• 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 »

Refinancing with a TIF

When a 57-unit senior living community in Princeton, Minnesota looked to refinance their debt through HUD, but had an existing TIF (Tax Increment Financing) bank loan, which can be incompatible with HUD financing, the borrowers turned to Lancaster Pollard for a solution. The LP team, led by Quintin Harris, communicated to HUD that paying off the TIF loan, which was collateralized and serviced by the TIF development agreement, would benefit the senior living community because the cash flow received from the City of Princeton due the TIF Agreement would flow directly to the borrower. That cash flow could then be included in the project value. So Mr. Harris secured a $6 million loan, with a... Read More »

Back to HUD

Just weeks after closing HUD’s largest ever SNF loan (an $80.7 million loan to refinance the existing conventional bank debt at a 520-bed skilled nursing facility in Manhattan, New York), Housing & Healthcare Finance was at it again, closing on a portfolio of 5 HUD loans totaling $68.5 million in January. The loans, which featured 30-year terms and fixed rates in the mid-3% range, were used to finance the acquisition of 5 skilled nursing facilities in New Jersey with a total of 703 beds in 345 units. Read More »
Pineview in Pocatello

Pineview in Pocatello

A trio of assisted living communities in the Pocatello, Idaho area (in the southeastern part of the state) were refinanced with a $3.89 million HUD scattered site loan. Denver-based Pineview Capital Group arranged the financing, which featured a 35-year term and an interest rate below 4%. With two built in 2008 and one in 2006, the communities were running well, with an average occupancy above 90%, and good operating margins. Each featured 15 units and around 10,000 square feet, and while one community had a quarter of its census from Medicaid, one had just 5% and the third had no Medicaid. All are under “The Gables” brand. Read More »

HUD’s record SNF deal

HUD saw its largest single-asset, skilled nursing facility loan ever, when Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) closed an $80.7 million 232/223(f) loan to refinance the existing conventional bank debt at a 520-bed skilled nursing facility in Manhattan, New York. Built in 1927 with 16 floors, but converted to skilled nursing in 1985, the Upper West Side facility was purchased three years ago by a member of the CareRite Centers network of communities for $80 million, or $153,800 per bed, with a 13% cap rate. With a loan of such size, HHC Finance had to get approval from multiple levels at HUD including the Office of Risk Management and all the way up to The Deputy Secretary of HUD.... Read More »

Finish with a bang

Shep Roylance of The JCH Group is sprinting to the finish line in 2015, announcing four closings with a fifth on its way. First, earlier this month, Mr. Roylance closed the sale of a 175-bed skilled nursing facility in Sylmar, California for $14.4 million, or $82,300 per bed, with a 12.9% cap rate. The property was originally bought by the seller, LifeHOUSE Healthcare Services, when it had 141 beds in 2007 for $9.3 million, or $66,000 per bed. The current buyer, Independence Healthcare Management, also purchased an additional three acres planned for future assisted living and memory care development. Next up, Mr. Roylance arranged a sale/leaseback of a 59-bed SNF in Fresno, California for... Read More »