• Incumbent Operator Secures Two Acquisition Financings

    Jay Healy and Director Andrew Lanzaro of Berkadia utilized the company’s balance sheet to provide $39.7 million of bridge-to-HUD financing for a Fort Worth-based skilled nursing owner/operator. The intent is to close the two subsequent HUD 232/223(f) refinancings in the second half of 2026. The loans facilitated the acquisition of three Texas... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM’s 2025 Activity

    MONTICELLOAM reported its 2025 activity, completing 49 senior care and multifamily transactions totaling over $2.2 billion in bridge, mezzanine and working capital financing throughout the year. In one of the notable transactions, one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM funded $470.5 million in bridge and working... Read More »
  • CBRE’s Active 2025 and Q1:26 Projections

    CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced its 2025 activity, with $3.1 billion in total transaction volume. Debt originations and equity placements comprised $1.95 billion of that total, and were completed across 25 states. Meanwhile, the investment sales side closed $1.15 billion in deals, selling 27 properties across 14 states. The... Read More »
  • Underperforming AL/MC Assets Sell in Michigan

    A buyer with operational expertise and capital resources acquired two seniors housing communities that were not stabilized at the time of sale. The new owner intends to stabilize performance, implement targeted management improvements and reposition the assets. Current rates are priced below local competitors, offering upside through rate... Read More »
  • Global Real Estate Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Blueprint revisited a familiar property, selling it on behalf of a joint venture that originally purchased it through another Blueprint-led sales process. The partnership was between a global private equity firm and a seniors housing sponsor, and at the time of its acquisition, the community was struggling. But they renovated all units and common... Read More »

Summit Healthcare buys at peak pricing

We write in the September issue of The SeniorCare Investor that after a four-year surge, skilled nursing valuations may be at a peak. We give many reasons why the sector is currently valued so high (rightfully so) but also why it probably won’t rise any higher. But in the meantime, high-valued deals are still closing, including Summit Healthcare REIT’s acquisition of an interest in two Delaware skilled nursing facilities for a total purchase price of $54.1 million, or $162,952 per bed. The REIT made the acquisition through a joint venture between its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Healthcare Operating Partnership, LP and Best Years, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese... Read More »

LTC Expands with Thrive

LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) expanded its relationship with Thrive Senior Living, acquiring and then leasing another property to the Atlanta-based operator for $14.3 million, or $204,286 per unit. Receiving its Certificate of Occupancy in May 2016, the community in Athens, Georgia was actually developed by a joint venture between Thrive, Paragon Real Estate and Summit Healthcare REIT. It features 50 assisted living and 20 memory care all-private pay units, and was added to an existing master lease agreement at an initial incremental yield of 8.0%. This expands LTC’s relationship with Thrive to three communities, with two additional development projects expected to open by the end of... Read More »

Four Green Bay-area properties sold

Jacob Gehl of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors led the sale of a portfolio of four assisted living/memory care communities in Wisconsin for $18.35 million, or $146,800 per unit, with an 8.7% cap rate. Included in the portfolio were three properties in Green Bay, including a 20-unit stand-alone memory care community, and one in Appleton. Combined occupancy stood at 92% at the time of the sale, and the portfolio generated approximately $1.6 million in trailing EBITDAR on an annualized basis. Senior Housing and Healthcare Capital was the seller, while Summit Healthcare REIT was the buyer, which will lease the properties for a 12-year term to an affiliate of Compass Senior Living, an... Read More »