• Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard, Executive Managing Director of JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory, to discuss the results of JLL’s recently published 2026 Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey and Trends. They also covered some major topics heading into NIC in Nashville. Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Burning Questions for NIC Attendees

    This time next week, we’ll be heading out of Nashville from the Spring NIC conference likely buoyed by the overwhelmingly positive mood we’re expecting from most of our industry friends. It’s hard not to be optimistic when occupancy and margins are increasing to healthy levels nationally, and show no signs of stopping, when liquidity is... Read More »
  • Janus Living’s IPO Results

    Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Secures Slew of HUD and Bridge Financings

    VIUM Capital recently closed a series of healthcare and seniors housing real estate financings across multiple states, spanning both HUD-insured loans and bridge executions for skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care assets. The largest loan was a $56.4 million HUD financing for a 325-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility... Read More »
  • Several Senior Care Finances Close

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group reported an active end of winter, closing a handful of debt transactions for clients in Illinois and Kentucky. First, he helped the owner of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility in Kentucky refinance existing acquisition debt following a successful operational turnaround. Since acquiring the facility... Read More »
Watermark Retirement Communities and JV Partner Acquire Two Assets

Watermark Retirement Communities and JV Partner Acquire Two Assets

The joint venture between Titan Development and EverWest Real Estate Investors decided to sell two of its “Élan” assets in the Southwest. Each property features 77 assisted living and 36 memory care units, for a total of 220 units with 226 beds. The Austin, Texas property opened in late 2016, and just after, the Albuquerque community opened in early 2017 within the 60-acre Santa Monica Place master plan, which consists of 460 new, Class-A multifamily units (developed by Titan Development and Alliance Residential), a 130-unit independent living community operated by Resort Lifestyle Communities, and 150 new single family homes ranging in price from $275,000 to $400,000. Seems like a good... Read More »
Kayne Anderson Closes on Three California Communities

Kayne Anderson Closes on Three California Communities

Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors has joint ventured with Watermark Retirement Communities to add three more California senior living communities to its portfolio thanks to financing provided by SunTrust Bank. Two of the communities were located in the Los Angeles market (in Whittier and Riverside). Averaging about 20 years in age, they had previously been owned by Bridge Investment Group, and Watermark will take over operations. Meanwhile, the third property was up north in the Oakland MSA town of Emeryville. It was previously owned by Welltower and managed by Watermark, which will stay on as operator. To fund the acquisition, SunTrust Bank provided $69.5 million in financing. Following... Read More »
BMO’s Busy Summer

BMO’s Busy Summer

Shunning any summer doldrums, BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced two loan closings in the last week, on the back of a $200 million facility it closed on behalf of Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors and Watermark Retirement Communities earlier this month. First, in Hugo, Minnesota, the group acted as sole lender in arranging an $18 million term loan to refinance a 100-unit senior living community. Keystone Senior, LLC, an owner/operator of communities across seven states, was the borrower. The group then worked on behalf of TH Real Estate (an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA) and LCS to fund their acquisition of a large CCRC in Evans,... Read More »
Brand-New Tampa Development Sells To PE Group

Brand-New Tampa Development Sells To PE Group

The team of Allen McMurtry, Paul Carr and David Kliewer of Cushman & Wakefield helped a development collaboration successfully sell its two-year old assisted living/memory care community in the Tampa, Florida area. Gulf Coastal Development and Rookis Development (along with operator Watermark Retirement Communities) have a history of teaming up to develop other senior living communities, in addition to other product types throughout the country. Developed at an approximate cost of $19 million, or around $200,000 per unit, this project in the high-growth Tampa submarket of Trinity opened in July 2016 and quickly surpassed 95% occupancy. In its three stories, it features 67 assisted... Read More »

Two Seniors Housing Developments Find Financing With HJ Sims

HJ Sims helped land financing for a couple of luxury senior living developments across the country this month, with two bond placements totaling over $45 million. The larger project, located in Palm Coast, Florida, is being developed by affiliates of the Tuscan Garden Group to include 86 assisted living and 44 memory care units (166 total beds). At a cost of approximately $56 million, or $430,000 per unit, the three-building community is located adjacent to the master-planned community of Grand Haven. Sims sold about $11 million of the bonds to its accredited investor base, with the balance going to six institutional investors. The issuance included $39.55 million of senior... Read More »