• 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 »
SLIB Handles PE Group Seniors Housing Divestment

SLIB Handles PE Group Seniors Housing Divestment

Senior Living Investment Brokerage was brought on by a private equity group to facilitate the sale of two seniors housing communities in Utah. Vince Viverito and Jason Punzel of SLIB handled this transaction. The seller is divesting to focus on its core assets. The joint venture buyers, a Utah-based private equity group partnering with a Utah-based operator that is expanding its existing presence in the state, intend to invest in capex and marketing to renovate the communities and enhance their performance. Both built in 2001, these two communities collectively comprise 140 assisted living and memory care units with a total of 144 beds. One community spans 35,334 square feet across 1.56... Read More »
SNF Goes from Private to a Not-For-Profit

SNF Goes from Private to a Not-For-Profit

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors was tasked with facilitating the sale of a skilled nursing facility on behalf of a New York-based real estate investment firm. The transaction was handled by Ryan Kelly, Steve Thomes, Connor Doherty and Andrew Sfreddo, and it involved a bifurcated process between Blueprint’s Seniors Housing & Care group and Blueprint’s Behavioral Healthcare group.  Known as South Dennis Health Care, the facility encompasses 128 beds and is situated in Dennis, Massachusetts. Both skilled nursing investors and alternative use investors were targeted as potential buyers, with Housing Assistance Corporation Cape Cod, a not-for-profit, emerging as the winning... Read More »
Phorcys Partners with SilverPoint on Acquisition

Phorcys Partners with SilverPoint on Acquisition

Phorcys Capital Partners made its second acquisition in a month with the purchase of Inspired Living Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas (Dallas MSA). The alternative asset manager made the acquisition in partnership with SilverPoint Senior Living, an operator with six locations in Texas and Oklahoma, including another assisted living/memory care community in the town of Lewisville. Opened in 2018, the community consists of 106 AL and 43 MC units, with 135,000 square feet in three stories. There are also numerous amenities, including a poker room, pool hall, fireplace lounge, piano balcony, tiki bar, fishing pier, dog park and putting greens. It was developed by Florida-based Validus Senior... Read More »
Monarch Advisors Releases Two More Closings

Monarch Advisors Releases Two More Closings

Alec Blanc of Monarch Advisors arranged a new loan to fund a partnership buyout for an Indiana CCRC with a total of 197 skilled nursing beds and independent living units. The borrowers, two of four partners, engaged Monarch to source $17.0 million of senior debt for the transaction. Monarch was successful at securing a bridge-to-HUD commitment from a national bank lender. The two-year interest-only loan, priced at SOFR plus 2.85%, fully funded the repurchase of the membership interests of the exiting partners, with the remaining partners rolling over their equity. In addition to the repurchase, proceeds will be used to fund up to $1.3 million of capital expenditures plus closing costs.... Read More »
SLIB Creates Active Bidding Environment for Indiana Campus

SLIB Creates Active Bidding Environment for Indiana Campus

Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage generated an active, and aggressive bidding environment for a senior care campus in Mulberry, Indiana. The property, which includes 159 skilled nursing beds and 38 independent living units, was built between 1976 and 1997. Occupancy was 80% across the SNF beds, and the IL units were full. The operating margin was very strong, at 22% on more than $14.5 million in revenues. There is also 82+ acres of adjacent farmland and an adjacent vacant building that was included in the sale. A private partnership of four individuals, with two of them looking to retire, was the seller. Ultimately, the other two partners bought out the retiring ones, which... Read More »
Bloom Senior Living Blooming Again

Bloom Senior Living Blooming Again

We have often wondered, and have often been asked, how do buyers decide to buy a community (or two) that is losing money with very low occupancy? How do you have the confidence to go into that market, lose money for several months, maybe several hundred thousand dollars or more, and know that you can increase census from 30% or 40%, which is crucial to get cash flow positive again, and maybe up to 90%? The answer is, 1) you have to know the market, 2) you have to understand why you were able to do the same thing a few years ago, and 3) you have to be able to roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and focus on operations. Some companies can do this, but not enough of them. Let’s just... Read More »