• Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint announced that it handled the sale of a three-community private pay seniors housing portfolio in Rhode Island. A Dallas-based private equity firm engaged Blueprint in 2025 to sell the portfolio, which it acquired with Capital Health Group in 2019. The assets comprise 367 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in the... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage completed a regional owner/operator’s exit from the seniors housing industry with a third and final disposition. The asset was The Homestead in Fallon, Nevada, about one hour east of Reno. It was originally built between 1972 and 1980 and has undergone significant renovations in 2007 and 2018. Most recently, in... Read More »
  • Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

    A skilled nursing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that boasted strong occupancy levels and consistent cash flow traded hands. The facility had long-standing referral relationships and a reliable census pipeline. But, there is still room for upside.  Ownership was intentional in selecting a buyer that would preserve and build upon the facility’s... Read More »
  • Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

    An active adult community north of Houston, Texas, sold with the help of Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. Alders Magnolia encompasses 184 units in Magnolia, and was built in 2021. The seller was Capitol Seniors Housing, and the buyer was Texas-based active adult development and... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests to For-Profit Owner/Operator

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors announced the closing of two separate senior care sales. First, Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling handled a faith-based not-for-profit organization’s divestment of a senior care campus in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. The campus has a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and a 96-bed assisted living... Read More »
EF Senior Care Grows in Massachusetts

EF Senior Care Grows in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts-based owner/operator that’s looking to grow its holdings in New England just added a new managed community to its portfolio. EF Senior Care is now operating an assisted living community in Massachusetts that is owned by a sole operator reaching retirement. Built in 1989, the community features 47 units. Also, in March, the company began managing two skilled nursing facilities near Worcester, Massachusetts totaling 215 beds. For the eight months EF has been the manager, the average monthly NOI has already increased almost $50,000 net of its management fee, and EF will continue to improve the facilities.  EF Senior Care has made two other acquisitions since its founding... Read More »
Most of Petersen Health Care Portfolio Sells

Most of Petersen Health Care Portfolio Sells

As part of its corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, Petersen Health Care has now sold 76 senior care properties in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Originally, Cascade Capital Partners was the stalking horse bidder for the majority of Petersen’s 90+ properties, when a federal bankruptcy court approved a $116 million sale this summer. Other bidders for the remaining properties were approved at the same time, such as Bank of Farmington and Hickory Point Bank & Trust.  However, now the largest group of properties, 46 of them, have sold to CareTrust REIT for a total investment of approximately $97 million (including transaction costs), or $25,000 per bed. CareTrust also announced... Read More »
WellSpire Divests to Private Investor (and its Operating Partner)

WellSpire Divests to Private Investor (and its Operating Partner)

Blueprint facilitated the sale of an Illinois skilled nursing and sheltered care facility in Quad Cities on behalf of WellSpire, a joint venture between WesleyLife and Genesis Health System (now MercyOne Genesis). Built in 1968, Illini Restorative Care comprises 120 beds in Silvis, Illinois. It sits on and adjoins the MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center campus. The not-for-profit facility is licensed for 102 skilled nursing beds and 18 sheltered care beds with 30 private rooms and 45 semi-private rooms. With a consistent uptrend in census, the community generated more than $8.0 million in revenue with an approximate 50% quality payor mix.  Blueprint targeted in-state and... Read More »
PE Group Acquires in Minnesota

PE Group Acquires in Minnesota

Orchards of Minnetonka, a high-end seniors housing community located outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2019, the community features 147 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was very well occupied and operated strongly, with Ebenezer previously managing it. Opus Development Company originally developed the community, partnering with Ebenezer.  Newmark represented the seller in the deal and helped finance the acquisition by arranging a floating-rate loan from Texas Capital Bank for the buyer. Emerging from double-digit bids, the new owner is a private equity group, which is bringing on an operating... Read More »
Minnesota SNF Changes Hands

Minnesota SNF Changes Hands

A small skilled nursing facility in Minnesota found a new owner thanks to the team at Evans Senior Investments. Built more than 60 years ago, Rochester West Health Services has 48 beds and was previously owned by an institutional group, GPH Rochester LLC, an affiliate of Fort Smith, Arkansas-based REIT Cuarzo Healthcare Capital. That seller wished to execute on a divestment as part of its capital redeployment strategy.  The sale process generated significant interest before Eden Senior Care, a regional owner/operator with an existing footprint in Minnesota, bought the facility for $1.5 million, or $31,250 per bed. Occupancy was in the 60s, so the buyer saw an opportunity to improve census... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests Non-Core Asset

Not-For-Profit Divests Non-Core Asset

Blueprint advised a not-for-profit seller in the divestment of a southern Pennsylvania memory care community. Despite profitable operations, the Washington, D.C. metro area-based seller sought to exit ownership of the community given its non-core location relative to the balance of its portfolio. The sub-30-unit memory care community, located along the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, was originally built in 1990 and sits on a 20-acre parcel.  A western Maryland-based group was identified as the buyer, which brought a knowledge of the resident base and proximity to the facility that made it a “natural” fit for its second location. Steve Thomes, Kory Buzin and Colin... Read More »