• Newmark Facilitates Morgan Stanley/MorningStar Deal

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management made a splash in announcing the acquisition of three Class-A seniors housing communities in the Denver, Colorado MSA. The communities comprised 463 units and were previously owned by Kayne Anderson Real Estate. They were managed by MorningStar Senior Living, which is based in Denver and staying on as operator... Read More »
  • Town Lane Announces First Deal with Arcole Platform

    Town Lane, a real estate investment management firm, and Atlas Senior Living, a Birmingham-based seniors housing operator, acquired The Overlook at Suwanee, a 175-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Suwanee, Georgia. The community was formerly Heartis Suwanee, which was built in 2018 by Caddis. Tremper Capital... Read More »
  • Evans Senior Investments Handles Two-SNF Trade

    Two skilled nursing facilities in northeast Pennsylvania found a new owner, after its independent owner/operator decided to fully exit the business. Evans Senior Investments was the exclusive sell-side advisor on the deal, which featured the 133-bed/unit Ellen Memorial Health Care Center in Honesdale and the 115-bed Carbondale Nursing & Rehab... Read More »
  • Alabama AL/MC Asset Sells

    Daniel Geraghty and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Anniston, Alabama. The property underwent a full interior renovation in 2025 and was being sold by a Southeast-based owner that was exiting the industry. A publicly traded REIT, leveraging one of its existing... Read More »
  • SVN Senior Living Advisors Sells Two Texas SNFs

    A regional owner/operator was looking to grow its portfolio in Texas and acquired two skilled nursing facilities totaling 188 beds in the state. SVN Senior Living Advisors (SVN SLA) represented the private seller, which had been referred to SVN SLA by one of its institutional lender clients. Managing Director Josh Salzman led an efficient and... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing For Not-For-Profit Owner/Operator

Ziegler Closes Financing For Not-For-Profit Owner/Operator

Ziegler has closed a series of bonds for Otterbein SeniorLife to acquire Kendal at Granville, a CCRC located in Granville, Ohio. Now renamed Otterbein Granville, the not-for-profit owner/operator will use proceeds from Series 2021B bonds to acquire the community and subsequently use the proceeds from the acquisition to refund the community’s Series 2015 bonds, acquire certain leased property on the campus and pay the cost of issuance.  The bonds consist of $24.5 million of tax-exempt Series 2021B bonds and $20.5 million of tax-exempt forward delivery Series 2023 bonds scheduled to close in April 2023. Proceeds of the Series 2023 bonds will be used to refund Otterbein’s... Read More »
Radiant Senior Living Sells AL Community in Washington

Radiant Senior Living Sells AL Community in Washington

Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side advisor to Radiant Senior Living in the sale of South Pointe Assisted Living, a 42-unit independent living and assisted living community located in Everett, Washington. Radiant, a West-Coast-based family-owner and operator of senior care communities, acquired the community in 2020 as part of a larger portfolio transaction including one other community in the Greater Seattle area as well as another community in Bozeman, Montana. The portfolio, which featured a majority of assisted living units, reportedly sold for just under $200,000 per unit.   Prior to acquiring the community from the previous lessor, Radiant... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing for Texas Owner/Operator

Ziegler Closes Financing for Texas Owner/Operator

Ziegler has closed $116.1 million of Series 2021 bonds for Methodist Retirement Communities (MRC), a not-for-profit based in Texas which currently owns and operates 13 seniors housing communities throughout the state. Once the bonds are closed, two communities will join four MRC-affiliated communities currently comprising the MRC Obligated Group. Proceeds of the bonds, which are being privately placed with Truist Bank and Hancock Whitney Bank, will be used to refinance the existing indebtedness of the two communities.  Ziegler implemented a “Cinderella” refunding structure where Series 2021 taxable bank bonds (which convert to tax-exempt bonds at the first call date) advance refunded the... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing for Philadelphia Operator

Ziegler Closes Financing for Philadelphia Operator

Ziegler arranged $39.4 million in bond financing for Simpson, a nonprofit operator based in Bala Cynwyd, a suburb of Philadelphia. Formerly known as Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged, the borrower operates three CCRCs in the region: Simpson House in Philadelphia, Simpson Meadows in Downington and Jenner’s Pond in West Grove. In total, the portfolio includes 482 independent living, 56 personal care, 118 assisted living and 178 skilled nursing units. As a result of this financing, Simpson’s entire capital structure now comprises all public, fixed-rate bonds. Proceeds from this deal will refinance existing bonds from 2015 and fund capital expenditures, among other uses.  Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing for Florida CCRC Operator

Ziegler Closes Financing for Florida CCRC Operator

Ziegler closed a $16.645 million bond series for Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Inc. (Oak Hammock), a not-for-profit corporation formed in 1998 to own and operate a large CCRC in Gainesville, Florida. The 135-acre campus consists of 269 independent living units, 46 assisted living units, 24 memory support units and 73 skilled nursing beds. All of the skilled nursing beds are Medicare certified and currently maintain a five-star CMS rating.  The proceeds of the Series 2021 bonds will be used, together with other available funds, to refinance outstanding Series 2017B Notes, finance approximately $1.876 million of capital expenditures, and fund a debt service reserve... Read More »