• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    by | May 5, 2026 3:12 pm | Acquisitions

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »

  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    by | May 5, 2026 2:56 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »

  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    by | May 5, 2026 2:54 pm | Acquisitions

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »

  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    by | May 5, 2026 2:53 pm | Financings

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »

  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    by | May 5, 2026 2:51 pm | Financings

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
Merchants Capital Finances New Middle-Income Communities

Merchants Capital Finances New Middle-Income Communities

by | May 17, 2019 12:28 pm | Financings

A Midwestern developer of affordable and middle-income senior living communities, Wallick Communities, recently opened three assisted living communities in Ohio and obtained bridge financing to fund them through lease-up towards an eventual refinance with HUD. Merchants Capital, a division of Merchants Bank, arranged the nearly $50 million in bridge loans for the three developments. They include a 124-unit community in Cincinnati (which got a $13 million loan at a 24-month term), a 131-unit property in Columbus (with a 36-month $16 million loan) and a 124-unit community on the campus of another Wallick affordable senior living community in Hilliard (which obtained a $20 million loan for a... Read More »