• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Liberty Senior Living Adds New Property in South Carolina

Liberty Senior Living Adds New Property in South Carolina

JLL Capital Markets closed the sale of Discovery Village at Sandhill, a 187-unit independent living community in Columbia, South Carolina. Developer South Bay Partners, LLC (now a part of the Harbert Management Corporation) divested the property to Liberty Senior Living, LLC, which took over operations following the closing of the transaction. The property has been rebranded as Inspire Sandhill. Completed in 2019, Inspire Sandhill features one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 981 square feet. Located on 8.39 acres, Inspire Sandhill sits near local entertainment hubs and an extensive number of local educational institutions. Charles Bissell and Cody Tremper of JLL led the... Read More »
JLL Arranges Refinance for Texas Community

JLL Arranges Refinance for Texas Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged a $37.5 million refinance for Hidden Springs of McKinney, a 194-unit independent living/assisted living/memory care community in McKinney, Texas. Joel Mendes and Jason Skalko represented the borrower, a joint venture between CREC Real Estate and Madison Marquette, in securing a non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company. The loan came with a five-year term, with extension options. Completed in 2020, Hidden Springs of McKinney features large units and high-end finishes, with plentiful amenities like an indoor pool, fitness center and dog park.  Read More »
JLL Arranges Two Refinances Through Debt Funds

JLL Arranges Two Refinances Through Debt Funds

The team at JLL Capital Markets refinanced a couple of seniors housing properties in the Southeast, working with a debt fund in both transactions. The first, and largest, deal saw a five-year $57.5 million loan arranged for Windsor at Celebration, a 239-unit, luxury seniors housing community near Orlando in Celebration, Florida. Built in 2018 by a partnership between Square Mile Capital Management and Big Rock Partners, the community features 133 independent living, 73 assisted living and 33 memory care units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom suites averaging 853 square feet. JLL’s Senior Director Joel Mendes, Senior Managing Director... Read More »
Private Equity Buyers Snap Up Southeast Portfolio

Private Equity Buyers Snap Up Southeast Portfolio

JLL Capital Markets’ Mike Garbers and Cody Temper recently arranged the sale of nine seniors housing communities on behalf of the seller, a large public REIT. The portfolio consists of one North Carolina and eight South Carolina properties, encompassing 558 assisted living and memory care units.  The first sale, in North Carolina, involves a 52-unit assisted living and memory care community that was sold to a private equity group. The property has been closed and vacant since April due to a fire, but extensive remodeling and repairs are foreseeable so the community can undergo rebranding upon reopening. The second transaction, in South Carolina, consists of 506 units across eight... Read More »
JLL Sells 55+ Community in Minneapolis Market

JLL Sells 55+ Community in Minneapolis Market

JLL Capital Markets sold a newly-built, 107-unit 55+ housing community in Maplewood, Minnesota known as Frost English Silver. The purchase price was $27.3 million, or about $255,140 per unit.   The community has a variety of one- and two-bedroom apartments averaging 876 square feet. The community features a fitness center, outdoor patio with grilling stations, community room, salon, indoor lap pool and heated underground parking. The seller was Sherman Associates and an affiliate of Axial Real Estate Advisors LLC acquired the community.     Josh Talberg, Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Adam Haydon and Ken Dayton of JLL represented the... Read More »