• 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 »
Private Owner in Indiana Exits Seniors Housing Industry

Private Owner in Indiana Exits Seniors Housing Industry

At the encouragement and direction of their lender, a private owner sold their only seniors housing asset in Indiana, with the help of Ryan Saul and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The community, which was built in 2000, features 45 units of assisted living in the town of Anderson. At just above 50% occupancy, it was losing money on about $1.125 million of revenues. It did not help that the single-site family owner managed it with obsolete reporting and operating systems. Another private owner that has provided owners with operating, clinical and environmental consulting services for many years emerged as the buyer. This was their first foray into ownership, and the... Read More »
United Church Homes Acquires Port Clinton Community

United Church Homes Acquires Port Clinton Community

In scenic Port Clinton, Ohio, a senior care campus sold to a not-for-profit organization as part of the seller’s strategic move to redeploy capital and resources to other assets across the state. Set on 57 acres, Vineyard on Catawba was owned and operated by Ohio Living, one of the country’s largest not-for-profit providers with 11 CCRCs in the state. The community was built in stages to now include a 40-unit low-income apartment complex, 12 assisted living units and 10 independent living condos. It was nearly fully occupied.  United Church Homes bought the community, taking over operations effective November 1. It is renaming the asset The Parkvue Community on Catawba Island, similar to... Read More »
Chicago Investor Buys Three Indiana Communities

Chicago Investor Buys Three Indiana Communities

Three late-1990s-era assisted living communities sold in Indiana with the help of Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint. Located in Elkhart, Kokomo and Madison, the communities historically struggled operationally and were on the smaller side, with approximately 40 units at each property. Based on their size and locations, these appear to be Enlivant-owned and operated communities. Blueprint approached qualified buyers in the region and generated multiple competitive offers for the portfolio. The selected buyer, a private investor based in Chicago, plans to reposition the assets by utilizing the Indiana Assisted Living Waiver Program, which recently... Read More »
Massive Menorah Park Selling in Cleveland

Massive Menorah Park Selling in Cleveland

A massive, not-for-profit senior care campus in Beachwood, Ohio (Cleveland MSA), is set to sell to a New Jersey-based group before the end of the year. Menorah Park, which was founded in 1906 and moved to its current location in 1968, had been struggling operationally in the wake of the pandemic, higher staffing costs, changes in government funding and the competitive environment. That prompted the board to review its strategic options and a potential sale, and Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint were brought in to run the process.  The 355-bed Menorah Park Nursing Home was built in stages between 1968 and 2015, which was followed by a 193-unit... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Handles Three Deals

Walker & Dunlop Handles Three Deals

A large seniors housing community in Schererville, Indiana (Chicagoland), saw seven bidders on the asset before a joint venture paying all cash emerged as the buyer. Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales ran a competitive process, with multiple bidding rounds, on behalf of the sellers: Harrison Street, Ryan Companies and Life Care Services (LCS). Ryan Companies and LCS developed the community in 2015 at a cost of $40 million, or $226,000 per unit. It features 177 units and 180 beds of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The stabilized asset’s occupancy was above 90% and had a strong profit margin.  The buyer was a joint venture between an undisclosed capital source and... Read More »
Massachusetts SNF Changes Hands and Purpose

Massachusetts SNF Changes Hands and Purpose

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The facility was constructed in 1960 and was well maintained. It comprises 53 beds across over 18,000 square feet.  Kyle Hallion and Michael Segal of Blueprint handled this transaction, which closed within 60 days of the marketing launch. The ultimate buyer was a family owner/operator that intends to repurpose the property to multifamily.  Read More »