• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

Two Long Island assisted living communities were sold by their original developer/operator. Village Green Senior Living in Levittown (opened in 2020) and Village Walk Senior Living (opened in 2018) in Patchogue were acquired by a partnership between Fundamental Advisors, Scribner Capital and Atria Senior Living. They will be renamed Atria Levittown and Atria Patchogue, respectively.  The newer vintage assets will complement Atria’s existing Long Island portfolio, and the operator expects to increase the occupancy and operating margins. With these additions, Atria now operates 18 communities across New York City and Long Island. Read More »
Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

The developer of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, has passed the torch to a new owner. Pillars of Lakeville, now known as The Crest at Lakeville, sits on 1.8 acres. Oppidan Investment Co., a company that developed multiple Pillars senior living properties in Minnesota, acquired the land from Crossroads Church, and construction on the asset began in 2021. Opened in 2023, the community comprises 100 independent living, assisted living and memory care units and is connected to a childcare facility that is operating out of the Church. Ebenezer Management Services, Minnesota’s largest senior living operator, was managing the community.  According to... Read More »
Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

1031 CF Properties, a leading DST investor, acquired a stand-alone memory care community in the Spokane, Washington MSA. Built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013, Generations Memory Care offers 48 private units with 28,472 square feet on 2.067 acres. The seller was an investment group based in northern California that purchased the asset in 2017 for $8 million, or $166,700 per unit. Senior Services of America, an experienced regional operator with 15 properties in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, was operating the community.  The Zett Group handled the sale, and while the asset saw some fluctuations in NOI, there are some realistic value-add opportunities. That upside potential was... Read More »
Buyer Adds Fourth Community in Under 12 Months

Buyer Adds Fourth Community in Under 12 Months

Unbridled Living completed its fourth acquisition in less than 12 months, adding a second seniors housing community to its Missouri footprint. Built in 2001 and most recently renovated in 2025, The Emerson at St. Peters is an independent living community with 182 units, 20 of which can flex to assisted living. It has been rebranded as Unbridled Living of St. Peters. The community’s physical plant presents well, as the seller invested approximately $10 million into the property over the past five years, primarily focused on common area improvements. At the time of the purchase, the building was 82% occupied, leaving room for operational upside. Margins were already strong, around 34.3% at... Read More »
Regional Operator Acquires Large Multi-State Portfolio

Regional Operator Acquires Large Multi-State Portfolio

Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced a couple of portfolio deals this week totaling 15 separate properties. The larger deal featured 13 assisted living/memory care communities spread out in Georgia and South Carolina. Built between 1989 and 2014, the buildings have a combined 672 units, with 492 assisted living and 180 devoted to memory care.  Brad Clousing, Dan Geraghty and Jeff Binder represented an undisclosed institutional owner in the transaction, creating a national market for the assets and generating significant buyer interest with more than 15 qualified offers. A Southeast-based regional operator emerged as the buyer, with a plan to reposition and stabilize the... Read More »
Oregon and Idaho Communities Sell

Oregon and Idaho Communities Sell

Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a 48-unit independent living community in Pendleton, Oregon, on behalf of a local owner/operator who was exiting the business. Built in the 1970s, the community was well occupied but could improve its overall operations. Still, there was positive momentum in the NOI, which rose from $320,000 in the trailing-12 months to $470,000 in the trailing-three months annualized.  The property was on the market for only three days, and the deal closed 106 days after LOI execution. A regional independent living owner/operator stepped in to purchase the asset for $5.35 million, or $111,500 per unit, at an 8.8% cap rate based on the trailing-three... Read More »