• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    by | Feb 20, 2026 3:31 pm | Acquisitions

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »

  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    by | Feb 20, 2026 3:29 pm | Acquisitions

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »

  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    by | Feb 20, 2026 3:28 pm | Acquisitions

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »

  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    by | Feb 20, 2026 3:27 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »

  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    by | Feb 20, 2026 3:26 pm | Acquisitions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies Acquires Again

by | Apr 19, 2021 9:39 am | Acquisitions

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

by | Mar 30, 2021 5:14 pm | Financings

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

by | Jan 26, 2021 5:00 pm | Financings

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

by | Jan 20, 2020 9:53 am | Acquisitions

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

by | Dec 26, 2019 9:33 pm | Financings

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 »