• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Regions Bank’s Summer Bonanza

Regions Bank’s Summer Bonanza

It looks like the Regions Bank team did not take much time off this summer, closing a series of loans across the country for senior living clients, including financing the development of a senior living community in a Seattle suburb last month. We’ll start with a couple of loans that took out construction debt.   First, to refinance a brand-new, two-story senior living community in a Cincinnati, Ohio suburb, Jack Boulder and Chris Honn arranged a $31.4 million bridge loan. The community features 28 independent living, 83 assisted living and 40 memory care units. It is owned by a joint venture that is primarily sponsored by a private developer/owner/operator based in the Midwest, and an... Read More »
Regions Bank Secures Financing For Seattle Development

Regions Bank Secures Financing For Seattle Development

The Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate team recently secured construction financing for a to-be-built senior living community in a Seattle, Washington suburb. The three-story building will include 65 independent living units, 63 assisted living units and a total of nearly 107,500 square feet. It is being built by a joint venture between a Southeast-based developer/owner and a Southwest-based owner/operator.   To finance it, they obtained a $28.3 million mini-perm loan, which comes out to approximately $221,000 per unit. The loan features a floating rate and five-year initial term, with four years of interest only. There is also a staged reduction in recourse, and at or prior to maturity,... Read More »
Regions Bank and Cushman & Wakefield Finance Auctus-Owned Community

Regions Bank and Cushman & Wakefield Finance Auctus-Owned Community

Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate Group announced a balance sheet loan closing at the start of February for a client in northern California. Originally built in 1975 in Carmichael, the property being refinanced is a 98-unit independent living community. Auctus Capital Partners acquired it in 2015, with plans to invest in capital improvements. So, it underwent a significant renovation and conversion project in 2018, and is now in the final stages of lease-up. Auctus put an operating affiliate, Altum Senior Living, in place to manage the community. Working with a new customer for the bank, Chris Honn secured a $5 million loan, with a three-year term and three years of interest only, to... Read More »
Two Senior Living Communities Get Financing from Regions Bank

Two Senior Living Communities Get Financing from Regions Bank

Regions Bank closed a couple of transactions in recent weeks for both a to-be-built senior living community and an existing one whose owners were looking to get a small cash-out. The $29.2 million construction loan was arranged for a joint venture between a Midwest-based developer/owner and a Southeast-based operator. Located in a fast-growing Alabama market, the community will consist of 105 independent living and 27 memory care units in a three-story building. Jack Boudler and Chris Honn secured the $29.2 million, or $211,000 per unit, loan, which came with a five-year initial term, four years of interest only, and a staged reduction in loan repayment recourse. Also, at or prior to... Read More »
St. Louis-Area Acquisition Funded by Regions Bank

St. Louis-Area Acquisition Funded by Regions Bank

Regions Bank Healthcare Real Estate Group assisted a joint venture in obtaining acquisition financing for their purchase of two assisted living communities in the St. Louis MSA. Built in 2000 and 2006, these two Illinois communities featured a combined 135 assisted living units. Thanks to a $12.675 million, or $93,900 per unit, bank loan, they were acquired by a Florida-based investor and a Missouri-based management company. The non-recourse loan was structured with a five-year, floating-rate term and an interest-only period. Amber Crosby and Chris Honn of Regions closed the transaction. Read More »