The Ensign Group added to its expanding portfolio with two large acquisitions in Arizona and California. First, the company purchased two large senior care campuses in Peoria and Mesa, both in the Phoenix MSA. The Peoria campus includes a 150-bed skilled nursing facility and a 70-unit independent living community, while the Mesa property features a 58-bed SNF and a senior living community with 88 independent living and 18 assisted living units. They were both previously operated by a faith-based not-for-profit, so we imagine some expense controls are in store. Ensign’s Arizona-based subsidiary Bandera Healthcare will take over operations.

Then, to California, where Ensign acquired the operations of four skilled nursing facilities, ranging in size from 59 beds to 172 beds (and totaling 472). The company’s California-based subsidiary Flagstone Healthcare South took over the operations under a triple-net lease. No purchase prices were disclosed.