• 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 Purchases Minnesota Seniors Housing Community

Not-For-Profit Purchases Minnesota Seniors Housing Community

A not-for-profit senior living operator based in Minnesota expanded its presence in the state through the acquisition of a seniors housing community in St. Paul that was operating near breakeven at the time of marketing. The Wellington Senior Living, a 120-unit independent living and assisted living community built in 1985, occupies 1.68 acres and encompasses 124,468 square feet. Jason Punzel and Jake Anderson of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled this transaction. The seller was StuartCo Property Management, a multifamily owner/developer that opened the community in the 1990s and is now shifting its focus to its market-rate portfolio. According to Finance & Commerce, the... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Ends Summer with a Bang

Meridian Capital Group Ends Summer with a Bang

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed more than $800 million in transaction volume in August and September 2023 across both investment sales and financings. The highlight was the team’s arranging of acquisition financing from a REIT and finance company for the purchase of EmpRes Healthcare and 28 facilities comprising 2,629 skilled nursing beds and 88 assisted living units in Nevada, Washington, Wyoming, Oregon, Montana, and South Dakota.  They also sold a 104-bed assisted living community in Florida for $24.2 million and two assisted living communities comprising 202 beds in California for $22.5 million. On the... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Class-A AL/MC Community

Blueprint Sells Class-A AL/MC Community

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors was brought on by Anthology Senior Living, the senior living arm of developer CA Ventures, and their institutional joint venture partners to facilitate the sale of Anthology of Mason, a Class-A seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. The community witnessed significant growth in 2023 in terms of rental rates and care revenue, along with a strong occupancy rate, all of which contributed to margin expansion throughout the marketing process. Anthology of Mason, constructed in 2017, comprises 68 assisted living and 33 memory care units. Adjacent to the community is a parcel of land available for potential expansion. Anthology decided to divest the... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: 2023 Deal Volume at 2019 Levels

60 Seconds with Swett: 2023 Deal Volume at 2019 Levels

Dealmakers have a lot to be frustrated with in the M&A market right now, with valuations low, deal processes taking longer than ever, scarcity in the debt markets and other headwinds making their impact. But despite it all, deal volume was actually historically healthy in the third quarter of 2023.  There were 115 publicly announced transactions in the quarter. That is down from the 120 deals made public in Q2:23 and the 140 from last year’s third quarter. But the average deals per quarter for 2023 at 115 is equal to the average deals per quarter in 2019, a time of cheap and abundant capital and before anyone knew what COVID-19 was. Plus, on an annualized basis, Q3’s total would... Read More »
Seniors Housing Community Sells in Seattle

Seniors Housing Community Sells in Seattle

A shuttered Cogir community in Seattle, Washington, sold to a local private real estate company with the help of Kidder Mathews’ Simon and Anderson team, which included Dylan Simon, Matt Laird and JD Fuller. The property was on Welltower’s most recent published property list. Formerly known as Cogir of Northgate, the 121-unit community is located about 15 minutes north of downtown Seattle. Built in 1962, it previously offered independent living and assisted living services but closed and was sold 100% vacant with no historical operations. The marketing campaign yielded 45 tours and 19 offers, and the deal closed just 22 days from contract signing. The purchase price came to $19... Read More »
TJM Properties Re-enters Senior Living Sector

TJM Properties Re-enters Senior Living Sector

In 2013, Clearwater, Florida-based TJM Properties sold 15 of its 19 senior living communities to Fortress Investment Group/Holiday Retirement for $220 million, effectively exiting the sector to focus on the hotel industry and its remaining senior living communities. However, TJM has recently re-invested in the sector through the acquisition of five separate senior living communities in Florida in 2023. Interestly, these five communities were part of the 15-community portfolio that the company had previously divested. TJM initiated its return to the sector in February with the purchase of Bayside Terrace, a 162-bed senior living community in Pinellas Park, Florida. The acquisition was... Read More »