and 70%, there is no seasoning required as long as at least 50%of the existing bridge... Read More »

Big Sky gets big refi

In one of the company’s largest transactions closed in recent years, Denver-based Pineview Capital Group secured a $12.35 million HUD loan to refinance a 153-unit senior living community in Butte, Montana. The community was built in 1999 on a 13-acre property, with 102 assisted living units, 31 independent living units and 20 memory care units. There is also a 19% Medicaid census. Brett Patrick and Brian Therkildsen led the way for Pineview on this transaction. Read More »