Capital Funding Group Closes $10.57M For NJ SNF; Health System Divests Post-Acute Portfolio

Healthcare Transactions Group completed the sale of Bon Secours Mercy Health’s post-acute portfolios in Ohio and Florida. This marks the final phase of a divestiture process that began in November 2019. The Ohio portfolio included four skilled nursing facilities, four assisted living facilities and one independent living facility. The Florida portfolio was made up of […]

Ziegler Closes $27M for Lutheran Homes of South Carolina; CFG Secures $11.26M for California SNF

Ziegler announced it closed $27.5 million in Series 2022A and 2022B Bonds for the Lutheran Homes of South Carolina. The Luther Homes of South Carolina currently operates five life plan communities, three hospice offices and four non-medical in-home services throughout South Carolina that includes a total of 1,077 units – 409 independent living, 308 assisted […]

SLIB Facilitates Sale of Indiana Nursing Home; CFG Secures $17.2M Bridge-to-HUD Loan for 2 SNFs

Vincennes, Ind.-based skilled nursing facility GentleCare of Vincennes was sold to The Strategies, an Indiana based owner/operator with other communities in the state, Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced. The 60 licensed bed, with 52 currently functional, facility reportedly has one of the longest running five-star designations in the state, according to SLIB. The seller, a […]

DAC Acquires 340-Bed SNF Portfolio; Fairport Baptist Homes Files For Bankruptcy

Blueprint announced the sale of three skilled nursing and long-term care facilities in Mississippi totaling 340 licensed beds to DAC Acquisitions, LLC. The portfolio’s owner, a New York-based investment firm, put the facilities up for sale after the operator filed for bankruptcy. Overall census declined throughout the pandemic but leveled out in late 2021 at […]

Closures, Consolidation, Sales: Skilled Nursing Ownership Goes Through Shakeup

For-profit nursing home owners such as private equity firms and real estate investment trusts are under fire from the federal government — but current trends suggest that not-for-profit ownership alone is not a viable alternative to meet the needs of the United States’ aging population. Freestanding senior housing and care not-for-profits (NFPs) are closing altogether, […]

Blueprint Sells 59-Bed Georgia SNF; Lument Closes $18.9M for Senior Care Community

Blueprint announced the sale of Cobblestone Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, a 59-bed skilled nursing facility in Moultrie, Ga., following the operator’s recent bankruptcy filing. The facility, which was previously owned by a New York-based investment firm, was sold to a local community-based teaching hospital, Colquitt Regional Medical Center. “Acquiring Cobblestone will allow us to expand […]

Ensign Ups its Credit Facility to $600M With Growth in Mind; Meridian Sees $1B in Deals for Q1

The Ensign Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG) announced on Tuesday that it increased its credit facility by $250 million, reaching an aggregate of $600 million for the skilled nursing operator. The borrowings are supported by a lending consortium arranged by Truist Securities. The new facility matures on April 8, 2027, and includes a $400 million incremental […]

CareTrust REIT Expands Illinois Footprint; Ziegler Closes $23.5M in Financing

CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ: CTRE) is growing in Illinois after acquiring the Imboden Creek Living Center, Gardens and Villas campus in Decatur, Ill. this month. CareTrust’s initial investment in the facility, inclusive of capital expenditure commitments and transaction costs, was roughly $13.1 million. The campus includes 95 licensed skilled nursing beds, 46 assisted living units and […]

Consolidation Causes SNF Not-for-Profits to Exit Space as Lending Market Heats Up

Bank and finance company executives have found skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to not only be increasingly changing hands in the last year, but are also changing from a tax-exempt, not-for-profit status to a for-profit facility. That’s according to commentary collected during an executive survey published by speciality investment bank Ziegler and the National Investment Center […]

Ensign Group Expands Texas Portfolio; ESI Sells Ohio SNF for $10.75M

The Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) announced it acquired the real estate and operations of The Waterton Healthcare and Rehabilitation, a 74-bed skilled nursing facility in Tyler, Texas.  In a separate transaction on the same day, Ensign affiliates acquired the operations of Amarsi Assisted Living, a 103-bed assisted living facility located in Glendale, Ariz. and Citadel […]

Eduro Healthcare Expands in Texas; Capital Funding Group Sees $3.8B Year

Eduro Healthcare recently added two skilled nursing facilities to its Texas portfolio. The first facility, in Lockhart, Texas, closed for seven months due to damage from last year’s winter freeze. “We are excited to be the team to reopen Parkview Nursing and Rehab,” Eduro Healthcare Managing Partner Michael Bewsey said in a news release announcing […]

Banks More ‘Bullish’ on Skilled Nursing Lending Market Heading into 2022

The skilled nursing market was anything but quiet in 2021 and some of the top lenders in the space expect that activity to continue despite persisting staffing challenges that operators now face. “We’re definitely seeing more bridge lending, especially if the owner-operator is proven. As far as new construction, we are seeing an uptick in […]

VIUM Capital Closes Multiple Acquisition Loans; 70-Bed SNF Acquired for $5M

VIUM Capital closed multiple skilled nursing deals recently including a $21,250,000 acquisition loan for a Wisconsin-based continuing care retirement community and a $58 acquisition loan for a Michigan portfolio of five SNFs and one assisted living facility. The CRCC, Bria of Trinity, was purchased using bridge-to-HUD funding for a buyer looking to grow their presence […]

Greystone Closes $450M CLO; Symphony Care Network Adds 129-Bed SNF

Greystone announced it closed a $450 million commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CLO) backed exclusively by bridge loans for health care projects. It marks the largest health care CLO ever recorded as Greystone bested its own mark of $300 million set back in 2018. The assets in the CLO consist of skilled nursing, assisted […]

ESI Helps With $150M Sale; Greystone Closes $13.6M Deal

Evans Senior Investments (ESI) announced the sale of a Pennsylvania portfolio in three separate transactions that consisted of eight long-term care communities for the combined purchase price of $150 million or $121,000 per functional bed. The first tranche of the portfolio included four communities totaling 661 licensed skilled nursing beds and 88 independent living cottage […]

Greystone Secures $25.1M in Financing for 7 Property Portfolio in Missouri; Harborview Gets $19.68M For 205-Bed Portfolio

National commercial real estate company Greystone provided $25,100,000 in bridge acquisition financing for a 582-bed seven-property portfolio in Missouri. The loan is interest only for the first two years and includes floating rate bridge financing. It features a 36-month term with two six-month extension options. Managing Directors Eric Rosenstock and Fred Levine originated the loan […]

Ziegler Closes $120M Deal; Greystone Gets Bridge Loan For 6-SNF Portfolio

Specialty investment bank Ziegler announced it closed $120 million Series 2021 bonds for a group that owns and operates 14 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) throughout California. The CCRCs consist of 2,188 residential living apartments, 477 assisted living apartments, 161 memory support suites and 656 skilled nursing beds. The bonds will be used to fund […]

Ziegler Closes Nearly $92M in Financing; Ensign Group Buys Up Three SNFs

Specialty investment bank Ziegler announced it closed $91,910,000 Series 2021A, Series 2021B and 2021C bonds for a Washington not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates a continuing care retirement community in Tacoma, Wash. The bonds will be used to fund an expansion project that will include the construction of 91 new independent living units, a new […]

CRCCs Not Looking to Exit, But Reinvest in Skilled Nursing

Continuing care retirement communities are designed to offer a wide range of senior care services across multiple settings at their campuses, including skilled nursing. But, with occupancy recovery slowed and consumer trends changing the look of nursing homes and senior care nationwide, some CCRCs are forced to ask what the future of their skilled nursing […]