• Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard, Executive Managing Director of JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory, to discuss the results of JLL’s recently published 2026 Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey and Trends. They also covered some major topics heading into NIC in Nashville. Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Burning Questions for NIC Attendees

    This time next week, we’ll be heading out of Nashville from the Spring NIC conference likely buoyed by the overwhelmingly positive mood we’re expecting from most of our industry friends. It’s hard not to be optimistic when occupancy and margins are increasing to healthy levels nationally, and show no signs of stopping, when liquidity is... Read More »
  • Janus Living’s IPO Results

    Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Secures Slew of HUD and Bridge Financings

    VIUM Capital recently closed a series of healthcare and seniors housing real estate financings across multiple states, spanning both HUD-insured loans and bridge executions for skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care assets. The largest loan was a $56.4 million HUD financing for a 325-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility... Read More »
  • Several Senior Care Finances Close

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group reported an active end of winter, closing a handful of debt transactions for clients in Illinois and Kentucky. First, he helped the owner of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility in Kentucky refinance existing acquisition debt following a successful operational turnaround. Since acquiring the facility... Read More »
Harbert Management Corp. Acquires South Bay Partners

Harbert Management Corp. Acquires South Bay Partners

Alternative asset management firm and consistent seniors housing investor Harbert Management Corporation (HMC) has acquired South Bay Partners, LLC, a Dallas-based seniors housing developer. South Bay has developed over 10,000 high-end seniors housing units costing over $1 billion across the United States. The company will complement HMC’s existing seniors housing investment platform, while allowing HMC to make development investment opportunities. HMC plans to raise capital for South Bay’s development projects through separately managed accounts and commingled funds. In addition, South Bay Founder and CEO Craig Spaulding will move to an advisory role following the transaction, while... Read More »
Welltower Acquires Two South Bay Partners Properties

Welltower Acquires Two South Bay Partners Properties

Welltower announced that it has added two more San Antonio senior living properties to its portfolio. Originally developed by the seller, South Bay Partners, these communities opened in 2016 adjacent to each other in the Dominion area of northwest San Antonio. They combine for 335 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Welltower is no stranger to the market, already owning two senior living communities operated by Sagora Senior Living, an LTAC operated by LifeCare Management Services and a portfolio of five medical office buildings. No purchase price was disclosed for the latest acquisition, but the properties were last assessed together for $48.6 million, according... Read More »
KeyBank Finances Luxury Independent Living Development

KeyBank Finances Luxury Independent Living Development

A new independent living community is going up on the Princeton University Healthcare campus, with the help of construction financing arranged by Grant Saunders, Peter Trazzera and Jake Hollinger of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Healthcare Group. Featuring 260 total units, including 15 studios, 145 one-bedrooms and 100 two-bedrooms, the project is being developed by SBLP Senior Living Fund I, a fund that invests in the development of seniors housing projects. A joint venture between South Bay Partners, a Dallas-based seniors housing developer, and LAMB Properties, a real estate investment vehicle owned by the Bluhm family, sponsors the fund. Upon completion, Sage Senior Living will take... Read More »
Sagora Senior Living Adds Two Senior Living Communities To Portfolio

Sagora Senior Living Adds Two Senior Living Communities To Portfolio

A prominent senior living provider in the Lone Star State, Sagora Senior Living, acquired two more communities, bringing its total portfolio to 31 properties across four southern states. Both properties were developed in late-2014/early-2015 by Dallas-based South Bay Partners under the “Watercrest” brand. The Sugar Land location features 180 units and 12 cottages of independent living, plus an adjacent community with 77 assisted living and 43 memory care units. That is similar to the San Antonio location, with 192 IL units, 26 cottages, 72 AL units and 50 MC units. Once again, the AL/MC building was located on an adjacent property. Based in Fort Worth, Sagora has so far concentrated its... Read More »