• Incumbent Operator Secures Two Acquisition Financings

    Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia utilized the company’s balance sheet to provide $39.7 million of bridge-to-HUD financing for a Fort Worth-based skilled nursing owner/operator. The intent is to close the two subsequent HUD 232/223(f) refinancings in the second half of 2026. The loans facilitated the acquisition of three Texas... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM’s 2025 Activity

    MONTICELLOAM reported its 2025 activity, completing 49 senior care and multifamily transactions totaling over $2.2 billion in bridge, mezzanine and working capital financing throughout the year. In one of the notable transactions, one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM funded $470.5 million in bridge and working... Read More »
  • CBRE’s Active 2025 and Q1:26 Projections

    CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced its 2025 activity, with $3.1 billion in total transaction volume. Debt originations and equity placements comprised $1.95 billion of that total, and were completed across 25 states. Meanwhile, the investment sales side closed $1.15 billion in deals, selling 27 properties across 14 states. The... Read More »
  • Underperforming AL/MC Assets Sell in Michigan

    A buyer with operational expertise and capital resources acquired two seniors housing communities that were not stabilized at the time of sale. The new owner intends to stabilize performance, implement targeted management improvements and reposition the assets. Current rates are priced below local competitors, offering upside through rate... Read More »
  • Global Real Estate Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Blueprint revisited a familiar property, selling it on behalf of a joint venture that originally purchased it through another Blueprint-led sales process. The partnership was between a global private equity firm and a seniors housing sponsor, and at the time of its acquisition, the community was struggling. But they renovated all units and common... Read More »
MidCap Refinances Georgia Community

MidCap Refinances Georgia Community

MidCap Financial took out construction debt on a recently completed senior living community in Gainesville, Georgia with a new floating-rate mortgage. Owned by Manor Lake Development LLC, the community opened in 2019 with 88 assisted living and memory care units. It features studio, one-bedroom and companion suites ranging from 421 to 558 square feet. Residents can also receive rehabilitation services, instructor-led daily exercise, concierge services and more. The property leased up quickly under management by Manor Lake.  JLL Capital Markets’ Joel Mendes and Trent Niederberger worked on behalf of the borrower to secure the $18.5 million loan from MidCap, which came with a floating... Read More »
MidCap Provides Liquidity for AlerisLife

MidCap Provides Liquidity for AlerisLife

MidCap Financial announced that it recently closed financing for AlerisLife (formerly Five Star Senior Living). The $95 million floating rate first mortgage loan is secured by 14 high-quality senior living communities totaling 1,477 units in the Southeast, Midwest, and Northeast. The communities are all owned by AlerisLife and operated by their Five Star Senior Living brand. MidCap’s loan enhances AlerisLife’s liquidity position and provides funds for capital improvements across the portfolio.  Read More »
MidCap Closes Acquisition Loan for Community in Georgia

MidCap Closes Acquisition Loan for Community in Georgia

MidCap Financial announced the closing of an acquisition loan for a 92-unit assisted living/memory care community on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. We learned of the deal at the end of September when Newmark disclosed its involvement as the broker representing the seller, a joint venture between AIG Global Real Estate and Thrive Senior Living (also the operator) that had originally developed the property in 2015. Occupancy had fluctuated between 50% and 70% in the last several years, with some key employee turnover prior to COVID contributing to the sub-par census. Winterpast Capital Partners, its affiliate Vitality Living and Broadview Real Estate Partners acquired the property, with... Read More »
MidCap Financial Closes Acquisition Debt For Healthpeak

MidCap Financial Closes Acquisition Debt For Healthpeak

MidCap Financial closed acquisition debt for another Healthpeak divestiture. Announced in May, the REIT sold five of its SHOP communities that were operated by Florida-based Sonata Senior Living. All five communities are in Florida, with locations in Delray Beach (80 units), Boynton Beach (92), Boca Raton (74), Coconut Creek (94) and Vero Beach (104). There was a total of 328 assisted living, 107 memory care and nine independent living units, and the communities averaged around 20 years in age. However, the properties were well maintained, and Healthpeak Properties had invested over $13 million of capex in the past four years.  Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group paid $64... Read More »
Kentucky Community Receives Fannie Mae Refinance

Kentucky Community Receives Fannie Mae Refinance

MidCap Financial, through its correspondent relationship with Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital was able to close a Fannie Mae refinance of a 167-unit senior living community in Lexington, Kentucky. The deal closed in mid-March before huge swaths of the country had been shut down but still a difficult time to get transactions across the finish line.  At the end of 2018, the borrower, Atlas Senior Living, had acquired the community as part of a purchase option from DMK Development. Before that, Atlas had leased and operated the $26 million development, which was nearly stabilized at the time of the sale. Opened in August 2017, it features 114 independent living, 38 assisted living... Read More »