• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Greystone Finances Community Redevelopment in Miami Beach

Greystone Finances Community Redevelopment in Miami Beach

A 12-story senior apartment community in Miami Beach, Florida is undergoing a major redevelopment thanks in part to HUD construction financing arranged by Greystone. Originally built 40 years ago and operating with a Section 8 contract, the affordable community has 250 one-bedroom units. Its owner, Elderly Housing Development and Operations Corporation (EHDOC), and equity partner Stratford Capital, will begin a $78 million project to substantially rehabilitate the building. The 20-month project will include exterior façade and common area renovations, new kitchens and bathrooms in the units, a new roof, elevator modernizations and a paint refresh. All will be completed without displacing... Read More »
Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

The HUD market seems to be the steadiest in the senior care lending world since the onset of COVID-19, after a few hiccups and delays earlier this year. Recently, there was a shake-up in the lending market, as Dwight Capital acquired Love Funding, the HUD lending subsidiary of Midland States Bank.   Love Funding’s platform will be rebranded and integrated within Dwight Capital, while Midland States Bank will retain the existing Love Funding servicing portfolio. Read More »
Paragon Mortgage Corp. Refinances California SNF

Paragon Mortgage Corp. Refinances California SNF

Phoenix, Arizona-based Paragon Mortgage Corp. arranged the refinance of a southern California skilled nursing facility. Located in North Hollywood within a three-mile radius of both Pacifica Hospital of the Valley and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, the facility consists of 128 beds in a single story. It is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente and provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative services to both pediatric and adult patients, as well as respiratory therapy care, speech, occupational and physical therapy, and other services.  The owner, Rancho Santa Fe, California-based Darbun Enterprises Inc., obtained a $16.3 million HUD loan to refinance the facility. The loan came with a... Read More »
M&T Realty Arranges HUD Loan

M&T Realty Arranges HUD Loan

The HUD market seems to be the steadiest in the senior care lending world since the onset of COVID-19, after a few hiccups and delays earlier this year. Joining the activity, M&T Realty Capital Corporation arranged a HUD refinance for an assisted living community in Spokane, Washington. The non-recourse loan totaled $13.83 million and came with a 30-year, fully amortizing term. Plus, M&T secured an interest rate well below 2.75%. Who wouldn’t take that?  Originally built in the 1940s with an addition in the early 1980s and renovations in the 2000s, the community features 212 units of independent living and assisted living in five interconnected buildings. Located adjacent to... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Refinances Minnesota Community

Lancaster Pollard Refinances Minnesota Community

Working on behalf of a repeat customer, Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company secured a HUD loan for a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chaska, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). Developed by Trident Development and operated by the borrower, Tealwood Senior Living, which manages over 38 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the property was originally developed in 2015. It was funded in part by Tax Increment Financing from the Chaska Economic Development Authority.   The property consists of two buildings connected by both a ground-level breezeway and upper level hallways. There are 66 assisted living “light” units that are certified for... Read More »