• National Health Investors Sends Default Notice to NHC

    National Health Investors is addressing violations under its longstanding lease agreement with one of its largest tenants, National HealthCare Corporation. In July, NHI notified NHC/OP, L.P., an affiliate of National HealthCare Corporation and the tenant of 32 of NHI’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Increases Its Presence in Texas

    Sonida Senior Living finalized its acquisition of a seniors housing community in Texas. Built in 2016, the community features 62 assisted living and 36 memory care units. It shares a driveway with senior-centric healthcare providers and referral sources, and is across from a 294-bed hospital in Mansfield. The property is near existing Sonida... Read More »
  • Performing Class-A Asset Trades in Pensacola

    Berkadia handled the sale of Summer Vista, a seniors housing community in Pensacola, Florida. Managing Directors Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the transaction. Built in 2016, the 89-unit assisted living/memory care community has always been a strong performer. In fact,... Read More »
  • Gallaher Companies Launches Management Company

    Gallaher Companies, which has decades of experience in seniors housing design and development, launched Gallaher Signature Living, a management company that will oversee operations for the company’s growing portfolio of California seniors housing communities. Page Ensor has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, bringing more than 25 years of... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

    Walker & Dunlop originated $68.312 million in HUD 232/223(f) loans to refinance seven skilled nursing facilities with 380 units in Illinois and Wisconsin. The transaction replaced existing short-term, variable-rate debt. Walker & Dunlop’s FHA Finance team arranged the refinancings, led by Joshua Rosen, Brad Annis and Johnny Rice. The... Read More »
Cima Investment Group Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

Cima Investment Group Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

SVN Senior Living Advisors announced the successful sale of a three-property assisted living and memory care portfolio in the Houston, Texas MSA. The transaction was completed on behalf of a national financial institution. The three properties comprise more than 200 units.  Managing Director Josh Salzman led the transaction, supported by John Klement, Don Husi and Aaron Thompson. The assets attracted multiple qualified offers and ultimately sold for an undisclosed amount. Cima Investment Group (and its affiliated operating company, Cima Senior Living), a fully integrated investment platform focused on senior living, was the buyer. It is led by industry veterans and is known for its... Read More »
Family Office Purchases Midwest Community

Family Office Purchases Midwest Community

For the second time in just 18 months, Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of Country Meadow Place, a 56-unit assisted living community in Mason City, Iowa. The seller was Jaybird Senior Living, a regional owner/operator that acquired the asset in 2024 for $13 million, or $232,100 per unit. Evans handled that transaction too. The community was well occupied at the time of the 2024 purchase, but the property has continued to perform well, achieving an in-place NOI margin of 36%.  Through a competitive marketing process, ESI secured seven offers from institutional investors. The selected buyer was a private family office that paid $15.15 million, or $270,500 per unit. The... Read More »
SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage got a skilled nursing sale in New Jersey over the finish line after survey issues caused a buyer switch-up. Built in 1980, Medford Care Center is located in the town of Medford (about an hour east of Philadelphia) and features 180 beds on an 11-acre campus. Operations were not strong, and the private owner decided to sell. The facility was marketed in the spring of 2024 and received several bids. However, just prior to closing the transaction in December 2024, there was a health survey that resulted in an admissions ban, receivership and the original buyer losing interest.  With Siefert at the helm of the transaction process, the deal was... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

Carnegie Capital, the national seniors housing debt brokerage founded and run by JD Stettin and David Farhadian, celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a $124 million, or $117,100 per bed, portfolio acquisition transaction. Carnegie provided a combination of advisory work and debt placement for the nine-skilled nursing facility portfolio with 1,059 beds across southern and central Texas.  A private skilled nursing equity shop bought the portfolio three years ago, helped by debt arranged by Carnegie, and is now exiting the industry with the portfolio sale to a large REIT. The portfolio has been operating well since the 2022 acquisition. The REIT also spun off one of the largest SNFs... Read More »
Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

The Ensign Group acquired a couple of skilled nursing facilities through its real estate subsidiary Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. The first purchase was for Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a 124-bed SNF in Duncanville, Texas, which will be operated by a third-party operator subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. Ensign also purchased Timber Springs Transitional Care in Boise, Idaho. The 120-bed SNF will be managed by Pennant Healthcare LLC, an Ensign-affiliated tenant. Read More »
HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

Healthcare Transactions Group (HTG) recently closed two transactions in Missouri and Maryland. The Show Me State deal involved Baptist Home of Independence, an 118-bed skilled nursing facility and 20-bed Residential Care Facility in the town of Independence. Built in 1977, the campus received a major renovation in 2021 and was 65% occupied.  Baptist Homes of Missouri, a faith-based not-for-profit organization based in Jefferson City, Missouri, had acquired the campus in 2021. It later engaged Healthcare Transactions Group to evaluate and recommend strategic options, leading to the not-for-profit’s decision to divest one of its senior care facilities for the first time.  HTG’s... Read More »