• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%, and was operating at a good margin, particularly for a small, higher acuity community. It was developed by Marquee Capital and has been operated by BrightStar Senior Living since opening.  Community First Solutions, a leading not-for-profit healthcare organization, acquired the community (which will be rebranded as The Cottage of Mason),... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM Realty Capital acquired the property for $32.925 million, or $205,000 per unit, and will have Gallery Residential handle its management going forward. The community will also be rebranded as Lakeview at Germantown. Read More »
Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is its second acquisition in the state within the past seven months. Read More »
Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the facilities were leased to Tide Group and were added to the master lease the company entered into in August 2024. The master lease remained materially unchanged other than resetting the lease expiration for a new 10-year period and includes two five-year tenant options. Additionally, this acquisition increased Tide’s annual rents tied to its... Read More »
Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform will focus on investing in what it views to be compelling, high-quality properties and will partner with experienced operators in regions with strong demographic and economic fundamentals. Health Wave Partners will aim to capitalize on the strength of Macquarie’s extensive experience and demonstrated track record of growing and institutionalizing... Read More »
Wisconsin IL/AL/MC Development Secures C-PACE Financing

Wisconsin IL/AL/MC Development Secures C-PACE Financing

Nuveen Green Capital partnered with repeat sponsor, North Town Partners, to provide $10.6 million in C-PACE financing as part of the $55 million project cost for a planned seniors housing community in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. C-PACE will be utilized to fund key energy and water efficiency measures. By leveraging C-PACE’s accretive capital, North Town Partners was able to fill a gap in its capital stack, lowering its overall project costs. The project is being jointly developed by DMK Development Group, North Town Partners and Charter Senior Living. Charter Senior Living Sheboygan will comprise 182 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The community will stand three... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Tops 350 Deals in H1:25

60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Tops 350 Deals in H1:25

In the second quarter of 2025, there were 176 publicly announced transactions, a preliminary number that is almost certain to increase in the weeks ahead. That brings our total for the first half of the year to 355 deals, or 710 on an annualized basis. Considering we finished 2024 with 716 total deals, which was a record by far, we are in a good place for deal activity. After a slow May with 47 deals, we wondered if we would even have a chance of breaking 700 transactions for the year. But June bounced back with 64 deals, including some large portfolio deals. Looking at the second quarter, however, trouble may be brewing. Breaking out U.S. M&A activity, 2024 finished with 593 deals in... Read More »
Bloom Exits South Carolina’s Seniors Housing Market

Bloom Exits South Carolina’s Seniors Housing Market

Kandu Capital, LLC, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, collectively known as Bloom, sold its final seniors housing community in South Carolina. The company is seeking realignment as it exits the state after a decade-long presence in the region. The 129-unit independent living and memory care community, which is in Bluffton, sold for $13.5 million on an initial investment of approximately $3 million. Occupancy was around 63% at the time of acquisition, but performance improved between LOI and closing, with monthly revenues increasing from between $250,000 and $260,000 to over $300,000 (or over $3.6 million annualized). NOI also trended up, from roughly breakeven to around... Read More »
Improving Ohio SNF Sees Strong Price

Improving Ohio SNF Sees Strong Price

Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage secured a strong price for a skilled nursing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1965, the facility was originally licensed for 199 beds, but the decision was made to strategically reduce the beds to 167 to save on provider tax and improve the Medicaid rate.  The facility struggled for many years. It was purchased by a Chicago-based investor in 2014 that has subsequently gone bankrupt. The lender took the property back in 2018 due to poor operational management and financial performance, and it ran the facility through receivership, employing a number of managers between 2018 and 2023. The most recent operator was finally able to... Read More »
Stacked Stone Ventures Makes Major SNF Acquisition

Stacked Stone Ventures Makes Major SNF Acquisition

Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, has made a major acquisition in the skilled nursing sector, acquiring nine skilled nursing facilities for approximately $33 million, or $66,000 per bed, at a 13% cap rate. Stacked Stone bought the portfolio in a joint venture with Praxis Capital from a large institutional skilled nursing owner.  Located in Iowa, the nine facilities feature a combined 500 beds, with some assisted living units. They were around 80% occupied and operated at a healthy margin. Accura HealthCare will continue to operate the portfolio under a NNN lease. The transaction was financed with Oxford Finance. Read More »
Tremper Capital Group Announces Two Refinances

Tremper Capital Group Announces Two Refinances

Tremper Capital Group announced a couple of refinances at the end of the second quarter for seniors housing clients. The first was arranged on behalf of Kisco Senior Living for its 333-unit entrance-fee CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Built in 2004, the campus was acquired by Kisco as part of a larger CCRC deal in 2013, and since then it expanded with a 54-unit independent living building in 2018. It was well occupied, around 94%, and operated at a healthy margin. The campus was also looking to add more rental contracts for its units, which should help improve its profitability.  TCG arranged a $45 million loan from BMO to refinance the property, growing the relationship between... Read More »