• Greystone Closes Large CLO

    Greystone closed a large collateralized loan obligation (CLO) composed solely of healthcare assets. Greystone CRE Notes 2025-HC4, LLC is a $451.6 million commercial real estate CLO backed exclusively by bridge loans provided by Greystone. The transaction marks the firm’s eighth overall CRE CLO and the industry’s fourth-ever CRE CLO composed... Read More »
  • Fortress Investment Group Divests Arizona Asset

    JLL Capital Markets has closed the sale of Inspira Arrowhead, a 165-unit seniors housing community in Glendale, Arizona. The community was under the ownership of Fortress Investment Group funds for just 18 months, but in that time occupancy rose from 89% to 94% and NOI improved by 35%. Fortress bought the asset in April 2024 in a joint venture... Read More »
  • Stacked Stone Makes Another Acquisition

    Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, followed up on its October acquisition in Oklahoma with the purchase of two assisted living/memory care communities in Illinois, near the St. Louis MSA. Similar to the Oklahoma deal, Stacked Stone has made Illinois acquisition in a joint venture with the private equity... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Large SNF Deal in Pennsylvania

    Not-for-profit to for-profit are not easy, and it took a two-year process for Blueprint to successfully close the sale of a 250-bed skilled nursing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The property appears to be Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation, one of three skilled nursing facilities owned by Dublin, Ohio-American Health Foundation... Read More »
  • JDI Realty Buys Alpharetta Asset

    A partnership recently acquired Chapters Living of Alpharetta, a 79-unit assisted living/memory care community in Alpharetta, Georgia (Atlanta, MSA). Built in 2013, the high-quality community was previously known as Addington Place of Alpharetta. JDI Realty, in partnership with Purity Strategies and Chapters Senior Living, bought the community... Read More »
Ziegler & M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska IL Community

Ziegler & M&T Realty Refinance Nebraska IL Community

Ziegler and M&T Realty partnered to refinance an independent living community in Kearney, Nebraska, that is owned by Omaha-based Essex Communities. Built in 1992, the community has 34 units and was 100% occupied at closing. Essex bought it in 2018 and immediately commenced substantial renovations, which were completed in 2019.   To reimburse its capital expenditure investments, extract equity and take out debt from a local lender that the company used to acquire the community, Essex relied on Ziegler to arrange a $4.37 million loan from Fannie Mae. The 10-year loan came with a fixed interest rate and two years of interest only, followed by a 30-year amortization period. It was... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Massive Bond Financing For Sonoma County Construction Project

Ziegler Closes Massive Bond Financing For Sonoma County Construction Project

Ziegler brought out the big guns for a nearly $300 million bond financing closed for Ensō Village, a to-be-built CCRC in Healdsburg, California. The Kendal Corporation, a national not-for-profit provider of senior living services, is spearheading the project, which will be a Zen-inspired community set on 16 acres in the heart of Sonoma wine country.   Kendal has planned for 221 independent living, 30 assisted living and 24 memory support units. Of the 221 IL units, 20 are low-income rental apartments for retired Buddhist teachers, and 10 are moderate-income apartments, which will all be mixed among the market-rate units on campus. Common areas and amenities will include a central lobby,... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Debt For Invesque Illinois Sale

Ziegler Arranges Debt For Invesque Illinois Sale

Ziegler served as capital structuring advisor in the $48.95 million debt placement to support the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities and one supportive living facility in the Lincoln Park and South Shore neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. Symphony Care Network is the buyer, after having already operated the communities for some time on behalf of the landlord, Invesque. There are 475 licensed skilled nursing beds and 118 supportive living beds.   The deal is part of Invesque’s plan to streamline its relationship with Symphony. These three facilities sold for approximately $55.5 million, or $93,600 per bed, providing about $10.5 million of net cash proceeds... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Bond Financing For North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler Closes Bond Financing For North Carolina CCRC

Ziegler successfully funded a major expansion of a not-for-profit CCRC in Durham, North Carolina. The Forest at Duke, which is located just south of the Duke University campus, opened in 1992 as a Type-B community. It currently serves over 360 residents across 154 independent living apartments, 88 IL cottages, 34 assisted living units and 58 licensed skilled nursing beds, four of which are certified for Medicare and none for Medicaid.  The board decided it was time to expand and released plans to add a replacement health and wellness center that will include 32 assisted living and 58 skilled nursing units in a “small house” format in a five-story building. Each household... Read More »
People’s United Bank Refinances Two New England Communities

People’s United Bank Refinances Two New England Communities

Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United Bank announced a couple of refinances for seniors housing clients in New England, working with participating banks on both deals. First, up the coast in Mystic, Connecticut, Masonicare of Chester Village is a 179-unit seniors housing campus with independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It opened in 2016. Masonicare received $45 million of debt, with People’s United Bank as the lead holding $30 million and Washington Trust participating with a $15 million hold. There is a seven-year term and 30-year amortization on the debt, which was came in under 67.5% loan-to-value. The transaction replaces mortgages previously held by... Read More »