• 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 »
Another Bank Bond Financing From Ziegler

Another Bank Bond Financing From Ziegler

The bank bond financings keep coming from Ziegler, which recently closed another one on behalf of Presbyterian Village North located in Dallas, Texas. The not-for-profit CCRC was originally built in 2007 and now includes 89 buildings with 253 independent living units, 101 assisted living units, 44 memory care units and a skilled nursing facility with 106 operating beds and 172 licensed beds, all on a 66-acre campus.   Its sponsor is Presbyterian Communities and Services, Inc., d/b/a Forefront Living, which is planning an expansion project that will include 112 independent living units in a new five-story building, in addition to renovations to the existing campus common... Read More »
Ziegler Structures Debt For Radiant Senior Living Acquisition

Ziegler Structures Debt For Radiant Senior Living Acquisition

Ziegler served as exclusive capital structuring advisor on a debt placement for the borrower, Radiant Senior Living, to acquire a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in the Pacific Northwest. Two of the properties are located near Seattle, Washington, while the third is in Bozeman, Montana.   Previously owned by a publicly traded REIT, they combine for 36 independent living and 204 assisted living units and generate in-place, stabilized cash flow. However, there is an opportunity to add value through economies of scale, which suits Radiant and its 18-property portfolio in the Pacific Northwest.  The $42.6 million in financing consisted of both senior and mezzanine debt,... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Large Bank/Bond Financing

Ziegler Closes Large Bank/Bond Financing

Ziegler closed a huge financing package for HumanGood California Obligated Group to take out outstanding debt, advance refund other previous bond series and fund various campus improvements across the 14 CCRCs owned and operated by the Obligated Group in California. Altogether, the bank capital totaled $125 million.   There were $15.48 million in Series 2020A revenue and refunding bonds that refinanced an existing tax-exempt bank placement and came with a commitment period of 16 years, matching the previous placement. The Obligated Group received a variable rate based on 79% of one-month LIBOR plus a bank spread and also entered into an interest rate cap with a strike price of... Read More »
Ziegler Finances Spokane CCRC Expansion

Ziegler Finances Spokane CCRC Expansion

Ziegler has been quite busy arranging bond financings for not-for-profit clients, and the team has done it again for two CCRCs in Spokane, Washington. The borrower, Rockwood Retirement Communities (affiliated with Spokane United Methodist Homes), owns and operates Rockwood South Hill and Rockwood at Whitworth, which have a combined 600 residents.   The Whitworth community is set to expand its assisted living and memory care offering, with Phase I including the demolition of a portion of The Manor building to be replaced by 48 new assisted living units and 24 new memory care units. Then, in Phase II, ownership will replace the rest of The Manor, the healthcare center, two duplexes and two... Read More »
CCRC Bond Financing Rocks This Year

CCRC Bond Financing Rocks This Year

A week does not go by without another announcement about either a refinance of a not-for-profit CCRC or a new financing with the proceeds being used to expand or renovate, and even new, ground-up CCRC developments. Expand, during the worst pandemic in 100 years when seniors housing occupancy is plummeting? That’s what we said.  In our first transaction, Cain Brothers had been working with Whitestone: A Masonic and Eastern Community since 2007, when several areas of need were identified to make the community more competitive. It opened its doors in 1913 and is the oldest CCRC in North Carolina. It has been managed by Life Care Services, which together with Cain... Read More »