• 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 »
CIBC’s Recent Activity

CIBC’s Recent Activity

CIBC Bank USA provided a $16 million acquisition financing term loan and a $2 million working capital revolving line or credit for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Vermont. Historical performance trended positively over the last year, as the facilities improved census and operating leverage. Fritz Kieckhefer and Kyle Doran handled the transaction for CIBC. Additionally, Kieckhefer and Doran of CIBC provided an Illinois owner/operator with a $5.2 million term to finance the owner’s recent acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in central Illinois. The tenant had taken over operations in the middle of 2024 from a small local operator, and has since improved performance... Read More »
Ziegler Handles Providence Portfolio Sale

Ziegler Handles Providence Portfolio Sale

The Ensign Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire eight facilities in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California, subject to the completion of certain regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. This acquisition includes the real estate and operations and are being acquired from Providence Home and Community Care. The real estate assets for all eight facilities will be purchased by Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc. Six of the eight operations will be operated by Ensign affiliated operating companies and two facilities will be operated by a third-party tenant that will enter into a new, long-term triple net master lease with Standard Bearer as landlord. Dan Revie of... Read More »
Ignite Medical Resorts Acquires in Texas

Ignite Medical Resorts Acquires in Texas

Blueprint was engaged by a Houston-based real estate developer and investment firm to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in El Paso, Texas. The facility had been leased to a subsidiary of Vibra Healthcare, a national specialty hospital and skilled nursing operator based in Pennsylvania.  Built in 2017, VibraLife El Paso features 60 transitional care beds, 16 assisted living beds and 16 memory care beds with 63 physical units including 34 private suite accommodations. It maintained stable assisted living and memory care occupancy while boasting a high-quality transitional care payor mix. However, the transitional care census was stagnant due to shorter average length of... Read More »
Class-A Community Trades in Philadelphia

Class-A Community Trades in Philadelphia

Berkadia announced the sale of a Class-A independent living, personal care and memory care community in the Philadelphia MSA. It was built in 2019. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, led by Managing Directors Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers, closed the transaction on behalf of the seller, a private equity firm. The number of residents in the 75+ age cohort within a 10-mile drive of the community is projected to increase by 15.1% over the next five years. This group of seniors boasts an average net worth of over $1.9 million. The primary market area currently features no construction activity and an anticipated demand for an additional 500 independent... Read More »
Wisconsin AL Community Changes Hands

Wisconsin AL Community Changes Hands

On the heels of his closing in Minnesota, Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty headed over to Wisconsin to sell a small assisted living community in Dane County. Built in the mid-1990s, the community featured 20 units and a mostly Medicaid census. But occupancy was 100%, and the community operated at a strong margin above 30%. That is impressive, considering its size. It ended up being too small for the regional owner/operator’s typical model, so it sold to an East Coast owner/operator with a growing Wisconsin portfolio. The purchase price came to $1.8 million, or $90,000 per unit.   VIUM Capital helped finance the acquisition for the buyer, which has now purchased four small assets in the... Read More »
Private Asset-Based Lender Acquires Two Senior Notes

Private Asset-Based Lender Acquires Two Senior Notes

Blueprint facilitated the sale of two senior notes secured by 24 seniors housing communities. The portfolio of communities spans approximately 1,200 units across eight states. Prior to the sale, all of the communities securing the notes transitioned to a new, national operator as part of a larger corporate wind down of the borrower. Individual performance at the communities varied notably throughout the portfolio, however, on a consolidated basis the portfolio was roughly 70% occupied and generated revenue of approximately $50 million. Blueprint approached a select group of investors with a strategy to demonstrate that the unencumbered value of the assets exceeded that of the notes’ value,... Read More »