• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
Brookdale Secures Acquisition Financing

Brookdale Secures Acquisition Financing

CBRE arranged two acquisition financings totaling $241 million across two seniors housing portfolios on behalf of Brookdale Senior Living. Aron Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged the two financings. CBRE originated $130 million in loans through its Freddie Mac Optigo loan origination program for Brookdale’s acquisition of five communities comprised of 533 independent living, assisted living and memory care units across four states. The non-recourse mortgage financing has a ten-year term with five years of interest only. CBRE sourced $161 million through a three-year floating rate loan from Ally Bank, an existing Brookdale lender, including a combination of new loan proceeds and the... Read More »
Blackstone Sells Wisconsin Asset

Blackstone Sells Wisconsin Asset

Newmark followed up on its closing of Carlisle Palm Beach with the sale of Harbour Village, a well performing seniors housing community in the Milwaukee MSA. Located in Greendale, Wisconsin, the community features 142 independent living, 38 assisted living and 44 memory care units separated across three buildings. The majority (82%) of IL units are two-bedroom apartments, and a plurality of AL units (40%) also have two bedrooms. The community was built from 1988 to 1999 and subsequently renovated in 2017 and 2024, with occupancy surpassing 90% as of October 2024. It also generated a near-40% operating margin. There are an additional 1.25 acres available for an expansion opportunity.... Read More »
Marcus & Millichap’s Recent Activity

Marcus & Millichap’s Recent Activity

Michael Mooney and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold a seniors housing community in Bellingham, Washington. Built in 1978, the community comprises 66 assisted living units and 70 beds. It was not stabilized, although there was some positive cash flow and occupancy was in the mid-80s. The deal was initially marketed more than a year ago, and Stahler and Mooney eventually secured the best bid from a regional operator with a pre-existing footprint in the Bellingham market. The improving capital markets, operating and M&A environments across that period helped push that final purchase price up, as well. No additional details were disclosed. In another... Read More »
Newland Realty Capital Closes First Deal

Newland Realty Capital Closes First Deal

Newland Realty Capital, a healthcare real estate advisory and investment firm founded by Kayne Anderson veteran Max Newland in 2024, announced its first acquisition for a large community in Lantana, Florida. Known as Carlisle Palm Beach, the community was originally built in 1999 with 290 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It has traded a few times over the years, passing from Starwood to AEW and more recently (in 2017 according to LevinPro LTC) to Bridge Investment Group. Since that acquisition, Bridge has invested in significant capex and had its affiliate Bridge Senior Living take over operations in 2023. It currently features 277 units, with a majority serving... Read More »
New Buyer Enters Seniors Housing

New Buyer Enters Seniors Housing

A privately held REIT focused primarily on private pay seniors housing communities throughout the U.S. engaged Blueprint in the sale of its seniors housing community in Bloomfield, Michigan. Michael Segal, Brooks Blackmon, Daniel Waldhorn and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Built in 2001 with significant renovations starting in 2015, the community features 81 independent living units and offers assisted living care services as well as respite stays. It appears to be Comfort Cove Premier Senior Living.  Showcasing operational upside through occupancy improvement and rental rate growth, Blueprint’s process resulted in an attractive offer from a local home health care provider,... Read More »
Bull Realty Handles Georgia AL/MC Transaction

Bull Realty Handles Georgia AL/MC Transaction

Ernie Anaya of Bull Realty handled the sale of a seniors housing community in Cartersville, Georgia. Built in 2021 on 8.83 acres, Tiger Lily Estates is an assisted living and memory care community that features 48 units across five buildings with 38,339 total square feet. The community additionally offers adult day care, licensed for 23 guests.  The asset was vacant at the time of sale, and its zoning supports institutional uses including behavioral and substance abuse treatment facilities. Included in the sale are architectural work plans for Phase II to increase the size of the facility for an additional 31,940 square foot building with 49 units on 3.66 acres. The buyer and purchase... Read More »