


Real Estate Investor Purchases Pennsylvania Community
Blueprint was engaged by a private investor group to facilitate the sale of a personal care home in the Pittsburgh suburb of Canonsburg. This property was subdivided and sold separately from Blueprint’s previously announced bankruptcy sale of nine skilled nursing facilities in Western Pennsylvania. Built in 2001, North Strabane Retirement Village comprises 64 units and 70 beds and is adjacent to its sister skilled nursing facility. The nearly 50,000 square-foot, two-story building sits on approximately seven acres and consists of six semi-private rooms, 25 studio apartments and 33 one-bedroom units. Unit sizes range from 135 to 342 square feet and all units feature private bathrooms. It... Read More »
Two IL Communities Secure Acquisition Financing
BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced it closed on a $34 million facility for affiliates of Focus Healthcare Partners to finance the acquisition of Novel Place at Overland Park, a 109,000-square foot, 134-unit independent living community in Overland Park, Kansas, and Novel Place at Blue Springs, a 109,000-square foot, 134-unit independent living community in Blue Springs, Missouri. The communities were each originally developed in 2020 and were each around 95% occupied. Focus has hired Evolve Senior Living to manage the communities. Read More »
Five Guardian SNFs Change Hands
After a federal bankruptcy court approved the sale of eight Guardian Healthcare skilled nursing facilities around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the five non-HUD facilities have now successfully sold to a regional owner/operator. Those facilities include Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Lower Burrell, Eldercrest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Munhall, Guardian Healthcare Meadowcrest in Bethel Park, Oak Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Greensburg and Guardian Healthcare Highland View in Brockway. They total 299 beds and were built between 1964 and 1992, with subsequent additions completed at each location. The eight-facility portfolio was originally marketed by... Read More »
Alternative Use Investor Acquires in Virginia
An alternative use investor bought a small memory care community in Williamsburg, Virginia. For some communities, the original layout is simply not conducive to strong operations, whether it be too many studio units, jack-and-jill bathrooms or an inefficient design. Originally built in 2017, this community features three separate cottages with 16 private units in each. That pod model created operational challenges due to staffing regulations from the state, and despite renovating each building in 2022 and 2023, the previous owner, after just three years of ownership, decided to sell. That seller, English Meadows, had acquired the community in 2021 for reportedly more than $5.5 million, or... Read More »