• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    by | Jul 3, 2025 12:08 pm | Acquisitions

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »

  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:33 am | Acquisitions

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »

  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:33 am | Acquisitions

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »

  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:32 am | Acquisitions

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »

  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:31 am | Financings

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »

Summer of the Big Deal

by | Aug 3, 2016 1:13 pm | Acquisitions

We had been talking about how 2016 was the “year of the small deal,” with near-record transaction levels but few mega deals. That changed at the end of July and certainly at the start of August, when several large deals were announced. Welltower caused the biggest stir in acquiring 19 seniors housing properties operated by Vintage Senior Living for a total of $1.15 billion, making it the largest long-term care transaction in 2016 by more than double (Welltower’s February acquisition of the Aston Gardens portfolio for $569 million came in second). The portfolio, which includes independent living, assisted living and memory care, is concentrated in high income markets in Southern and... Read More »

KeyBank provides $635 million Fannie Mae credit facility

by | Apr 8, 2015 7:59 pm | Financings

KeyBank provoked some conversation at the recent NIC Conference after announcing that it would provide a $635.6 million Fannie Mae credit facility to subsidiaries of Senior Housing Realty Trust, a Maryland-based REIT owned by an affiliate of Senior Resource Group and its institutional partners. The facility came with a 10-year term (with 10 years of interest only) and a fixed rate, plus the option for releases, additions, substitutions and the capacity to expand with additional fixed or floating debt. KeyBank will also be able to provide flexible financing solutions ranging from balance sheet to permanent mortgage loans. The 12 properties that are being refinanced with this facility are... Read More »