• 3rd Quarter Investor Call

    On Thursday, October 23, The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett moderated a panel featuring expert panelists Erik Lindenauer of NewPoint Real Estate Capital, Sarah Anderson of Newmark, and James Scribner of Scribner Capital. The discussion focused on the lending landscape amid improved capital markets, and expectations heading into 2026. Panelists... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Activity Remains Strong Through Q3:25, Suggesting Another Potential Record Year  

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the third quarter of 2025 totaled 205 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 13% increase from the 182 transactions disclosed in the second quarter of 2025 as well as from the 182 deals in Q3:24. Additionally, the $3.47 billion spent on... Read More »
  • REIT Acquires Full-Continuum Community

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a full continuum, Class-A asset in North Ogden, Utah. Opened in 2019, The Lodge at North Ogden has 22 independent living, 70 assisted living and 30 memory care units. The community exhibited consistently strong cash flow and historically successful operations. Plus, there is... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Continues to Grow Its Portfolio

    Blueprint represented a large, institutional private equity firm in its divestment of an assisted living and memory care community, which Benchmark Senior Living and National Development ultimately acquired. Built in 2013, the 85-unit Arbor Terrace Roseland is in Roseland, New Jersey, near New York City. It was over 91% occupied with an EBITDAR... Read More »
  • Berkadia’s Q3 Financing Activity

    Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare platform completed over $1.54 billion in financing for seniors housing communities as of the end of the third quarter. Under the leadership of SVP, Head of FHA & Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin, the platform facilitated $350 million in PLG Bridge with participations, $258 million in HUD... Read More »
Meridian Closes Slew of Transactions to End 2021

Meridian Closes Slew of Transactions to End 2021

It was a banner year for Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team, which closed more than $5.5 billion in transaction volume in 2021, including $918 million in transactions for 56 seniors housing and healthcare facilities in 16 states over the last month to end the year.   These transactions were negotiated by Senior Managing Directors and Co-Heads of Meridian’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Team, Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin; Managing Director, Josh Simpson; Vice Presidents, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, and Rafi Sod; and Senior Associates, Yuval Hananya, David Gottlieb and Jacob Scott.  The team’s December transactions include several refinances, including a $130... Read More »
Meridian Closes Slew of Transactions to End 2021

NewPoint Acquires HHC Finance’s HUD Businesses

NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC, a joint venture between Meridian Capital Group and Barings, announced that it has acquired certain assets of Housing & Healthcare Finance, including its FHA multifamily and healthcare origination business and its loan servicing portfolio. This deal augments NewPoint’s existing HUD lending services and also its healthcare and seniors housing financing capabilities. For HHC Finance, the firm gains the backing of NewPoint’s scale and its own range of services offered, now including a multifamily bridge lending program which was launched earlier this month to provide loans of $5 million to $50 million with... Read More »
Meridian Closes Slew of Transactions to End 2021

Meridian Capital Group Announces Latest Activity

Another month, another slew of closings from Meridian Capital Group. The Senior Housing and Healthcare team including Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, Rafi Sod, Yuval Hananya, David Gottlieb, Jacob Scott and Brett Hebert negotiated the transactions, which included several refinances, acquisition loans and two property sales.  The targets in the sales included a 103-unit assisted living/memory care community in Missouri that sold for $10.2 million, or $99,000 per unit, and a 90-unit AL/MC community in Utah that sold for $6.5 million, or $72,200 per unit. Meridian’s Avi Begun arranged acquisition financing for both properties, with an $8.3 million loan from... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes a Strong September

Meridian Capital Group Closes a Strong September

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare team announced another $219 million in transaction volume closed across eight skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living and memory care properties in seven states in September. The team that negotiated these deals included Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, Rafi Sod, David Gottlieb and Jacob Scott.   There were a few acquisition loans, the largest being a $68 million loan from a commercial bank plus a $2.5 million A/R line for a CCRC in Michigan totaling 89 skilled nursing, 65 assisted living, 852 independent living and 31 memory care beds. Meridian also arranged the LP equity for the... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Reports Busy July

Meridian Capital Group Reports Busy July

In the month of July, Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare team has closed $863.4 million in transaction volume for a combined 60 skilled nursing and assisted living properties in 13 states. That brings the year-to-date total to $3.6 billion in volume, or already surpassing the $3.2 billion in transactions closed in 2020. Well done to Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, David Gottlieb and Jacob Scott who negotiated the deals.  Meridian’s largest deal of the month was a $324.7 million acquisition financing provided by a commercial bank and mezzanine lender for 21 skilled nursing facilities with 2,643 total beds in New Jersey,... Read More »