• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

    G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm... Read More »
Bank Closes Refinance and Acquisition Financing

Bank Closes Refinance and Acquisition Financing

Coastal States Bank announced that it recently closed $9 million in financing to refinance a 60-unit purpose-built memory care community near Centerville, Ohio, and to acquire a 53-unit memory care community in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Following the closing, the sponsor’s affiliated management company, Kauhale Healthcare Management, began managing the community in Creve Coeur and will continue managing the Centerville community, which it acquired in October 2024.  The loan, which closed in coordination with a preferred equity investment from Kauhale Healthcare Real Estate and Locust Point Capital, was structured with a four-year term with interest-only payments for the first 12 months.... Read More »
SLIB Sells Ohio Assisted Living Portfolio

SLIB Sells Ohio Assisted Living Portfolio

Jeff Binder and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Ohio. Built between 1987 and 2009, the three buildings consist of 314 total units. They were in receivership. Working on behalf of the out-of-state owner, which has other seniors housing communities throughout Ohio, SLIB procured multiple qualified offers from both national and regional buyers before selecting an out-of-state private owner with an existing portfolio in the state. The buyer plans to continue investing in the buildings and will focus on increasing the MedWaiver occupancy. The state significantly increased its AL waiver rates in the last couple of... Read More »
NHI Acquires Nine Communities

NHI Acquires Nine Communities

National Health Investors made a large SHOP purchase, adding nine communities consisting of 460 total units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The properties will be managed by Allegro Living Management, an affiliate of Spring Arbor Management. NHI has an existing relationship with Spring Arbor totaling approximately $227 million in investments.  The REIT paid $105.5 million, or $229,300 per unit, for the portfolio, and it expects to invest an additional $3.3 million during the first year following the acquisition. The communities are projected to generate an initial NOI yield of approximately 8.0%, and 7.6% after routine capital expenditures. Berkadia handled the... Read More »
Ensign Increases Its Footprint in Three States

Ensign Increases Its Footprint in Three States

The Ensign Group and its captive real estate company, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, are already off to a strong start this year, announcing a slew of acquisitions that were effective February 1. In one of the transactions, Ensign purchased Agave Grove Post Acute’s operations, subject to a long-term, triple-net lease with a third-party landlord. The skilled nursing facility features 225 beds in Glendale, Arizona.  Also, Ensign and Standard Bearer acquired the real estate and operations of three skilled nursing facilities that sit in Texas, in three separate transactions. Sunset Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is an 80-bed facility in Littlefield (Lubbock MSA). The two... Read More »
Colorado-Based Owner/Operator Expands

Colorado-Based Owner/Operator Expands

Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a seniors housing community in Arvada, Colorado, representing a single-asset owner/operator who was looking to retire. The Oberon House was built in 1970 and renovated in 1997. It features 60 units of independent living and assisted living and was very well occupied, at 97%. The operating margin stood at a solid 25%, based on $3.27 million of revenues.  After receiving multiple offers, the seller chose another Colorado-based owner/operator with a portfolio of communities in the state. They paid $9.7 million, or $161,700 per unit, with an 8.6% cap rate. Read More »
Not-for-Profit Acquires Underperforming CCRC

Not-for-Profit Acquires Underperforming CCRC

A not-for-profit seller that built, owned and operated Arbutus Park Retirement Community recently divested the asset to another not-for-profit with the help of Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The established senior care provider/buyer, which is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, intends to continue to invest in the community. The offering was marketed in the spring of 2025.  Located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the Pittsburgh MSA, the Type-A CCRC offers 90 independent living units, 32 personal care units and 141 skilled nursing beds. The independent living cottages are known as Arbutus Park at Parker Ridge. Built from 1974 to 2021, the asset grew to include... Read More »