• 60 Seconds with Swett: Getting Realistic with New Development

    The positive mood at the NIC Fall Conference was contagious, as dealmakers were looking forward to a potential record-breaking fourth quarter. We at LevinPro are also gearing up to cover a new elevated level of M&A activity and pricing in the coming months, with our updated valuation tool better accounting for today’s market and the estimated... Read More »
  • NHC Responds to NHI

    National Healthcare Corporation, the tenant of 32 of National Health Investor’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living communities, is disputing NHI’s determination of default after the landlord formally notified the operator that it was in default and must cure the default within 30 days to avoid an Event of... Read More »
  • REIT Acquires High-Quality Continuum of Care Community

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Jasper, Georgia. Built in 2022, The Lodge at Stephens Lake includes 83 units of independent living cottages, assisted living and memory care. It is adjacent to a large active adult development and benefits from significant planned residential and commercial growth. At the... Read More »
  • Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

    A Class-A, well performing property outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, traded to a joint venture between Legend Senior Living and a new capital partner. Legend previously operated The Vero at Bethlehem, which opened in July 2023 and stabilized within 18 months. At the time of marketing, the 124-unit assisted living/memory care asset achieved... Read More »
  • CFG’s Senior Care Financing Activity

    Capital Funding Group financed more than $86 million across six transactions from early to mid-August. The transactions supported two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities, and one psychiatric hospital in Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers, one of which is a... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two Texas Portfolio Transactions

Blueprint Closes Two Texas Portfolio Transactions

During the NIC Fall conference in Austin, Blueprint announced a couple of portfolio transactions in Texas. First, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso facilitated the sale of five skilled nursing facilities located throughout the Texas Hill Country and Houston. All five facilities are within four hours of each other, offering scale and operational efficiencies. The portfolio features 469-beds and has a diverse payor mix with a strong track record of financial performance. The facilities were generating over $2.2 million of in-place cash flow, with portfolio-wide occupancy at 71% and trending upward at the time of marketing, so there is room for an incoming investor to reduce expenses and... Read More »
SLIB Handles Minnesota Receivership Sale

SLIB Handles Minnesota Receivership Sale

A senior care campus in Pine Island, Minnesota, with some operational issues in the past has found a new owner thanks to Jake Anderson, Dan Geraghty and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Set on 6.8 acres, the campus includes Pine Haven with 70 skilled nursing beds and Evergreen featuring 24 assisted living units. Pine Haven was built in stages over the years, starting in the mid-1960s, while the AL portion was added in 1995.  In 2022, the Minnesota Department of Health stepped in after the nursing facility failed to pay its employees wages, healthcare insurance and other vendor fees. The receivership began in June 2022, and the MDH kept the campus operating until a sale... Read More »
Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Austin

Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Austin

Not far from the NIC venue in Austin, Berkadia closed the sale of Village on the Park Onion Creek, a 124-unit independent and assisted living community located in an Austin suburb. Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano closed the deal on behalf of Bridgewood Property Company, a Houston-based developer, owner and operator and the original developer of the community. Bridgewood’s wholly owned management company, The Aspenwood Company, will continue managing the property for its new owner, a publicly traded REIT. We hope a bottle of champagne was popped this week at NIC. Opened in 2016, Village on the Park Onion Creek is located in South Austin and boasts consistently... Read More »
Long-Term Owner/Operator Divests in Rural Utah

Long-Term Owner/Operator Divests in Rural Utah

Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of Heirloom Inn, a 67-unit assisted living community in Price, Utah. The seller, which developed the community over 20 years ago, was independent owner/operator Shauna O’Brien. At the time of sale, the property was performing well albeit with opportunities for expense management and revenue growth. There was strong interest from buyers due to the limited supply of assisted living communities in the surrounding market, with a regional operator that offers scale being a good fit for the asset. The three-week competitive marketing process resulted in ESI ultimately identifying a buyer aligned with the seller’s long-term objectives. The transaction... Read More »
LCS and Vi To Merge

LCS and Vi To Merge

LCS and Vi announced a strategic merger, adding Vi’s 10 communities and 4,000 residents to the LCS portfolio of more than 130 communities. Vi has entrance-fee CCRCs in Florida (3), Arizona (2), California (2), Colorado, Illinois and South Carolina. Depending on regulatory approvals, the merger is expected to close in mid-2026, with both companies continuing to operate independently until that point. Vi is the rebranded Classic Residence by Hyatt portfolio, which was founded by Penny Pritzker in the 1980s. Meanwhile, LCS was founded in 1971 by Fred Weitz. Read More »
Kiser’s Myers Announces Closings

Kiser’s Myers Announces Closings

Mark Myers has had an active year since leaving Walker & Dunlop in January 2025 to go to SVN before exiting that shop in May to co-create a seniors housing brokerage platform with Kiser Group. But a few deals that he worked on with his previous teams have also recently closed. The largest was the sale of Sarah Neuman, a 301-bed skilled nursing facility in Mamaroneck, New York, that was owned by The New Jewish Home (NJH). Despite negative EBITDA, the high-end, well-located facility sold for $76 million, or $252,500 per bed.   The private buyer has significant SNF holdings across the country and showed considerable patience as it took over three years for the state to issue the... Read More »