• Selectis Health Divests SNFs to Journey

    In January, Selectis Health, Inc. completed the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia, including 71-bed Providence of Sparta Health & Rehab and 110-bed Warrenton Health & Rehabilitation. The assets sit less than 30 miles apart in Sparta and Warrenton, respectively. The buildings were initially constructed in the 1960s but were... Read More »
  • PE Group Divests to Regional Owner/Operator

    An East Coast-based private equity group divested two seniors housing communities in Mississippi to a regional owner/operator pursuing expansion across the state. The communities total 108 assisted living and memory care units and offer operational synergies, given their close proximity in Oxford and Southaven. The communities were purpose-built... Read More »
  • T7 Capital Closes Array of Financings

    Founded in 2025 by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, T7 Capital announced more than $320 million in recent financings closed across multiple transactions on behalf of healthcare operators and sponsors across the country. They included a combination of refinancings, acquisition loans and working capital facilities for both skilled nursing and... Read More »
  • Two Western Closings from The Zett Group

    The Zett Group closed a couple of seniors housing sales in the western United States. One deal was in the Reno, Nevada MSA, and featured a 65-unit assisted living/memory care community owned by a regional operator. The community boasted high occupancy and strong revenue, but there was room for improvement on the expense side. A local... Read More »
  • Dwight Capital Announces Q1 Activity

    Dwight Capital, its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust (DMT), and Dwight Healthcare Funding (DHF) reported an active first quarter, closing a combined $294 million in senior care financings across a mix of HUD, bridge, and revolving line of credit (RLOC) financings, spanning 11 states. Among the featured HUD transactions was $46.9 million in... Read More »

Kindred Completes Gentiva Acquisition

With $7.2 billion in annual revenues, Kindred Healthcare is the largest post-acute provider in the country, but now the hard work begins. This past Monday, Kindred Healthcare closed on its $1.8 billion acquisition of home health and hospice provider Gentiva Health Services. With this completed, Kindred is entering a pivotal period in its corporate life because it has all the parts to run a true nationwide post-acute company, from hospital discharge to the home. It is the largest LTAC and inpatient rehab operator in the country, the largest provider of rehab, home health and hospice services in the country, and one of the largest subacute and skilled nursing providers. You might think that... Read More »

Seniors Housing Portfolio in New England Sells For Top Price

Nine properties in three states sell for over $500,000 per unit, more than doubling in value in 10 years. Patient capital in seniors housing can certainly reap its rewards. Take the case of Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate, which purchased nine senior living communities in New England from BayNorth Capital in 2005 for approximately $225,000 per unit. The one constant in the portfolio was Benchmark Senior Living, which was a minority co-investor with BayNorth and managed the portfolio. With the sale in 2005, they remained as the manager, and also stayed in as a co-investor. The portfolio has now been sold again, but for about $521,000 per unit. Individual properties have sold at a... Read More »

Ventas Closes ARC Deal

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust shareholders trade their shares for Ventas shares. At the end of last week, Ventas closed on its acquisition of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust. The deal was first announced last June 2 as a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $2.6 billion, with up to 10% of the ARC shares redeemable for cash. At the time, Ventas was trading at about $66 per share, but its shares have increased by almost 17% to $77 since then. Fewer than one million shares of ARC took the cash option, with almost all shareholders taking the Ventas stock. And why not? The shares had appreciated, Ventas has a growing dividend, interest rates aren’t going anywhere... Read More »

Occupancy Increases in 4th Quarter

Assisted living and independent living occupancy rates continue to increase. It’s always nice to start the New Year with a little good news, and the good news I am talking about is the sequential and year-over-year increases in occupancy rates across seniors housing. The NIC MAP data has shown the largest increases to be in independent living, which makes sense since there are fewer new units coming on stream. The odd thing from the data is that occupancy levels in the primary 31 markets averages about 40 to 50 basis points lower than the other 68 markets covered by NIC MAP. A similar phenomenon exists with construction starts as a percentage of supply. In the top 31 markets, trailing... Read More »