• Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Harborside CCRC Sale Approved

    Focus Healthcare Partners’ purchase of a struggling CCRC on Long Island has gone through the ringer, but Chief Judge Alan S. Trust of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York just approved the sale under modified terms, which should close within the next two months. The property attracted some attention in late 2024 when New... Read More »
  • Imagine Senior Living Acquires in Texas

    An owner/operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities acquired a seniors housing community in Amarillo, Texas. Built in 2000, The Reserve at Amarillo features assisted living and memory care units. The buyer, Imagine Senior Living, has an established footprint with communities in Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,... Read More »
  • Brookdale Senior Living: Slow and Steady

    Brookdale Senior Living released its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results this week, and all we can say is that the improvements, while welcomed, are slow and steady. Management has had a lot on its plate the past 18 months or so in a post-pandemic environment, but things like occupancy are moving up, but not as fast as for others. The... Read More »
  • Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group shot out of the gates in 2025, closing three separate transactions in the Pacific Northwest so far this year. The largest was for an 88-unit seniors housing community in central Washington which closed this week. Owned by a regional operator based in Washington, this community consists of 36... Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Transaction Activity

Berkadia’s Recent Transaction Activity

Berkadia announced the financing of four seniors housing communities totaling $29.9 million in Mississippi, Florida and Indiana, with all the deals closing since November. Berkadia also announced the sale of two seniors housing communities.  In November, Steve Muth and Andrew Lanzaro leveraged HUD’s 232/223(f) program to close two loans totaling $8.9 million for a first time HUD borrower. The loan proceeds retired maturing bank debt on two Mississippi communities: a 40-unit assisted living community and a 47-unit assisted living and memory care community. At underwriting, one community was fully occupied, while the other had an occupancy rate of 86%. Both properties are located in... Read More »
Blueprint’s Q4 Closings

Blueprint’s Q4 Closings

Blueprint announced a couple of its Q4 closings. In one, a not-for-profit organization took over a seniors housing community in the Hartford, Connecticut MSA, from a publicly traded REIT. The buyer appears to be Masonicare, which announced its acquisition of Atria Greenridge Place in the town of Rocky Hill. Built in 1998, the 108-unit assisted living/memory care community now operates as Masonicare at Greenridge Place. Historically, it was well occupied and boasted strong cash flow, but there was near-immediate upside through strategic capital investment and marketing. The listing received five or six offers, including from private equity firms and a publicly traded company, before... Read More »
Allaire Healthcare Acquires PA CCRC

Allaire Healthcare Acquires PA CCRC

A majority-skilled nursing CCRC in Coal Township, Pennsylvania, was sold by a private PA-based owner divesting his last owned building. Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction, which saw Allaire Healthcare, a New Jersey-based owner/operator with a strong presence in eastern Pennsylvania, emerge as the buyer. Built in the 1970s, Mountain View featured 271 skilled nursing beds and eight independent living units, enough to qualify for a CCRC license. It was occupied in the 60s and operated at a significant loss. The offering was originally marketed in the winter of 2022 but took multiple years to structure the HUD TPA, CCRC licensure, and working with two... Read More »
Florida Trio Trades to AEW

Florida Trio Trades to AEW

A seniors housing portfolio that includes Watercrest Buena Vista, Watercrest Spanish Springs and Watercrest Winter Park in Florida sold to AEW Capital Management. The three communities total 416 units in The Villages and Winter Park. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team represented the seller, Titan Development, in the transaction, which saw AEW retain the current operator, Watercrest Senior Living, as the third-party operator. JLL is also handling the acquisition financing on two of the assets for the buyer, which will close in January 2025. Completed in 2018, Watercrest Buena Vista offers 224 units in a three-story, Class-A building, including 118 independent living, 74 assisted... Read More »
Struggling SNF Sells in Michigan

Struggling SNF Sells in Michigan

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of the Villages of Lapeer, a skilled nursing facility in Lapeer, Michigan, approximately 50 miles northwest of Detroit. It was built in 1959, comprises 87 beds, and sits on 5.6 acres. Like many SNFs, the Villages of Lapeer faced operational and compliance challenges during the pandemic, which impacted census and overall performance. The seller was an independent owner/operator seeking to transition out of the skilled nursing industry. Recognizing the seller’s need to exit, ESI expedited the process by bringing in a regional ownership group active in Michigan, which executed the deal within four months from start to finish. Read More »
Northland Networks Arranges Two Acquisition Loans

Northland Networks Arranges Two Acquisition Loans

Northland Networks, a member of the First National of Nebraska family, ended 2024 on a high note, closing two acquisition financings for skilled nursing clients in the last several months. One was for a 59-bed skilled nursing facility in rural southern Kentucky that was built in the late-1970s by the same family that is now selling it. The facility could improve its operations, and that will be the task of a Northeast-based real estate investment firm to turn around with an operating partner. Seth Kahn of Northland arranged an acquisition loan with a bank, structuring it with a five-year term, one year of interest only, an attractive interest rate and at 80% loan-to-value. ... Read More »