• Genesis HealthCare’s Legacy Liabilities Lead to Bankruptcy Filing

    Genesis HealthCare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing its 298 affiliated holding companies, ancillary businesses and insurance vehicles in its submission to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division. It is one of the largest skilled nursing operators in the country and operates 218... Read More »
  • Cindat Capital Management Invests in Colorado Community

    Cindat Capital Management, a middle-market real estate private equity platform focused on seniors housing and opportunistic investments, announced its first investment from its Senior Housing Credit Platform. It was a unitranche debt investment in The Pearl at Boulder Creak, a 116-unit, Class-A independent living and assisted living community... Read More »
  • MedCore Divests to Publicly Traded Healthcare REIT

    Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side financial advisor to MedCore on the sale of Parkview on Hollybrook, a 189-unit rental CCRC in Longview, Texas. The property has been on a long road to stabilization. It was originally bought in a bankruptcy auction in 2016 for $20.7 million by Thrive FP when it was in the middle of development. 12... Read More »
  • Forbright Bank’s H1 Activity

    Forbright Bank reported its activity for the first half of the year from its healthcare and HUD lending teams, announcing more than $500 million in loans closed for acquisitions, recapitalizations, working capital, and HUD financings for healthcare providers across the country. One of the largest transactions was a $60 million revolving loan to... Read More »
  • Large SNF Portfolio Secures Financing

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced the closing of $218.3 million in combined bridge, mezzanine, and working capital financing for 18 skilled nursing facilities across Kentucky. The transaction includes a $179.3 million senior bridge loan and a $29 million mezzanine loan, which the sponsor plans to use to restructure and upsize the existing debt on the... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Wisconsin CCRC Deal

Ziegler Closes Wisconsin CCRC Deal

Dan Revie, Don Husi, and Tedd Van Gorden from Ziegler represented Bridge Investment Group in the sale of its entrance-fee CCRC in Mequon, Wisconsin. LCS was the previous operator and will hand over management to the new owner, Iowa-based not-for-profit Lifespace Communities. No purchase price was disclosed, but Ziegler helped arrange acquisition financing for the deal. Built in 2003, the community has 159 independent living units, 36 assisted living units, 16 memory care units and 46 skilled nursing beds on a 52-acre campus. It will join six other Lifespace communities in the Midwest. Read More »
Ziegler Represents CJE SeniorLife in SNF Sale

Ziegler Represents CJE SeniorLife in SNF Sale

Cascade Capital and Legacy Healthcare are acquiring a large skilled nursing facility in Skokie, Illinois, with Ziegler’s Dan Revie and Tedd Van Gorden representing the seller, CJE SeniorLife, in the transaction. Opened in 1981, the seven-story building has all private rooms, with 216 dually certified and 24 set aside for just Medicare patients. CJE Senior Living, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and Cascade/Legacy signed a letter of intent in February 2021 and closed the deal at the end of July. The purchase price was not disclosed.  Read More »
Ziegler Provides Financing For New Texas CCRC

Ziegler Provides Financing For New Texas CCRC

Ziegler announced a $56.85 million bond closing for Westminster, a Texas-based not-for-profit corporation, to expand and renovate its Type-A CCRC in Austin. Set on 9.3 acres, the campus currently comprises 324 independent living units, 22 assisted living units and 85 skilled nursing beds, of which 30 are utilized for memory care. Life Care Services has managed the property since 1981.   LCS will also be providing development services for the expansion, which started in July 2020 and will feature a new five-story building with 43 IL, 36 AL and 38 MC units and another new five-story building with 18 IL units and a wellness center with a fitness center, PT/OT space and clinic. In addition,... Read More »
Ziegler Provides Financing For New Texas CCRC

Ziegler Finances Another CCRC Expansion

Investment banking firm Ziegler just closed on a $115.63 million bond financing for a Florida CCRC called Vicar’s Landing. The not-for-profit community is located in Ponte Vedra Beach on a 24.3-acre site within Sawgrass, a 4,800-acre private resort and residential community. The community currently includes 227 independent living units, 38 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing facilities.   The new funds will be used to pay off some existing bond debt and partially finance a new project that will be located a mile from the current campus, to be called Vicar’s Landing at Oak Bridge. The proceeds will also be used to fund a debt service reserve fund, fund capitalized interest and pay... Read More »
Oregon CCRC Expanding with Bond Financing

Oregon CCRC Expanding with Bond Financing

Friendsview, a Quaker-affiliated not-for-profit CCRC in Newburg, Oregon, is set to break ground on a new expansion and redevelopment project next month. To fund the project, the Type-A, entrance-fee-based community is set to receive $124.22 million in funding from bonds issued through the Yamhill County Hospital Authority and underwritten by Ziegler.   Greystone acted as the development consultant for the project, providing all necessary planning services to implement the project.   Bond financing is expected to be used toward three segments of Friendsview’s redevelopment project – Springbrook Meadows North, Sutton Terrace at University Village... Read More »