• Joint Venture Acquires Four AL/MC Communities

    by | May 8, 2026 3:25 pm | Acquisitions

    Following an active year of M&A with five separate deals totaling 21 properties, Stacked Stone Ventures has kicked off its 2026 growth with a portfolio acquisition in the Southeast. In a joint venture with Praxis Capital and an undisclosed family office, Stacked Stone, which was founded by Kent Eikanas, bought four assisted living/memory care... Read More »

  • Another Publicly Traded REIT Joins the M&A Mix

    by | May 8, 2026 2:59 pm | Acquisitions

    Another well-capitalized institutional player is stepping into the seniors housing fray, adding fuel to an already aggressive bidding environment. And based on its initial acquisitions, with one closed at more than $1 million per unit, the target seems to be high-quality assets. Prices are rising fast in that segment, and as the buyer pool... Read More »

  • Distressed AL/MC Community Gets New Owner

    by | May 8, 2026 2:56 pm | Acquisitions

    Scott Frazier, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint advised a special servicer in the seniors housing sector on the sale of Spanish Vines, a well-maintained assisted living/memory care community. It sits in a densely populated Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood of southwest Sacramento, California. The 88-unit community was generating negative... Read More »

  • Underperforming Community Sells and Secures Financing

    by | May 8, 2026 2:52 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    A buyer recently acquired an underperforming seniors housing community in Charleston, South Carolina, and Blueprint Capital Markets secured the debt financing. Blueprint also represented the undisclosed seller in its divestment. The asset comprises 84 units of assisted living and memory care. There is room for occupancy growth and expense cuts,... Read More »

  • Standalone MC Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

    by | May 8, 2026 2:50 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Berkadia recently announced three financings on behalf of three different sponsors. In one of the closings, Steve Muth and Ed Williams arranged $25.8 million in acquisition financing for Peregrine Senior Living at Clifton Park and Peregrine Senior Living at Orchard Park. The bridge financing was provided through Berkadia’s Proprietary Lending... Read More »
People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

People’s United Bank Grows Its Presence

by | Feb 3, 2020 6:00 am | Financings

People’s United Bank has been on a roll lately. After closing around $445 million in loans across 48 separate transactions in 2019, including eight loans and $132.5 million in volume in the fourth quarter, the bank kept the activity going with a late January refinance closed on behalf of its client, a joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living, the operator’s equity partner, Kuwait Finance House, and Broadshore Capital. Located in Bedford, New Hampshire and featuring 54 memory care units, with 85 beds, the community received a $23.7 million senior mortgage, with a five-year term and 30 years of amortization. This was People’s first transaction with Benchmark since Matt Huber and Ginger... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

by | Jul 19, 2019 11:38 am | Financings

A 195-unit senior living community still in lease-up just refinanced its construction debt with the help of its advisors: Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of the Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets team. A partnership between Pike Senior Housing Partners and operator Solvere Senior Living developed the community in Hamilton, New Jersey, about 11 miles from Princeton, at a cost of $59.1 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. They opened the independent living units first, in November 2017, and followed that up with the licensed assisted living and memory care units in April 2018. Rents begin at $2,800 for IL, $3,950 for AL and $5,600 for MC. Occupancy is... Read More »
Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living Grows

by | Mar 22, 2019 7:02 am | Acquisitions

Avalon Senior Living has partnered again with Eastridge Pacific Holdings, LLC (EPH), this time buying three senior living communities in California from HCP, Inc. that had been leased to Brookdale Senior Living. The 205 units (210 beds) offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The purchase price was $15.7 million, or $76,585 per unit, and came with an approximate cap rate of 8.0%. Mike Garbers, formerly of Greystone and now with JLL, represented the seller, and MidCap Financial provided the mortgage financing. Eastridge Pacific entered the senior living industry in 2016 as an equity partner in Kalakaua Gardens, a 17-story community in Honolulu with 216 beds. It... Read More »
Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

Recently Rebranded Senior Living Community Refinances

by | Feb 1, 2019 7:00 am | Financings

Having just undergone a renovation and a rebranding, an assisted living/memory care community in Dallas, Texas obtained a first mortgage loan, courtesy of MidCap Financial. The borrower for the $6.25 million floating-rate loan was a joint venture between private equity firm Artemis Real Estate Partners and Fort Worth-based operator Civitas Senior Living. Read More »
MidCap Making Moves

MidCap Making Moves

by | Dec 28, 2018 7:00 am | Acquisitions, Financings

More than a year after opening a 167-unit senior living community in Lexington, Kentucky, Atlas Senior Living executed on a purchase option for the property thanks to a $35 million floating-rate loan provided by MidCap Financial. David Sharp, working out of MidCap’s Chicago office, arranged the short-term loan and expects to take it to agency after a seasoning period. The purpose-built community is already near stabilization after opening in August 2017. Atlas had leased it from the developer/owner, DMK Development, which built the community for approximately $26 million, or $155,700 per unit. With the financing, Atlas received working capital for the continued stabilization and will be... Read More »