• 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 »
PGIM Closes Freddie Mac Financing For Colorado Community

PGIM Closes Freddie Mac Financing For Colorado Community

A Denver-area senior living community refinanced with a Freddie Mac loan arranged by PGIM Real Estate. Spectrum Retirement Communities developed the community in 2009 and has been operating it ever since. It currently features 130 independent living, 60 assisted living and 18 memory care units. Amenities include a beauty sale, bistro, fitness center, lounges and a movie theater.   To take out a previous PGIM loan, Trace Wilson, who led the transaction on PGIM’s behalf, secured a $60 million loan with a 10-year term, five years of interest only and a 30-year amortization period. There was also a floating rate.  Read More »
PGIM Real Estate Refinances Virginia Memory Care

PGIM Real Estate Refinances Virginia Memory Care

PGIM Real Estate closed the refinance of a memory care community in Forest, Virginia (Lynchburg MSA), the second it has closed for the client this year. Runk & Pratt built the property in 1999 to include 76 units and has added a number of unique features, such as a multi-sensory room that provides soothing and engage stimuli to its residents. There are also three enclosed courtyards and a greenhouse, along with on-site therapy. Occupancy was around 89%.  Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of PGIM Real Estate facilitated the $13.2 million HUD financing, which came with a 35-year term and amortization. The loan replaces HUD debt that had a higher interest... Read More »
PGIM Closes HUD Refinance for Maryland SNF Portfolio

PGIM Closes HUD Refinance for Maryland SNF Portfolio

PGIM Real Estate successfully closed a scattered site refinance through HUD of a portfolio of assisted living communities in Maryland. Operated by Rose Hill Management, the three communities total 64 units, with one property in Annapolis featuring two 16-unit buildings (plus memory care services) and the communities in Pasadena and Odenton each featuring just one 16-unit building. Occupancy was around 90% across the 1990s-vintage portfolio.   To consolidate the debt across the three sites, Chris Fenton of PGIM led the way on securing a single $5.5 million HUD loan with a 35-year term.  Read More »
PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

PGIM Simplifies Capital Stack at NOLA Facility

Refinancing a complicated capital stack, PGIM Real Estate Finance secured a $10.7 million HUD loan for a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The facility was built by the not-for-profit St. Margaret’s Foundation in 2013 on the site of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Its $33 million construction was initially funded using New Market Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, OCD Loan Funds, FEMA grant money, a bank loan and sponsor equity. PGIM simplified things and significantly reduced the amount of debt with the HUD loan. Located within five miles of seven acute-care hospitals, the facility features 100 units in... Read More »
Newmark Closes Out 2019 With A Bang

Newmark Closes Out 2019 With A Bang

We told you that the folks at Newmark Knight Frank were going to have a big year end, and in the days just before Christmas they closed four transactions worth about $550 million in total. Not a bad way to end the year, and we hope they are all off on vacation until January 5. In the largest transaction, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender sold a portfolio of three Discovery Senior Living-operated assets on behalf of Kayne Anderson. The three communities with 483 units are located in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware and average about 45% independent living, 34% assisted living and 21% memory care units. Overall occupancy is a solid 94%. The buyer was Partners Group, an international... Read More »