• CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... Read More »
  • Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

    The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Joint Venture Acquires IL Community

    Blueprint closed the sale of Parkwood Retirement, a 147-unit independent living community in Bedford, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). Sitting adjacent to the Texas Health HEB hospital campus, Parkwood has demonstrated consistent and strong operating performance, with occupancy hovering around 95% for several years. There was still some meaningful... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures HUD Financing

    A senior care portfolio secured $64.96 million in HUD financing for the refinance of three properties in Pennsylvania. Greystone provided the financing, with the deal originated by Christopher Clare and additional team members including David Young, Ben Rubin, Ryan C. Harkins, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher assisting on the transaction. The... Read More »
  • National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

    National Health Investors’ John Spaid, Executive Vice President and CFO, will retire effective July 1, 2026. The company will appoint Todd Siefert as Executive Vice President Corporate Finance, effective June 1, 2026, and he will succeed Spaid as CFO. Also as part of the transition, Dana Hambly has been promoted to Senior Vice President of... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Provides Bridge Loans To Stabilizing Properties

Live Oak Bank Provides Bridge Loans To Stabilizing Properties

Live Oak Bank ended 2021 by closing three loans for senior care clients totaling over $50 million. First, Mississippi-based Claiborne Senior Living received a $33.5 million loan to facilitate a partner buyout for a Class-A, 213-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community built in 2017 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Claiborne took over management in early 2021 and added net 41 residents YTD through November 2021, or more than three residents per month. Locust Point Capital partnered with Claiborne to complete the capital stack. Approximately $1.8 million in loan proceeds will support capex improvements, enhanced programming, and a marketing campaign to rebrand the... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Branches Out with Two Financings

Live Oak Bank Branches Out with Two Financings

Live Oak Bank announced its latest closings for a couple of construction projects. First, to build a high-quality, 68-unit assisted living community in Fairbanks, Alaska, the bank provided $15 million in debt for the borrower and developer, Frontier Partners, LLC, which has familiarity in the market. The debt was structured into two loans utilizing the SBA 504 program, including an interim construction loan totaling $10.2 million to be held by Live Oak and a second bridge loan prior to the 504 Debenture totaling $4.8 million.  Next, Live Oak closed a $5 million SBA 7a construction loan with a $3.4 million conventional pari-passu loan for Lotus Senior Living to... Read More »
Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims Team Up

Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims Team Up

Sometimes to get a deal done you have to get creative and be flexible. It appears that was the case for a recent sale of a 55-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Utah. Of the total, 42 units are assisted living and 13 are memory care. Even though capital sources have opened up, to get maximum leverage, if that is what you want or need, your lending groups can get flexible.  Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims teamed up to provide the financing solution for the buyer of this community, a regional owner/operator with 15+ years of experience that currently manages more than 1,600 units in more than 25 communities across five states in the Mountain West... Read More »
Columbia Pacific Secures Construction Financing for Virginia Project

Columbia Pacific Secures Construction Financing for Virginia Project

Live Oak Bank closed a $26.1 million construction loan for the development of a 126-unit assisted living (90 units) and memory care (36 units) community located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The loan came with a five-year term, but no other details were disclosed.  Columbia Pacific Real Estate Fund III, LP is developing the project, which is situated on 6.63 acres. Leisure Care, a consistent partner of CPA, will operate it going forward. This represents Live Oak Bank’s second loan closing with CPA in the last six months.   Read More »
Lument Arranges Bank Loan For Watercrest Community

Lument Arranges Bank Loan For Watercrest Community

Lument arranged bank financing for Watercrest Senior Living’s newly built senior living community in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Steve McGee, managing director at Lument since joining the team in 2020 to head its debt syndication group, led the transaction, which took out construction debt at the property. Opened in 2018, Market Street East Lake has 64 units of memory care and joined Watercrest’s growing portfolio, which currently numbers 13 properties across the Southeast.  The new bridge-to-agency loan totals $12.3 million and covers about 70% of the property’s value. That puts the community at around $275,000 per unit in value. The debt came with a floating interest rate for a five-year... Read More »