• 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 »
International Equity Partners Grows its Portfolio

International Equity Partners Grows its Portfolio

International Equity Partners (IEP) added nearly 400 beds to its portfolio of more than 100 care facilities across California through the acquisition of three California skilled nursing facilities: Eskaton Care Center Greenhaven, Eskaton Care Center Fair Oaks and Eskaton Care Center Manzanita. The deal was announced in March 2023, but the California Attorney General approved the sale at the start of September. Greenhaven is located in Sacramento with 198 beds, Fair Oaks is in Fair Oaks with 149 beds and Manzanita is in Carmichael with 99 beds. IEP purchased the three facilities for $35.6 million, or $89,800 per bed. Cypress Healthcare Group, which operates nine facilities in the Sacramento... Read More »
SLIB Sells an Assisted Living/Memory Care Community

SLIB Sells an Assisted Living/Memory Care Community

An assisted living/memory care community on the operational rise sold to a private equity firm with the help of Jeff Binder, Jason Punzel and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 2017, the 134-unit community is located near Rochester, New York. A national real estate investment firm owned it and was overseeing an operational rebound from the pandemic, which continued throughout the sale process. A western New York-based PE firm with an existing presence in the Rochester area emerged as the buyer, for an undisclosed price. Read More »
Newmark Finances Two Seniors Housing Communities

Newmark Finances Two Seniors Housing Communities

Newmark closed a couple of financings at the end of August. One funded an acquisition that the Newmark team had handled in March 2023. The Preston of the Park Cities, which was previously owned by Silverstone Senior Living, sold to an undisclosed buyer, for an undisclosed price. Built in 2018, this community has 134 units of assisted living and memory care. Silverstone developed it, initially bringing in Harbor Retirement Associates to operate before switching to Watermark Retirement Communities in 2019. Occupancy never reached full stabilization before the pandemic and stood at just 75% at the time of closing. The Newmark team had some history at this property, as Ryan Maconachy, Chad... Read More »
Three Acquisition Loans from CIBC

Three Acquisition Loans from CIBC

Lending in the senior care space may have slowed in 2023, but CIBC Bank USA announced a slew of new loans it provided to skilled nursing facilities across the country in the last couple of months. The largest went to an Indiana-based owner/operator to acquire four skilled nursing facilities in the southern part of the state. Totaling 450 beds, the facilities were managed by a local operator and had an effective age between 10 and 15 years. Historical EBITDAR margins were close to 15% and were around that level at the time of the deal. The buyer received a $32 million loan plus a $4 million revolving credit facility for the acquisition.  Next, a Nebraska owner/operator bought a 120-bed... Read More »
SNF Transfers Hands from a Not-For-Profit to a For-Profit

SNF Transfers Hands from a Not-For-Profit to a For-Profit

Ziegler handled the sale of Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care, a 135-bed skilled nursing facility located on two acres in Chicago, Illinois. The facility has had a presence in the Chicago area for over 100 years and was originally part of the CCRC Norwood Crossing, founded in 1896. It provides short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing care, respite care and Alzheimer’s care. The seller was a not-for-profit owner/operator, and the buyer was a joint venture between a well-known multi-generation Midwest owner/operator with control of several thousand beds, and Pearl Healthcare, which operates more than 10 facilities in Chicago. Pearl took over operations of Bethesda on July 1. Nick... Read More »
SLIB Arranges New Mexico Deal

SLIB Arranges New Mexico Deal

Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped a mom & pop retire from the senior care industry with the sale of two assisted living communities in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Built in 1972 and 1982, with renovations in 2011 and 2015, respectively, the communities were on the smaller side. An owner/operator expanding its presence in the western United States emerged as the buyer, making its first acquisition in New Mexico. Vince Viverito and Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Read More »