• Evans Arranges New SNF Lease

    Evans Senior Investments arranged a new lease for a skilled nursing facility in Denver, Colorado, securing a 293% increase in rent on a per-bed, per-month basis in the process. At the time of marketing, the facility was 62% occupied with minimal Medicare Part A referrals. However, the 1960s-built facility has 16 private units and is proximate to... Read More »
  • Cross River Bank Closes Large Acquisition Loan

    Cross River Bank recently closed a large acquisition loan for a portfolio of seven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri. Raina Yoo was the Loan Officer on the transaction. The portfolio features a total of 1,339 licensed beds, and occupancy stood at 88%, overall.  Read More »
  • Local Operator Closes Lease-to-Purchase Deal

    A skilled nursing facility in Mississippi faced a time-sensitive CHOW with frozen Medicaid rates under appeal after the outgoing operator was planning to leave before the ownership transfer occurred, posing meaningful risk to the facility’s financial performance and operational continuity. The facility was older and around 50% occupied at the... Read More »
  • Mainstay Senior Living Grows in Georgia

    Mainstay Senior Living acquired two seniors housing communities in Savannah, Georgia. The properties are located about five miles apart from each other. Grace Manor Savannah was built in 1997, while Habersham Manor was built in the late-1980s. They feature a total of 143 assisted living and memory care units. Florida-based Mainstay now has 46... Read More »
  • Private Equity Firm Divests Portfolio to Chicago Investor

    Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity firm, sold a 224-unit portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Alabama that it acquired in tranches between 2022 and 2023 with a regional owner/operator. After the portfolio stabilized and capital was injected into the communities, Trinity recapitalized the venture in March 2025 with... Read More »

Not-for-Profit Acquires from Not-for-Profit

A not-for-profit organization recently divested a cash-flowing CCRC in Cortland, Ohio. It was looking to recycle capital and reinvest in its broader mission, and ultimately engaged Blueprint to help with the sale. The community, Ohio Living Lake Vista, comprises 39 skilled nursing beds and close to 100 independent living and assisted living units. Operations were stable and there was consistent resident demand. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly represented the seller, Ohio Living, with the marketing process and sourced a mission-aligned not-for-profit buyer in Otterbein SeniorLife. Read More »

NewPoint Originates Acquisition Financing

NewPoint Real Estate Capital originated $53 million in bridge financing to facilitate Cougar Capital Management’s acquisition of a large portfolio of independent living communities in upstate New York. The 24-month, non-recourse floating-rate loan provided by a debt fund was originated by NewPoint’s Cal Masterson and Kevin Laidlaw. These five communities total 701 units. They were built between 2000 and 2008 and comprise 15 acres in the Rochester MSA. Cougar Capital Management announced that it paid $51 million for the assets, or $72,800 per unit. Property management will be transferred to Willow Ridge Senior Living, which announced that it co-invested in the portfolio, which includes... Read More »

PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting at 60%. However, after the state increased Medicaid funding, effective July 1, 2024, the facility saw its rate go from $233.03 to $250.78 per resident day. That increase plus sustained occupancy growth significantly strengthened the facility’s financial performance in the last 18 months. Looking at the financials for the facility in the first... Read More »

Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds, and there was a roughly 50% Medicaid census. The asset was struggling financially, and the previous owner had not made debt payments for months. It was purchased via a HUD assumption by an experienced operator who had already taken over management and begun an operational turnaround.  Read More »

The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by a partnership including Pacific Northwest senior care veterans Jim Clay, Paul Redhead and the late Gene Hand. Nightingale Living, managed the community, which had recently received a new roof, new siding and a cosmetic refresh. There were a handful of interested parties, but a regional owner/operator, Ohana Ventures, emerged as the strongest... Read More »

Legacy Owner/Operator Retires with Sale

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate rang in the new year with the sale of a couple assets in Enid, Oklahoma, collectively referred to as the Greenbriar Portfolio. The legacy owner/operator-seller built two of the buildings, and converted the third to seniors housing after purchasing it in the 1990s. The skilled nursing facility comprised 150 beds, the assisted living community featured 60 units, and the independent living community had 61. The physical plants were very well-maintained. Second-generation leadership was ready to retire, prompting the divestment of the assets that had never previously been sold. The process was competitive, with a regional group ultimately selected... Read More »