• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

Cushman & Wakefield Arrange Financing for Stabilizing Property

A 195-unit senior living community still in lease-up just refinanced its construction debt with the help of its advisors: Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of the Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets team. A partnership between Pike Senior Housing Partners and operator Solvere Senior Living developed the community in Hamilton, New Jersey, about 11 miles from Princeton, at a cost of $59.1 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. They opened the independent living units first, in November 2017, and followed that up with the licensed assisted living and memory care units in April 2018. Rents begin at $2,800 for IL, $3,950 for AL and $5,600 for MC. Occupancy is... Read More »
Capital One Finances Caddis Construction Project

Capital One Finances Caddis Construction Project

A large senior living community being developed by Caddis in partnership with operator Solvere Senior Living is going up in Venice, Florida thanks in part to a construction loan provided by Capital One. Totaling $35.7 million, the loan will finance the 181-unit project, which will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care services upon completion in Summer 2020. Although managed by Solvere, the three-story community will operate under Caddis’ “Heartis” brand. It boasts water views, and will feature large common areas, a beauty/barber shop and game rooms, among other amenities. Read More »
New Seniors Housing Investor In The Old Dominion

New Seniors Housing Investor In The Old Dominion

There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry by the name of Bonaventure Realty Group. Coming from the multifamily space, like many new seniors housing investors these days, Arlington, Virginia-based Bonaventure plans to open its first independent living community further south in the town of Henrico (Richmond MSA). Featuring 148 one- and two-bedroom units, the community (called Aspire at Carriage Hill) will host a number of amenities, including an indoor pool, salon and spa, fitness center, patio, gazebo and outdoor dining with a fire pit, among others. Amenities from the adjacent gated 55+ apartment complex will also be available to residents. The total cost is estimated to be... Read More »
Building in Tampa Bay Area

Building in Tampa Bay Area

The Tampa Bay seniors housing market continues to grow, marked most recently by a brand-new assisted living and memory care community developed by Pridgen Development and equity investor Lindell Investments, called Tessera of Brandon. The $28 million, 107,000 square-foot community in the town of Brandon was funded by a $21 million, five-year loan provided by Hancock Bank and designed by Bessolo Design Group to include a total of 138 units, 89 of which are assisted living apartments, and the other 49 units are for memory care, with several different floorplans available. Its per-unit cost (at $202,900) is above the average cost for like-projects in the area, which currently stands at... Read More »
Solvere Senior Living Builds In Its Own Backyard

Solvere Senior Living Builds In Its Own Backyard

Solvere Senior Living is following up on a busy 2017 with a new 195-unit seniors housing development in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, at a cost of nearly $60 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. Opening next month, the community will feature 96 independent living, 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units, with a host of amenities and dining options. Despite Solvere’s being based in nearby Princeton, this will actually be the company’s first foray into the Garden State, with communities already in Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Maryland and Indiana. The opening comes on the heels of several other projects that Solvere has in its pipeline with a number of development partners. It... Read More »