• 12 Oaks Senior Living Appoints New CFO

    12 Oaks Senior Living appointed Elliott Westerman as CFO, effective immediately. Westerman has more than two decades of leadership experience across senior living, healthcare, and real estate sectors. As CFO, Westerman will oversee all aspects of financial management, including financial planning and analysis, capital structure strategy,... Read More »
  • Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

    The Ensign Group acquired a couple of skilled nursing facilities through its real estate subsidiary Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. The first purchase was for Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a 124-bed SNF in Duncanville, Texas, which will be operated by a third-party operator subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. Ensign... Read More »
  • HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

    Healthcare Transactions Group (HTG) recently closed two transactions in Missouri and Maryland. The Show Me State deal involved Baptist Home of Independence, an 118-bed skilled nursing facility and 20-bed Residential Care Facility in the town of Independence. Built in 1977, the campus received a major renovation in 2021 and was 65% occupied. ... Read More »
  • VIUM’s New H1 Record

    VIUM Capital completed the first half of 2025 with an impressive $780 million in transaction par value. That volume was closed across 32 transactions, 51 separate properties and 14 states, comprising both bridge and permanent debt. It represents the strongest first half of the year in the company’s history. Part of that activity was more than... Read More »
  • Kiser Group Launches Seniors Housing Division

    Kiser Group, a leading multifamily brokerage firm, has announced the launch of its new Seniors Housing Division with the addition of industry veteran Mark Myers as Partner. This strategic expansion reflects the firm’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of investors and operators in the growing senior living sector. With more than 30 years... 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 »