• Evans Arranges New SNF Lease

    Evans Senior Investments arranged a new lease for a skilled nursing facility in Denver, Colorado, securing a 293% increase in rent on a per-bed, per-month basis in the process. At the time of marketing, the facility was 62% occupied with minimal Medicare Part A referrals. However, the 1960s-built facility has 16 private units and is proximate to... Read More »
  • Cross River Bank Closes Large Acquisition Loan

    Cross River Bank recently closed a large acquisition loan for a portfolio of seven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri. Raina Yoo was the Loan Officer on the transaction. The portfolio features a total of 1,339 licensed beds, and occupancy stood at 88%, overall.  Read More »
  • Local Operator Closes Lease-to-Purchase Deal

    A skilled nursing facility in Mississippi faced a time-sensitive CHOW with frozen Medicaid rates under appeal after the outgoing operator was planning to leave before the ownership transfer occurred, posing meaningful risk to the facility’s financial performance and operational continuity. The facility was older and around 50% occupied at the... Read More »
  • Mainstay Senior Living Grows in Georgia

    Mainstay Senior Living acquired two seniors housing communities in Savannah, Georgia. The properties are located about five miles apart from each other. Grace Manor Savannah was built in 1997, while Habersham Manor was built in the late-1980s. They feature a total of 143 assisted living and memory care units. Florida-based Mainstay now has 46... Read More »
  • Private Equity Firm Divests Portfolio to Chicago Investor

    Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity firm, sold a 224-unit portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Alabama that it acquired in tranches between 2022 and 2023 with a regional owner/operator. After the portfolio stabilized and capital was injected into the communities, Trinity recapitalized the venture in March 2025 with... Read More »
Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies, an apartment and affordable housing real estate investment firm, has been on an acquisition roll lately in the low-income senior apartments sector. The company followed up its acquisition of a large senior apartment building in Chesapeake, Virginia with the purchase of another community located up the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Built in 1982, the community’s 169 units are supported by Section 8 Housing Assisted Payment (HAP) contracts. Standard paid roughly $28 million, or $165,700 per unit, for the property and plans to spend an additional $10 million to renovate it. The project will update the residents’ units, upgrade the common areas and amenity spaces,... Read More »
NorthMarq Refinances Merrill Gardens Community

NorthMarq Refinances Merrill Gardens Community

A Merrill Gardens-operated senior living community in Rancho Cucamonga, California just refinanced its debt with a $31 million loan arranged by Stuart Oswald and Gordon Mickelson of NorthMarq. Owned by a joint venture between Merrill Gardens and AEW Capital Management, the three-year old community features 112 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care.  A life insurance company provided the debt, which came with a five-year term and 30-year amortization. NorthMarq structured the loan prior to stabilization, but the community was approaching that level upon closing.  Read More »
Northmarq Refinances Washington State Seniors Housing

Northmarq Refinances Washington State Seniors Housing

Northmarq’s Stuart Oswald, senior vice president and managing director of the firm’s Seattle office, arranged a $35 million refinance of a 136-unit senior living community in Tacoma, Washington. Built in phases from the 1980s to the 1990s, the community provides independent living, assisted living and memory care services in a combination of 61 studios, 33 one-bedroom units, five two-bedroom units and 37 units dedicated to memory care. A family has owned and operated it since opening, with the third generation now in charge, and operations have been consistently strong, even during the pandemic. Occupancy was in the 90% range.  Northmarq originally refinanced the property... Read More »
NorthMarq Closes Southern California Transaction

NorthMarq Closes Southern California Transaction

NorthMarq’s Southern California-based investment sales team of Kyle Pinkalla and Shane Safer represented Shefflin Investments in its sale of a 151-unit active adult community in National City, California (San Diego MSA). Originally built in 1999, the three-story building features a mix of studio and one-bedroom units, plus one commercial site. Occupancy was 97% with rents ranging from $1,075 to $1,250 per month. Part of its appeal comes from the property’s location near both Scripps Mercy Hospital and Paradise Valley Hospital, in addition to shopping areas and entertainment. Messrs. Pinkalla and Shafer arranged the property’s sale to Lincoln Avenue Capital, LLC, a leading investor in... Read More »
NorthMarq Finances New York Community

NorthMarq Finances New York Community

The owner of a seniors housing community in Mount Vernon, New York (Westchester County) just refinanced and cashed out of the property with the help of NorthMarq. Built in 2005, the 20-unit community was fully occupied. Robert Ranieri, senior vice president and managing director of NorthMarq’s White Plains office arranged an $800,000 loan through The Westchester Bank that allowed the borrower to realize his long-term equity in the property. The loan came with a seven-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Read More »