• 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 »
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 »