• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
Meridian Closes Eight More Property Transactions

Meridian Closes Eight More Property Transactions

We’ve said before that Meridian Capital Group is having quite a year, but the firm just closed another $113 million in transaction volume for a total of eight senior care and healthcare properties in five states. So, they have no plans for a summer vacation, apparently. Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, David Gottlieb, Jacob Scott and Rafi Sod negotiated the transactions and have reached $2.8 billion in deals closed to date in 2021. The team first arranged $37 million in senior and mezzanine financing for the construction of a senior living community in South Carolina that will include 54 assisted living, 48 independent living... Read More »
Institutional Property Advisors Sells Iowa SNF Portfolio

Institutional Property Advisors Sells Iowa SNF Portfolio

In a strategic move to build its presence in the Midwest, Beacon Health Management acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities in Iowa last month. Ryan Fleming of Institutional Property Advisors represented the seller in this $24.2 million, or $42,600 per bed, transaction. Todd Lindblom was the broker of record.  The targeted properties within the Pearl Valley Rehab & Healthcare portfolio include 568 beds and currently generate total revenue of $35 million and EBITDA of $3.5 million. That results in a 14.5% cap rate on the deal.  Occupancy across the portfolio fluctuated around 75 to 80% during the sale process. Some COVID cases towards the end of the transaction resulted in a delay in... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Finishes May with a Flourish

Meridian Capital Group Finishes May with a Flourish

Meridian Capital Group is having quite the year, already with $2.7 billion in transaction volume closed to date in 2021. Most recently, the firm closed more than $390 million in deals for a combination of 42 skilled nursing, independent living, assisted living and memory care properties in nine states. Meridian’s Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, David Gottlieb, Jacob Scott and Rafi Sod negotiated the transactions. Maybe a well-deserved summer vacation is on the horizon now? Beaches are open.  On the M&A side, the team closed a number of sales, the largest being the $74 million sale of six skilled nursing facilities comprising 925 beds in... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Goes All Out in April

Meridian Capital Group Goes All Out in April

April showers certainly brought a dizzying number of financings closed by the team at Meridian Capital Group, arranged for a combination of 26 assisted living and skilled nursing facilities in seven states. Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch, David Gottlieb and Jacob Scott negotiated the transactions, which totaled $352 million. Maybe now they’ll have time to smell the May flowers.  The highlight of the two weeks was a $136 million bridge-to-HUD refinance for five facilities totaling 830 skilled nursing and 24 assisted living beds in Maryland. There were also several acquisition financings, the largest being a $62.4 million loan from a commercial bank along... Read More »
Capital Funding Group Closes Q1 In Style

Capital Funding Group Closes Q1 In Style

Capital Funding Group’s new off-balance sheet credit venture, CFG Credit Partners, has done it again, arranging another nine-figure bridge loan to support the acquisition of a skilled nursing portfolio. This transaction totaled $285 million. Using the funding, a nationally recognized borrower (which has worked with CFG before) was able to acquire 16 skilled nursing facilities in the Mid-Atlantic region. Erik Howard and Tim Eberhardt originated the transaction for Capital Funding Group, and Capital Funding, LLC, a subsidiary of CFG Bank, participated in the transaction.  This deal appears very similar to CFG Credit Partners’ $317.5 million bridge-to-HUD financing for Eagle Arc Partners’... Read More »