


Meridian Capital Group On Track for Another Big Year
The seniors housing and healthcare team at Meridian Capital Group has already had quite the year, reaching $1.3 billion in closed transactions so far. That total is spread across 41 deals in 22 states. Well done to Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson. Some of the recent highlights include an $80 million acquisition financing and a $7.5 million AR line closed for five skilled nursing facilities totaling 740 beds in Pennsylvania. The acquisition loans didn’t stop there, with the team also arranging $38.5 million in financing for a borrower acquiring three SNFs and refinancing five additional facilities totaling 840 beds in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Then, in Massachusetts, the buyer of... Read More »
Busy May For Meridian
Meridian Capital’s Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson are fast closing in on a billion-dollar year in loan closings, and we’re not even halfway through 2019. Across 29 transactions so far, the team has arranged more than $955 million in financing for skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living properties across 18 states. Most notably, Meridian arranged $200 million in bridge financing for more than 25 skilled nursing facilities and over 2,500 beds. There were a couple of construction financings, including a $24 million loan (plus $9.1 million in equity) for a to-be-built 104-bed independent living/assisted living community in Arizona and an $11.5 million loan to fund... Read More »
Meridian’s Half-Billion-Dollar Quarter
The team of Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson of Meridian Capital Group had quite the Q1, closing more than $500 million across 17 transactions in nine states. Helping them reach that impressive mark were a couple of large financings for skilled nursing portfolio sales, including $126 million in both debt and equity arranged for Summit Healthcare REIT to purchase 14 skilled nursing facilities in Indiana. A finance company provided the $96 million loan, while an institutional investor funded the $30 million in equity. Then, on behalf of a private skilled nursing owner, Meridian arranged a $90 million loan (also provided by a finance company) to fund the acquisition of 12 SNFs in... Read More »