• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
White Oak Secures Financing For SNF Portfolio

White Oak Secures Financing For SNF Portfolio

White Oak Healthcare Finance acted as administrative agent on the funding of a large credit facility secured by 14 skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast with more than 1,400 beds. Totaling $185 million, the senior credit facility comes out to about $132,100 per bed of debt. White Oak was able to build on an existing relationship with the borrower and partner with an undisclosed, but best-in-class, operator. No other details were disclosed.  Read More »
White Oak Healthcare REIT Makes First Acquisition

White Oak Healthcare REIT Makes First Acquisition

Earlier this year, White Oak Healthcare Finance announced that it was forming a new REIT to invest up to $500 million in seniors housing and skilled nursing acquisitions. To do that, they hired a new team consisting of Jeff Erhardt, Paul Nevala, Mike Treiber and John Brussard, all of whom founded Capital Healthcare Investors, a wholly owned subsidiary of MTGE Investment Corp., a publicly traded hybrid REIT. Now, the REIT, appropriately named White Oak Healthcare REIT, is making its first acquisition, involving a four-property senior living portfolio. Located in Arkansas (2), Florida and Pennsylvania, the portfolio features a total of 104 independent living, 230 assisted living and 103... Read More »
White Oak Refinances GMF Capital SNF Portfolio

White Oak Refinances GMF Capital SNF Portfolio

GMF Capital refinanced 14 of its skilled nursing facilities with an $81 million credit facility secured by White Oak Healthcare Finance. The financing is comprised of a $66 million senior credit facility to refinance the properties, which are located in Ohio and Kentucky, and a $15 million line of credit closed for the operating company. This isn’t GMF’s first experience with White Oak, as the lender arranged another senior credit facility for the investment management platform to acquire a couple of assisted living/skilled nursing properties in Rhode Island at the end of 2018. Meridian Senior Living was the operating partner in that deal. Read More »
White Oak Healthcare Finance Buys $700 Million In Senior Care Loans

White Oak Healthcare Finance Buys $700 Million In Senior Care Loans

White Oak Healthcare Finance is aggressively growing its presence in the senior care lender market and purchased a portfolio of 12 skilled nursing and seniors housing loans from Capital One and its participant banks. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the loans totaled approximately $700 million and helped Capital One reduce its skilled nursing exposure. So, it was a win-win for both parties. Capital One also provided debt financing for White Oak to fund the transaction. This isn’t White Oak’s first big wave in the senior care lending market. Last month, the company served as administrative agent and lead lender on the funding of a $190 million senior credit facility of 17 skilled... Read More »