• 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 »
Regional Operator Acquires California Assisted Living Community

Regional Operator Acquires California Assisted Living Community

In a delicate transaction, JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage facilitated the transfer of ownership of a seniors housing community from a local owner/operator to a regional seniors housing group. Tragically, during this transaction process, the licensee passed away. The team worked to quickly secure the issuance of a provisional license, with the aim of attracting an operator to carry on the licensee’s legacy. The community comprises 25 assisted living units on the central coast of California. The buyer identified a greater demand for a healthcare alternate-use property within the local community, which prompted the seller to relocate residents to other seniors housing properties.... Read More »
Original Owner Divests California Community

Original Owner Divests California Community

Developed in 1971, and under the same ownership since then, Bonnie Brae Terrace in Belmont, California, traded hands. Bonnie Brae is a 164-unit affordable seniors housing community, with 60 units covered by a project-based Section 8 contract.  The buyer was The BLVD Group, a multifamily investment and development firm focused on providing market rate, middle income and affordable housing. It has acquired, redeveloped and preserved more than 6,000 units in 17 states. BLVD will conduct significant property improvements, with plans to add additional amenities and transform over 25,000 square feet of common area. Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates Pacific Northwest Portfolio Sale

Blueprint Facilitates Pacific Northwest Portfolio Sale

Stabilized seniors housing deals have been few and far between in the last year, but Dan Mahoney, Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors hit the transaction trail to Oregon to sell five well performing assets on behalf of the seller. The portfolio, which consists of 468 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, was concentrated in mostly tertiary markets in Oregon, with one located near Portland.  Built in the late-1980s and early-1990s, the portfolio received modest updates over the last 10 years. However, the portfolio was very profitable, generating approximately $4.8 million in EBITDAR in 2022, which translates to more than... Read More »
Grand Living Sheds South Dakota Seniors Housing Community

Grand Living Sheds South Dakota Seniors Housing Community

Newmark announced the closing of a seniors housing community in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The community, Grand Living at Lake Lorraine, was built in 2017 and comprises 156 independent living, assisted living and memory care units across 201,000 square feet. The seller, Grand Living, owns/operates several other seniors housing communities in Iowa, Florida and Texas, with additional developments actively in the works. The buyer was an undisclosed investor/operator that plans to rebrand the community with a new name, but is interested in rehiring the in-place team to facilitate a smooth transition. Read More »
Original Owner Divests California Community

Real Estate Developer Acquires Five California Seniors Housing Communities

California-based real estate developer Standard Communities acquired five affordable seniors housing communities and one affordable multi-family community, Villa San Dimas, in Los Angeles County for $122 million, or $300,000 per unit. Standard intends to renovate the communities with planned costs exceeding $8 million. The company will also extend the communities’ affordability by 20 years under new HUD Housing Assistance Payments contracts. Standard partnered with Pacific Southwest Development Corporation, a California-based not-for-profit affordable housing developer and residential service provider, on the deal.  The seniors housing communities within this portfolio deal are... Read More »
Inspired Healthcare Capital’s $41 Million Acquisition

Inspired Healthcare Capital’s $41 Million Acquisition

A Class-A, well performing seniors housing community in North Haven, Connecticut, sold for $41.1 million, or around $330,000 per unit. The seller, Columbia Pacific Advisors, capitalized on an opportunistic disposition to lock in returns and return capital to investors early in its fund’s life.  Built in 2019, The Landing of North Haven features more than 120 units of assisted living and memory care on an 11-acre campus. Lease-up was solid through the pandemic, as were rates and margin, highlighting the advantages of Class-A buildings in good locations during the pandemic recovery and ensuing inflation. So, as occupancy approached stabilization, there was meaningful cash flow and a... Read More »