• 60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care’s PR Problem

    Recently, we have seen stories circulating about the connection between REIT ownership and the way skilled nursing facilities provide care, stemming from a study written by the nonprofit journalism outlet KFF Health News. We’ve seen this before, headlines like “real estate investors profit while patients suffer,” usually with graphic cases of... Read More »
  • Blueprint Sets Pricing Record in New York State

    Blueprint advised a repeat private equity client in a record-setting sale of two standalone memory care communities in high barrier-to-entry submarkets in New York State. Combining for 104 units, these assets were purpose-built in the late 1990s and were stabilized at the time of the deal. Not only that, they were generating cash flow in excess... Read More »
  • CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »
  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... Read More »
Watercrest Expands Into Virginia

Watercrest Expands Into Virginia

Watercrest Senior Living Group announced the groundbreaking of its first seniors housing community in the state of Virginia. This will also be the furthest north development in Watercrest’s portfolio, so far, as the Florida-based developer/operator has plans to expand its Mid-Atlantic offering. In yet another first, Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II is beginning its relationship with Watercrest on this development.  Set in Richmond, the community will feature 98 units of assisted living and memory care plus many of the luxury amenities typical of a Watercrest community, including a fireplace, theater, salon/spa, a scotch and cigar... Read More »
IDB Bank Arranges Loan for Florida Facility

IDB Bank Arranges Loan for Florida Facility

Watercrest Senior Living Group’s first-ever “Market Street” senior living community located in Viera, Florida, recently refinanced with the help of Israel Discount Bank of New York (IDB Bank). Opened in 2016 under Watercrest’s new stand-alone memory care brand, the 60-unit community experienced a quick lease-up, reaching 50% occupancy in the first five months after opening. Things clearly have gone smoothly since, as it is now refinancing with a $10.7 million loan structured by IDB Bank. Lisa Silvers, senior vice president of healthcare lending, handled the transaction. 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 »
PGIM Arranges Refinance of Watercrest Community

PGIM Arranges Refinance of Watercrest Community

One of Watercrest Senior Living Group’s success stories just reached stabilization and refinanced with the help of Chris Fenton of PGIM Real Estate Finance. Developed at an approximate cost of $17 million, or $191,000 per unit, in Sebastian, Florida, the 89-unit property opened in May 2016 and shot out of the gates in its lease-up, reaching 62% occupancy by August of that year. Since then, the community has fully stabilized and became eligible for permanent financing. To refinance an existing bank loan from Community & Southern Bank (now Bank of the Ozarks), PGIM originated a $10 million Freddie Mac loan, with a variable rate, seven-year term and 20 years of amortization at... Read More »
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint

There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry. Real estate investment manager Waypoint Residential, predominantly focused on conventional multifamily and student housing, just made its first acquisition of a senior living community in the town of Starkville, Mississippi (home of Mississippi State University), for $22.7 million, or about $276,800 per unit. Developed in January 2016 by CR Properties, LLC and Blake Management Group, this community has 14 independent living, 43 assisted living and 25 memory care units. After already bringing occupancy to 100%, Blake Management Group will continue to manage the community. Josh Randolph of Colliers International represented the seller in... Read More »