• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    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

    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 

    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

    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

    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 »
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 »