• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »

Joint Venture Acquires California Facilities

At the end of a busy year of acquisitions, Stacked Stone Ventures announced one more on New Years Eve. The San Clemente, California-based real estate investment firm acquired two skilled nursing facilities in a joint venture with Praxis Capital for $8.25 million, or $43,200 per bed. The facilities feature a total of 191 skilled nursing and assisted living beds. They were added to an existing master lease with Accura Healthcare in Iowa. Oxford Finance helped fund the deal. The transaction caps an active year for Stacked Stone and Praxis, which together acquired 11 skilled nursing facilities, nine assisted living/memory care communities and one CCRC in 2025. The purchases totaled nearly $130... Read More »

Receivership Sale of Standalone Memory Care Community Closes

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Southeast closings continued with the sale of Westminster Memory Care in Lexington, South Carolina. Built in 2020, the Class-A community features 48 units of memory care and high-end finishes. It is set on 6.3 acres, which provides an opportunity for expansion under new ownership. Also, at the time of the sale, the community was fully stabilized, so an expansion may be a good move. It was developed using bond financing, and the original owner was a Southeast-based developer. But the community was under receivership. The asset received significant interest from buyer groups, and the receiver seller, Trinity Investors, got more than eight qualified... Read More »
CCRCs Near Major Hospital Systems Trade Hands

CCRCs Near Major Hospital Systems Trade Hands

Evans Senior Investments sold a CCRC portfolio in Delaware. Dubbed Project Port, the deal consisted of three CCRCs in Wilmington: Foulk Living, Millcroft Living and Shipley Living, totaling 238 licensed skilled nursing beds and 279 senior housing units. The campuses are also located near five major hospital systems and are well positioned to capture a dominant share of the regional Medicare market. An institutional owner purchased the assets for $135,000 per bed, and partnered with an East Coast-based operator. Read More »
AL/MC Community Sale Presents Stabilization Opportunity

AL/MC Community Sale Presents Stabilization Opportunity

JLL Capital Markets announced it has arranged the off-market sale of Laguna Estates Senior Living, a 168-unit seniors housing community in Carlsbad, California. Built in phases from 1987 to 1995, the community has a mix of assisted living and memory care units spread over four single-story and three-story buildings. It was just 46% occupied at the time of the deal. The buyer was Sunny Hills Management Company. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team representing the seller was led by Senior Managing Director Aaron Rosenzweig and Senior Director Dan Baker. Read More »

Another Amira Choice Community Sells

The Goodman Group made another seniors housing purchase, acquiring Amira Choice Sarasota in Florida. Built in 2020, this community has 198 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care on 11 acres. It has luxury amenities, including an outdoor heated pool, fitness studio, piano lounges, art studio and gallery, yoga space, a pet park, therapy gym, salon and spa. The seller was United Properties, and the community will be renamed Legends of Sarasota. Brooks Blackmon and Lauren Nagle of Blueprint handled the transaction. In August 2025, Blueprint had also sold the 128-unit Amira Choice Naples to REDICO and American House. Details of that... Read More »
Large Portfolio Trades in Upstate New York

Large Portfolio Trades in Upstate New York

We heard rumblings of a large portfolio of upstate New York independent living communities selling, and the deal closed right before Christmas. Jeff Binder, Ryan Saul and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction, working on behalf of the receiver.  Located in the Rochester MSA, the five communities were built between 2000 and 2008 and consisted of 701 units on 15 total acres. After procuring multiple offers from national and regional buyers, SLIB sold the portfolio to an out-of-state private equity group that partnered with a New York-based operator.  On December 23, Cougar Capital Management announced on LinkedIn that it closed the $71... Read More »