• Berkadia Announces 2025 Activity and Latest Deal

    by | Feb 5, 2026 12:18 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Berkadia recorded another successful year, with more than $2 billion in mortgage banking closings for the second consecutive year. In 2025, Berkadia’s financings were spread across 123 properties including active adult, independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing communities. Multiple lending sources were utilized, such... Read More »

  • Bank Closes Refinance and Acquisition Financing

    by | Feb 5, 2026 12:17 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Coastal States Bank announced that it recently closed $9 million in financing to refinance a 60-unit purpose-built memory care community near Centerville, Ohio, and to acquire a 53-unit memory care community in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Following the closing, the sponsor’s affiliated management company, Kauhale Healthcare Management, began managing... Read More »

  • SLIB Sells Ohio Assisted Living Portfolio

    by | Feb 5, 2026 12:13 pm | Acquisitions

    Jeff Binder and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Ohio. Built between 1987 and 2009, the three buildings consist of 314 total units. They were in receivership. Working on behalf of the out-of-state owner, which has other seniors housing communities throughout Ohio, SLIB... Read More »

  • AHR’s New Interim CEO

    by | Feb 5, 2026 12:12 pm | Uncategorized

    American Healthcare REIT, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and President, Danny Prosky, has taken a medical leave of absence, effective February 3, 2026, due to a recent medical event. So, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Jeffrey T. Hanson, the Chairman of the company’s Board, to serve as Interim CEO and President, effective... Read More »

  • NHI Acquires Nine Communities

    by | Feb 3, 2026 3:47 pm | Acquisitions

    National Health Investors made a large SHOP purchase, adding nine communities consisting of 460 total units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The properties will be managed by Allegro Living Management, an affiliate of Spring Arbor Management. NHI has an existing relationship with Spring Arbor totaling approximately $227 million in... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Financing For Not-For-Profit Owner/Operator

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

by | Dec 16, 2021 4:36 pm | Financings

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

by | Dec 13, 2021 9:37 am | Acquisitions

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

by | Dec 3, 2021 3:34 pm | Financings

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

by | Nov 30, 2021 2:22 pm | Financings

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

by | Nov 29, 2021 10:20 am | Financings

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 »