• 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 »
Not-For-Profit Divests in Ohio

Not-For-Profit Divests in Ohio

Blueprint closed the sale of a CCRC in Beachwood, Ohio, on behalf of the not-for-profit seller, as it was facing challenges due to increased healthcare staffing and a shift in competitive landscapes.  Menorah Park totals 594 licensed skilled nursing beds, 288 assisted living and memory care units, and 193 independent living units. The community was founded in 1906, moved to its current location in 1968, and expanded since then. The 355-bed Menorah Park Nursing Home was built in stages between 1968 and 2015, which was followed by a 193-unit independent living community called R.H. Myers Apartments added in 1978. Stone Gardens & Helen’s Place (118 assisted living/memory care units)... Read More »
Encore Acquires Largest Campus in Illinois

Encore Acquires Largest Campus in Illinois

Newly launched Continuum Advisors, founded by David Kliewer and Jay Jordan, sprinted to the end of the year with several closings in the last week of December. First, Continuum arranged the sale of the largest senior living campus in Illinois. Friendship Village of Schaumburg was built in phases from the late-1970s to 2007 and features 512 independent living apartments, 28 IL garden homes, 85 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 169 skilled nursing beds, or 818 units and beds, total. It sits on over 60 acres in the affluent Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, about 30 miles northwest of downtown. In 2017, Friendship Village refinanced its debt and funded campus renovations through a... Read More »
SLIB Handles Two REIT Divestments

SLIB Handles Two REIT Divestments

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty closed a couple of portfolio sales at the end of 2023 on behalf of a publicly traded REIT. The larger deal consisted of four assisted living communities and 173 total units in Florida. They are located in Spring Hill, Fort Myers, Niceville and Tallahassee. The portfolio generated interest from multiple parties, but Opal Senior Living ended up as the buyer, for an undisclosed price.  Clousing and Geraghty also sold a portfolio of three assisted living communities with 128 total units in South Carolina to Mainstay Senior Living. According to an announcement from Mainstay, the acquired communities have been renamed to Ansley... Read More »
ESI Facilitates Sale of Oklahoma SNF

ESI Facilitates Sale of Oklahoma SNF

Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility on behalf of a private owner/operator. The facility comprises 95 beds in Oklahoma and boasts a five-star rating, which attracted a competitive and qualified pool of potential buyers. The selected buyer was a private, West Coast-based investor with a history of skilled nursing operations and property ownership. The facility will be managed by a local operator that is expanding their footprint in the state. No other details were disclosed. Read More »
Not-For-Profit Owner/Operator Divests in Texas

Not-For-Profit Owner/Operator Divests in Texas

Plains Commercial facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility on behalf of a not-for-profit seller looking to consolidate its operational footprint closer to its home office in Lubbock, Texas. The buyer is a Dallas-based owner/operator looking to grow its footprint. Built in 1965, Senior Village Nursing Home comprises 60 licensed beds in the rural town of Perryton in the panhandle of Texas. At the time of sale the facility was struggling from low census with around 20 occupied beds, and it was cash flow negative.  The facility offers the buyer, Capstone Healthcare, significant upside through further lease-up and operational changes. Daniel Morris handled the... Read More »
SLIB Sells Chicagoland Portfolio

SLIB Sells Chicagoland Portfolio

Fresh off an active 2023, Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage kicked off 2024 with a large closing in Chicagoland. A private, family-run company was looking to exit the skilled nursing space, prompting the sale of its three SNFs with 491 total beds for $51.2 million, or $104,300 per licensed bed. On a functional bed basis, the per-bed price rises to $111,500. The portfolio consists of Wauconda Care (149 beds), Fairmont Care (186 beds) and Oak Brook Care (156 beds). They are the premier nursing homes in the area and hold five-star ratings from CMS, plus JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) accreditation.  Occupancy was healthy at 84%, with... Read More »