• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:41 pm | Acquisitions

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »

  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:40 pm | Acquisitions

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »

  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:39 pm | Acquisitions, Statistics

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »

  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:36 pm | Acquisitions

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »

  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    by | Apr 10, 2026 8:09 am | Uncategorized

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
SunTrust Bank Refinances Runk & Pratt Community

SunTrust Bank Refinances Runk & Pratt Community

by | Sep 27, 2019 8:28 am | Financings

Runk & Pratt, a family-owned operator of senior living communities in western Virginia, refinanced its 171-unit independent/assisted living community in Lynchburg with the help of SunTrust Bank. This isn’t the first transaction between the two. SunTrust had funded Runk & Pratt’s acquisition of the property in 2016 with a short-term bridge loan. Built in 2014, the community has been historically well occupied and generates strong cash flow. Taking out the acquisition debt, it received a $30.9 million Fannie Mae loan, with no recourse, a fixed rate for 10 years and a 30-year amortization schedule. Joshua Hausfeld handled the transaction for SunTrust. Just a year earlier, SunTrust... Read More »
SunTrust Secures HUD Loan For Lynchburg Senior Living Community

SunTrust Secures HUD Loan For Lynchburg Senior Living Community

by | Aug 24, 2018 7:00 am | Financings

Family-owned senior living operator Runk & Pratt secured a $13.2 million HUD loan to refinance its assisted living community in Lynchburg, Virginia. Thanks to a connection to the owners through David Wilt, market president of SunTrust Corporate & Commercial Banking in Roanoke, Virginia, Joshua Hausfeld of SunTrust CRE Seniors Housing & Healthcare Finance originated the loan, which came with a 35-year term and 35-year amortization schedule. The community was originally built 40 years ago but converted to assisted living in 1996 and now features 57 units and 81 beds, including some for memory care. It also underwent extensive renovations in 1998, 2003 and 2016, and has... Read More »