• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
MedCore Partners Divests Washington State Community

MedCore Partners Divests Washington State Community

After purchasing a portfolio of seven seniors housing properties from Ventas in July 2020, MedCore Partners is divesting one of the properties in Sedro-Woolley, Washington (about 75 miles north of Seattle). The 2020 acquisition comprised six other communities in Washington (Sequim, Olympia, Centralia and Tacoma) and California (San Juan Capistrano and Westminster), and in total sold for $52 million, or $89,300 per unit. Still operated by Senior Services of America, there are 582 total units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. MedCore made the acquisition with The National Realty Group and Kong Capital, originally agreeing to a purchase price of $70 million but lowering... Read More »
Bloom Senior Living Blossoms Again

Bloom Senior Living Blossoms Again

Last week we disclosed that Bloom Senior Living and its affiliate Kandu Capital hit a home run with its sale of a 94-unit assisted living and memory care community in St. Petersburg, Florida. They purchased it for $5.5 million in 2017 and just sold it for $12.5 million. Not too shabby.  Well, it looks like they did it again, this time selling a 91-unit assisted living community in Lakewood, Ohio for $11.8 million, or nearly $130,000 per unit. While that price per unit will not be breaking any records, Bloom had purchased the community in 2010 for just $3.1 million out of the Sunwest Management bankruptcy.   Do the math, and that is a 380% return... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Originates Financings for Four Communities

Walker & Dunlop Originates Financings for Four Communities

Walker & Dunlop Managing Director Kevin Giusti and Senior Analyst Brian Neal recently originated $37.47 million in financing for four assisted living and memory care facilities: Bloom at Bluffton in Bluffton, South Carolina; Bloom at Hilton Head in Hilton Head, South Carolina; Cascades of Tucson, in Tucson, Arizona; and Regency Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee. The Bloom Portfolio consists of two assisted living and memory care homes in South Carolina with 117 total units that sold in May for $12.25 million to WindRiver Companies for a cap rate around 5.7%. Built around 20 years ago, the communities had seen occupancy decline to 70% due to the pandemic and several new communities opening... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Lands HUD Financing For Two Senior Care Properties

Walker & Dunlop Lands HUD Financing For Two Senior Care Properties

Two senior care properties obtained permanent HUD financing courtesy of Walker & Dunlop to replace their original acquisition debt. Joshua Rosen led the origination team on the transactions.  Cascade Capital Group acquired the 136-bed supportive living facility in Aurora, Illinois earlier this year, thanks in part to an $11.03 million nine-month bridge loan arranged by Mr. Rosen from W&D’s balance sheet, which covered 100% of the acquisition costs. Built in 1964, the community is located adjacent to a 156-bed skilled nursing facility. It is being refinanced by a $14.65 million HUD loan, so Cascade must have added some significant value to the... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Refinances Two Senior Care Facilities

Walker & Dunlop Refinances Two Senior Care Facilities

Walker & Dunlop refinanced two balance sheet loans it had provided over three years ago to two senior care facilities in Texas and Alabama. Kevin Giusti and Michael Vaughn had arranged the prior short-term loans, which came with terms up to three years, interest-only payments throughout the life of the loans and floating interest rates. Built in 2011, the Lubbock, Texas skilled nursing facility was expanded in 2013 and now features 96 private units. In 2016, it received a $15.5 million loan, which represented a 75% loan-to-value. The Huntsville, Alabama property is a CCRC that was built in 1980, with a skilled nursing facility added in 2015. It features 312 units with independent... Read More »