• WesBanco Launches New Healthcare Vertical

    WesBanco Bank recently launched its dedicated healthcare vertical, under the leadership of Suzanne Myers as EVP-Commercial Healthcare Director, and is already off to the races with a handful of senior care transactions closed. The strategic initiative will provide financing across the continuum of care, including seniors housing, skilled nursing,... Read More »
  • LTC Properties Acquires Class-A California Community

    JLL Capital Markets completed the sale of Loma Clara, an 89-licensed-bed, Class-A seniors housing community in Morgan Hill, California. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Steadfast Senior Living, and procured the buyer, LTC Properties. The REIT acquired the community within its SHOP segment... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Texas Standalone MC Community to Family-Owned Company

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced another Lone Star State deal, selling a 20-unit memory care community in Sugar Land, Texas. Built in 1998, the community was the only seniors housing asset of a not-for-profit organization, which decided to divest. It was 80% occupied but losing around $30,000 a year on $1.26 million... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Purchases Vacant Community for Reopening

    Blueprint was engaged to market a 100-unit vacant assisted living community located 10 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio, that had been taken offline following operational challenges. The community sustained profitability during prior operations. Blueprint generated four competitive offers from sophisticated owner/operators with proven capabilities... Read More »
  • Frank Cassidy Officially Nominated as FHA Commissioner

    Frank Cassidy, most recently a Walker & Dunlop senior managing director of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Finance where he originated loans for multifamily, nursing home and seniors housing properties, has been officially nominated by President Trump as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the HUD. He... Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Group Executes Speedy Sale

Knapp-Stahler Group Executes Speedy Sale

With a state-imposed operator transition deadline approaching, a regional owner successfully sold its 83-unit assisted living/memory care community in Chico, California, to another regional owner/operator with the help of Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. Built in 2001, Windchime of Chico features 120 licensed beds of assisted living and memory care with lakefront views, multiple common areas and a central courtyard. It was operated by a third-party manager. However, it was not performing well, with occupancy below 60% and a substantial operating loss, in addition to the imminent operator transition. There was also HUD debt secured by the... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Nine-Figure Deal in Oregon

Blueprint Closes Nine-Figure Deal in Oregon

A couple of seniors housing communities in the Portland, Oregon MSA, sold to a joint venture between a blue-chip national private equity investor and a respected West Coast-based owner/operator. Opened in 2016 and 2019, the two communities total 284 independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in highly affluent, high-barrier-to-entry submarkets. A joint venture between a multigenerational, regionally focused developer and local investors decided to sell the assets. These appear to be a couple of the high-end “Ackerly” assets, a 147-unit community in Portland and a 137-unit property in Sherwood. Earlier this month, Merrill Gardens announced that it was taking over the... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two Seniors Transactions in Ohio

Blueprint Closes Two Seniors Transactions in Ohio

Blueprint recently handled two transactions in Ohio. First, Conner Doherty and Ryan Kelly facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in a desirable market in Ohio. The not-for-profit seller was The Heritage Retirement Community. Built in 2000, The Belvedere of Westlake comprises 24 assisted living and nine memory care units in Westlake. At the time of marketing, the community demonstrated strong occupancy and consistent cash flow. The quality of the land and physical plant also offered investors a base for operational and long-term value creation.  Blueprint targeted buyers aligned with the community’s mission and care standards, and a not-for-profit owner/operator with an... Read More »
Kisco Senior Living Buys Beds in North Carolina

Kisco Senior Living Buys Beds in North Carolina

Senior Living Investment Brokerage was engaged by a North Carolina-based skilled nursing owner to confidentially market and sell 75 adult care home beds in Wake County, North Carolina. The beds were affiliated with multiple skilled nursing facilities located across the county and were slated for sale because the owner was eliminating assisted living services within the facilities. After a 30-day marketing period, SLIB procured multiple offers from seniors housing groups before Kisco Senior Living ultimately bought the beds to expand its count at multiple properties in the county. Patrick Burke, Toby Siefert and Jason Punzel handled the transaction. Read More »
SLIB Sells High-Quality SNFs in Georgia

SLIB Sells High-Quality SNFs in Georgia

Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of two large skilled nursing facilities in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. Totaling 439 licensed beds, the facilities are set in prime suburban markets on valuable real estate. Additionally, there was limited competition in their markets. As a result, the 1970s-vintage facilities were operating at a strong profit margin and sold for well above $100,000 per operational bed. There is some room for improvement operationally, as well. A Northeast-based owner sold to another Northeast owner/operator with a large portfolio, largely throughout the Southeast. Read More »
Invesque Shifts Focus to Senior Care Sales

Invesque Shifts Focus to Senior Care Sales

Invesque reported its first quarter earnings, highlighting a few M&A updates. Back in the first quarter of 2024, the company had announced it entered into purchase and sale agreements for three investment properties in New York, expecting to close on the sale transactions in the first six months of 2025. A sale involving one of the properties closed in April 2025 for $25.1 million. Sale proceeds in excess of closing costs were used to pay down the mortgage associated with the property ($18.2 million principal balance) and the residual (approximately $7.3 million) was retained by the company for working capital purposes. In the second quarter of 2024, Invesque executed purchase and sale... Read More »