• LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

    LTC Properties released its 2025 fourth quarter results and 2026 guidance, and in it reiterated its shift toward its newly established SHOP segment. During the second quarter of the year, the company established the segment, marking its shift in focus from the skilled nursing sector. Later in Q2, it terminated its Anthem Memory Care triple-net... Read More »
  • Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

    Calaroga Terrace has traded hands, from a national owner/operator to a regional developer. The community sits is north of the Oregon Convention Center, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2016, the 15-story high rise is situated on just under one acre and features 181 independent living and 84 assisted living units. The... Read More »
  • New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

    Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

    Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior... Read More »
  • Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

    Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare... Read More »
Philly-Area CCRC Goes from Bank to Bond Debt

Philly-Area CCRC Goes from Bank to Bond Debt

Facing rising short-term interest rates, a not-for-profit CCRC in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, market turned to Ziegler to refund its existing bank debt with a tax-exempt bond issue. The community is located on a 63-acre campus about 10 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia in the town of Gladwyne, offering 151 independent living units, 69 IL villas, 33 personal care units, 16 memory care units and 49 private skilled nursing beds. It had benefited from variable-rate debt over the last decade, investing in expansions and improvements over the years. However, when short-term rates were on the rise, but declining at the long end of the yield curve, they decided to refinance the bank... Read More »
Florida CCRC Secures Bond Debt

Florida CCRC Secures Bond Debt

A not-for-profit CCRC in Lakeland, Florida is now able to further its mission and strategic plans thanks to $32.8 million in bond financing placed by Ziegler. Approximately $18 million of the community’s outstanding Series 2008 bonds had become callable, and the property also wanted to finance about $17.4 million in future capital expenditures. So, working with the not-for-profit client for the first time, Ziegler stepped in to secure a low interest rate and reduce their annual debt service. This community was originally built in 1986 and currently operates 337 independent living, 49 assisted living and 72 skilled nursing units on its campus. All of its health care units, which maintain a... Read More »
De Paul Health Care Divests Three Philly-Area SNFs

De Paul Health Care Divests Three Philly-Area SNFs

De Paul Health Care sold three of its Philadelphia-area skilled nursing facilities, leaving the New Jersey-based provider with four SNFs in its portfolio, in addition to its existing medical office building and residential community businesses. Mark Myers and Joshua Jandris of IPA Seniors Housing represented the De Paul family in the transaction, which included a 49-bed skilled nursing facility and a 120-bed SNF in Philadelphia, and a 162-bed facility in Absecon, New Jersey (adjacent to Atlantic City). These facilities were operating at breakeven, despite solid occupancy, which leaves some room for added value for the new owner, Paramount Care Centers. Christopher Utz of Ziegler Seniors... Read More »
Ziegler Issues Bonds For Large CCRC Acquisition

Ziegler Issues Bonds For Large CCRC Acquisition

A large CCRC portfolio sold to The Trousdale Foundation, a Boston-based not-for-profit owner/operator, thanks in part to a $200.57 million bond financing arranged by Ziegler. Totaling nearly 1,600 beds and units, the portfolio features three CCRCs in Dayton, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, and Sebring, Florida, and one skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were originally acquired from 2001 to 2011 by the seller, Covington Senior Living. In those transactions, the CCRCs sold for between $35,000 and $40,000 per bed/unit, while the fourth facility was originally purchased for close to $100,000 per bed/unit. The communities are on the older side (built in the 1970s... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Austin Acquisition

Ziegler Arranges Austin Acquisition

Ziegler’s Investment Banking Senior Living team served as exclusive advisor to Brazos Presbyterian Homes, Inc. in its purchase of an entrance-fee CCRC in Austin, Texas. Featuring 173 independent living units, 41 IL villas, 20 assisted living units, 16 memory care units and 60 skilled nursing beds on about 55 acres, the community had previously been sponsored by The Ex-Students’ Association of the University of Texas, known as the Texas Exes. In a blind competitive national search to find the best candidate for affiliation, not-for-profit Brazos Presbyterian emerged as the winner, adding to its two existing communities in Houston. After signing a letter of intent in October 2017, Brazos... Read More »