• Ensign Acquires Iowa Skilled Nursing Facility

    Nick Cacciabando and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped an industry veteran in Iowa sell his last solely-owned senior care facility, finding a publicly traded buyer in the process. The facility in question was Crystal Heights Care Center, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Oskaloosa, Iowa, about one hour southeast of Des... Read More »
  • Investor Group Enters the Seniors Sector Through Idaho Purchase

    An assisted living/memory care community in Twin Falls, Idaho, traded with the help of Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The campus opened in 1989 with an eight-unit building, and added two 15-unit buildings in 2009 and 2015, respectively. Some units were added to each building in 2023 and 2024, and... Read More »
  • Value-Add Owner/Operator Grows in Texas

    Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint got a seniors housing deal across the finish line in Odessa, Texas. Built in 2013 as part of an expansion to an adjacent CCRC, the building has 67 assisted living and memory care units. It had gone through multiple operator changes over the years. The deal was marketed as an... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Its Only Out-Of-State Asset

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the successful sale of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Built in 1987, the facility was developed by an Ohio-based operator as part of a broader growth initiative. Its occupancy rate was consistently strong, often exceeding 95%. It was the seller’s only out-of-state asset, leading... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Adds to Its Seniors Housing Footprint 

    Foundry Commercial and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group acquired the RoseWood Village Assisted Living and Memory Care communities in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two communities, RoseWood Village at Greenbrier and RoseWood Village at Hollymead, will be operated by Foundry Commercial’s management company, Allegro Living,... Read More »
SunTrust Sets Eyes On Colorado Bridge Financing

SunTrust Sets Eyes On Colorado Bridge Financing

SunTrust Bank’s ears must have been burning, because on the day of our webinar, Bridge Loans: The Hottest Lending Product for Seniors Housing and Care (which you can still listen to here), the bank originated a $31 million bridge loan for an independent living community in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Just completed earlier this year, the community is geared to higher income residents and boasts a number of modern amenities. It was developed by The Wolff Company, an Arizona-based private equity firm that is developing a number of luxury senior living properties a year with operating partner Clearwater Living (which will also manage the Colorado Springs community).  Artin Anvar of SunTrust... Read More »
SunTrust Secures HUD Loan For Lynchburg Senior Living Community

SunTrust Secures HUD Loan For Lynchburg Senior Living Community

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 »
Cohen Financial Closes Michigan Financing

Cohen Financial Closes Michigan Financing

In northern Michigan, Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, arranged more than $4.1 million in HUD financing for an assisted living community in the town of Alma. The 41-unit community is owned and operated by Grand Rapids-based Leisure Living Management, and as recently as 2013, it added a 12-bed memory care unit to its services. On behalf of the community, Cathy Bronkema, managing director of Cohen Financial’s Grand Rapids office, and Joshua Hausfeld, managing director of SunTrust CRE Seniors Housing & Healthcare Finance, secured a fixed-rate $4.116 million loan, with a 35-year term and 35-year amortization schedule. Read More »
Pillar Powers Through Two HUD Financings

Pillar Powers Through Two HUD Financings

The team of Pillar Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has been active lately, closing more than $20.7 million in financings for two Rust Belt seniors housing communities. Don Husi, based in Pillar’s Nashville office, first originated a $13.59 million HUD loan, with a 30-year term, to refinance a scattered-site that includes 143 beds spread across one large skilled nursing facility and two small assisted living communities in Menasha and Appleton, Wisconsin. The properties offer their residents a continuum of care, if need be. Then, in Moosic, Pennsylvania, Mr. Husi originated a $7.18 million HUD refinance for a 35-unit/58-bed memory care community. The 35-year loan took out an... Read More »

Ridge Care Senior Living Looking To Grow In South Carolina

Already a force in West Virginia and North Carolina, Ridge Care Senior Living is expanding its assisted living/memory care portfolio into South Carolina with a brand-new 100-unit (60 AL and 40 MC) community in the beach town of Pawleys Island. Expected to open in Summer 2018, the community is expected to cost around $20.5 million, or over $200,000 per unit, to develop, which is close to the average for the regional cost for like-communities of $208,000 per unit, according to our in-house database. SunTrust Bank, through its Aging Services practice, provided an $11.3 million loan to fund the construction. Ridge Care, which currently manages 13 senior living communities on behalf of  a small... Read More »