• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
CFG Finances SNF Purchase Option

CFG Finances SNF Purchase Option

Capital Funding Group helped finance a nationally recognized borrower’s in-the-money purchase option for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Virginia. CFG Vice President Andrew Jones originated the transaction. The $19.8 million bridge-to-HUD loan covered 100% of the acquisition and closing costs.  The financing follows the company’s recent closing of a $9.5 million HUD loan, which supported the refinancing of an existing bridge loan also executed by CFG for a 173-bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Read More »
Investor Divests in Arkansas

Investor Divests in Arkansas

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate was engaged by an investor in its divestment of a seniors housing asset. Pine Bluff Assisted Living is a 60-licensed-bed assisted living community in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which used to be a part of the former Davis Life Care Campus. Occupancy was hovering around 65% at closing.  The campus was leased by a regional not-for-profit operator, and Plains was engaged to sell or lease the campus to a new operator before the expiration of the not-for-profit’s lease. The other portion of the campus was leased in 2023 to a new tenant. Pine Bluff was the last building in the campus to be reallocated.   The buyer, APEX Senior Care... Read More »
Foundry Commercial Expands in Oregon

Foundry Commercial Expands in Oregon

A seniors housing community in Keizer, Oregon, The Village at Keizer Ridge, was recently acquired by Foundry Commercial. Foundry now owns 30 senior living communities totaling over 1,900 units and operates 57 senior living communities totaling over 3,800 units across the U.S.  The Village comprises 126 assisted living/memory care units and was built in 2016. Foundry’s regional operating partner in the pacific northwest, Cascadia Senior Living, will operate the community. Cascadia now manages 17 assets in the region.  The transaction was led by Ryan Weekes, Zach Strunk and Katie Rosica of Foundry. And Newmark handled the transaction. No other details were... Read More »
High-Quality Community Trades in Colorado

High-Quality Community Trades in Colorado

United Properties, a Minnesota-based commercial real estate investor, sold its trophy asset in Littleton, Colorado, in a bidding process that yielded 11 offers over the course of a three-week marketing campaign conducted by Evans Senior Investments. Built in 2018, Balfour at Littleton features 86 units of assisted living and memory care. It was 97% occupied, consistently maintaining an average occupancy rate of 95% over the past 12 months, despite new supply coming into the market.  An investment group based in Ohio emerged as the buyer, paying $31.5 million, or $366,300 per unit. The transaction closed within weeks of the bid deadline. Read More »
Oxford Finance’s 2023 Financing Activity

Oxford Finance’s 2023 Financing Activity

Oxford Finance announced that its Healthcare Real Estate and ABL Group provided over $430 million of capital commitments in 2023. The group closed a total of 11 transactions ranging in size from $2.0 million to $89.0 million. Heading into 2024, with a more favorable interest rate environment, Oxford intends to continue its current expansion trend. First, Oxford provided a $14.25 million revolving line of credit to finance working capital needs at 29 skilled nursing facilities for an expanding Texas-based operator. The credit facility also includes an accordion feature that would allow the borrower to increase the line limit to $27.25 million. Next, Oxford provided a $34.1 million term... Read More »
National Developer/Investor Sells in Texas

National Developer/Investor Sells in Texas

Blueprint was engaged by a national developer/investor in the sale of a seniors housing asset in Dallas, Texas. Built in the early-1990s, this assisted living/memory care community comprises 93 units. The incumbent operator, Juniper Communities, had an interest in the community and was selected as the ultimate buyer. This community was purchased by the seller pre-COVID as part of a sizable, value-add portfolio transaction with over 12 scattered, older-vintage communities, with the potential for operator transitions to create regional groupings coupled with the intent to meaningfully invest in renovations and repositioning.  COVID, combined with the rise in interest rates, created a... Read More »