• Newmark Facilitates Morgan Stanley/MorningStar Deal

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management made a splash in announcing the acquisition of three Class-A seniors housing communities in the Denver, Colorado MSA. The communities comprised 463 units and were previously owned by Kayne Anderson Real Estate. They were managed by MorningStar Senior Living, which is based in Denver and staying on as operator... Read More »
  • Town Lane Announces First Deal with Arcole Platform

    Town Lane, a real estate investment management firm, and Atlas Senior Living, a Birmingham-based seniors housing operator, acquired The Overlook at Suwanee, a 175-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Suwanee, Georgia. The community was formerly Heartis Suwanee, which was built in 2018 by Caddis. Tremper Capital... Read More »
  • Evans Senior Investments Handles Two-SNF Trade

    Two skilled nursing facilities in northeast Pennsylvania found a new owner, after its independent owner/operator decided to fully exit the business. Evans Senior Investments was the exclusive sell-side advisor on the deal, which featured the 133-bed/unit Ellen Memorial Health Care Center in Honesdale and the 115-bed Carbondale Nursing & Rehab... Read More »
  • Alabama AL/MC Asset Sells

    Daniel Geraghty and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Anniston, Alabama. The property underwent a full interior renovation in 2025 and was being sold by a Southeast-based owner that was exiting the industry. A publicly traded REIT, leveraging one of its existing... Read More »
  • SVN Senior Living Advisors Sells Two Texas SNFs

    A regional owner/operator was looking to grow its portfolio in Texas and acquired two skilled nursing facilities totaling 188 beds in the state. SVN Senior Living Advisors (SVN SLA) represented the private seller, which had been referred to SVN SLA by one of its institutional lender clients. Managing Director Josh Salzman led an efficient and... Read More »
PGIM Refinances Senior Care Facility Debt in Ohio

PGIM Refinances Senior Care Facility Debt in Ohio

The owner of a 108-unit senior care facility in Brook Park, Ohio, refinanced its HUD debt with the help of PGIM’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group, lowering its annual debt service costs by more than $65,000. David Strachan and Troy Buckley originated a $5.5 million loan, which came with a new rate of 2.78%, which is well below the previous rate of 4.2% (hence that notable debt service savings). Plus, the term returned to 30 years, and the borrower, North Park Properties LLC, also increased the funding to their reserve for replacement account.  Built in 1967 with additions in 1994 and 2010, the community was over 90% occupied. It has 30 skilled nursing beds and 78 assisted living beds... Read More »
PGIM Arranges Two HUD Refinances

PGIM Arranges Two HUD Refinances

PGIM’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group arranged refinances for two seniors housing communities in the Southeast, the third and fourth properties refinanced for the same client during the pandemic. Christopher Fenton, Catherine Eby, Adrian Hartman, and Robyn Cunningham originated the loans.  The first, totaling $7.93 million, went to a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Bastrop, Louisiana. Rather than a loan modification, Mr. Hartman and Ms. Cunningham secured a loan to maximize annual cash flow through term extension and a rate savings of 0.8% when considering the lowered MIP.  In the other deal, Mr. Fenton and Mrs. Eby provided a $15.94 million loan for a... Read More »
PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Real Estate’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group refinanced a 57-unit seniors housing community in Lynchburg, Virginia with a new HUD loan, providing the owner with substantial annual loan payment savings. That makes for a happy client. Family-owned and operated Runk & Pratt was the borrower, closing its second transaction with PGIM in the last 10 months.   The community was built in the 1980s and boasted 95% occupancy. It previously had a HUD mortgage holding an interest rate of 4.25%. However, Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby arranged a new $13.2 million loan that both extended the borrower’s loan maturity and lowered the interest rate to 3.03%. That results in annual debt... Read More »
PGIM Arranges Array of HUD Financings

PGIM Arranges Array of HUD Financings

PGIM’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group was busy on the HUD front this month, closing three loans totaling more than $33 million for three senior care facilities. Christopher Fenton, Corley Audorff, Catherine Eby and Josh Williams originated the loans and all worked on the largest transaction, which was a $21.9 million loan for a 238-unit assisted living/skilled nursing campus in Connecticut. Utilizing HUD’s 232/223(a)(7) program, the not-for-profit owner was able to lower its current interest rate by 81 basis points, and the loan term was extended to 35 years.  Then, Messrs. Audorff and Williams funded a $10.9 million loan for a 141-unit senior care... Read More »
HealthPeak Sells 10 Aegis Living Communities

HealthPeak Sells 10 Aegis Living Communities

HealthPeak Properties continues its exit from the seniors housing business, both its sale/leaseback portfolio as well as its RIDEA assets. In a large transaction, HealthPeak has sold 10 assisted living and memory care communities to its tenant, Aegis Living, which partnered with Blue Moon Capital Partners in the deal. The purchase price for the real estate (to HealthPeak) was $350 million, but the total price for the entire transaction was closer to $440 million, or about $626,700 per unit. Not too bad during a pandemic.   The 10 properties are located in California (6), Washington (3) and Nevada (1). Average occupancy in the third quarter... Read More »