Private equity group Valstone Partners is not looking back with the sale of its 42-unit assisted living/memory care community in Newport, Tennessee, barely a half year after acquiring the community as part of a portfolio transaction in December 2015. Built in 2000, the Brookdale Senior Living-operated community features 32 assisted living and 10 memory care units. It was operating decently with a 20% margin on approximately $1.62 million of revenues, with a 95% occupancy. But, the community’s size and location (rural eastern Tennessee) did not align with Valstone’s long-term strategy, prompting the sale. Mainstay Financial Group, a growing regional owner/operator, paid $3.9 million, or $92,857 per unit, for the community. And the cap rate for the deal was 8.5%. Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.