• NHI Acquires Nine Communities

    National Health Investors made a large SHOP purchase, adding nine communities consisting of 460 total units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The properties will be managed by Allegro Living Management, an affiliate of Spring Arbor Management. NHI has an existing relationship with Spring Arbor totaling approximately $227 million in... Read More »
  • Ensign Increases Its Footprint in Three States

    The Ensign Group and its captive real estate company, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, are already off to a strong start this year, announcing a slew of acquisitions that were effective February 1. In one of the transactions, Ensign purchased Agave Grove Post Acute’s operations, subject to a long-term, triple-net lease with a third-party... Read More »
  • Colorado-Based Owner/Operator Expands

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a seniors housing community in Arvada, Colorado, representing a single-asset owner/operator who was looking to retire. The Oberon House was built in 1970 and renovated in 1997. It features 60 units of independent living and assisted living and... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Acquires Underperforming CCRC

    A not-for-profit seller that built, owned and operated Arbutus Park Retirement Community recently divested the asset to another not-for-profit with the help of Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The established senior care provider/buyer, which is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, intends to continue to invest in the community.... Read More »
  • Capital Funding Group’s 2025 Financing Volume

    Capital Funding Group executed more than $3.1 billion in financings in 2025, representing a 121% increase in financing volume compared to $1.4 billion closed in 2024. The annual total comprises 175 deals, including 54 healthcare and multifamily bridge loans and other lending products, 28 HUD loans, 25 accounts receivable lines of credit and 68... Read More »
Persimmon Refinances Pennsylvania Portfolio

Persimmon Refinances Pennsylvania Portfolio

Patrick Shearer of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group secured $28 million of HUD financing for three seniors housing communities in Pennsylvania owned by Baltimore-based Persimmon Ventures, LLC and operated by Live Cardinal. All three communities offer assisted living and memory care services. Built in 1994 in Landisville, the largest property has 135 beds in 115 units and received a $16 million loan. A 59-unit community, which was built in 1987 in the town of Millersville, got an $8 million loan. The smallest community has just 45 units but 85 total beds. Built in 2000, it was acquired from The Hollinger Group for $3.8 million, or $84,400 per unit, at a 9.2% cap rate.... Read More »
NHI Expands Relationship with Senior Living Communities

NHI Expands Relationship with Senior Living Communities

Senior Living Communities (SLC) secured financing from National Health Investors to purchase and renovate a 248-unit CCRC in Columbia, South Carolina, bringing the REIT’s relationship with SLC to 11 properties with either a long-term lease or a mortgage loan. The $35 million, or $141,100 per unit, purchase price was funded by a draw on NHI’s revolving credit facility with a $32.7 million loan. It came with a five-year term and two one-year extension options at an interest rate of 7.25%. Originally built in 2000 and continuously expanded through 2014, the entrance fee community has 76 independent living homes, 60 IL units, 40 assisted living units, eight memory care units and a 64-bed... Read More »

The Hollinger Group exits the seniors housing market

Last month, we wrote about Care Investment Trust’s purchase of the Hollinger South Portfolio, which included five properties in South Carolina (4) and Florida (1) and sold for $29.1 million, or $103,000 per unit. This month, the remaining senior living properties owned by The Hollinger Group, dubbed The Hollinger North Portfolio, were sold to Care Investment Trust, a subsidiary of Tiptree Financial, Inc., for $54.48 million, or about $181,000 per unit, with a 7.5% cap rate. The communities, which consisted of 299 units of assisted living and memory care units, were located in Maryland (3), New Jersey (1), Pennsylvania (1) and Virginia (1). Average occupancy was around 94% and the... Read More »