• 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 »
Newly Launched G Capital Markets Closes First Deal

Newly Launched G Capital Markets Closes First Deal

Grant Goodman, a former Senior Managing Director at White Oak Healthcare Finance, launched his own advisory/debt placement firm this summer, called G Capital Markets. He also recently closed his first transaction with the firm, arranging a $9.6 million HUD loan for Trellis Chino, a skilled nursing facility in Chino, California.  Built in 2018, the facility operates 59 private rooms and exclusively cares for short-term rehab patients. After leasing up during COVID, the building has performed very strongly with near 100% occupancy. At the time of the deal, it also had a 85% Medicare and 15% private pay census. The sponsor, Encore Capital Ventures, is a real estate investment and capital... Read More »
Blueprint Sells in the Old Dominion

Blueprint Sells in the Old Dominion

A public REIT selected Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to sell The Laurels of Willow Creek, a 120-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in the Richmond, Virginia, suburb of Midlothian. Michael Segal and Ben Firestone handled the deal.  Built in 1991, with an addition completed in 2018, the facility features 36 private and 42 semi-private units. It had been well maintained and demonstrated consistent performance with stable census and cash flow.  Virginia’s Medicaid rate enhancement made the facility even more attractive to buyers, and another REIT ultimately bought the asset. Blueprint successfully closed the transaction in approximately 60... Read More »
Phorcys Capital Partners Grows Georgia Holdings

Phorcys Capital Partners Grows Georgia Holdings

Ziegler served as exclusive financial advisor to raise $20.5 million in financing on behalf of Phorcys Capital Partners to acquire The Glen at Lake Oconee Village, a senior housing community in Greensboro, Georgia. PCP was previously the supermajority creditor on the municipal bonds issued to finance the construction of the project. The company purchased the community for $26.45 million, or $232,000 per unit. The community was built in 2017 with 28 independent living, 68 assisted living and 18 memory care units. It is situated on Lake Oconee, between Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia. The facility will continue to be operated by SRI Management.  The community was in receivership, but... Read More »
Grandbridge Secures Large Agency Refinance

Grandbridge Secures Large Agency Refinance

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Diversified Healthcare Finance Group arranged $426.8 million in agency financing for a large seniors housing portfolio owned by a publicly traded, healthcare REIT. In its latest earnings report, Ventas also disclosed that it entered into a $427 million 10-year mortgage loan, which (after Ventas completes its contemplated purchase of a 7.5% tranche of the original principal balance of the loan) will result in a $395 million net mortgage loan at an all-in expected weighted average cash rate of 5.5%.  The portfolio was secured by 19 seniors housing properties located across 10 states and was financed by an agency lender. The... Read More »
Evergreen Healthcare Group Acquires EmpRes Healthcare

Evergreen Healthcare Group Acquires EmpRes Healthcare

In one of the largest transactions of the year, Tony Cassie, Gideon Orion, and Mark Myers of Walker & Dunlop facilitated the sale of 46 senior care facilities across six Western states for EmpRes Healthcare. The company recently announced on its website that Evergreen Healthcare Group acquired its entire skilled nursing and senior living business line, including the rights to use the name “EmpRes”. The 4,100-bed portfolio spanned across Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota with four seniors housing properties, and the remainder skilled nursing facilities. The complex deal structure took an investment banking form involving the sale of the business line, its... Read More »
CareTrust REIT & JV Partner Acquire SNF

CareTrust REIT & JV Partner Acquire SNF

CareTrust REIT, Inc. completed a joint venture investment to acquire La Fuente Post Acute, a 187-bed skilled nursing facility located in Vista, California. Once regulatory approval is obtained, the facility will be operated by Bayshire Senior Communities, a current tenant of CareTrust’s, pursuant to a new 15-year lease with the joint venture landlord. CareTrust and a third-party regional healthcare real estate investor entered into a joint venture to acquire the facility, with CareTrust’s combined common equity and preferred equity investments in the joint venture totaling $25.5 million. CareTrust’s initial contractual yield on its combined preferred and common equity investments in the... Read More »