• 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 »
New Tenant Secured for Large Midwest Portfolio

New Tenant Secured for Large Midwest Portfolio

Evans Senior Investments secured a new tenant for a large portfolio of senior care assets in Illinois and Missouri. The portfolio consists of 13 skilled nursing and supportive living facilities, with more than 1,600 licensed beds. Its independent owner/operator was not ready to sell the assets and saw the advantages of leasing the portfolio to a third-party operator, with an added purchase option.  A regional Midwest group secured the 10-year lease and purchase option, emerging from multiple other offers. They will have the opportunity to improve operations and add value. For the landlord, they can avoid capital gains taxes, secure passive income and alleviate in-place operating losses... Read More »
JLL Arranges Harrison Street/Artemis Recap

JLL Arranges Harrison Street/Artemis Recap

JLL Capital Markets arranged the successful recapitalization of Franklin Park Alamo Heights, a high-end seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas, owned by Harrison Street and Franklin Park Senior Living. Artemis Real Estate Partners, the buyer, has retained Franklin Park as manager in a new joint venture. JLL also placed the acquisition financing with a Freddie Mac loan for the buyer.  Franklin Park Alamo Heights was built in 2017 with 117 independent living, 64 assisted living and 40 memory care units. There are two four-story buildings housing the IL and AL units, respectively, plus a single-story memory care wing. The amenities include a grand ballroom, indoor pool, beauty salon,... Read More »
SLIB Handles Colorado Memory Care Deal

SLIB Handles Colorado Memory Care Deal

An experienced local owner/operator in the Colorado market looking to grow its portfolio in Denver acquired a small memory care community in Aurora. Renew Saddle Rock was built in 2015 with 40 respite care and memory care units. Occupancy was around 85% based on 52 functional beds (there are 64 licensed beds), and the community operated at a 12% margin on nearly $3.5 million of revenues.  The new ownership group saw an opportunity to use its efficiencies and local knowledge to cut expenses and improve occupancy. An out-of-state private equity group was the previous owner and is now exiting the senior living space. They had hired Renew Senior Communities as the third-party manager.... Read More »
Ziegler Helps Finance Wisconsin Acquisition

Ziegler Helps Finance Wisconsin Acquisition

Fresh off his sale of a stabilized seniors housing community in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Ziegler’s Nick Glaisner was joined by Dalton Esmond to arrange acquisition financing for a 72-unit assisted living/memory care community located in Footville, Wisconsin. St. Elizabeth Manor was built in 2009 on 7.07 acres. Occupancy was around 82%. The seller was a group of local real estate owners seeking to retire from the industry. They were represented by Jason Punzel, Ryan Saul and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Ziegler helped Opal Senior Living source acquisition financing from a small, regional, Chicago-based bank. Opal partnered with a Florida-based equity group on the... Read More »
Marquee Capital Sells Community to Not-for-Profit

Marquee Capital Sells Community to Not-for-Profit

A not-for-profit organization emerged as the highest (and winning) bidder for a stabilized, high-quality assisted living community in Fort Wayne, Indiana, beating out several for-profit buyers in the process. We have not seen many deals with a not-for-profit buyer, but perhaps those that can build scale should do so to avoid the fate of so many not-for-profits that have exited in the last couple of years. Lutheran Life Villages, a local, faith-based organization that has served northeast Indiana for more than 90 years and operates five seniors housing communities across Fort Wayne and Kendallville, paid roughly $270,000 per unit for the property. Brightstar Senior Living Fort Wayne was... Read More »
Regional Operator Takes Over Struggling Senior Care Campus

Regional Operator Takes Over Struggling Senior Care Campus

Eads Investment Brokerage represented a regional not-for-profit in the sale of its skilled nursing and independent living campus in Southern Illinois. The primarily SNF campus consists of 167 beds and units (156 SNF beds and 11 IL units). Despite occupancy falling under 70%, revenues exceeded $10.5 million and were trending positively. The campus was operating near breakeven prior to the pandemic, and ownership recently began to mitigate their losses, which stood at more than $1 million per year. So, a sale would help stabilize its portfolio and add some needed liquidity to further the mission in other communities. While the campus also offered assisted living, that standalone (and well... Read More »