• Michigan Assisted Living Community Changes Hands

    Harborside Senior Living, a 20-unit/30-bed assisted living community in Luna Pier, Michigan, near the Ohio border and the Toledo MSA, sold to Lamont Jones, a healthcare entrepreneur who is building a seniors housing brand in Michigan. Built in 2023 by a pair of investors, Harborside Senior Living will now operate under the leadership of Luna... Read More »
  • Assisted Living/Memory Care Portfolio Secures Bond Financing

    D.A. Davidson closed $120.04 million in Senior Living Revenue bonds, Series 2026A-1, Series 2026A-2 and subordinated bonds forKingsPath Target Housing of Minnesota, LLC. The bonds financed the acquisition and refinancing of seven assisted living/memory care communities with 224 units in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, MSA. The acquired... Read More »
  • Another Record Year on the Horizon

    The bar keeps rising, and the industry continues to clear it, with a third consecutive annual record for publicly announced senior care M&A activity appearing well within reach. Through the first five months of the year, the industry has averaged 81 publicly announced deals per month. Annualized, that pace would result in just under 1,000... Read More »
  • Northstar Senior Living and Alta Senior Living Merge

    In the mad dash for growth in the seniors housing sector, a lack of new development and an abundance of buyers crowding certain corners of the M&A market has led some owner/operators to seek acquisitions or mergers of whole management companies. It can certainly be a viable alternative that allows one to grow without a massive capital... Read More »
  • In-Place Operator Acquires Senior Care Campus

    CBRE National Senior Housing’s Debt and Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing for a senior care campus on behalf of Wingate Living and its affiliates. Wingate Living is a Newton, Massachusetts-based senior living developer/owner/operator with a focus on New England. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the financing, securing a... Read More »
BMO Harris Bank Finances Watercrest’s Latest Senior Living Development

BMO Harris Bank Finances Watercrest’s Latest Senior Living Development

Watercrest Senior Living Group’s latest development in Florida just obtained a construction loan courtesy of BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group. The community just broke ground last August and is anticipated to open in Summer 2020 with 72 independent living, 96 assisted living and 30 memory care units. Watercrest is developing the community in partnership with United Properties, after previously collaborating on a senior living development down the coast in Naples, Florida (expected to open this year). BMO arranged a $46.5 million loan to fund the Sarasota construction. Read More »
Watercrest Partners With United Properties In Latest Development

Watercrest Partners With United Properties In Latest Development

Watercrest Senior Living Group has announced its latest senior living development project, and a brand-new partnership too with United Properties. The joint venture plans to break ground this Fall on a 128-unit luxury assisted living/memory care community in Naples, Florida, with an expected opening in early 2019. United Properties has already purchased the property and is entering the Florida market with this project, after developing 15 seniors housing communities in the Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado areas. Watercrest, on the other hand, is well versed in the Florida seniors housing market, having opened communities in Lake Nona, Sebastian, Jacksonville and Viera, so far.... Read More »

Minnetonka mania

Three seniors housing developments are breaking ground this summer in the Minnetonka, Minnesota area. First, United Properties started construction on its 100-unit community, which will include 72 independent/assisted living units, 22 memory care units and six care units. Then, Oppidan Investment Company and Minnesota-based not-for-profit Ebenezer announced the expected September groundbreaking of their newest community, a 136,000-square foot, 105-unit community that will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care. Finally, The Waters plans to break ground in nearby Excelsior on its new 110-unit independent living community by the end of the year. We will see how these... Read More »