• Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

    The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin.  The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing... Read More »
  • Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

    Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

    A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six... Read More »
  • AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

    Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market... Read More »
  • Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

    Continuing its momentum in 2026, Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG) announced that it hired Colin Thomas, CFA as an investment sales advisor. In this role, Thomas will lead seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, expanding MIG’s coverage and capabilities in these markets. Thomas’s... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Closes Two Financings

Live Oak Bank Closes Two Financings

The team at Live Oak Bank arranged a couple of financings for two owner/operator clients. First, to refinance a newly built memory care community in Tarpon Springs, Florida, Live Oak provided a five-year, floating rate bridge loan totaling $12.3 million to the developer, Watercrest Senior Living. Opened in March 2018, the purpose-built community has 64 units and operates under Watercrest’s “Market Street” brand. Watercrest worked with Lument to arrange the financing. This brings Watercrest’s portfolio to 13 communities in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia.  The second transaction saw Live Oak Bank provide a $28.5... Read More »
Live Oak Bank’s Construction Lending Spree

Live Oak Bank’s Construction Lending Spree

There’s no doubt that construction lending has slowed, and the loans that do close are much more conservative and now almost always require some sort of recourse. Nevertheless, Live Oak Bank closed three construction financings in December alone, capping off a successful year for the bank’s senior care lending platform.  First was an $8.5 million loan for a to-be-built senior living community in Reidsville, North Carolina. ALG Senior had controlled a Certificate of Need to operate assisted living in the county for many years and eventually purchased a 12.5-acre site. The community will feature 58 units and 75 beds of both independent living and assisted living, and... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Closes Two Financings

Live Oak Bank Announces Two SBA Loan Closings

SBA lender Live Oak Bank has been hard at work recently arranging coronavirus relief loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, but the bank also announced a couple of SBA loans that closed earlier this year. First, Live Oak secured acquisition financing for a partnership to buy a 37-unit assisted living community in the town of Shohola, Pennsylvania (in the northeastern part of the state near the New York border). Previously owned and operated by a local individual, the stabilized community was built in 1990 on a 16-acre site. It is the first property directly owned by the acquirer. To fund the deal and limit the equity requirement of the borrowers, Live Oak provided a $5.2 million... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Reports Lively Quarter

Live Oak Bank Reports Lively Quarter

Live Oak Bank was hard at work in the third quarter, closing three loans on behalf of senior care clients across the country. First, on behalf of a joint venture between Smith/Packett and RSF Partners, the lender closed a $6.2 million commitment for a conventional refinance of a 136-bed skilled nursing facility in Parksley, Virginia (Eastern Shore). Smith/Packett had originally acquired the community from a local hospital in 2017, bringing in Saber Healthcare to operate the property under a lease agreement. In the last couple of years, the firm has invested millions in renovating the property. And now, the time has come to refinance. Live Oak then closed a $3.3 million SBA 7a construction... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Closes Two Balance Sheet Loans

Live Oak Bank Closes Two Balance Sheet Loans

Utilizing its balance sheet lending program, Live Oak Bank closed two conventional loans on behalf of senior living clients. Adam Sherman led the way on both transactions. The first was arranged for a to-be-built assisted living/memory care community in Mason, Ohio being developed by Berengaria Development, the real estate arm of Marcus Investments. There will be 23 AL and 18 MC units, with BrightStar Senior Living, an affiliate of home health care provider BrightStar Care, leasing and operating the property upon completion. The project received a $6.9 million loan, with a five-year term, 25-year amortization and 24 months of interest only payments to accommodate the construction and... Read More »