• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
Love Funding Funds Florida Development

Love Funding Funds Florida Development

A new assisted living community will open in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, thanks to a $16.3 million HUD loan secured by Ken Charbauski of Love Funding. Located at the site of the former Alba Court Inn Hotel, which was built in 1895 and demolished in 2010, the community will feature 88 assisted living and 21 memory care beds in 93 total units. Adjacent to the four-story building will also be a 4,000-square foot adult day care center being renovated from a shuttered church. Urbanus Development, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is the project’s developer, with Miami Beach-based MIA Senior Living coming in as the operator. The non-recourse loan featured a 40-year term following the construction... Read More »
Love Funding Funds Florida Development

Love Funding Closes Construction Bridge Loan

Leonard Lucas of Love Funding closed a $10.5 million bridge-to-HUD construction loan for a transitional rehab facility in Yuma, Arizona. The new facility will have 32,000 square feet and 41 private rooms. It will be 100% Medicare and managed care with no Medicaid patients. The bridge loan was placed with Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. This is the second bridge-to-HUD construction loan obtained through Love Funding in the developer/operator’s portfolio. Read More »
Love Funding Funds Florida Development

Love Funding Lends in Lexington

Ken Charbauski of Love Funding secured a HUD refinance for a 42-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lexington, North Carolina. This community, which features both private and shared units, is part of the state’s Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver program. Its family owner, Southland Real Estate, successfully refinanced its previous floating-rate debt with the $4.8 million, 35-year loan. Read More »
Love Funding in the Last Frontier

Love Funding in the Last Frontier

Love Funding secured financing for the Last Frontier’s newest assisted living community. Located in Anchorage’s U-Med district (and less than two miles from three hospitals), the community is being purpose-built by Baxter Senior Living as a high-end assisted living option for Alaskans. Along with 63 private AL and 33 private and semi-private memory care units, the private pay community will feature amenities including a theater, café and pub, fitness studio and art center, with Portland, Oregon-based Paradigm Senior Living as its manager. Love Funding’s Holly Bray secured a $20.1 million bridge loan provided by Love’s parent company, Midland States Bank, with First National Bank Alaska... Read More »
Love Funding Funds Florida Development

Love Funding Lends a Hand

Love Funding and a family-owned care provider continued their successful partnership together, with Love helping the business refinance their assisted living community in Toms River, New Jersey. With 35 years of experience developing and operating senior care communities in New Jersey, the family has worked with Love for some 15 years. It opened its 79-unit Toms River community in 2002 and first refinanced it through HUD in 2006. Now, the community has refinanced again, with Love’s Laura Saull-Smith originating an $8.05 million loan that features a 35-year term and lower interest rate. Read More »