• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »
  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
Ziegler Refinances Virginia CCRC With Bank Placement

Ziegler Refinances Virginia CCRC With Bank Placement

Ziegler announced another bank financing after a spate of recent closings, including a construction financing for a Michigan CCRC, a refinance of a Pennsylvania CCRC and one for a CCRC in Texas, just to name a few. The most recent deal was arranged for Warm Hearth Village, a not-for-profit CCRC in Blacksburg, Virginia that was founded in 1974. It has since grown to 259 independent living units, 55 active adult units, 150 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds on a 220-acre campus.   There were nine outstanding direct bank placements with three different banks on the property, so ownership sought to consolidate debt and also fund about $2 million in planned campus... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Construction Financing for Michigan CCRC

Ziegler Secures Construction Financing for Michigan CCRC

A not-for-profit CCRC in Michigan is embarking on an independent living expansion and worked with the team at Ziegler to secure a bank bond financing to fund it. Located in the affluent suburb of East Grand Rapids, the CCRC was originally built in 1960 on a 20-acre campus. It currently consists of 170 entrance-fee independent living units, 20 rental IL units, 46 assisted living units, 35 memory care units and 29 skilled nursing beds. Recently, ownership purchased a medical office building on the northeast corner of the campus but has plans to demolish it and build 26 new independent living units with underground parking, communal areas on each floor and an outdoor patio/entertaining space.... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Short-Term and Long-Term Debt for CCRC Client

Ziegler Secures Short-Term and Long-Term Debt for CCRC Client

The bank bond placements keep coming from Ziegler, and the specialty investment bank has already announced several in the last few weeks for not-for-profit CCRC clients. The latest was arranged for a 362-bed/unit CCRC in Manheim, Pennsylvania, that is sponsored by the not-for-profit Pleasant View Communities. Just like Ziegler’s refinance of a CCRC in Texas announced last week, Truist was involved in the deal, as was Fulton Bank, to provide both short-term and long-term debt.  A couple of planned expansion projects spurred the refinance. Opened in 1954 and growing to include 152 independent living apartments and cottages, 95 personal care (assisted living) units and 115 skilled nursing... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Another Bank Bond Financing

Ziegler Arranges Another Bank Bond Financing

We know that the lending market has slowed considerably, and has been perhaps the main reason for M&A coming to a crawl, but just a week after arranging a bank bond refinance for a CCRC client, Ziegler has arranged another one for a CCRC in Texas, resulting in a total of more than $150 million in proceeds across the two transactions. That’s an impressive sum these days.  Most recently, Ziegler refinanced Westminster, a not-for-profit entrance-fee CCRC in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1972, Westminster has grown over the years to include 327 independent living units, 22 assisted living units, 30 memory care units and 55 skilled nursing beds on a 9.3-acre campus. Life Care Services (LCS) has... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges “Cinderella” Bank Bond Refinance for Tennessee CCRC

Ziegler Arranges “Cinderella” Bank Bond Refinance for Tennessee CCRC

Working on behalf of a large CCRC in Germantown, Tennessee, Ziegler successfully closed a series of bank bonds for the not-for-profit sponsor. Incorporated in July 2000, the community has grown on its 27.5 campus to include 230 independent living units, of which there are 202 apartments and 28 patio homes, 32 assisted living units, 16 dementia units and 50 skilled nursing beds, along with plenty of common areas and amenities. The one-, two- and three-story buildings are also interconnected with enclosed, air-conditioned hallways.   Ownership was looking to refinance its 2012 bonds using a Cinderella Refunding structure, which consists of taxable bank debt that then converts to non-bank... Read More »